Backup light feed wire
 

Hey guys i need to know where under the dash or engine bay ( somewhere easy to access) is a back up lamp feed wire i know the wire is violet with a black stripe just cant find a easy one to get to. I need it for my pioneer avic n4 headunit. The trucks a 2000 ram 5.9 thanks guys just let me know a easy spot to find one.

When I put in my backup lights... I found that wire by opening up the fuse/relay box under the hood. With a screw driver you should be able to pop off the "plate" where all the fuses and relays are. Look for the little tabs to undo - don't try to pry it off until you have that released. The tabs are on the sides of the box, you'll likely need a flashlight to see them...

Good luck,
Cartman

Why don't you just run a wire from your positive terminal to that wire? You can use the head units blocked features anytime then.

well i just have to ask.... why do you wire your backup lights into your stereo ?

Probably for a reverse camera. :)

Either that or its for the safety lockup function.

now i gotta ask again... whats a safety lockup function ?
and what's it got to do with a stereo ?

What do u need back up lights for my windows are tinted 20% and i dont need them. Just back untill it sounds expense!!!

A lot of in dash DVD players won't play movies unless the car/truck has the parking brake on, in park, whatever.... basically to eliminate people from watching movies while driving. But, you can "trick" them to think that those conditions are met when they really are not.

Bingo.

well i'll be damn.
i need to get out more.

to answer the original question, the backup light circuit is wired up to the switch on the drivers side of the transmission, near the front, behind all the linkage. i think its called the neutral/reverse switch. i don't know where it goes from there. that's also the park/neutral switch, and the truck will only start when that circuit is closed. so you have 2 different circuits here in the same place. be careful if you mess up the neutral/park circuit your truck won't start.

so i guess he's wiring in a reverse camera to a dvd monitor, otherwise he'd want either the official park/neutral wire, or else just feed it a hot wire to fool it. well i guess i learned something but it sure was hard to figure out what was going on...

I'd feed it a hot wire regardless. That way I could use the backup camera while I drive. That would actually be very handy in the traffic I live in.

Hey guys sorry i havent been on since I posted, Yes i have already bypassed the security stuff for watching while driveing, but the main reason for this reverse wire is so the monitor knows to switch to the reverse camera when put in reverse, which is why i need the backup lamp feed wire. For driving with the camera on you just have to wire the camera 12v wire to a constant 12v source and it will stay on all the time (or add a switch to turn it off) but just wanted to know a easy location of the backup lamp feed wire. Thanks guys!

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