[Z13-F30]

Evening all!

A mate of mine has just bought an Automotive MMI Prime box for his F20, and thought as the camera is an extra £25 why not buy it!

I have a F30 and fitting the Camera on that is well documented, but not the F20, has anyone got a guide or any links i can send on for him?

Thanks!

[F20116iRed]

Originally Posted by Z13-F30

Evening all!

A mate of mine has just bought an Automotive MMI Prime box for his F20, and thought as the camera is an extra £25 why not buy it!

I have a F30 and fitting the Camera on that is well documented, but not the F20, has anyone got a guide or any links i can send on for him?

Thanks!

Hi mate, I fitted a reverse camera to mine the other day. A bit difficult to work out where to wire it etc.

However, I took mine through the right hand side of the boot as behind the trim Piece there is a small plug, if you take the trim out you'll see a big wiring harness that goes out to the brake lights. It's next to that one. You can just pull that out and it drops down to the bottom of the car. Feed the wire that connects to the display through there until you can reach it. Next, pull out the left number plate light (just un clips from right to left) and push your camera cable up there and feed it through until you see it drop down from underneath. I wrapped my cables in heat proof tape as they sit quite close to the exhaust heat shield. Then connect them up and take out the slack in the cable so that's it's not hanging. Then put the number plate light back in place (clips left to right) may need some extra force due to the camera cable being in the way but it'll fit fine without damaging it. Then replace the plug in the boot (may need to cut a small slit in the side to fit the cables through but it'll fit fine. Now if you the camera has an extra wire to connect to the reverse light for power you'll have to connect it to the reverse light which is in the left rear light. I had to extend the wire to do this. Remove the rear left light and remove the back cover. There are guides to this online. Slightly wedge the wire into the positive connection on the reverse light and there is another plug on the left side of the boot behind the trim that you can put the wire back down through and up into the rear light. Quite complicated but once you get started what I've said will make sense and only take about 30 minutes. Easier if you have 2 people to help with the job.



Please note, when you remove the right trim in the boot you have to take out the boot floor cover, then the plastic trim that covers the boot latch (just some plastic pins) then you can get the right trim out. However, you don't have to take it fully out you can just pull out the plastic tray below the boot light and just reach behind it, this is a bit more fiddly but easier when to put back together.

[Nabz97]

I'm hearing an absolute mare trying to find where the wiring stuff is. Anybody got any pics?

Also, does the reverse camera have to be tapped into the reverse light? I've seen vids BMW Doctor and Keis Motorsports which both show you don't have to tap in - these were for F30 tbf.

Can't find any pics of vids on a hatch f20

[jurajpe]

Originally Posted by Nabz97

I'm hearing an absolute mare trying to find where the wiring stuff is. Anybody got any pics?

Also, does the reverse camera have to be tapped into the reverse light? I've seen vids BMW Doctor and Keis Motorsports which both show you don't have to tap in - these were for F30 tbf.

Can't find any pics of vids on a hatch f20

Each camera and headunit will have different wiring. Some tap power from the screen, some tap it from the recersing light (so it goes on when you go to reverse as the white light) some screens will have a built in piece of software perhaps. If they offer this camera as an extra, they should provide wiring diagram. The cables you can run as you want. Some people make it simple and just tuck it under the trims (make sure you do not put that in front of airbags) and some tale it all the way removing all fhe trims and tuck the cable along the car’s oem harnesses. They run left and right side.
I would as a aftermarket camera run it on the oposite side where the driver is. Easier through the glove box.
It is well hard to find any TIS information for F20, most people have Es or F30s, and we F20 folk just adapt these.
I went all the way and got all OEM prts for a OEM reversing camera. Figured the right parts for everything. The cable (with the rubber gasket on it) the module, with the metal bracket that is for the CD changer, and on top you put the module, the camera. The only retrofit item is the power cables set. Found some partial information qnd images from the TIS files. If you look hard enough you find everything.