MrMark52
TJ Enthusiast
I’d like to see your plan/setup for the camera too. I assume someone on the forums has figured out the best way to hardwire the rear camera. I was looking at a couple wireless ones too. If you can just pull power from somewhere near the rear and not run the full set of wires.
It seems like if you pull a “trigger” wire from a backup light that might automatically turn on the backup camera and display on the screen
Im using a wireless on my motorhome as a rear view mirror. It works pretty good although you occasionally get some dropout and static. But for use as a backup camera, you probably won’t have an issue.
FWIW - I used this for a camera - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018800TR2/?tag=wranglerorg-20 , then I found a transmitter that would work with my previously purchased LeeKooLoo monitor - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071F3DBTY/?tag=wranglerorg-20 (the camera that came with the monitor had no way to turn the infrared lights off - I’m looking through a small rear window in the back of the motorhome, and the led lights would cause a glare at night that prevented clear viewing outside). The camera above both fit better in the window and has no lighting so all works well.
I then found a wireless relay receiver transmitter that I use to turn the power to the camera on/off, with the transmitter button hanging off my turn signal lever.
I will say though, if you take power from the radio, you won’t have to have a means of turning the wireless transmitter and camera on/off. Otherwise, just hooking it up to 12 volts means running a wire anyway as I don’t know of any continuously hot, or even switched hot wires in the tail end of the Jeep for you to power the transmitter with.
So, since you have to run a wire anyway - run one from the radio switched power to power the camera along with the needed coax for the camera and you’ll be good to go. Ground of course, you can get from anywhere.