TisDone
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I have my A129 up and running in my car, and it is working great. I've also just installed a Kenwood DMX7705S as a new stereo head unit (yay for Android Auto). Now that I have the radio and connection to my phone working right, I want to see if it's possible to get the AV Out from the A129 as a video input to the Kenwood's rear camera input. I'm presuming I'll be able to turn off the picture-in-picture mode, just show the rear camera on the A129, and then that is what will be the video output on AV Out.
Based on info read here and in the A119 forum, I've purchased a cable (Amazon Link: http://a.co/dBbOCTJ). I've checked the wiring on the cable, and it is indeed wired just like the cable in the second post of this thread (https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threads/video-cable.21275/)
I'll be opening up the dashboard on in a few days to get this wired, but before doing that, I wanted to test it inside the house. When I do - I get a clear video signal on the TV, but its only in black and white, and it has a rolling scroll bar top to bottom every second or so. Thinking it might be a PAL/NTSC type thing (I live in the US). I don't see a PAL/NTSC output setting, only the Frequency 50/60 hz setting, which a few other forum posts for the A119 suggests that also handles the PAL/NTSC issue. However - the same black and white image with that scrolling bar is visible whether I have it set to 50 or 60hz.
So - any ideas on what is going on? Is it indeed a PAL/NTSC issue? I'll still be opening up the dashboard in a few days to reprogram the buttons on the Maestro RR and re-route the wires for connecting my phone to the radio, so I'm going to give it a try. But, if anyone has any other suggestions for things I should be looking for to get it working right in the house, I'd appreciate it.
Also - assuming the video comes out properly on the Kenwood - is there any way to turn off the icons/image overlay on the AV Out feed so that info doesn't show up on the Kenwood Display?
Thanks, Eric
Based on info read here and in the A119 forum, I've purchased a cable (Amazon Link: http://a.co/dBbOCTJ). I've checked the wiring on the cable, and it is indeed wired just like the cable in the second post of this thread (https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threads/video-cable.21275/)
I'll be opening up the dashboard on in a few days to get this wired, but before doing that, I wanted to test it inside the house. When I do - I get a clear video signal on the TV, but its only in black and white, and it has a rolling scroll bar top to bottom every second or so. Thinking it might be a PAL/NTSC type thing (I live in the US). I don't see a PAL/NTSC output setting, only the Frequency 50/60 hz setting, which a few other forum posts for the A119 suggests that also handles the PAL/NTSC issue. However - the same black and white image with that scrolling bar is visible whether I have it set to 50 or 60hz.
So - any ideas on what is going on? Is it indeed a PAL/NTSC issue? I'll still be opening up the dashboard in a few days to reprogram the buttons on the Maestro RR and re-route the wires for connecting my phone to the radio, so I'm going to give it a try. But, if anyone has any other suggestions for things I should be looking for to get it working right in the house, I'd appreciate it.
Also - assuming the video comes out properly on the Kenwood - is there any way to turn off the icons/image overlay on the AV Out feed so that info doesn't show up on the Kenwood Display?
Thanks, Eric