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Old 10th March 2016, 02:47 AM
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Default reversing camera not working

1 of many issues that has arisen since handing over the money to buy the car it seems...

ok, so I put the car in reverse and the screen switches over sutomatically to what should be the rear view camera with the smaller car graphic on the left.

only thing wrong is that i get a black screen instead of the camera picture.
I have looked in common faults but quite handily cant find anything for any of my particular problems...
what should i be looking at first?


These things are completely unlike any other car owned with modules for modules it seems!
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Old 10th March 2016, 02:53 AM
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Picture for reference when rear view camera is selected on its own.
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Old 10th March 2016, 10:10 AM
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You need to get a scan with VCDS.
Have you ever seen it work?
I see there are no guide lines, so it knows it is faulty.
The module is behind the left side boot trim just behind the rear seat but I don't think it's worth checking connectors as they lock in.
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Old 10th March 2016, 12:35 PM
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Il get it scanned in a bit and see what it says.
Never seen it working in the 3 weeks I have had the car and to be fair I didn't realise it had it as the last 2 S8's in the family didn't.
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Old 10th March 2016, 06:00 PM
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That's what it comes up as.
Any way to test the module itself on bench or not really?
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Old 10th March 2016, 06:15 PM
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Crikey, that looks pretty terminal.
Might be worth disconnecting the battery for a few minutes to reboot it, failing that, if it was mine I would replace the controller. It is about the size of a VHS tape and I got mine (when I retrofitted it) on ebay USA for ~£70
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Old 13th March 2016, 10:29 AM
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You need to get a scan with VCDS.
Have you ever seen it work?
I see there are no guide lines, so it knows it is faulty.
The module is behind the left side boot trim just behind the rear seat but I don't think it's worth checking connectors as they lock in.

Had a look but not sure if I have the right area. Is it in the left side where the navigation unit and bone amp are or further in right behind the seat??
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Old 13th March 2016, 10:48 AM
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Further back near the suspension strut

From Del's retro fit

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Old 13th March 2016, 12:04 PM
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You sir are an absolute legend!! Thank you.
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Old 13th March 2016, 12:23 PM
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That area where I fixed the reverse module is not the factory location, it should be further forward just behind the seat but same side of the car, in order to get access to it you need to remove the trim from left side
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