7" monitor

[davie671]

hello everyone,
i have jsut brought a lcd 7" montior for my car and im having troulbe wiring it up, it has four wires
yellow and a black which go to the battery
red wire which goes to the igniton (acc)
and a blue wire which says it goes to the back up light, i have a 89 ford escort and i do not have a clue what they are on about , about this back up light !! i dont no were to connet the blue wire to, i do not no what the back up light is !!!
PLease may some1 help me asap
please e-mail me
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Many many thanks
Mike

[PaulD]

I think they are meaning backlighting ...... it will dim it when your lights are on. Find a wire that is powered only when the lights are on, there is usually one going to the clock.

[L|_|da]

you can ground it anywhere on the chassis, i usually use bolts that gointo the fire wall when im working near it.

[tr10av]

The blue wire you are talking about is if you are using a camera for when you back up. You don't need to use it you can just cap it off with a wire nut. The wire gets power when you go into reverse b/c the reverse lights come on. Then the TV will automatically switch over to the camera. That is why you have 2 sets up inputs on your TV. V1 and V2. 1 of them is for your source (DVD, Playstation, etc) and the other one is meant to be plugged into a camera.

[PaulD]

ahhh .... finally somebody with the right answer. I have never had a monitor in the car, so I learned something.