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Bad camera or bad camera ECU?

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Old 03-01-16, 06:57 PM
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Has anything changed in the camera display status ? Completely black now ? sometimes see image with lines still ? Maybe some software / firmware issue with the video circuit. Have you tried disconnecting the battery and reconnecting after a minute or so ?
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Originally Posted by rkw77080
Which year model is your LS430?

Please take a look at the 2 "Problem Symptoms Tables" below and see if your symptom is listed. This will help narrow where we need to troubleshoot.
Mine is:

"When shift lever is in "R", rear view image is not displayed (Screen is black)"

Suspected area: 1) Display signal circuit (Television Camera Assembly-Television Camera ECU)
2) Television Camera assembly
3) Television Camera ECU

I had already suspected 2 or 3 as I said in initial post.
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Originally Posted by mrboca
Has anything changed in the camera display status ? Completely black now ? sometimes see image with lines still ? Maybe some software / firmware issue with the video circuit. Have you tried disconnecting the battery and reconnecting after a minute or so ?
Nothing has changed with car. Worked one day and not the next.
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Is your Navigation working ?
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Originally Posted by mrboca
Is your Navigation working ?
If your navigation system is not also working (no display) I would check the 7.5 amp fuse for the TV ECU located at the fusebox in left side of the trunk. The navigation ECU signaling go through the Camera / TV ECU. This supplies 12V to the unit.
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Originally Posted by mrboca
If your navigation system is not also working (no display) I would check the 7.5 amp fuse for the TV ECU located at the fusebox in left side of the trunk. The navigation ECU signaling go through the Camera / TV ECU. This supplies 12V to the unit.
Navigation works just fine.
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Have you tried to check if the system detects the camera using the System Check Mode ?
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Originally Posted by mrboca
Have you tried to check if the system detects the camera using the System Check Mode ?
No I have not! How do I do that??
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Try
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/att...menu-part1.pdf

Open the pdf file in the link, and follwo the instructions. You have not mentioned what year your car is....
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Originally Posted by mrboca
Try
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/att...menu-part1.pdf

Open the pdf file in the link, and follwo the instructions. You have not mentioned what year your car is....
Thanks!

And yes, that's an important detail I omitted. It's a 2004 UL
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OK...I did the System Check Mode...and Camera came up with "CHEK" in orange.

So is that proof positive that it's the camera that's at fault?
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Can you get into diagnosis mode ? While in system check screen with orange check for camera, press the menu on the upper right to get into diagnosis mode. There is a camera test entry you can select.
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Originally Posted by mrboca
Can you get into diagnosis mode ? While in system check screen with orange check for camera, press the menu on the upper right to get into diagnosis mode. There is a camera test entry you can select.
Yes, I did that. It essentially just turns the camera "ON". And of course, the screen was just black..though I did have a flicker or two.
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I guess than the problem lies with the camera and / or the cabling / connectors. If you can remove the connector at the camera side (4 pins) you could take some voltage measurements on the connector from the ECU wire harness. You can check if the 12 V (or may be 6V) is received at the socket for the camera. I believe the pinouts were posted in earlier responses.
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