Back up camera

whaleplane · Post by **whaleplane** » 28 Jul 2018, 18:38

I have a 2014 S60 that I am getting ready to hand over to my soon to be 16 year old. Before I do I wanted to add a back up camera. I bought the S60 used and it came with blind spot sensors and what I think is the right video screen set up. Unfortunately this is looking like a very expensive add on and a decent amount of work.

I watched the English guys video(Youtube) about installing a back up and forward view camera(that would be handy). He walks through the whole process from dash to trunk. The trunk part was the part that got my attention. I looked in my trunk and noticed a connector that looks(hope) like it could be a prewired cable. I checked around the area and I didn't see a spot that was missing a connection and the car is good about letting you know if something has come loose. I have pasted in a picture to see if this looks like the wiring for the camera. Does this look familiar to anyone?

Post by **joejoethedogfaceboy** » 03 Aug 2018, 09:51

I'm contemplating the same work for my '12 XC60 and '12 S60. Haven't gotten to looking for the existing harness yet, though. This thread (viewtopic.php?t=77648) links to the install instructions for a '12: https://accessories.volvocars.com/Insta ... (11-)/2012

Hard to tell from there, but that connector you are showing seems to be in the middle of the boot, but the camera wire should be run all the way where the camera goes, maybe?

As for alternatives to the kit in the English Youtube video, there's options on eBay and Alibaba. Looks to be pretty plug and play if you have a 7" screen and (possibly) the Nav prep. Some examples: (no guarantees they work with your setup, though)
https://www.ebay.com/i/283043993621?chn=ps
https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/volvo- ... rface.html
https://car-solutions.com/en/video-inte ... 015-my.php

I'm going to pull out my screens to see what's going on behind there and then try to match based on the model numbers. Seems like there could be enough different versions of Sensus/screens that you can't strictly go by the year/model for these aftermarket kits.

-Joe