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I pulled power for the camera directly from the radio positive and used one of the screws from the rear windshield wiper motor for a ground

temporarily.

Mods ! This forum doesn't allow for editing a post after a while, makes it hard to correct things, turns everything in to a long tree of replies.....

Hey guys purchased a $14 back up camera from eBay 

and was able to trace what wires were needed to connect to my radio,

The power to the camera will have to be pulled from a backup light in the rear of the car

that would be the red/black plug. the video signal is a yellow wire coming from the extension

This is on my 2017 Dodge Journey,  butit should work on 2011- 20?? Uconnect radios

I show the black plug that the scrap yard left on my radio, if your radio did not have that you may need an adapter.

Experiment at your own risk !!

Hey guys converted my Dodge journey from 4.3 to 8.4 got most everything working

but am wondering if anyone was able to play videos from the USB inside the center unit

under the radio, I can play DVD movies via the CD/DVD player, but cant seem to get video files to play from USB

Let me know if you have, and what the trick might be 

Thanks

After an hour of going through every page of alfaobd I believe I found everything I needed under body computer/car configuration change section, HVAC /Front ATC, and also Rear View Camera, and ECU Rear Camera Present

Can someone that has used Alfaobd let me know where the settings to activate the backup camera and to fix the Auto Climate 22degree 

I found activate rear view camera grid lines but am having a hard time finding rear view backup camera activation setting

Also for the temperature display stuck on 22degress, I found front blower control that I can set to Auto ? I did buy the 2 switch Auto/off controller

Any help would be greatly appreciated !!

On 2/3/2023 at 11:06 AM, Dodgems said:

The display is just that. A display. The nav is in the "radio" unit behind the heater controls. To get nav you need to upgrade to an RB5 "radio". The display stays the same.

 

I am installing a factory backup cam but found an aftermarket one from emerald integration for $90 on ebay. It includes the wiring and adapter for the 8.4 radios.

 

Backup cam does not have a module. The 8.4 nav and non nav are setup for it. You either tap into the connector or get a harness with an rca plug for the aftermarket ones. You will need to have the dealer reprogram the bcm, of get alfaobd and do it yourself.

That's what I thought, So I purchased the Radio receiver with Navigation from a 2016, and the AC controller with the split button off/ auto,

couldn't find a good deal on the 8.4 Screen with the Bezel, so I purchased just the screen until I find a decent bezel.

I too saw the backup camera from them on their website for $99 and it looked like a good option.

New 2022 maps are $99 for the unit I think I might bite the bullet, unless there's a better way of loading fresh maps.

Does anyone one know if the Navigation part is in the 8.4 inch screen,

or is part of the actual radio receiver unit behind the AC control.

Some scrap yards are selling the bezel with screen and say it has navigation

and then there are sellers that sell the replacement screen and say it works 

with navigation.

anyone know for sure ?

Thanks

On 1/20/2023 at 7:21 AM, Dodgems said:

 

 

Over the past couple weeks I picked up a 8.4 rb5 setup for our 17 Journey. The donor was a 16. It was plug and play. We had Sirius on the 4" so it was as simple as it can be. Takes 15 to 20 minutes to swap them out. No programming needed.

 

 

Thank you for all the great information

Can you tell me is there a code on the Radio unit, or Display unit that would tell you if its an RB5 system

Do you think the display just shows what the radio unit sends and doesn't hold/contain any Nav and other functions ?

Also any Idea if I have a 2017, would a unit form 2018-2020 work ?

Thanks again for taking the time to post some great info, it is very helpful to me.

Mods could you please move this to

Audio, Infotainment Navigation, MyGig, UConnect, etc.

Thank you

Hey guys looking to add a backup camera to my 2017 Journey, I have the 4.3 display and was wondering if I could swap it out with the 8.4 from the scrap yard and add a rear backup camera to it

Are there any model year 8.4 displays that work with less messing around ?

Do I need the auto temp assembly, don't care if I have auto temp as long as I can control heat and cold ?

Do some model year 8.4 systems need a pin, If I buy a used assemble will I need a passcode ?

Not worried about Bluetooth, or Navigation, unless its easy to get working.

Just trying to get backup camera before the wife runs over our dog   :-(

Anything else that you guys can add 

Thanks much !