I initially posted in the wrong section...

I have installed this nuvi 2798 into my 2008 Mini Cooper S and the backup camera works for about 10 secs then turns off as if power was removed.

I have the camera and wireless transmitter wired to my backup lights, blue/gray -power and brown - ground. If I press the start button for a very short time then quickly move to reverse I'll be in reverse without the car running. In this mode the backup camera works fine as long as I don't start the car. When I do it lasts for about 10 secs and switches to navigation mode. It will not work again until I shut off power to the car and restart.

I've installed this same GPS with another camera in my 2001 vette and it works fine. With the vette in storage I'd hoped to use this nice 7in GPS in the Mini. My guess is there's some sort of radio interference but I have no idea what could be running at 2.4 ghz in the Cooper.

Anyone else run into this issue?

 

Thanks for your reply on my help post, I actually have the same GPS with backup camera as urs. Still need help on which is the ground wire since I saw multiple brown colored wires, I'll install it once I figured out and report back if I have the same issue.

 

Ah, I see what you mean. Well, if you look in that cubby hole to the right and going upwards to the tail lights you'll see a bundle that has maybe 8 or so wires. That's where you'll find both blue/gray and the brown wires.

 

I'm moved my display to within 1.5 feet of the transmitter and still have the disconnection. Then I thought it might have been my 3rd brake light pulsar but I pulled that and it had the same results. So I'm buying a DC voltage regulator,


and seeing if that helps.

 

That did the trick. Works like a charm now. ��

 

Glad it worked out for ya, I'm still waiting for the weather to do my install. Storm over here in NorCal. No garage, lol

 

I just got the chance to install my backup camera, and same thing happened to me. I'm going to get the DC voltage regulator as u did. How does it working for u so far? I'm not any good at electronic stuff, wondering if u need to setup the regulator and how? thanks a lot.