Turn on backup camera?

[rugedraw]

It's been a month so I sadly don't, but I'll have a look at my as built when I'm home today

Well, if you or anyone wants to try, I would enable MCS soft button here:

This setting for SCPK may or may not be relevant, but worth noting. My truck has SCPK disabled, but I have both a hard camera button and a button on the touchscreen to access the multicamera menu bar.

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[Zig]

Well, if you or anyone wants ….

..I have both a hard camera button and a button on the touchscreen to access the multicamera menu bar.

Any chance you have a pic of the touchscreen button, wouldn’t mind having that but like you indicated, our truck has a physical button so wasn’t sure where the touchscreen button would appear, assuming the bottom row but you know how assumptions grow….

 

[DarkHorsePremium]

Does everybody have really small garages? I am trying to figure out why this is an issue.

I have two single car garages and ya, they're small. I have to jack at a diagonal for the sides of the car 🫤

 

[rugedraw]

Any chance you have a pic of the touchscreen button, wouldn’t mind having that but like you indicated, our truck has a physical button so wasn’t sure where the touchscreen button would appear, assuming the bottom row but you know how assumptions grow….

I have no idea what it would look like on this vehicle if it could be added. Sometimes these things work and sometimes, they don't. To someone comfy/cozy with FORScan, they would just need to try and see what happens.

 

[bbowes9]

I have no idea what it would look like on this vehicle if it could be added. Sometimes these things work and sometimes, they don't. To someone comfy/cozy with FORScan, they would just need to try and see what happens.

Just a heads up, doing these sadly doesn’t add a button at all. Tried it on mine just to see.

 

[Paul's stable]

There is no way to switch on the camera that im aware of. Maybe put it in reverse and back in?

In all seriousness, I pull into my garage to a certian point. Then I'll put it in reverse and check with my back-up camera if im lined up to a mark on the floor that tells me im in far enough, and then roll back as needed. Its really not a difficult thing.

I have put padding on the wall beside the drivers door. I pull up until it's right beside me then I stop knowing I'm in far enough . Also if I open my door to far it won't damage the paint.

 

[AZ_Ryan]

I have put padding on the wall beside the drivers door. I pull up until it's right beside me then I stop knowing I'm in far enough . Also if I open my door to far it won't damage the paint.

Yep. Got one of those too. Its more so I dont have to worry about opening the door.

 

[Paul's stable]

Yep. Got one of those too. Its more so I dont have to worry about opening the door.

It is so easy to do. Plus a lot cheaper than painting the door.

 

[Bill Dezen]

I tried this on my 2024 a while back and the button never showed up.

I’m not sure what Forscan is or Apim is but thanks for the info and I’ll look into it

Maybe with FORScan. There is existing configuration in the APIM to put a camera button on the touchscreen.

Any chance you have a pic of the touchscreen button, wouldn’t mind having that but like you indicated, our truck has a physical button so wasn’t sure where the touchscreen button would appear, assuming the bottom row but you know how assumptions grow….

Here’s a picture of my button to turn on my backup camera in my 2019 Jeep Cherokee as a reference

 

[bbowes9]

I feel like there is some way to get the button, but maybe it has to be enabled somewhere else as well. who knows.

 

[rugedraw]

I feel like there is some way to get the button, but maybe it has to be enabled somewhere else as well. who knows.

Usually getting the button on the touchscreen is the easy part but getting it to work is the issue.

 

[bbowes9]

Usually getting the button on the touchscreen is the easy part but getting it to work is the issue.

figures. I played with the bed camera button and that showed up, so i guess it probably isnt possible then lol.

 

[bbowes9]

figures. I played with the bed camera button and that showed up, so i guess it probably isnt possible then lol.

and I only did this just to see if it would even give the option, i already know it wouldnt show a camera feed

 

[rugedraw]

figures. I played with the bed camera button and that showed up, so i guess it probably isnt possible then lol.

Interesting. There has to be a way then.

 

[rugedraw]

Interesting. There has to be a way then.

This was irking me, so I reached out to one of the gurus over on the F150 forum about this. With the exception of the Lightning, the firmware on 12" APIM's does not contain the coding for rear camera hot key that can be enabled on the touchscreen. It can be done, but it requires a physical button to be added. It cannot be done on the touchscreen.

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