AMPIRE KCX801, KCX801-eco Mini Universal Rear View Camera Owner’s Manual
- June 11, 2024
- AMPIRE
Table of Contents
- AMPIRE KCX801, KCX801-eco Mini Universal Rear View Camera
- Product Information
- Product Usage Instructions
- Installation
- Connection
- Environmental Reference
- Precautions
- Technical Specifications
- Installation Options
- Technical Data
- References
- Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
- Download This Manual (PDF format)
AMPIRE KCX801, KCX801-eco Mini Universal Rear View Camera
Product Information
The KCX801 and KCX801-eco are German-engineered car rearview cameras that come with a user manual or owner’s manual. The product is designed to provide clear and high-quality video output for safer and more convenient car reversing and parking. The KCX801 comes in two installation variants, while the KCX801-eco has a simplified wiring configuration. Both products come with a number of cable loops and connectors, including a yellow cinch plug, a yellow cinch socket, a blue input for reversing light, and a purple loop for image reproduction.
Product Usage Instructions
Before attempting to install or use the KCX801 or KCX801-eco, please read the instructions manual completely. Below are detailed usage instructions:
Installation
Variant 1: Install the KCX801 on the license plate illumination lights’ panel by taking off the panel and drilling an 8mm hole. Route the cable and connect it as described in the manual.
Variant 2: Install the KCX801 on the back of your car by drilling an 8mm hole. Put the cable and thread through the hole and fasten the camera with its ring and screw nut. Route the cable and connect it as described in the manual. Depending on the installation location (front or rear), two cable loops may have to be cut. Please check this setting with the help of a monitor before final assembly.
Connection
Connect the cables and loops as follows:
- Black: Ground
- Red: +12V Ignition (terminal 15)
- Yellow cinch plug: Video output for connection to a monitor
- Yellow cinch socket: Video input for connecting a front camera
- Blue: + Input for reversing light
- Orange: +12V switching output for switching on the monitor/interface (5 sec. switch-off delay) or a front camera (10 sec. switch-off delay). If the cable is not required, it must be insulated and must not come to ground.
- Green, White, and Blue loops: Image reproduction (mirrored/normal). Cut the cable loop if you want to mirror the image reproduction for front mounting.
Environmental Reference
- Clean the rearview camera with a clean, soft, and damp cloth. Dispose of the product responsibly according to environmental regulations.
- Old electronic devices do not belong in the garbage can.
- If you later want to dispose of this device, remove all cables and batteries and dispose of them separately at a recycling facility in your area.
- Alternatively, you can return this device to Ampire for disposal.
- The packaging is recyclable. Dispose of the packaging in a designated collection system
Precautions
- Handle the product with care during installation and use. Fasten the nut carefully to avoid breaking the threaded bolt. Insulate unused cables to avoid electrical hazards.
- Install the camera properly, paying special attention to these precautions.
- Operate this camera only in designated motor vehicles
- Make sure that the connections are correct.
- Make sure that you do not damage any pipes or cables when drilling holes.
- Lay the cables so that they cannot be kinked, crushed or damaged by sharp edges.
- Install the camera in a safe place where it will not interfere with driving and where it will not be exposed to moisture. Use the installation material supplied with the camera.
- Caution! Incorrect installation can damage the vehicles electronics! Observe the instructions of the vehicle manufacturer. This camera is intended exclusively for use in motor vehicles.
- Do not use any chemical cleaning products or solvents to clean the rear view camera. This may damage the plastic components or the lens of the camera. Clean the rear view camera with a clean, soft and damp cloth
Technical Specifications
The product specifications are not provided in the manual text extract. Please refer to the product datasheet or other technical documents for detailed technical information.
Disposal
Environmental instructions and information on the disposal of electrical
and electronic equipment including batteries (applicable to countries that
have adopted a separate collection system)
If you want to dispose of this product, do not dispose of it with your normal
household waste. There is a separate collection system for used electronic
equipment in accordance with legal requirements that require appropriate
treatment, recovery and recycling. Contact your local authority for details on
finding a recycling facility in your area. Proper recycling and disposal helps
to conserve resources and prevent harmful effects on our health and the
environment.
Installation Options
- Install the KCX801 in the license plate illumination lights’ panel. Take off the panel and drill a hole of 8 mm.
- Install the KCX801 on thze back of your car for instance. Drill a hole of 8mm.
- Put the vable and the thread though the hole and fasten the camera with its ring and screw nut.
- Route the cable and connect it as described on the next page. Then mount the bracket again. With variant 2, depending on the installation location (front or rear), two cable loops may have to be cut. Otherwise the picture will be displayed incorrectly. Please check this setting with the help of a monitor before final assembly
Attention : Fasten the nut very carfully to avoid that the threaded bolt can break!
Connection KCX801
Complete connection Carry out the following connection if all voltages are available at the installation
Rear reversing signal pick-up
Pickup reversing signal front
Connection with front camera
Functionality of the switching electronics
After the 12V reversing signal is no longer present on the blue cable, the
video output is switched to the input for a front camera for 10 seconds.
During this time, the orange cable has 12V. After these 10 seconds the system
switches off. The delay of 10 seconds only works if the circuit at the input
of the front camera detects a video signal. If the circuit at the input of the
front camera does not detect a video signal, only a delay of 5 seconds will
work
Connection KCX801-ECO
Wiring
Functions of the cable loops
If no ignition is connected to the red cable, but a reversing signal has
been found in the car (rear area), please note:
After the camera has been installed, the reversing signal must be connected to
the blue additional cable (on the EV-X802). In the next step, connect the red
and blue cables to the connection cable. Please connect the black line on the
connection cable to ground (monitor or body).
Technical Data
Hereby Ampire Electronics GmbH & Co.KG declares that the reversing camera
KCX801 and KCX801-ECO complies with the directives 2014/30/EU, 2014/35/EU and
2011/65/EU. The full text of the EU Declaration of Conformity in German
language is available at the following Internet address: https://ce.ampire.de
Since its founding in 1987 Ampire Electronics has only
one goal, to provide the best possible Caralarm-, Carhifi- and Multimedia
products, which are available on the international market.
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on future oriented development of user friendly products. The outstanding high
quality standards, functionalities and designs of our products are unique in
the market. “German Development” is taken literally in AMPIRE.
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References
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