I put together a poor mans trailer backup camera for Uconnect 5 with 12" screen
I have a 23 1500 Bighorn WITH the $590 trailer camera option. It was a waste of money after you have to spend $1500+ on the dual camera kit. It is also, not digital camera quality. Below has nothing to do with the trailer camera option, it is not necessary. Also, I DO NOT have DRVM.
From the pics below, on Amazon I ordered the Fakra cables in the lengths (2 20 footers) I needed (about $60 worth) to span my travel trailer. I ordered 2 shorter Fakra cables(2 -3 ft or so) so I could make a "jumper" to hang from the tailgate camera (inside the tailgate), loop down to the hole in the bottom of the tailgate, make a connection point, and loop back up to the cable that plugs into the camera.
I purchased an OEM tailgate camera (around $100 I think), there are some cheaper on Amazon if you want to risk whether they work or not. My trailer came with the factory Furion camera mount so I took the cover plate off and drilled a hole in it. I mounted the OEM camera inside and hooked the Fakra cable to it that I had to run thru the underbelly of my trialer.
When you hook up your trailer you will have to reach in the hole under the tailgate and pull out the looped wire. Disconnect the tailgate camera and hook up the trailer camera. Your truck should have came with a tailgate removal kit. In the kit is a plug to put on the unused Fakra cable, either the tailgate end or the trailer end when not in use to keep it clean.
I have used this a dozen times or so and only got a blue screen camera once. I think I didn't get the Fakra connection together very well, unplugged and replugged and has worked fine every since.
Good luck, hopefully you can enlarge pics and zoom in for part numbers and info. One note, make sure your cables are male to female. I mistakenly ordered female to female and didn't know until I went to install. I was going to take more pics and put together a tutorial with the tailgate cover off but the cable set me back to do it another day.
Good luck.
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