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I should also add that @Mabcim gave me the inspiration with his write-up and helped getting mine finished. Credit where credit is due. I would also be happy to help anyone else with theirs if they want to try as well.
When @skyhawk made some last year, I bought one from his fine work. I'd have bought 2 if I'd have realized a second Maverick was in my future. Since Mouser shipping is half the price, I bought extra connectors and may end up with extra camera patch cords to sell.
Be sure to note that a "Buck converter" is needed if the dashcam is to be a 5 volt USB connection from one of the 12 volt taps.
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When @skyhawk made some last year, I bought one from his fine work. I'd have bought 2 if I'd have realized a second Maverick was in my future. Since Mouser shipping is half the price, I bought extra connectors and may end up with extra camera patch cords to sell.
Be sure to note that a "Buck converter" is needed if the dashcam is to be a 5 volt USB connection from one of the 12 volt taps.
I didn't see those, or maybe I would have just bought one. Going to search and see if I can find some pics and compare.

I'm going to use a FitCamX which is 12v. Otherwise yes- need the 5 volt converter, good call!
 

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I didn't see those, or maybe I would have just bought one. Going to search and see if I can find some pics and compare.

I'm going to use a FitCamX which is 12v. Otherwise yes- need the 5 volt converter, good call!
Skyhawk just made 3 of them I think, and I grabbed one for the same reason: He already thought it out and completed them.
You only need 6 wires if you do not have ACC: Pins 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10.
BUT with ACC on my Lariat, I needed ALL of the wires, including pins 3 and 11.
He included a buck converter AND a USB cord for me. Sweet little package.

My old Lariat plug with ACC:
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1712685506782-s1




The version without ACC:
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1712685601691-ye


Skyhawk's cable, complete with converter and USB-A female socket, as well as a USB-C to USB-B plug for my dashcam:
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1712685897395-6w

Ignore my question marks in the picture. I was verifying things with Skyhawk. I installed this with both the Dashcam and mirror April 2023 and no complaints at all.

I have a new Mangoal Dashcam for my wife's 2024, and I am struggling to determine whether it needs 5V or 12V. Then I'll put together the new one for her. Hope this helps.
 

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Skyhawk just made 3 of them I think, and I grabbed one for the same reason: He already thought it out and completed them.
You only need 6 wires if you do not have ACC: Pins 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10.
BUT with ACC on my Lariat, I needed ALL of the wires, including pins 3 and 11.
He included a buck converter AND a USB cord for me. Sweet little package.
I have ACC but still saw that not all wires were needed. It was minimal extra effort so I just connected all 12. No worries which is and isn't used that way.

I have a new Mangoal Dashcam for my wife's 2024, and I am struggling to determine whether it needs 5V or 12V. Then I'll put together the new one for her. Hope this helps.
I hadn't seen that one before, it looks damn near identical to the FitCamX. They even mention connecting to the non-existant rain sensor. It's probably the same camera or same factory at least.

You already know if it connects by USB it is going to be 5v. My suggestion would be to look carefully at the wire harness for any bumps or anything inside. In my case, I asked for the rain sensor harness and fuse harness just in case. I could see on the fuse tap harness there was nothing except the three wires. The rain sensor harness had me concerned because I could see other stuff covered up, but I opened it up and they had just included a couple fuses. So I knew mine was 12v at that point.

Here's the connector if you want to compare to yours:

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I have ACC but still saw that not all wires were needed. It was minimal extra effort so I just connected all 12. No worries which is and isn't used that way.



I hadn't seen that one before, it looks damn near identical to the FitCamX. They even mention connecting to the non-existant rain sensor. It's probably the same camera or same factory at least.

You already know if it connects by USB it is going to be 5v. My suggestion would be to look carefully at the wire harness for any bumps or anything inside. In my case, I asked for the rain sensor harness and fuse harness just in case. I could see on the fuse tap harness there was nothing except the three wires. The rain sensor harness had me concerned because I could see other stuff covered up, but I opened it up and they had just included a couple fuses. So I knew mine was 12v at that point.
My connector from the camera is:
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1712688999324-9h

The 3-wire patch cord they included, for the non-existant Ford powered mirror, is below in the picture. No buck converter in the patch, just three simple taps. I just need to know if whatever they made the patch cord for was a 12v mirror or a 5V mirror or something else. Because.....

They also include an OBD-II cable with some electronics going on inside it, again with no identification of the voltage. It uses the OBDII's ground (Pin 4), 12v (Pin 16), and pin 14 that is labeled "Diagnostic # CAN BUS HIGH SPEED LOW". The three wires exiting the OBDII connector to the camera are labeled inside the OBDII plug as GND, ACC, and B+. If it was just collecting 12V power from the OBDII, they wouldn't need all the components, just wires to 12v and gnd. So perhaps, the OBDII connector is a version of a 5v buck converter, without the USB connector.
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1712690044008-do

Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1712690072156-3l

Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1712690450159-ik

Gotta love companies that don't provide complete information. No luck Googling the cable.
 

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The FitCamX camera itself looks identical to what you have there. Same buttons, markings, vents, etc. I'm pretty sure it's the same camera. Just that this company is doing their wiring differently.

The "rain sensor" connectors look the same as what I got as well, pretty sure they are working off the same info. Mine originally had a couple glass fuses inline, but otherwise was wired the same. The three wires going to the OBD connector are Ground (Gnd), 12v Accessory Power (Acc), and 12v Battery Power (B+), that way you could have it powered from the battery while the truck is off and parked in some low power type mode probably just monitoring for impact, but when the truck is on, the accessory wire will run it normally.

I am 99% sure that yours is also going to be a 12v setup. As long as you don't have anything else in those cables - no bulges or bumps that might be hiding some other components, I am very confident. If it were me, I would probably just use the rain sensor wire - cut off the rain sensor and you will have the same three wires. Run the ground and both power wires together to your patch cable and should be good to go.

I just downloaded video from my first drive - pretty impressed with this camera, I think you will be too!
 

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The FitCamX camera itself looks identical to what you have there. Same buttons, markings, vents, etc. I'm pretty sure it's the same camera. Just that this company is doing their wiring differently.

The "rain sensor" connectors look the same as what I got as well, pretty sure they are working off the same info. Mine originally had a couple glass fuses inline, but otherwise was wired the same. The three wires going to the OBD connector are Ground (Gnd), 12v Accessory Power (Acc), and 12v Battery Power (B+), that way you could have it powered from the battery while the truck is off and parked in some low power type mode probably just monitoring for impact, but when the truck is on, the accessory wire will run it normally.

I am 99% sure that yours is also going to be a 12v setup. As long as you don't have anything else in those cables - no bulges or bumps that might be hiding some other components, I am very confident. If it were me, I would probably just use the rain sensor wire - cut off the rain sensor and you will have the same three wires. Run the ground and both power wires together to your patch cable and should be good to go.

I just downloaded video from my first drive - pretty impressed with this camera, I think you will be too!
I think you are at least 99% correct. I have never messed with the OBDII connections, that's the part that puzzles me. I think I'll just plug in the OBDII and then check the voltage at the connection point, then If all is 12V, I'll do as you suggest...take the cord off ot their patch cord. My Mouser order should be here by Friday. I may start making the wires as I still have a few pins left from the plan to use the dome lights.
 

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Just adding my experience for installing a kia mirror in 2024 for anyone who ends up on page 81 of this thread. I'm sure all of this (and more) is contained in earlier pages or on other threads, but this is what worked for me:

  • It seems the infamous Kia mirror that spurred this (A7062-ADUP1) has been discontinued or is near-impossible to find. Numerous folks are finding them 'available' to order but end up with cancelled orders. YMMV.
  • I ordered a A9062-ADUP0 (quickparts) for ~$65 shipped. End result seems to be the same as the original model with the caveat it sounds like the original model came in (significantly?) cheaper closer to $20-30. I was happy to spend a little more to get something that matched the other walk-through's that wasnt $200.
  • With the mirror it seems you can either 1) splice the new mirror directly into the OEM harness feeding power in the overhead to the overhead console lights OR 2) put together a custom harness that sits between the overhead console lights and the cable coming to it. My experience was with 2) so that i could avoid tapping the OEM harness and make install a little easier on the backend. More work overall, but less work in the truck.
  • I followed thisguide almost exclusively for building my wiring harness including the same pieces from Mouser (~$30, but i ordered a TON of spares)
    • Few extra supplies i purchased to build the harness
      • "automotive" wire from ebay. (necessary)
      • 'all-in-one' solder/splice kit from Amazon. (my choice of splicing, necessary)
      • Heat shrink tubing from Amazon. (optional)
      • Wiring harness cloth tape from Amazon. (optional)
    • My harness fit fine, but i will say it was significantly longer than needed. I didnt get eyes on the work space until i had it complete though.
    • I needed a total of maybe 12 or 13 pins to build the harness. You only need 10 physically, but like others said you will want some do-overs or to cover if you lose one. Ordering 20-30 should be more than enough.
    • On the 'female' plug with the bendy piece the pins (attached to the ends of the 5 wires) actually slide through the hinged side all the way to the other end and when you close the bendy piece down it holds the pins in place. As others have noted you need to crimp the pins onto the wires tightly so they can freely slide through the body of the plug to reach the other side. A 90 degree hook tool similar to this helps to 'pull' them through the body of the plug when they get hung up.
    • On the 'male' plug the pins (again attached to the ends of the 5 wires) just slip onto the external/pointy bits coming off the plug. The pins slide onto those external pieces pretty easy, but can also slide off. I used heat shrink to cover where i crimped the pins to the wire and also a over most of the pins (once connected to the connector). I also saw a recommendation for liquid electrical tape. You can see my heat shrink in red pushing up against the connector.
  • Physical install of the new mirror was fairly straight forward. This video and thisvideo are good walkthroughs of what you're doing. Note on my Lariat with the moonroof (and i assume any with the moonroof) there are two metal tabs on the tan plastic housing of the overhead lights located toward the rear of the truck. You can view and release these if you open the moonroof and look through the gap between the headliner and the roof. ~3:48 into the first video is a great explanation of this.
    • With the custom harness this is really just plug and play. Note: i tested my harness before putting everything back together and found everything working on the mirror, but noticed the mirror was not turning off with the truck. This wiring scheme leaves the mirror powered for about 15 minutes once you shut off and exit the truck. The mirror then turns back on immediately upon entering/unlocking the truck.
End result of my custom harness:

Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror IMG_4319.JPG



Breakdown to hopefully visualize the connections described in the guide link above:
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror diagram


Male connector where you can see im connected in the #8, #4, #3, #2, and #1 slots (left to right)
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror IMG_4314


Female connector where you can see im connected in the #1, #2, #3, #4, and #8 slots (left to right, and yes i used two blue and brown wires like a dummy).
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror IMG_4313
 
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The FitCamX camera itself looks identical to what you have there. Same buttons, markings, vents, etc. I'm pretty sure it's the same camera. Just that this company is doing their wiring differently.

The "rain sensor" connectors look the same as what I got as well, pretty sure they are working off the same info. Mine originally had a couple glass fuses inline, but otherwise was wired the same. The three wires going to the OBD connector are Ground (Gnd), 12v Accessory Power (Acc), and 12v Battery Power (B+), that way you could have it powered from the battery while the truck is off and parked in some low power type mode probably just monitoring for impact, but when the truck is on, the accessory wire will run it normally.

I am 99% sure that yours is also going to be a 12v setup. As long as you don't have anything else in those cables - no bulges or bumps that might be hiding some other components, I am very confident. If it were me, I would probably just use the rain sensor wire - cut off the rain sensor and you will have the same three wires. Run the ground and both power wires together to your patch cable and should be good to go.

I just downloaded video from my first drive - pretty impressed with this camera, I think you will be too!
I plugged it into the OBDii port and checked the wires. Yup, constant 12 volts on one, acc 12 volts on one, and ground on the other. As expected. HOWEVER....
I tore apart the patch cord they included for the non existent rain sensor and discovered that they paired the 2 power wires together and soldered a 1A fuse in the line that was covered in shrinkwrap! The 3-wire patch cord is white, Black and Red. The 2 - 12 volt wires are both wired to the red in the patch cord. None of this documented, but if you use the patch cord they supply, you only have power when the truck is on.

That is how I will wire my new patch cord. At least I don't have to add a buck converter. Why they soldered in a fuse like this is very strange.
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1712886824531-rq

I will leave the fuse inline when I clip the camera wires to put into my patch cord. At least I'll know where to look iff the camera dies. Here is the exposed fuse:
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1712887001667-dd
 

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I plugged it into the OBDii port and checked the wires. Yup, constant 12 volts on one, acc 12 volts on one, and ground on the other. As expected. HOWEVER....
I tore apart the patch cord they included for the non existent rain sensor and discovered that they paired the 2 power wires together and soldered a 1A fuse in the line that was covered in shrinkwrap! The 3-wire patch cord is white, Black and Red. The 2 - 12 volt wires are both wired to the red in the patch cord. None of this documented, but if you use the patch cord they supply, you only have power when the truck is on.

That is how I will wire my new patch cord. At least I don't have to add a buck converter. Why they soldered in a fuse like this is very strange.

I will leave the fuse inline when I clip the camera wires to put into my patch cord. At least I'll know where to look iff the camera dies. Here is the exposed fuse:
Yes! This is exactly the same as how mine was, I had the same small fuse covered in heat-shrink hidden in the harness, except mine also had ANOTHER glass fuse in a holder that I could unscrew - two fuses right next to each other! After that, same color wires as you at the rain sensor, two powers connected together, etc. I didn't bother taking pictures. There is no battery power at the "rain sensor" so they are just tied together and only works with power on, whereas OBD port has battery power so you can use parking mode. You are absolutely correct about everything, tie the red and yellow wires together. In my pictures, the red and yellow from camera are tied together to my red power wire as well as the two power wires for the HomeLink mirror are tied together to my red power wire.

Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror PXL_20240409_165228075


Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror PXL_20240409_162925193.MP


I removed the fuses from the patch cord. Just didn't want to have anything extra to fail - especially hidden in the harness. I don't have a separate fuse on my HomeLink mirror either. Not too worried, but no harm in having it either of course.

I'm really, really confident at this point that these are the same camera, just finished in a different factory. Wonder about the software - if one is better than the other or if either one can be used? It was a little tricky to get mine started the first time, but after that it's been pretty solid so far. I have driven with it for a couple days now and pretty happy with it overall.

I just finished wrapping mine and put it back in the truck. Going to drive with it for a couple days just to make sure all is well. Looks like I will want to put a little notch in the bottom of the cover panel to allow the wires to sit there and have the panel snap on tight. Then I'll put the cover panel back on and should be good to go!

Here's how mine turned out. Pretty happy with it overall. Nice little project. Makes me want to do more!

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Excellent. Mouser delivered the parts yesterday, so I need to get to it today. All mysteries solved...thanks for your help. I know my wife will be happy to get the Homelink and camera set up. Finally warming up here enough to want to put the goodies on (hood protector, mirror, camera, etc.). Thanks again.
 

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If anybody's interested in a brand new, in the box, Kia auto dimming mirror with compass but not Homelink; I have one for $30 plus shipping?
 

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I removed the fuses from the patch cord. Just didn't want to have anything extra to fail - especially hidden in the harness. I don't have a separate fuse on my HomeLink mirror either. Not too worried, but no harm in having it either of course.
I am making one of these for my son and don't have vehicle to confirm. Looks like you used the IPMA/camera connector - which is my plan. Can you confirm that your power takeoffs are going the right direction? In other words, once the harness is plugged in the wires going to the mirror are headed the right direction and you don't need to loop back?

I'm also planning to wire in this USB power supply for his dashcam so will need to tuck it in somewhere. Looks like there is room under the camera cover. It's about 2" long and 3/4" thick. Thoughts on that?

Finally, what distance between connectors? Looks like about 4"? You happy with that?
Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 1713299789259-37
 
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I am making one of these for my son and don't have vehicle to confirm. Looks like you used the IPMA/camera connector - which is my plan. Can you confirm that your power takeoffs are going the right direction? In other words, once the harness is plugged in the wires going to the mirror are headed the right direction and you don't need to loop back?

I'm also planning to wire in this USB power supply for his dashcam so will need to tuck it in somewhere. Looks like there is room under the camera cover. It's about 2" long and 3/4" thick. Thoughts on that?

Finally, what distance between connectors? Looks like about 4"? You happy with that?
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Here is a close-up of the plug and the wire numbers. Pin 4 is +12V and Pin 5 is ground. I used about 5" wires and ran 2 taps: 1 for the mirror and 1 for a 12 volt dashcam. I also just discovered that my 2020 Transit uses the very same plug, so I made a patch cord for it to add a Dashcam. In the Transit's case, it is a 5V USB dashcam, so I'll add the buck converter. Plenty of room under the cover.
The 4 pins (2, 6, 7, and 12) are not used, so I ran only the 8 wires. Apparently, an XLT can be done with only 6 wires, but I have Lariats with ACC and all 8 wires need to be connected. The picture is my Lariat's EXISTING plug.

Ford Maverick Cheap auto-dimming, homelink mirror 12-pin Image Processing plu
 

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I am making one of these for my son and don't have vehicle to confirm. Looks like you used the IPMA/camera connector - which is my plan. Can you confirm that your power takeoffs are going the right direction? In other words, once the harness is plugged in the wires going to the mirror are headed the right direction and you don't need to loop back?

I'm also planning to wire in this USB power supply for his dashcam so will need to tuck it in somewhere. Looks like there is room under the camera cover. It's about 2" long and 3/4" thick. Thoughts on that?

Finally, what distance between connectors? Looks like about 4"? You happy with that?
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I did loop mine back, I was concerned if I faced them the other way they might be too tight with the module they plug into. Could probably go either way.

I think I ended up about 2-3" long. No need for any extra length. Making it longer would be easier to assembly, but takes up more room. Could probably go either way on this too.

I did think I heard a slight rattle once - could be one of the connectors against something plastic. There is plenty of room, but next time I open it up (change my windshield) I think I'll add some foam tape around the connectors just in case.
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