2 Questions

[99350sd]

1 is it possible to connect the back up camera to an upfitter switch so you can turn it on any time ? (this is so I could check to see if i closed the tail gate after i started to drive. have forgotten to close it a few times after loading)
2 does anyone know of a way to add back-up sensors to the front to get a warning of how close you are to an object at the front corners ?
thanks for any replies in advance.

[Shinny]

Yes to question 1. You need to put a diode in to prevent the reverse lights from coming on when you hit the switch. I have no idea about question 2

[wp6529]

Possibly no to #1, it depends on which setup you have. If you have the backup camera that displays in the rear view mirror, then yes, but if you have the one that displays on the nav radio screen, no. The nav radio version displays not based on a backup light signal, but rather via CAN bus data from the transmission control module. It isn't impossible to manipulate this data, but it is vastly more complex than just adding a switch.

On #2, it should be possible to do this. Looking at the parking aid diagram, cell 131-1 it looks like you would need to switch the four sensor data lines and the reversing lamps input to switch to front sensors and activate the module. Depending on the cost of the parking aid module, it might be easier to just use a second module and not have to switch the sensors. With a second module you'd just have to use a switch (upfitter?) to provide the reversing lamps signal to enable the module when you wanted.