Camera Features

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Visual Park Aid Alert

The visual park aid alert feature displays red, yellow or green visual alerts that appear as highlights over the video image in the zone where an object has been detected by the rear parking aid system. This feature utilizes the parking aid sensor data from the PAM to generate the visual highlights over the video image. When the reverse gear is selected and an object is detected by a rear parking aid sensor, the parking aid sensor data message is sent from the PAM through the HS-CAN to the BCM, which sends the message to the rear camera via the LIN circuit. The camera then generates the appropriate highlights over the video image in the zone where an object has been detected. If the visual park aid alert feature is enabled, the feature remains operational even if the rear parking aid system has been disabled by the driver.

NOTE: The on-screen alert color transitions may not match changes in the audible parking aid alert tone frequency.

Fixed Guidelines

The video camera fixed guidelines feature displays guidelines on top of the video image when reverse gear is selected to assist the driver with alignment of the vehicle. A dashed line on the displayed image represents the center of the vehicle and 3 color-coded lines (red, yellow, green) identify different zones between the rear of the vehicle and objects. The guidelines are generated by the camera over the video image.

If the liftgate is open, the fixed guidelines are not shown.

If the vehicle is equipped with a Trailer Module (TRM), the fixed guidelines are not shown when a trailer is electrically connected to the vehicle.

NOTE: The color-coded lines cannot indicate accurate or consistent distances between objects located behind the vehicle and at the rear of the vehicle. This normal condition is due to variances in vehicle ride height, including, but not limited to, vehicle loading.

Manual Zoom

This feature allows the driver to manually zoom closer to an object behind the vehicle. If the manual zoom feature is on and the vehicle is shifted out of reverse gear, the manual zoom feature is disabled. The manual zoom feature must be re-enabled each time reverse gear is selected. When the driver turns the zoom on, the APIM (vehicles with 8 in (203.2 mm) touchscreen) or FCDIM (vehicles with 4.2 in (106.68 mm) display) sends the camera commands message to the BCM. The BCM then sends the manual zoom request message to the rear camera via the LIN circuit. The camera turns the zoom on or off based on the zoom request message.

Video Delay

When the video delay is turned on, the rear camera video image is displayed after the transmission is shifted out of reverse gear, into any gear other than park, until the vehicle speed reaches 8 km/h (5 mph). With the delay off, the image is displayed until the transmission is shifted out of reverse gear.

When the video delay is on, the APIM (vehicles with 8 in (203.2 mm) touchscreen) or FCDIM (vehicles with 4.2 in (106.68 mm) display) monitors the vehicle speed and transmission gear position messages from the PCM to control the delay feature.