PARKING ASSIST MONITOR SYSTEM GENERAL

  1. OUTLINE

    1. The parking assist monitor system consists of the rear monitor and parking guide lines to assist the driver in parking the vehicle.

    2. The parking assist monitor system has a rear television camera assembly mounted on the back door*1 or the back door spare tire carrier*2 to display a view of the area behind the vehicle on the multi display assembly.

      • *1: Models without back door spare tire carrier

      • *2: Models with back door spare tire carrier

    3. This system consists of the rear television camera assembly, the parking assist ECU, the multi display assembly.

  2. MAIN FEATURES

    1. The rear parking assist monitor system displays in both manual assist and parallel parking assist.

    2. Manual assist is used for parking the vehicle in a garage or parking space.

    3. Parallel parking assist is used when parallel parking the vehicle.

    4. Pressing the assist mode button can change the assist mode. The initial (default) setting is set to parallel parking assist.

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      *a Manual Assist *b Parallel Parking Assist

  3. PRECAUTION

    1. Do not rely entirely on the monitor system. Use caution, just as when backing up any vehicle.

    2. Never back up while looking only at the screen. The image on the screen may differ from the actual conditions. Backing up while looking only at the screen may cause an accident or cause the vehicle to hit an object. When backing up, be sure to check by looking behind and all around the vehicle, both directly and using the mirrors, before proceeding.

    3. In the following cases, it may become difficult to see items in the image on the screen, but this does not indicate a malfunction:

      1. In the dark (for example, at night).

      2. When the temperature near the lens is very high or low.

      3. When water droplets are present on the television camera, or when humidity is high (for example, when it rains).

      4. When foreign matter (for example, mud or salt) is present on the television camera lens.

      5. When sunlight or headlights are shining directly onto the television camera lens.

    4. If a bright light (for example, sunlight reflected off the vehicle body) is picked up by the television camera, the smear effect* (peculiar to a CCD camera) may occur.

      Tech Tips

      *: A phenomenon that occurs when a bright light is received by the rear television camera assembly, and transmitted to the screen. The light source will appear to have a vertical streak above and below it.

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      *a Bright Light *b Vertical Streak