In general that's a good rule, however I think the electronically controlled transmission in the later model Ds knows better than to let you do that. I was out on the Blue Ridge Parkway one day and had a deer dart in front of me - not the one I hit! I jumped on the brakes, and something (maybe my camera) hit the dial-a-gear knob. I looked down to see it in R with the light flashing. I moved it back to D, and went on my way without an issue.
While the lockpick will let you switch to the camera while driving, the camera is actually turned off by the car when you go over 15mph and this isn't something lockpick can change. The camera is connected to the car's LIN bus and is powered off over 15mph. You could install and aftermarket camera and then that would work with lockpick. But then you lose the green/yellow/red park assist lines.
Got ya, I put an aftermarket camera in the Wrangler which is why I can switch it on whenever.
I don't have the LockPick Air so can't confirm but someone else on the forum said that it didn't work. I have the PAC-AUDIO lock pick which enables NAV while driving and i can switch to the backup camera but it shows a black screen when driving because the camera is turned off. Maybe the Lockpick Air is doing something different than the PAC-AUDIO but i chose PAC-AUDIO for the fact that it disables ECO mode at start so i don't have to turn it off manually every time i start the car.
I would like to have a control to turn my camera on without being in reverse, how do I go about doing that?
Also interested. Would be handy to assist in monitoring trailer cargo.
My 19 does the same thing.
Thanks. That's good to know.
