Rearview Camera R189, Calibrating

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Calibration Tool - Spacing Laser: VAS6350/2A 
• Calibration Tool: VAS6350A 
• Calibration Tool - Linear Laser: VAS6350/3A 
• Calibration Tool - Wheel Center Mounting: VAS6350/1A 
• Calibration Tool - Wheel Bolt Adapters - AF 17: VAS6350/1-3A 

The Rearview Camera - R189- will be called the camera in the information that follows.

Preparing

Requirement

• Refer to Necessity of Calibration  .
• There may be no DTC memory entry present because they prevent the calibration.

-- Check the camera image on the Front Information Display Control Head -J685-.

-- Check and clear the DTC memory using the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.

-- Check the circle pattern of the rims of the rear wheels and prepare the Calibration Tool - Wheel Center Mounting: VAS6350/1A  .

Vehicles with Wheel Bolts SW17

-- Secure the Calibration Tool - Wheel Center Mounting: VAS6350/1A  using the Calibration Tool - Wheel Bolt Adapters - AF 17: VAS6350/1-3A  .

Vehicles with Wheel Bolts SW19 

-- Secure the Calibration Tool - Wheel Center Mounting: VAS6350/1A  using the Calibration Tool - Wheel Bolt Adapters - AF 19: VAS6350/1-4A  .

Continuation for All Vehicles 

-- Attach the paddles -2- from the Calibration Device: VAS6350A  to the Calibration Tool - Wheel Center Mounting: VAS6350/1A  -1- and secure with a clamping screw.

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-- Position the Calibration Tool - Wheel Center Mounting: VAS6350/1A  on the wheel bolts of the rear wheels.

Requirement

• Position the Calibration Tool - Wheel Center Mounting: VAS6350/1A  that the anti-theft wheel bolts do not touch the Calibration Tool - Wheel Center Mounting: VAS6350/1A  .

-- Adjust the paddles -2-.

Requirement

• The paddles -2- must be close to the ground and move easily and freely.

-- Position the calibration field -1- out of the Calibration Tool: VAS6350A  at the distance -a- behind the vehicle.

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Requirement

• Dimension -a- = 400 mm to 1000 mm

-- Align the calibration field -1- parallel to the paddles -2-.

Requirement

• Distance -b- must be the same on both sides.

Tip

Note dimension -b- for the step later in the calibration.

-- Switch on the Calibration Tool - Linear Laser: VAS6350/3A  -1-.

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-- Adjust the calibration field in a way that the laser beam -2- strikes the center of the emblem at the rear of the vehicle.

-- Turn the plastic feet under the calibration field, until the bubble level -arrow- is centered.

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-- Turn on the Calibration Tool - Spacing Laser: VAS6350/2A  and hold as shown in the display -1-.

Fig 1: The Following Display Appears -1- :

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-- Press the respective button of the Calibration Tool - Spacing Laser: VAS6350/2A  -2- :

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• -arrow 1- : position with front edge
• -arrow 3- : position with rear edge

-- Attach the Calibration Tool - Spacing Laser: VAS6350/2A  -2- wit the rear edge -arrow 3- and press the respective button.

-- Position the Calibration Tool - Spacing Laser: VAS6350/2A  -2- flush into the angle of the calibration field and hold steady.

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-- Press the measuring button.

Requirement

• The laser beam of the Calibration Tool - Spacing Laser: VAS6350/2A  -2- must strike the paddle -1-.
• If the laser beam does not strike the paddle -1- in the center, then readjust the paddle -1-.

-- Write down the resulting value.

-- Repeat the procedure for the rear wheel on the other side of the vehicle.

Requirement

• The resulting values must be the same for both sides.
• If the values differ from one side to the other, then readjust the Calibration Device: VAS6350A  , until both values are the same.

-- Turn on the Calibration Tool - Spacing Laser: VAS6350/2A  and hold as shown in the display -1-.

Fig 2: The Following Display Appears -1- :

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-- Press the respective button of the Calibration Tool - Spacing Laser: VAS6350/2A  -2- :

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• -arrow 1- : position with front edge
• -arrow 3- : position with rear edge

-- Measure and write down the dimension -a- using a commercially available tape measure.

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-- Measure and write down the dimension -b- using a commercially available tape measure.

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-- Insert both dimensions -a and b- in "mm" in the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.

-- Follow the instructions of the Vehicle Diagnostic Tester.