Flip Down Video in 98 Sienna problem with wiring

I have installed a flip down monitor and dvd in my 98 Toyota Sienna minivan.  Everything is working great EXCEPT...the dome light fuse keeps blowing.  I don't really need the light in the flip down unit, but I'd like to do the job properly.  The Flip Down Dome light has three wires (black, red and green).  I am using a tap to connect directly into the the two power lines going into the existing dome light.  I am grounding the black to the frame (which is the only way that see the existing dome light is getting a ground).

I am new to this, but I must be missing something.  Is there anything special about how cars handle positive and negative connections?

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My suggestion would be go ground to a different spot ( clean of paint and also ant debris ) and also the Toyota has a ( - ) dome light and door trigger system. 12 volts at rest and ( - ) when dome light is activated. Make sure that the RED wire that the overhead unit is in fact receiving a 12 volt signal and not a ground signal. BTW: Where did you hook up the RED and GREEN wires to ??

The red wire (from the Flip Down light) is hooked into the Toyota RED / Black wire.  The Green wire is hooked into the toyota RED / White wire.

I am reading in other forums about a "negative trigger" wire for the courtesy/dome light.  Could this be my problem, and if so, what is the proper way to wire it.

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What does the instructions say about what polarity trigger each wire needs ? The RED wire is a 12 volt constant wire ( check to be sure of this with the instructions ) and the GREEN is the activation wire from the domelight or door.

According to the instructions:

Red - Power Supply (12V)

Green - Interior Light System

Black - Ground

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double check your instructions, a lot of units require you reverse the 12v and ground wires when the car has a negative trigger system. By the way I always use all three wires at the factory harness. This will insorporate the fade out and time out features of the factory lighting system.

cp

The RED / white is the dome trigger and the RED / black is the dome supervisor.  What is the difference?

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RED / White is the door trigger and the RED / BLACK is the option on vehicles that allows the dome light to operate after the last door is closed or the first door is open.

So I should connect the green wire to the dome trigger (RED / white), the red wire directly to the wiring harness and black ground to the frame.

Thanks,

• Red wire on flipdown monitor ------ Run a wire that connects to a 12 volt constant source
• Black wire ---------------------------------GROUND this wire to chassis or run a wire to connect to the monitors ground
• GREEN wire on monitor -------------- This will go to the DOME LIGHT SUPERVISION wire so that it will replicate the OEM dome light ( with fade in and out ) RED / BLACK on Sienna. ** Make sure that this is a (-) input wire as the Sienna RED / BLACK wire is a (-) output wire.