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Alistair

Member Since: 11 Feb 2011
Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra
Posts: 7975

2013 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Santorini Black

Blackvue Installation

I finally got round to ordering a Blackvue camera at the weekend - it arrived today.

It looks very neat - I havent done much with it yet, but did start my install

I wanted it as neat as possible, but didn't want to take the car to pieces, so I think I managed a pretty good compromise that took about half an hour so far.

I decided to put it as tight in as possible on the passenger side - the down side of it being this tight is that it needs to be removed from the holder to get the SD card out - but mounting on the drivers side would leave more cable exposed.....

I fed the cable up from the glove box - I pilled out the bit of trim by the passengers feet and took out the vent, then fed a fibreglass rod through

The rod was too firm for the next bit, so I used a net curtain cord (that would pobably have been better for the last part too

I then taped the power lead to the rod then cord and pulled it through.

Finally I just tucked it into the headlining & ran it down next to the windscreen, pulled the spare cable through & then popped the vent back in.

I've not wired it in yet - the cable just goes straight through the glove box and into the cig lighter, but the next job is to get a Piggyback fuse and wire it into the fuse box in the glovebox

10th Jul 2012 6:27pm

Alistair

Member Since: 11 Feb 2011
Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra
Posts: 7975

Removing the vent is 1:15 into this Powerful video

10th Jul 2012 6:31pm

Budgie

Member Since: 09 Jul 2012
Location: Stornoway
Posts: 267

Thanks for the link to those piggyback fuse holders, that'll come in handy for a few things.

10th Jul 2012 8:30pm

47p2

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: Gone Beyond, Subaru
Posts: 8048

I fancy something like this, but it would need to be installed into 4 different vehicles

10th Jul 2012 8:33pm

Budgie

Member Since: 09 Jul 2012
Location: Stornoway
Posts: 267

I've got a Suction Mount for a normal camcorder that I used on the Belgium National for a couple of years.
It's not the smallest thing to have stuck to the screen but it works and gives a nice stable image when off road. It also allows you to use it in different vehicles.

10th Jul 2012 9:03pm

Alistair

Member Since: 11 Feb 2011
Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra
Posts: 7975

You can buy additional holders & leads.....

I've actually just ordered a second one off eBay - direct from Korea for about half what I paid on Amazon.

10th Jul 2012 9:06pm

Paulo

Member Since: 28 Sep 2010
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 199

Alistair, great work etc...

Keep us posted on how good or bad the Blackvue is as I want to purchase one or something similar for my car...

11th Jul 2012 9:58am

stan
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this thread [with links] could be useful,

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic10013.html?highlight=blackvue ... - .- -.

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11th Jul 2012 10:02am

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