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Welshdragon Member Since: 20 Jan 2012 Location: here and there...but not where I should be Posts: 1899 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I have been looking into purchasing a dash cam for a while now and came to the conclusion that the cheap ones don�t work well enough and on the other spectrum the expensive one are just too much a risk of theft if left in the car while parked unattended, you pays your money take your choice I know.
Instillation was easy enough and found the right power source on the fuse box ( number 7 ) this was already used for my parrot car phone so purchased this :-
I also didn�t want to hard wire the lead to the fuse and found a socket in my spares :-
One piggy back, one male and one female connector and we�re in business. The passenger side panel is only push clipped in and will come off easily with care, careful not to damage the wood effect trim end. You will also need to take the kick panel off to access the wiring to fuse box to make things easier.
Wiring up is easily done with the bypass fuse holder and all was done in 30 minutes or so. Camera Now feeding the dash cam wire to the socket in the dashboard, I fed the wire up the near side A pillar and across the top of the screen to behind the mirror, excess cable was tied up behind the dash board end cover.
Placing the dash cam just behind the rear view mirror so it�s not a distraction while driving but at the same time easy to unclip from housing if needed, its central in the screen as my first position didn't show all the road ahead on the drivers side.
And there it is, ready for the Kamikaze drivers to do their worst ! I hope this has been of some help to others who are thinking of fitting a dash cam, doesn�t matter what camera is fitted the wiring will be as easy as this ![]() If the IId tool cant fix it.......burn the FF. If the FF cant be fixed......buy a Land Cruiser! If the LC cant be fixed..............................................BUY a horse !! |
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35533 ![]() ![]() |
nice job.. |
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T24RES Member Since: 22 Nov 2010 Location: Henley-on-Thames Posts: 936 ![]() ![]() |
Thats great, ive just bought one of these. A couple of additions:
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Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 7976 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pretty much the same install I did with my Blackvue |
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35533 ![]() ![]() |
i think you do have to have one of these cos there so many numptys on the road as i found out recently,
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billcyn Member Since: 20 Oct 2013 Location: Whitby Posts: 56 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Good post welshdragon! Fitted mine (cheapo �15 plus �15 for 32Gb sd card) about 4 months ago in a very similar manner and found it useful many times for filming idiotic driving. See this clip I took last month -
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T24RES Member Since: 22 Nov 2010 Location: Henley-on-Thames Posts: 936 ![]() ![]() |
I forgot to say that you can update the firmware to read in MPH, mine started off in KMH.
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Welshdragon Member Since: 20 Jan 2012 Location: here and there...but not where I should be Posts: 1899 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Agreed I too see too many 'locals' and tourist in the summer ( you can spot them a mile off here where I live |
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Prop Member Since: 26 Sep 2012 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 675 ![]() ![]() |
Nice job Welshdragon, I had my 0801 fitted in early November. I went for the GPS version, but its only the mount that differentiates between GPS and Non GPS.
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johnboyairey Member Since: 11 Jan 2013 Location: surrey Posts: 2035 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
hi, reading above, and just looking at this on Amazon. is this one the one priced just under �30 roughly? or the �75 one? I don't need the gps type etc, just the camera, cheers. |
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JAYBOY Member Since: 17 Oct 2012 Location: South Wales Posts: 2204 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Top job Fella |
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Welshdragon Member Since: 20 Jan 2012 Location: here and there...but not where I should be Posts: 1899 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Nice one, I hadn't thought of fitting the cam that side, I tried the passenger side of the rear view mirror but because the curve of the screen the picture was more bias to the near side, hence its in the middle.
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35533 ![]() ![]() |
@John, the �30 one is a copy and low spec, loads of info here,
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Welshdragon Member Since: 20 Jan 2012 Location: here and there...but not where I should be Posts: 1899 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
As Stan said John, mine was �58 non gps. If it dont work.......burn it!
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