Bytemrk
18th October 2015, 08:15 PM
So I ended up buying a Blackvue DR650GW-2CH (https://www.blackvue.com/dr650gw-2ch/) 2 channel dashcam and thought I'd put together a little install post for those considering similar in a D3 or D4.
The system comes with 2 cameras - front one is 1080P rear is 720P and everything is recorded on a micro SD card in the front Camera.
The box comes with everything you need to do the job:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/494.jpg
So I started by finding a suitable position to mouth the front camera. Ideally, you would mount this exactly central to the car - unfortunately that's awkward in a D4 as I already have sensors for auto wipers and lights in the way, so central would put it below the mirror - too low for my liking.
As a result I put it behind the mirror on the passengers side:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/495.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/496.jpg
Next to get the power cable from there.... down the left hand pillar to the fuse box behind the glovebox. A little yellow tongue made it pretty easy to feed up from the bottom.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/497.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/498.jpg
Removing the left visor also made getting through the head lining a lot easier.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/499.jpg
Next job was to position the rear camera and get the coax from one to the other...
Mounting was easy.... and you can barely see it from outside.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/500.jpg
Working the coax through the headlining from front to back tool a little patience, but Blackvue gave me plenty of cable length, allowing me to come across and down the side of the vehicle.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/501.jpg
Eventually it connected to the rear cam nice and neatly. I probably could have fed it through into the tailgate frame..but I got lazy. I might come back and do that later if it annoys me too much.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/502.jpg
Now time to go back and finish connecting at the front. simply plugging the coax and power cables into the cam and putting the power into a cigarette lighter had it all running:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/503.jpg
From outside: ( I'm going to black out the writing to make it a little less obvious)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/504.jpg
Configuration to ensure the time etc was set right was dead easy with the Blackvue app connecting to the cameras WiFi exactly as the book said... it was a piece of cake.
Next week I will add a power magic module, that allows me to wire it into the fusebox - giving me access to the standby parking mode.
I'll also update this thread with my impressions of the cam once I've used it for a while and some samples of video.
So far very happy... couple of hours and all working perfectly.
So I am now officially ready for the next cyclist :mad::mad: See my dashcam inspiration HERE (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-chat/211485-ing-cyclists-65.html#post2423024)
The system comes with 2 cameras - front one is 1080P rear is 720P and everything is recorded on a micro SD card in the front Camera.
The box comes with everything you need to do the job:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/494.jpg
So I started by finding a suitable position to mouth the front camera. Ideally, you would mount this exactly central to the car - unfortunately that's awkward in a D4 as I already have sensors for auto wipers and lights in the way, so central would put it below the mirror - too low for my liking.
As a result I put it behind the mirror on the passengers side:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/495.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/496.jpg
Next to get the power cable from there.... down the left hand pillar to the fuse box behind the glovebox. A little yellow tongue made it pretty easy to feed up from the bottom.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/497.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/498.jpg
Removing the left visor also made getting through the head lining a lot easier.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/499.jpg
Next job was to position the rear camera and get the coax from one to the other...
Mounting was easy.... and you can barely see it from outside.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/500.jpg
Working the coax through the headlining from front to back tool a little patience, but Blackvue gave me plenty of cable length, allowing me to come across and down the side of the vehicle.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/501.jpg
Eventually it connected to the rear cam nice and neatly. I probably could have fed it through into the tailgate frame..but I got lazy. I might come back and do that later if it annoys me too much.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/502.jpg
Now time to go back and finish connecting at the front. simply plugging the coax and power cables into the cam and putting the power into a cigarette lighter had it all running:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/503.jpg
From outside: ( I'm going to black out the writing to make it a little less obvious)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/10/504.jpg
Configuration to ensure the time etc was set right was dead easy with the Blackvue app connecting to the cameras WiFi exactly as the book said... it was a piece of cake.
Next week I will add a power magic module, that allows me to wire it into the fusebox - giving me access to the standby parking mode.
I'll also update this thread with my impressions of the cam once I've used it for a while and some samples of video.
So far very happy... couple of hours and all working perfectly.
So I am now officially ready for the next cyclist :mad::mad: See my dashcam inspiration HERE (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-chat/211485-ing-cyclists-65.html#post2423024)