Video guide - Installing BlackVue DR550GW-2CH and T-Power C UPS
Hi all,
I've just finished installing my BlackVue DR550GW-2CH and T-Power C UPS. Here's a video of the process, as well as my tips and tricks on how to do it properly, without effecting airbag operation. I hope you find this useful. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts3nMAeNWl8"]Project BRZ - Video 9 - How to install a BlackVue DR550GW-2CH Dashcam and T-Power C - YouTube[/ame] |
Thank you for this awesome DIY. I got the DR500GW as an anniversary gift from my fiance...who knew he would enlist my Amazon wishlist as a research source! I followed the first part of your DIY and had my blackvue hooked up in less than 5 minutes. This is one of my favorite mods to date and I couldn't be happier!
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I've recently installed my Blackvue. I opted to not get the Power Magic because it is rare that I don't leave the car for over a day and I read on here somewhere that people have installed it without for days and no issues with dead-battery.
However I thought it would be as simple as keeping it plugged in when car off and that dc outlet would still work so parking mode could actively carry on. I guess that is not the case, power is dropped. Is this mobile unit what I need to keep it running? Or am I missing something. Does it just run the camera while car is off until the mobile unit is discharged, meaning I still won't need to worry about dead battery? Thanks in advance for the help. |
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I recently installed the BlackVue DR650GW-2CH in my FR-S. The way I routed the cable is a bit different than what The Sentinel did.
Instead of routing the front camera wire through the top of the A pillar, I routed it on the front side of the A pillar by the front windscreen on the passenger side. For the rear camera wire, I did the same but routed it through the driver side, and instead of going along the roof headliner all the way to the back of the car, I had it going down to the floor of the car from the A pillar. From there, it goes along the door sill, comes back up through the B pillar structure to the roof headliner, and then finally through the top of the C pillar to reach the top of rear windscreen. It is definitely the long way around, more cumbersome to do, and probably not as clean, but I wanted to minimize the risks to the airbags as well as the amount of remaining excess wire I had to deal with in the end. The vendor from whom I bought the dash cam threw in the Power Magic for free, but I didn’t want to deal with the hardwiring, so I bought a Lukas portable UPS for use with parking mode. I think I will need to get a 64GB microSD card though. The 16GB microSD that the camera comes with is definitely way too small. |
any issues with the blackvue draining your battery using the t-power?
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nice DIY.
i installed my DR500 back in time with power magic pro. i used add-in fuse and ran the wire driver side A pillar. i also use old blackvue DR350 on back. :) |
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