Why I got a dash cam

[pinoyplaya]

Woot I get mine this friday, its not the II one but its the first one. Both are pretty much the same anyway but one has better operation temperature range and compression. But other than that, meh.

Cant wait for mine to arrive!

I do wanna hotwire it but I dont know how

[drifter]

Originally Posted by pinoyplaya

I do wanna hotwire it but I dont know how

I had my stereo guy wire it to the fuse box. Most auto stereo shops do this, I paid like $30 just because I didnn't wanna mess with it, eventhough i'm told it's easy to do yourself.

[pinoyplaya]

Originally Posted by drifter

I had my stereo guy wire it to the fuse box. Most auto stereo shops do this, I paid like $30 just because I didnn't wanna mess with it, eventhough i'm told it's easy to do yourself.

Did you check out how it was done?

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by pinoyplaya

Did you check out how it was done?

Just pick up a mini add-a-circuit (aka add-a-fuse) http://www.parts-express.com/pe/show...number=071-585 from your local auto parts store, amazon, ebay, etc.

Pick any existing 10AMP fuse in your fusebox, pull it out, plug in two 10AMP fuses to the add-a-circuit. Plug the add-a-circuit into the now-empty fuse receptacle. Now you have a spare power lead that is protected by its own fuse. Run your camera wire to that, and ground it to any bolt near the fuse box (there's one conveniently right in front of the box towards the firewall).

[AJUSA.com]

The things that go on when you are not around. Sure gets a lot of attention!

[drifter]

Originally Posted by pinoyplaya

Did you check out how it was done?

As "FOOBAR" mentioned; I believe they ran the wire on inside the panelling, starting up by the rearview mirror, then down the drivers side to fuse box, so you don't see any wire.

You do know you can also plug it in your lighter for starters, if you don't mind a wire showing.

this is a great video review that explains how to set it up and also a forum that answers tons of questions:

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/merge...hread-1147913/

[xjohnx]

Originally Posted by drifter

As "FOOBAR" mentioned; I believe they ran the wire on inside the panelling, starting up by the rearview mirror, then down the drivers side to fuse box, so you don't see any wire.

You do know you can also plug it in your lighter for starters, if you don't mind a wire showing.

this is a great video review that explains how to set it up and also a forum that answers tons of questions:

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/merge...hread-1147913/

You can still do this without the wire showing, just route it around the headliner, down the passenger a pillar and plug it into the cigarette lighter outlet that is in the glovebox.

[bakilman]

Drifter, Is this in Monterey?

[Khyron686]

Mine was 50 bucks on ebay, and works fine. Blackviews are actually worth stealing which kind of defeats the point. Auto on/off and looping recording on the memory stick are all you need.

[pinoyplaya]

Currently I have mine plugged in to the glove box power and wires are hidden using the headliner and the rubber thingy.

But I would like to use the parking features XD

Ill figure it out. For now, glove box power is temporary solution.

For some reason, the quality isnt as good as I thought it was going to be.

[drifter]

Originally Posted by bakilman

Drifter, Is this in Monterey?

Yup, that part was Pacific Grove, next to Monterey.

Originally Posted by Khyron686

Mine was 50 bucks on ebay, and works fine. Blackviews are actually worth stealing which kind of defeats the point. Auto on/off and looping recording on the memory stick are all you need.

Well, they better make sure they complete the job or they will be on youtube for the world to see. Also, if anyone gets one, make sure you go into the set up menu and disable the "park mode light". Otherwise when parked, you will see a glowing light which could attract unwanted attention.

[cgrey]

Should we keep adding to this thread or start an official video thread?

Here's one from this morning:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QD-CY4P2_4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QD-CY4P2_4[/ame]

[drifter]

^ Only problem with that vid is it looks like you may been going a little to fast. I didn't see the MPH in vid.

[Maps316]

Originally Posted by Khyron686

Mine was 50 bucks on ebay, and works fine. Blackviews are actually worth stealing which kind of defeats the point. Auto on/off and looping recording on the memory stick are all you need.

Do you have a link to it by any chance?