Blackvue DR500GW-HD

[blue cat]

Originally Posted by hlk07

i wonder how it performs when u park your car under 44 deg C sun with parking mode on..

I'm too scared to leave mine attached let alone on parking mode. This aussie summer is going to melt these cameras like butter. Unfortunately i've got a Itronics ITB-100HD, which doesn't have a quick release type of connection, it requires fastening to the mount, so it's an annoying process when i want to stow it.

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by joop1987

Right click on the video file, select the Details tab. What does the data rate say.

My DR400 uses 7407kbps. (I was wrong on the 15000)

OK, looks like it's 10261kbps on the DR500.

Edit: not sure what I changed, but now all my MP4's are ~7500 kbps which puts it on the same level as the DR400. Anyone know what setting may have changed it?

[joop1987]

Originally Posted by Foobar

OK, looks like it's 10261kbps on the DR500.

Thanks for checking. I'm looking for a 2nd camera for the rear window ever since I got rear ended in traffic.

If you got any video, pleae post it. I'd like to see the quality.

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by joop1987

Thanks for checking. I'm looking for a 2nd camera for the rear window ever since I got rear ended in traffic.

If you got any video, pleae post it. I'd like to see the quality.

Will have to wait until the weekend - only video I have is of my car parked. I want to get some daylight driving samples in addition to some nighttime ones. Will do that on Saturday!

[Jive Turkey]

Originally Posted by Foobar

The only front/rear ones I've seen were rated pretty poorly.

Re: catback - I knew you would. No silencers right? I should've charged you more

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no silencers. waiting on the invidia resonated front pipe to arrive, hopefully that will tone it down a tad. it sounds great, the drone isn't like my sti, but its so odd that its ONLY between 3-4k. i haven't tried the silencers yet so who know. all i know is, i do love it.

as for hte cameras, you're right, no good front/rear cams, and mounting two 500's will be costly and i dont want one to see behind me, i want one to see inside, incase someone breaks in, and when its at the dealer...never trust anyone. does the 500 have another video input so maybe i can hook up a good quality back up cam to it to record?

where'd you buy yours, and how much you pay?

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by Jive Turkey

no silencers. waiting on the invidia resonated front pipe to arrive, hopefully that will tone it down a tad. it sounds great, the drone isn't like my sti, but its so odd that its ONLY between 3-4k. i haven't tried the silencers yet so who know. all i know is, i do love it.

as for hte cameras, you're right, no good front/rear cams, and mounting two 500's will be costly and i dont want one to see behind me, i want one to see inside, incase someone breaks in, and when its at the dealer...never trust anyone. does the 500 have another video input so maybe i can hook up a good quality back up cam to it to record?

Unfortunately no, there's no inputs to do what you're thinking of.

As for that 3-4k drone unsilenced, yeah it was stupid. If you get past 4K the whole thing actually gets pretty quiet. You could be tooling around at 85MPH in 6th and wonder where your exhaust went.

Still the best sounding exhaust I've heard for our cars. With the silencers on, you'll cut the 3-4K drone out considerably, but it also tones down the mean throaty growl, which is the whole point of the Evo 3, IMHO.

[Jive Turkey]

exactly.

now, have you done research on dash cams? the blackvue seems to be so maint stream, is there another camera you really considered?

just found this, seems interesting.... garmin GDR35

http://translate.google.com/translat...ed=0CFQQ7gEwAg

[zc06_kisstherain]

I ordered mine two days ago. I will get them installed as soon as delivered

[redKnight]

Foobar, please post some pics of where you installed it when you have time. I was pretty much set on getting the 500g but after reading your post regarding the tight fit behind the rearview mirror in the front, I'm now having second thoughts.

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by redKnight

Foobar, please post some pics of where you installed it when you have time. I was pretty much set on getting the 500g but after reading your post regarding the tight fit behind the rearview mirror in the front, I'm now having second thoughts.

I switched to the auto dimming mirror yesterday which is thicker than the regular manual one so I had to move my camera further down. It is now right behind the mirror at the same level rather that sitting above it all the way at the top of the windshield.

You can still put it on the passenger side of the window if you really wanted to keep it all the way at the top, but I decided to just go down and keep the lens perfectly center instead of off to one side. I also didn't want to move my 9500ix which sits in that spot.

Placement as seen from the side:


Outside shot:


That's my 9500ix sitting above it. You can see it from this inside shot:


Daylight driving sample:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI7hA3o9Qng"]Blackvue DR500GW-HD Sample - YouTube[/ame]

Daylight parking sample:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rezqKkfnFI"]Blackvue DR500GW-HD Sample - YouTube[/ame]

Night parking sample:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djJfjUmk8xw"]Blackvue DR500GW-HD Sample - YouTube[/ame]

Night driving sample:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAGG27jCgxw"]Blackvue DR500GW-HD Sample - YouTube[/ame]


I think my video is still highly compressed - seems to be a lot of artifacts. Compared to other sample Blackvue videos, mine aren't looking as crisp. Anyone have any suggestions on what to check?

[Jive Turkey]

so parking more works only when the motion is sensed?

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by Jive Turkey

so parking more works only when the motion is sensed?

Its always recording but it only saves based on the sensitivity you set. You can set it to always save to the memory card regardless of sensitivity (sensitivity of zero basically).

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[zc06_kisstherain]

Originally Posted by Foobar

I switched to the auto dimming mirror yesterday which is thicker than the regular manual one so I had to move my camera further down. It is now right behind the mirror at the same level rather that sitting above it all the way at the top of the windshield.

You can still put it on the passenger side of the window if you really wanted to keep it all the way at the top, but I decided to just go down and keep the lens perfectly center instead of off to one side. I also didn't want to move my 9500ix which sits in that spot.

Placement as seen from the side:


Outside shot:


That's my 9500ix sitting above it. You can see it from this inside shot:


Daylight driving sample:

Daylight parking sample:

Night parking sample:

Night driving sample:

I think my video is still highly compressed - seems to be a lot of artifacts. Compared to other sample Blackvue videos, mine aren't looking as crisp. Anyone have any suggestions on what to check?

looks good. i just got mine but don't have time to install it soon.
I will post mine when installed with power magic pro.

[Foobar]

Originally Posted by zc06_kisstherain

looks good. i just got mine but don't have time to install it soon.
I will post mine when installed with power magic pro.

I installed my Magic Pro right above the cutout in the panel right below the steering wheel. If you remove that whole panel, you'll notice the cutout on the side closest to the door. By placing the Magic Pro right above that slot, you have access to the multi-boot switch on the box in case you want to be able to override the power while it's parked.

Wiring then goes up the driver side A-Pillar, accross the headliner, and down to the camera. I've set it to 12 volts and 120 hours max. I decided 11.8 volts was probably too low during the winter.