How do I learn how to remove the paneling and discover a hit wire. Sorry this is nothing I have ever played with. I could ask a shop to install it at around $120 but then if I can learn without destroying anything much rather do it myself. Did you need to purchase a fuse tap type device?

 

I suggest you look at your truck - on the passenger side foot well area, you'll see a fuse panel just forward of the door/hinge area (this is called the kick panel).

you'll need a VOMeter or test light to find an always on (or key on) circuit.

 

I was thinking of doing a Blackvue DR750S-2CH. Do you have pictures of where you mounted both of your cameras? You described the front camera but still curious to see a picture of it too. Real curious on the rear camera.

Thanks

 

It's dark out, and this is only a Blackvue DR650 -2CH, but it should be about the same.
You can see the rear camera on the driver's side just above the first defroster element. It has to be mounted on that side because the window slides to the passenger side. I ran the coax tucked in the liner over to the passenger side then up to the front where it plugs into the front camera.

 

I got rear ended today at a pedestrian xing.
Good thing I always have the ball mount on.
Dude hit me at about 5mph. Jolted the hell out of me.
I pulled over on a side street and he took off.
Poor ******* prolly had 2-3k worth of damage from my ball mount...

 

New to this Dash-Cam idea. Think this is a Good Think to look into more. How do you record and view later what the Cam has picked up? How long is each recording? Continually on and continually recording? Thanks.

 

Awesome. Thanks for the pictures. Yeah I figure the 650 and 750 would be pretty much the same mounting. How did you power yours?

Do you happen to have any videos to share? Mainly wondering how the rear camera does looking over the truck bed.

 

Yeah I'm new to it too. Since my truck will have to be parked on the street I'm thinking one with park mode would be smart to have. I've been learning a lot on here. Just do a search for dash cam and you will find other threads to read.

 

I bought mine a few years ago for use in my 2012 F250. At the time I could have bought a monitor that would shut it off when battery level got too low, but I did not. Without the module it plugs into the 12v port (or cigarette lighter). A few times I forgot to unplug it and left the truck parked for three days. That was long enough to kill the battery.
So right now I still plug into the 12v outlet but unplug it when I get home.
I haven't pulled the micro SD card in a long time. I usually do playback over an old android phone I keep charged up in the console, but I'll try to get a bit of video this evening.



Mine has a 64 gig micro SD card in it and it's wifi capable. I keep an old android phone on the charger in the console so that I can review/save video to that phone if I want. Or I can use the wifi to transfer video over my home network (I think), or I can take the card out and plug it into an SD card capable computer. If I have a wifi hotspot in the vehicle, there's a capability to use the camera to monitor the inside of the truck and actually talk over the camera to who ever is driving, though I've never used that since I'm the only one that ever drives my truck.
It continuously records and erases old video. If there is an event caused by shock (impact or potholes) it'll beep and mark the event to make it easier to find later. Or, I can wave my hand near it and it will mark the event. If I want to start fresh, I can push a button and it will format the card entirely.
The recording, while continuous, is in something like three minute segments, so if you want one long continuous video, you have to use some kind of movie making software to splice it all together.

 

I know the monitor you are talking about. Saw a YouTube install where they used it. It can monitor the battery and you can also set a run time so it would shut down after that if you wanted. I would probably go that route.

 

I looked at the BlackVue last night and it's on my short list. The ability to communicate with the unit through the Internet sounds like a great feature. But I suspect reality is a lot less exciting. To use that feature the unit has to be connected via wifi. Except for at home, how often will you find an available wi-fi connection that is unsecured and doesn't require some sort of login information?

 

For those inquiring, I have a 256gb SD card and my cam records 60 second intervals for 72 hours and then starts writing over itself. When you need to pull something from the cam you just remove the SD card and plug into your computer and find that clip.

 

Size of the unit and quality of recordings are 2 features I like with this unit. I know what you mean about wifi. Home and work I can definitely set up although not sure if my work signal is strong enough to reach where I park.

What other units are you looking at?

 

The VIOFO A119 and REXING S300 Dash Cam Pro are also on my list, based on recommendations by other forum members. One thing in favor of the BlackVue is that it doesn't have a screen. I like that because it reduces the size of the unit on the windshield. I thought it would reduce the price also, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

 

I'm ordering one today. Found it at Amazon.com for $19.99 with free shipping. Can't pass that up!


Exactly. It's real advantage is having my old android phone connected to it via wifi. In other words, I have a cordless monitor.
On the down side, phones that are not paired to the truck will try to connect to the camera. This means that if you try to use Google etc. with your phone, since it usually defaults to wifi, you won't get anywhere. You have to go into settings and tell the phone to disconnect from wireless so that it will connect to the Net using phone service.



It's been a number of years since I did any research on this, but the one thing I found was that all the quality cameras are made in Taiwan. There are plenty of cheap Chinese copies of Taiwanese cameras, but they are not in the same league. At the time I was shopping there were two or three brands made in Japan, but they were outrageously expensive and not highly regarded.
Also, traffic lights are a good test of a dash cam. When you look at traffic lights the lower quality units will manifest a marked strobe effect. Some are really bad, others not so much.




Edit: Looking in the manual, #31 Power Pedal fuse (15A) looks like it might be a good choice. I'm at work and my truck is at home, so I can't check it, but it seems like I adjusted the pedals without the key in the ignition which would indicate an always on circuit.
I seem to have a lot of "not used" circuits, too.
What seems to be the fuse of choice for most folks?