Thanks Tony, much appreciated.
Yes mate, that's the one.
Pauline is my dash camera - her arms ached as well. Are you going to make the vids available for us all to enjoy Sandy?We've got a dash camera, Tony, me!!! I took 3 x 5 mins worth of hair pin bends going through the Pyrenees last week, my arms ached like crazy, but we got some good runs of film, even though the dashboard features quite prominently in one of them!!!
Nice job Tony, very neat.Well here's how I fitted my Dashcam.
1. I mounted the camera behind the rear view mirror as is standard practice the keep it out of the drivers eye line. An added benefit of my black sun strip means that the camera is virtually invisible from outside the car.
2. To run the power cable from the camera around the top of the windscreen required it to locate under the screen trim - problem - cable too thin to stay tucked up under the trim. Solution - get a 12" length of screen wash tube and split it down the side( best to spiral the cut rather than a straight cut as this keeps the cable inside the washer tube better) When you get to the edge of the screen follow the ridge of the trim round the pillar trim, then lift the edge of the rubber seal and tuck the cable behind the edge all the way to the bottom. Route the cable behind the trim beneath the glove box a towards the cig lighter port in the console. This is a temporary measure as you need an ignition fed supply for automatic use of the camera. Mine will be connected into the ignition fed live to my radio as soon as I can get it done.
3. This camera is HD, has GPS and kph available if you want to use it. It comes with a download software for a GPS player which plays your selected items alongside the GPS map of the location. I've found that my Windows media player works best for playing, copying and saving files to be honest. It comes with a fairly easy to read (Chinese translation) manual, a power lead, USB lead and a spare sticky pad for the windscreen mount.
You can also buy spare mounts either with GPS or not and power cables, so I plan to fit my other car with these so that I can simply swap the camera between the cars, as and when.
4. I hope this may be of use to some of you guys and if I've missed anything or you want more info just yell.
Cheers, Tony.
p.s. Sandy these are a lot easier on the arms, I know, I've been the "camera man" in Florida for years.
Yes, Mint, we will when we come back from the Lakes, we will do a thread for our pics, will need help to remind us how to put a video on at the time. We have had a lot of trouble with laptops & P C World, but have yet another new one now to master,
"didn't hear it cos the engine was running and there's a hole in the exhaust" " where was your phone" "under the car just where the hole is, it must have droped out my pocket while I was trying to fix the hole". "Bit convenient no?" " well at least I didn't leave it on the kitchen top getting charged did I ", that's when I blew it. Made myself scrambled egg for dinner.
Ok Tony, but I think this time round it's so important to get footage out that I'll be posting micro card to Gaz, but might just pop down to town first, try and buy a new card reader that will work with my iPad, that's if they do one. Off to bed now, having a early night for a change. Roy
Dave, don't you think it's just as important to guard your rear( with cam) as you never know who's going to bang you up the rear.I have a forward facing camera in my cab. There almost expected now in lorry's by the insurers. They have saved many a drivers job since they started as there regularly used as evidence in crash situations. The police ALWAYS blame the lorry driver until proved otherwise. We now have the ammo to state otherwise! Very very long overdue in my book! Hooorar to the forward facing camera!!
So to speak.
It certainly relieves the watching intently in the rear view mirror.
60ft, is that the max these days Dave, didn't realise we had a trucker among us.Roy. At 60ft long I won't feel much mate!
