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Offline monsta

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Re: Dashcam
« Reply #10 on: 10 December 2013, 12:02 »
Quote from: 2013GTi on 10 December 2013, 11:31
Looks good mate, did you hard wire it? is it a neat install?
Can you post pictures of the installation?  :smiley: :cool:

Not quite hard wired yet, doing that shortly and will post pics :)
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Re: Dashcam
« Reply #11 on: 10 December 2013, 13:33 »
Quote from: monsta on 10 December 2013, 12:02
Quote from: 2013GTi on 10 December 2013, 11:31
Looks good mate, did you hard wire it? is it a neat install?
Can you post pictures of the installation?  :smiley: :cool:

Not quite hard wired yet, doing that shortly and will post pics :)
Cheers mate.... I am just worried about damaging trimming or wiring it up wrong  :undecided:
I am going to look into how to extend the MDI cable into the centre armrest on the weekend.... so I can use MDI & Adv Phone Kit  :sad:
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Re: Dashcam
« Reply #12 on: 10 December 2013, 17:41 »
In position...

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Offline JellyB

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Re: Dashcam
« Reply #13 on: 10 December 2013, 18:38 »
Looking good there. I ended up getting one of these 801's. The smartwitness unit will be put in the rear windscreen.

Nice to have cameras on our side for once :)
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Re: Dashcam
« Reply #14 on: 10 December 2013, 20:34 »
Quote from: JellyB on 10 December 2013, 18:38
Looking good there. I ended up getting one of these 801's. The smartwitness unit will be put in the rear windscreen.

Nice to have cameras on our side for once :)

Yeah gonna get one for the rear in the new year, with the radar assisted braking people are more likely to crash into us from behind!
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Offline legg360

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Re: Dashcam
« Reply #15 on: 10 December 2013, 22:29 »
I wish I had this in my works vehicle few days ago, bloke in a transit van pulled onto an empty round about at 6.30am as I pull away to follow he slammed the brakes on... a 7.5 ton lorry loaded to the max down hill in the wet doesn't stop quickly and hit him.

If I had a cam I could have proven he slammed the brakes on hard for no reason after pulling away
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Re: Dashcam
« Reply #16 on: 19 May 2015, 20:11 »
Resurrected this thread rather than start a new one.

Anyone purchased a "premium" dashcam 2 channel combo recently?

There are a few contenders out there, but they all seem to have their foibles (focussing, getting warm and switching off, can't cope with bitrate when taking "busy" footage (lots of trees etc in the footage).

Basically looking for something with usable night time footage, front and back cameras, park protect function (fine for complete coverage overnight stretches of parking).

Blackvue 650 is looking favourite.
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