Dash Cameras

[GrumpyTwig]

Spare tyre said:

GrumpyTwig said:

Finally got Mobius back and front, back one took a long time to get round to doing but have been able to run both off the same 5v converter, both with 64GB cards and the video quality is tip top.

My GoPro is now entirely redundant tbh.

I'm doing something similar

Hard wired a lidl cigarette lighter adapter that has inbuilt USB supply, hidden it under the dash then run some long cables so it's hidden

Möbius at front and rear, can't really see them unless you know they are there

Used one of these with a fuse tap off the interior fuse box which is conveniently placed on my car at least http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC-to-DC-Converter-Regul...

Someone did do some measurements somewhere and the maximum draw off a mobius is a little over 500mA so they can easily handle 2 of them. Though it might be worth checking what that cigarette adapter is rated to as sometimes I know the mains USB adapters at least only get rated to 1amp.
Apologies if teaching granny to suck eggs or anything such

As you say they're neigh on invisible unless you point them out, all the flashing record lights face inwards (can be turned off in the firmware I think too) great little devices.

[Spare tyre]

GrumpyTwig said:

Used one of these with a fuse tap off the interior fuse box which is conveniently placed on my car at least http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC-to-DC-Converter-Regul...

Someone did do some measurements somewhere and the maximum draw off a mobius is a little over 500mA so they can easily handle 2 of them. Though it might be worth checking what that cigarette adapter is rated to as sometimes I know the mains USB adapters at least only get rated to 1amp.
Apologies if teaching granny to suck eggs or anything such

As you say they're neigh on invisible unless you point them out, all the flashing record lights face inwards (can be turned off in the firmware I think too) great little devices.

did you consider which way round you put your fuse tap in?

There is a hot and cold side.

You can put it in the wrong way, the original fuse will still work, but the additional circuit you added CAN be unfused if its upside down

[s p a c e m a n]

How many people are running their mobius with a class 10 sandisk without problems? Just seems a bit Lame having to buy a class 4 when I could have a class 10 that I would use in other stuff for the same price

Are the people who have problems just trying to save too long a clip in each file or something?

[GrumpyTwig]

Spare tyre said:

did you consider which way round you put your fuse tap in?

There is a hot and cold side.

You can put it in the wrong way, the original fuse will still work, but the additional circuit you added CAN be unfused if its upside down

Yup it's in the right way round

s p a c e m a n said:

How many people are running their mobius with a class 10 sandisk without problems? Just seems a bit Lame having to buy a class 4 when I could have a class 10 that I would use in other stuff for the same price

Are the people who have problems just trying to save too long a clip in each file or something?

I didn't know there was the potential for a problem tbh, I have a class 10 Sandisk in one of mine like the below:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0084DWD4Q/ref=...

The rear one has a Samsung class 10 64gb card in it, neither have any issue and both are set to 5 minute clips and to overwrite/loop on filling up.

[cootuk]

M6 J20A southbound..there's only a sliproad off the motorway, not one going on..but that doesn't deter some drivers.
Watch the black car on the far inside lane..suicidal

http://youtu.be/zMRNo0dl2gw

[Cliftonite]

cootuk said:

M6 J20A southbound..there's only a sliproad off the motorway, not one going on..but that doesn't deter some drivers.
Watch the black car on the far inside lane..suicidal

http://youtu.be/zMRNo0dl2gw

A contender for :

One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2

thread!

[cootuk]

The passenger and I were too busy saying "ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh" rather than "knob!"

[Shnozz]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

I'm going to take a stab in the dark here and say 6.50pm.

[Zoobeef]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

18:50
The races had been on so she may have been there.

[Pesty]

[All that jazz]

cootuk said:

M6 J20A southbound..there's only a sliproad off the motorway, not one going on..but that doesn't deter some drivers.
Watch the black car on the far inside lane..suicidal

http://youtu.be/zMRNo0dl2gw

Holy st, that could've ended really badly. No way that Fiesta even looked what was at side of them, it was just a 'do it and hope for the best' manoeuvre. Absolutely mental.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Just ordered a Mobius, hoping to make a really neat install - what's the best way to mount the camera. Want something unobtrusive, is the best thing just to use velcro on the sun visor? Photos appreciated. Going to take power from the courtesy light.

[Spare tyre]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Just ordered a Mobius, hoping to make a really neat install - what's the best way to mount the camera. Want something unobtrusive, is the best thing just to use velcro on the sun visor? Photos appreciated. Going to take power from the courtesy light.

It's sounds like a bodge but it's the neatest and cleanest method I've come across for a möbius

You cut a length of milk bottle plastic and weave this strip through the möbius case

Fold the strip back on its self to form a loop , make a hole in the loop

Now use a sun visor bolt or trim popper to insert in the hole and hold it

I've done this in the rear and it looks factory fit

[Spare tyre]

[NiceCupOfTea]

Very nice! Thanks for the idea.

[James2593]

I have a Mivue 338 installed, i've had it in for a couple of months now but i've just worked out that it is the culprit of causing interference with the stereo.

It is plugged into the Cig lighter (no hardwiring) and the interference only happens when the engine is running. When the ignition is on, but the engine is off there is no interference.

The interference is a low volume, high pitch buzzing noise. The buzz is present on all modes of the stereo (radio, AUX and USB). The buzz is at a constant volume, if I turn the radio volume up, the buzz stays at the same volume (it doesn't increase with the radio sound)

As far as i'm aware, there is no loss of FM or AM signal to the radio.

Has anyone come across this, and how can I stop it?

Thanks in advance.

[Mr Happy]

Could try sticking a clip-on ferrite ring on the power cable near to the cig lighter end.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/ferrite-clip-on-hem3012-...

[eltax91]

Bloody hell these things are not worth the hassle! I fiddled with the settings of my mini 0801, and got it to record properly instead of 5 minute segments.

Then today I switch it to 'video and audio' instead of video only and merrily went about a full trackday, 7 x 20 minute sessions.

What do I have? Yes, 7 x 5 minute videos of me barely leaving the fking paddock.

Edited by eltax91 on Thursday 28th August 19:52

[mike13]

Mine's never worked from day 1, however Amazon refunded promptly and i ended up buying the Transcend i should have bought in the first place.

[M4cruiser]

eltax91 said:

Bloody hell these things are not worth the hassle! I fiddled with the settings of my mini 0801, and got it to record properly instead of 5 minute segments.

Then today I switch it to 'video and audio' instead of video only and merrily went about a full trackday, 7 x 20 minute sessions.

What do I have? Yes, 7 x 5 minute videos of me barely leaving the paddock.

Edited by eltax91 on Thursday 28th August 19:52

Yes, with our 0801 I had to switch off the audio to make it record video properly.

At first I was a bit dismayed, but then I remembered these are under £100 including everything needed to install it ... it's okay.