Dash Cameras

[Tonsko]

F770 installed today. Will let you know.

[Targarama]

Pesty said:

Mini 0806 has died that's the third mini camera I've had die so I'm done despite really liking the mounting option and style.
If the capacitor 0826 was available I might have gone with that.

Anyway I've just impulse bought a ddpai mini can't be that bad shame it's silver

0806s are known to be flakey. I have 2 0805s running for around 18 months now, no issues. I have just ordered another for the rear of one car too.

[toon10]

Pesty said:

Mini 0806 has died that's the third mini camera I've had die so I'm done despite really liking the mounting option and style.
If the capacitor 0826 was available I might have gone with that.

Anyway I've just impulse bought a ddpai mini can't be that bad shame it's silver

Mine died also. I replaced it with an entry level BlackVue. No screen to distract you and still small enough to be discrete. Much better quality too.

[V8covin]

I've had 1 of these hard wired since early november.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-HD-1080P-B40C-Capaci...

Been reliable so far,pretty good quality footage for the price,£33,especially in the day

[Cupramax]

Ive just bought the slightly newer version @ £72. Will get it fitted when it stops pissing down outside.

Boblov VIOFO A119 Capacitor https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01IM2EPJO/ref=cm_sw_r...

[Pesty]

Ddpai arrived today looks very good quality. Try and fit it this weekend

[Davessworks]

Need a front and rear facing camera solution for an Aston Martin Vanquish Volante.

Any suggestions? I've yet to see something that makes sense for a convertible. I'd like to out a forward facing camera in the grill and a rear facing low mounted or, if necessary, on license plate bracket.

[Davie_GLA]

Can anyone help me with what to wire a rear camera to switch on and off with the ignition? I have a basic 0806 and don't want to run a hard wire kit to the front of the car

[Pesty]

What car? Cigarette lighter socket anywhere near. Perhaps interior light which would be live when ignition on because it's switch controlled, is there a light that comes on when you open the boot?

[giblet]

Tonsko said:

F770 installed today. Will let you know.

Looking forward to hearing your views on it. Spent a year or so pondering over a dashcam and now that I finally have a car that I intend on keeping for a while it makes sense to buy one. Had the 750 on my eBay watchlist for ages, just changed it for the 770.

[FiF]

Pesty said:

What car? Cigarette lighter socket anywhere near. Perhaps interior light which would be live when ignition on because it's switch controlled, is there a light that comes on when you open the boot?

Wouldn't all these be permanent live?

It does depend on what car, agreed, for example my own has one of its 3 main fuse boxes below the boot floor, both permanent live and switched with ignition positions are available. This would make wiring in a rear cam relatively easy.

[Pesty]

Good point well made, yeah they would be in most cases

Those parking modules are cheap on amazon like this. Added benefit of rear camera always on I suppose but won't drain battery. This could be one way around it.





https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CWEG6ZY/ref=wl_it_d...


Edit this ddpai looks great really easy to set up. Does it all itself probably only use the app for aiming.

Put a card in and in perfect English card initialising. Don't habpve to do anything.

Shame it can't be easily swapped between cars like the mini cameras but oh well I never really did that anyway

Edited by Pesty on Saturday 4th March 14:07

[Davie_GLA]

FiF said:

Wouldn't all these be permanent live?

It does depend on what car, agreed, for example my own has one of its 3 main fuse boxes below the boot floor, both permanent live and switched with ignition positions are available. This would make wiring in a rear cam relatively easy.

Apologies, it's a 2012 Ford Focus. There is a 12v socket in the back but wouldn't really want anything plugged into it as it would get kicked. Could sire into the back of it though with a good hardwire kit for a fused supply?

[Pesty]

Davie_GLA said:

Apologies, it's a 2012 Ford Focus. There is a 12v socket in the back but wouldn't really want anything plugged into it as it would get kicked. Could sire into the back of it though with a good hardwire kit for a fused supply?

Pull i out and have a look may just be spade connectors I did this with last car

[Davie_GLA]

Pesty said:

Pull i out and have a look may just be spade connectors I did this with last car

That's a great help. Thank you. I'll let you know how it goes.

[smarty156]

Thinking of getting the DDPAI m6 plus which has a great parking function. However, that means either adding an additional battery hard wired in like on the Techmoan website (expensive) or a low voltage detector (much cheaper).
I like the idea of not affecting the car battery when the ignition is off. I can see how long the additional battery can expect to last from the specification but my question is - how long would the camera run for in parking mode if I just used the car battery and a voltage detector? At what point should it be set to turn off and therefore leave enough power to still start the car (with a bit of leeway)?

[FiF]

For me the option to direct wire to pernanent live and use a low voltage protection device is a non starter, sorry pun quite intentional. Reason is the vehicle I'll put it in has a Haldex 4wd system, low battery voltage throws up all sorts of errors. Admittedly these reset themselves once the engine is running and gone a few miles down the road and some juice back in the battery, but rather not have more pop up messages with then having to check if it's a 'real' problem or not.

[defblade]

smarty156 said:

Thinking of getting the DDPAI m6 plus which has a great parking function. However, that means either adding an additional battery hard wired in like on the Techmoan website (expensive) or a low voltage detector (much cheaper).
I like the idea of not affecting the car battery when the ignition is off. I can see how long the additional battery can expect to last from the specification but my question is - how long would the camera run for in parking mode if I just used the car battery and a voltage detector? At what point should it be set to turn off and therefore leave enough power to still start the car (with a bit of leeway)?

I bought the hardwire kit that is linked from the DDpai ebay page.

So far, I have left it 3 days and it's still recording OK.

I don't think the voltage cut off is adjustable on that one, but... I did run the battery a bit low while installing it (along with a load of stereo gear etc)... when I turned the ignition on to check the stereo, the car's heater fans came on and I heard the camera turn itself off a few seconds later so the voltage had obviously dropped too far; the car still started just fine.

[NiceCupOfTea]

smarty156 said:

Thinking of getting the DDPAI m6 plus which has a great parking function. However, that means either adding an additional battery hard wired in like on the Techmoan website (expensive) or a low voltage detector (much cheaper).
I like the idea of not affecting the car battery when the ignition is off. I can see how long the additional battery can expect to last from the specification but my question is - how long would the camera run for in parking mode if I just used the car battery and a voltage detector? At what point should it be set to turn off and therefore leave enough power to still start the car (with a bit of leeway)?

There is an option to turn off parking mode after a predetermined amount of time. Set mine to 24hrs and no more flat battery

[Davie_GLA]

The problem i have with parking mode s that the road i live on an get quite busy so it records a clip hundreds of times as cars pass if i reverse park.