Front AND rear dashcam installs?

Front AND rear dashcam installs?

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LaneDiesel

Original Poster:

170 posts

93 months

Thursday 7th July 2016
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Hi guys,

I've had my front dashcam for some time now (Transcend Drivepro 200 - very good!) hard wired into the fusebox with the wires neatly tucked away, and I'm now thinking of purchasing another so I can have both front and rear set up.

Does anyone have both front and rear installed? worth doing?

I'm tempted to get a Drivepro 220 for the front which has GPS capability and mount the 200 in the rear.

Any pics of a similar set up would be good!

Thanks smile

NiceCupOfTea

25,280 posts

250 months

Thursday 7th July 2016
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I would have done it if I didn't have a convertible. Catch the tailgaters. Although you will never get everything!

I have just ordered the catchily titled Ddpai M6 Plus from China, as recommended by Techmoan, so I will be able to use my current Mobius as an action camera.

BHML

307 posts

169 months

Tuesday 19th July 2016
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Another vote for the Ddpai M6 Plus. This is my rear camera and works really well.

Joe5y

1,501 posts

182 months

Saturday 23rd July 2016
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NiceCupOfTea said:
I would have done it if I didn't have a convertible. Catch the tailgaters
And do what with the footage?

Actual

677 posts

105 months

Saturday 23rd July 2016
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Thinkware F750-2CH. It has a main front camera and a separate rear camera which connects by a single USB cable with all video recorded to a microSD in the front unit. All recordings are 1080p and you can pull directly off the microSD or download in-situ to an Android or Ios mobile phone using WiFi.

NiceCupOfTea

25,280 posts

250 months

Sunday 24th July 2016
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Joe5y said:
NiceCupOfTea said:
I would have done it if I didn't have a convertible. Catch the tailgaters
And do what with the footage?
confused same as with all footage: absolutely nothing unless somebody hits you, in which case you can use the footage with insurance/police to prove your innocence. Why else would you have one?

donkmeister

7,995 posts

99 months

Monday 25th July 2016
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I've gone for front and rear identical cameras... Something to note is that sucker mounts do not work on rear windscreens due to the heating elements, so you need to either make something that fits in another way or (as I have done) buy an additional mount with a super-sticky adhesive pad on it.

Power has its own challenges compared to a front cam. Any car with a CAM bus will have a rear power module/fusebox that you can tap into, or a power socket in the boot that you could use. Something I had to snag was that the radio tuners are in the boot in my car, and the PSU that came with my cameras was noisy, so it killed radio reception until I bought a quality power supply, well-shielded USB cable and added a couple of RF chokes to the 12V side. Your tuners may be in the dash however your aerial could still be near where you mount the PSU so be aware if your radio reception dies you might want to start with replacing the power supply.

Joe5y

1,501 posts

182 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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NiceCupOfTea said:
Joe5y said:
NiceCupOfTea said:
I would have done it if I didn't have a convertible. Catch the tailgaters
And do what with the footage?
confused same as with all footage: absolutely nothing unless somebody hits you, in which case you can use the footage with insurance/police to prove your innocence. Why else would you have one?
I was on about the footage of "all the tailgaters".

NiceCupOfTea

25,280 posts

250 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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Joe5y said:
NiceCupOfTea said:
Joe5y said:
NiceCupOfTea said:
I would have done it if I didn't have a convertible. Catch the tailgaters
And do what with the footage?
confused same as with all footage: absolutely nothing unless somebody hits you, in which case you can use the footage with insurance/police to prove your innocence. Why else would you have one?
I was on about the footage of "all the tailgaters".
I don't understand what point you're trying to make. A rear camera will capture tailgaters on film, so if there is an accident you have video evidence.

spookly

4,009 posts

94 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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donkmeister said:
Any car with a CAM bus will have a rear power module/fusebox that you can tap into
Or possibly a CAN bus, unless you have a car that comes with camera specific wiring harnesses. /pedant

spookly

4,009 posts

94 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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NiceCupOfTea said:
I don't understand what point you're trying to make. A rear camera will capture tailgaters on film, so if there is an accident you have video evidence.
I think he is alluding to the many very sad people who add terabytes of footage to youtube to show their outrage at the driving around them.

You are saying you'd only use the footage for accident/insurance purposes which I don't think anyone would have a problem with.

But when you say tailgaters... they haven't by definition run into you so he was probably assuming you'd be one of those sad individuals who uploads 'scandalous' driving whenever someone is less than 3 car lengths from their rear bumper.


NiceCupOfTea

25,280 posts

250 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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Ah. No, I am not That Guy. In fact, the only 2 or 3 times I have needed the footage my camera had failed to record (first time cheap ebay flaky camera, other 2 times Mobius had overheated and crashed despite flashy light still flashing!)

pmanson

13,374 posts

252 months

Friday 29th July 2016
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I had front & rear Thinkware F750's installed yesterday.

Impressed with the picture quality but it is yet to pick up a GPS signal. Going to try and update the software this evening and see if that sorts it