Wanted: Guide for hard wiring dash cam

Does anyone know if anyone has done a guide anywhere for hard wiring a dash cam up to the rear view mirror in the evoque?

What info are you after?
(and I don't mean to be funny!)
You need 2 wires plumbed into the fuse box behind the glove box.

I took the ignition live from the ciggy lighter fuse (I think!), and the permanent live from the OBD fuse. (take from the bottom pin of the fuses)
I ran the cable up behind the A pillar trim, which removes by flicking out the 'SRS Airbag' plastic trim and unscrewing the T27??? torx screw behind it.
I ran the cable across the top of the windscreen, tucked under the leading edge of the roof lining and just popped the power lead down next to the mirror.
I put it on the passenger side rather than the drivers side, it doesn't really affect the pov of the camera and I don't notice it at all.

Yep this is exactly what I was after, thanks!

How did you find positioning so it doesn't get in the way of the auto high mean assist and any other sensors behind the mirror?

I also forgot to mention, when running the cable from the fuse box, pull the door seal off, and you have about a 5mm gap to perfectly slot the cable up until you need to remove the A pillar trim, it will save you a lot of fiddle bits trying to thread the cable up the side of the dash.

As for the positioning, it doesn't affect the sensors at all, as they're built into the mirror mount, and of course the screen 'shading' also rules out a 2in space around the sensors too.

I know the pics aren't great, but you get the idea of where I put it.
   
   

I bought the Blackvue front & rear cameras & the supplying dealer installed it all for me @ £399 all in.
Sounds Alarming in Welling, Nort Kent (South East London). They have done audio bits for me too in the other cars & I am very happy.

Mine is the Blackout 550, £399 sounds like a lot to me, the unit was only £230 , so £170 for fitting seems a bit steep for 2 wires and 1 torx bit! lol

But I wouldn't recommend the blackout anyway, certainly not the DR550 like mine - the rear cam interferes with the DAB reception, and the macroblocking from the low bitrate is very disappointing.

I think I'd go with the Roadhawk HD for the other cars, and with hindsight, wouldn't have got the blackvue.

Just wondering why would some even consider putting a dash cam on his car? I thought about a 30 sec and then skipped it! Whats the use other than maybe capturing a funny things happening on the road or serious accident?!

Yeah I was going to pickup a road hawk hd.

(30-12-2013 12:29pm)AAA86 Wrote:  Just wondering why would some even consider putting a dash cam on his car? I thought about a 30 sec and then skipped it! Whats the use other than maybe capturing a funny things happening on the road or serious accident?!

Maybe it's not big in Canada, but the instances of claims in the UK is rising, including 'staged' crashes, where someone brakes sharply in front of you etc etc they then screw your insurance for thousands of pounds for injury to people who weren't even in the car.

For me, I had a defining moment about 3 months ago when I was commuting in and someone on a mobile phone just wandered into my lane on my front wing, luckily I could and did brake, but since I was the 'car behind', the default claim would have been my fault.... so it's a personal protection thing.

Like I say, maybe you don't have such instances in Canada, but don't assume that everyone else doesn't have their good reasons

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(30-12-2013 12:30pm)MarkA_ Wrote:  Yeah I was going to pickup a road hawk hd.

Good choice, they're just about to release a new firmware to update the bitrate further making better quality still. From what I've seen it's a great camera.... make sure it is the 'HD' model though, as the regular roadhawk sits at the other end of the scale! (i.e. very poor)

Out of curiosity, if you declare the cameras to your insurer, are there any benefits?