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Dash cams, what to get and where to get it (Q&A only)

Max Power

Can anyone recommend me one?

Are they easy to install?

Mod note - this technical thread is for three things only:
acquirement, installation and operation of dash cams.
Do not post your dash videos or argue over small stuff.

Only post if you are committed to buying and have questions, general chat will be removed.

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OldMrBrennan83

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MiskyBoyy

Patww79 wrote:

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Aha nice one :P

spillcoe

Selling my Audi A4 Estate after almost 7 years!!

http://www.adverts.ie/car/audi/a4-avant/2003-audi-a4-avant/10100897

Iseedeadpixels

http://touch.adverts.ie/car/nissan/almera/2001-nissan-almera/10012528

My cheap Auto.

corks finest

Daily roadsvoyager,app for phone,free,good dash cam,saw it on fifth gear,am happy with it

biko

Not DIY, moved out from DIY forum.

jharr100

http://www.adverts.ie/10193925

My Saab !

Daniel S

Selling my Ford Focus 1.6 petrol

http://www.adverts.ie/car/ford/focus/2006-ford-focus/9228336

Mod note - price drop

robbiew

The car is sold already so these Discs just taking up Space, also have a mk5 gti engine cover with a crack on top left corner, free with the discs.

If a fellow boardsie want to buy, they can have the lot for half price.

http://www.adverts.ie/exterior-parts/golf-gti-mk5-2006-brake-discs/8983660

Voodoomelon

Seems that the Xiaomi Yi dash cam produces possibly the best image to date, it's truly excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifPhMULpiWI

Only thing that's putting me off is the lack of english menus (english coming soon apparently) and the size of the mount. I need my cameras tiny, i'd have to come up with a custom mount to keep it all compact.

kirving

The night time picture on the Xiaomi above is excellent, as is the sunlight/shadow performance (HDR). I work with automotive cameras and it's a particularly difficult thing to get them to work well in all ranges of circumstances.

mhackett102

Audi A4 Alloys (5x112 fitment)
http://www.adverts.ie/alloys-wheels/audi-a4-alloys-5-x-112/10083492

VW Standard Shocks & Springs (to fix Mk5 Golf/Jetta)
http://www.adverts.ie/other/vw-standard-shocks-springs/10083514

Will do a deal if anyone is interested in both

Mar4ix

http://touch.adverts.ie/car/volkswagen/passat/2003-volkswagen-passat-for-sale-nct-d-and-txed/10060950

Have done good bit of Work on it.

5500

Mods feel free to delete just thought it may be of help

<snip, please use adverts or similar and add a link in your signature>

sunnysoutheast

micks_address wrote: »

Hi folks,
I have a mini 806 that is hardwired to the back of my double din unit. Radio installer wired it to Blue wire on the original aerial on my civic 9g..

I don't think the power to the camera is stable. It sometimes boots and shuts down again.. Often in a loop and then eventually powers up. It also looses power when the auto stop kicks in. The radio doesn't stop though so I can't figure it.

I tried plugging my phone into the usb cable to the camera and it won't charge my mobile... Should it?

I've tried two different micro sd cards with similar results..

Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Mick

Hi, just saw this. We have mini801s (I think) in both cars and I've noticed that the mini-USB connection on the screen mount is not that tight which can cause small power glitches/red light flickering - seems to worsen with age. On one car we've plugged the cable into the camera directly which has made it more reliable, on the other I've positioned the cable in the headlining to put some inward pressure on the connection, if that fails I'll look at fixing the USB lead to the mount in some way.

I actually thought there were hardware problems with the units but I think it was just the power intermittency.

Voodoomelon

^^ I have something of a similar issue. Mines always on, however it doesn't always record. Sometimes the red light is full brightness and others it's really dim; I think when it's dim it's not recording, even though it says it is on the screen.

Just going to ditch it at this point, its about 2 years old and it left me nearly screwed in a recent accident when it didn't record.

Sully

http://www.adverts.ie/10263407

VW Golf 1.4 Petrol 04 CL -- selling as I am looking to upgrade to a newer model

In very good condition, just serviced, NCT till August & Tax until September. Interior very clean. 153k on the clock.

sunnysoutheast

Voodoomelon wrote: »

^^ I have something of a similar issue. Mines always on, however it doesn't always record. Sometimes the red light is full brightness and others it's really dim; I think when it's dim it's not recording, even though it says it is on the screen.

Just going to ditch it at this point, its about 2 years old and it left me nearly screwed in a recent accident when it didn't record.

I think my issue was that the charging was intermittent so the unit was continually trying to charge - the red light would be dim and/or flicker. I did check the footage and it was OK this time, the previous time it happened I had bought a 4m USB->mini USB lead which I think was too long so the voltage dropped aswell and this was enough to make the unit lose some settings, reset the clock for example, although it did record with a few jumps.

I'd try to put the power into the camera itself if possible, see if that works.

Voodoomelon

sunnysoutheast wrote: »

I think my issue was that the charging was intermittent so the unit was continually trying to charge - the red light would be dim and/or flicker. I did check the footage and it was OK this time, the previous time it happened I had bought a 4m USB->mini USB lead which I think was too long so the voltage dropped aswell and this was enough to make the unit lose some settings, reset the clock for example, although it did record with a few jumps.

Mine has been loosing the date and time too.

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Seems that the Xiaomi Yi dash cam produces possibly the best image to date, it's truly excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifPhMULpiWI

Only thing that's putting me off is the lack of english menus (english coming soon apparently) and the size of the mount. I need my cameras tiny, i'd have to come up with a custom mount to keep it all compact.

Kevin Irving wrote: »

The night time picture on the Xiaomi above is excellent, as is the sunlight/shadow performance (HDR). I work with automotive cameras and it's a particularly difficult thing to get them to work well in all ranges of circumstances.

The above Xiaomi Yi camera is being released with english software next week, I emailed the manufacturer.

Will pick one up and try and fabricate a much less intrusive mount. It might even 3M tape to the rear view mirror.

OldMrBrennan83

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Voodoomelon

It does, the lane departure warning is interesting, as is the wifi preview/setup like on a GoPro. He told me they'll be on their Amazon store, I followed up asking if it will be on Amazon UK, no reply yet.

cormie

The mount is a big let down, what kind of price is it going to be?

Voodoomelon

Under €100 delivered. Probably hit with VAT & duty though.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Xiaomi-Yi-2-7-165-Degree-Full-HD-1296P-Car-DVR-Recorder-Dashcam-Support-ADAS-/301884629413?var=&hash=item4649b9e1a5:m:m0Xh1DNY4hZm7iqIeeC4fdg

English one could be more...

clint_silver

Im about to get a dash cam, some questions

Do you leave the cam in the car all the time and only take it out when you want to look at the vid or remove every night for security?

Do they auto start recording when you turn on engine and is it a rolling hour of video or whatever your card can handle or do you have to start the cam?

Does the memory card over write or do you have to manually clear it off?

Do they charge from the car or run off the car, as in, if car isn't started can you still record?

shietpilot

clint_silver wrote: »

Im about to get a dash cam, some questions

Do you leave the cam in the car all the time and only take it out when you want to look at the vid or remove every night for security?

I always leave the camera in the car over night. I only take it in if I saw interesting things on the road.

clint_silver wrote: »

Do they auto start recording when you turn on engine and is it a rolling hour of video or whatever your card can handle or do you have to start the cam?

Most power sockets only turn on when you turn your key to ACC (position 1) so the camera begins recording then.

My camera records footage in 5 minute segments meaning there is a bunch of 5 minute clips on the SD card. You can adjust this but 5 mins is the longest on my dashcam.

clint_silver wrote: »

Does the memory card over write or do you have to manually clear it off?

This is the reasoning behind the 5 minute segments. Videos are written in 5 minute segments on the card and once the SD card is filled up, it deletes the oldest segment and writes a new one in that space. This is repeated over and over again. With a 32GB card I can store about 4 hours of footage.

clint_silver wrote: »

Do they charge from the car or run off the car, as in, if car isn't started can you still record?

They charge from the car and also run off the car's power. The batteries inside dashcams are really small and weak. The only purpose of a dashcam battery is to make sure it finishes writing video clips to the SD card and can shut down safely when you turn off ignition. If they cut out right away the last video clip could be easily corrupted because it didn't get written to the SD card.

Alanstrainor

Most would leave them in their cars, but that's up to you.

The cam should be wired so it starts on ignition, dashcams will just start recording when you turn the key.

All dashcams will overwrite old footage, and you'll end up with clips that are 15 mins or so in length.

Most cams will have a small battery that should allow for some recording without the ignition on, but this kind of defeats the purpose.

AndyBoBandy

clint_silver wrote: »

Do you leave the cam in the car all the time and only take it out when you want to look at the vid or remove every night for security?

I do, i have a mini 0806 & a mini 0801 front & back, and with them both being relatively discreet, I never take them out, I have doubles of all SD cards, so if I need to review video, I'll just swap the cards.

clint_silver wrote: »

Do they auto start recording when you turn on engine and is it a rolling hour of video or whatever your card can handle or do you have to start the cam?

The cameras usually start by themselves, mine are plugged into a socket which only gets energised when the ignition is turned on. when the ignition is turned off, they lose power and shut down (most dash cams would have a battery, but only a small one good for about 5-10 minutes, this is simply so when the power is turned off, the camera has time to save the last file and shut down properly.

clint_silver wrote: »

Does the memory card over write or do you have to manually clear it off

Usually the cameras record video in blocks of either 1, 3 or 5 minutes (you decide), and once a memory card is full, the camera simply overwrites the oldest files on the card (with my 0806 & 64GB card, I get about 10 hours of recording before it goes back and starts writing over the oldest files, so I'll always have my last 10 hours of driving saved)

clint_silver wrote: »

Do they charge from the car or run off the car, as in, if car isn't started can you still record?

some of them do this, it's a function called parking guard that starts the camera recording if it feels a bang or movement of some sort. I don't bother with it, as you either need a camera with a decent battery, or a camera that's always connected to your cars power supply, this would them mean manually turning on/off when you start driving.

Golfgorfield

My lovely little summer car must go, beautiful totally original example.

http://www.adverts.ie/car/mazda/mx-5/1998-mazda-mx5-1-8-jdm-spec/10267696

shietpilot

5500

The international edition yi dvr in english is available from geekbuying, http://www.geekbuying.com/item/-HK-Stock---International-Edition--Xiaomi-Yi-Smart-Car-DVR-1080P-60FPS-160-Degree-WiFi-Built-in-240mAh-Battery-Support-Android---IOS---Grey-363571.html

Roughly 65 delivered, chance of getting hit with customs too though