I thought I would report in on the installation of my Dashcam.
I bought an B40 dashcam and the Dashcam Store "add a fuse" adapter.
Here is a video of the installation process:
http://youtu.be/OLtq1sgvilA
A few notes:
- the photo of the adapter in the fuseblock shows the adapter in the wrong slot. Acura gave us two slots (Thanks, Acura). One is always on. One is only on with the ignition. Use the one that is on with the ignition so that you never need to think about turning the cameral on or off. It comes on automatically when you start the car.
- I grounded the adapter to one of the bolts behind the brake pedal. (12 mm wrench) (If anyone knows a better place, please let me know)
- tucking the wires was easy along the ceiling, but it took me a while to figure out that you need to tuck them BEHIND the pillar. They will not go in front.
- The camera hides very nicely behind the rearview mirror, and beside the box of other electronics. You only see about an inch of black beside the rearview mirror.
- You can barely see the camera from the outside. I could not get it to show up in a picture.
- The whole thing took about 30 minutes. The only tool I needed was a 12 mm wrench for grounding the new circuit, and a pair of wire cutters to trim the zip ties.
Here is a clip from my "test drive"... (a blue mazda pulls out without signalling and cuts me off... no real drama or danger, but it was more interesting than the rest of my drive around the neighbourhood.)
http://youtu.be/Cfk4IhaIgkc
I'll need to decide whether to turn the sound recording off or not... It might be handy in a police traffic stop or something.
I bought an B40 dashcam and the Dashcam Store "add a fuse" adapter.
Here is a video of the installation process:
http://youtu.be/OLtq1sgvilA
A few notes:
- the photo of the adapter in the fuseblock shows the adapter in the wrong slot. Acura gave us two slots (Thanks, Acura). One is always on. One is only on with the ignition. Use the one that is on with the ignition so that you never need to think about turning the cameral on or off. It comes on automatically when you start the car.
- I grounded the adapter to one of the bolts behind the brake pedal. (12 mm wrench) (If anyone knows a better place, please let me know)
- tucking the wires was easy along the ceiling, but it took me a while to figure out that you need to tuck them BEHIND the pillar. They will not go in front.
- The camera hides very nicely behind the rearview mirror, and beside the box of other electronics. You only see about an inch of black beside the rearview mirror.
- You can barely see the camera from the outside. I could not get it to show up in a picture.
- The whole thing took about 30 minutes. The only tool I needed was a 12 mm wrench for grounding the new circuit, and a pair of wire cutters to trim the zip ties.
Here is a clip from my "test drive"... (a blue mazda pulls out without signalling and cuts me off... no real drama or danger, but it was more interesting than the rest of my drive around the neighbourhood.)
http://youtu.be/Cfk4IhaIgkc
I'll need to decide whether to turn the sound recording off or not... It might be handy in a police traffic stop or something.