Speaking of wiring, can one tap the courtesy light above the driver to
power one of these things?

-MB

On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 9:36 AM Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have a combination dash cam/ navigator that I got from TomTop a couple
> years ago.   I bought it
> because after looking for a head unit with flip out DVD screen I gave up
> because none of them had
> HD radio.   About 6 months ago I finally got the back-up camera wired and
> working.  The rest was
> pretty easy except for the power connection.   I ended up with a 12V to 5V
> transformer that I routed
> the 5V wire up along the windshield weather stripping as I could not
> successfully route it up the
> A pillar.   (dang it!).    It works great except when wearing sunglasses
> which the polarization blocks
> the video.   So I wear flip up sunglasses over my regular glasses when
> driving so I can flip them out
> of the way when I need to see that map or whatever.   Otherwise, I'm happy
> with the all in one unit.
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:00 PM Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm kinda particular about what's stuck on my windshield, so we have
> > dashcams that slip over the rear view mirror:
> > https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B078TXVY1F
> >
> > Luckily haven't needed them, but they're unobtrusive.
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 10:14 PM KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've got one in my car, a Garmin 55.  Pretty much a basic one, but
> with a
> > > 128Gb SD card installed.  It proved that I had the green when I was hit
> > in
> > > the side by a red light runner.
> > >
> > > GregM
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf
> > > Of David Beierl
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 8:13 PM
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Subject: Re: Other driving distractions - who has a dash cam?
> > >
> > > I haven't got one, but it would have helped me in a hit and run
> sideswipe
> > > last year that ate my cladding and crumpled B pillar a bit.
> > >
> > > Yrs,
> > > d
> > >
> > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:10 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I’ve had a viofo A119s for a year and a half. Haven’t had to use it
> for
> > > > any traffic event, it just sits up there on windscreen in front of
> rear
> > > > view mirror, doing its thing.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone else have a dash cam installed, and any comments?
> > > >
> > > > Alistair
> > >
> >
>

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