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So I installed my dash cam using the center console (elbow) for power. I noticed that after I turned the car off, I sat for another few minutes organizing things and the camera stayed on.
does it eventually cut power or will this drain the battery?
does it eventually cut power or will this drain the battery?
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Has been working great, most of the time I forget it’s even there. I’ve used it a couple times to look back at some moments. Only thing the Garmin mini does not show speed. So you would have to go with one of their other cameras if that is important to you.
And this shows you what's in back of you? The soft top obstructs the rear view mirror when do, as you know. This resolves that?
Today was the first time with soft top fully down I am looking for a solution
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You would have to get a two way dash camera for that. My setup only shows me what’s in front
Ring is now taking pre-orders for their carcam. 270 degree cams facing forward and aft. Plugs into your ODBII.
https://ring.com/products/car-cam
Two concerns I have and currently researching:
1) Not sure if it will mount up to my picatinny rail on the center of my dash.
2) it requires you snake a wire from your top center dash where your carcam is mounted (picatinny rail in my case) to your ODBII connector by your left knee....
I like the small size of this cam but also want to keep the dash clear of wires and clutter...
If you are familiar with Ring, all the live motion and notification alerts are free, but they have an option of capturing the videos in cloud storage for $3 to $5/mo.
https://ring.com/products/car-cam
Two concerns I have and currently researching:
1) Not sure if it will mount up to my picatinny rail on the center of my dash.
2) it requires you snake a wire from your top center dash where your carcam is mounted (picatinny rail in my case) to your ODBII connector by your left knee....
I like the small size of this cam but also want to keep the dash clear of wires and clutter...
If you are familiar with Ring, all the live motion and notification alerts are free, but they have an option of capturing the videos in cloud storage for $3 to $5/mo.
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I'm going to give this one a shot. Now just waiting for them to start shipping, which feels awfully familiar...
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I can see need for interior video if you're an Uber driver or something. Not interested in it for my use. I'll go with a Viofo dual cam setup with one pointing our front windshield and one mounted on rear rollback facing backwards.
I recently got a integrated dashcam for my Bronco and found the Mercylion dashcam to be a great choice. The front and rear dash cams record flawlessly without issues. When go to watch the videos, they don't skip or freeze for a couple of seconds during playback. They capture at very good quality and I couldn't have been more satisfied with.
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For those of you with the Garmin Mini 2... does it constantly just overwrite the card data or does it only record video clips when something happens? And if/when that happens - do you just pull the card out and plug it into a laptop to get data or that phone app works good for that?
Do you have to use their $/mo thing or not?
HAH. seems you DO need to sign up for the garmin account and that means they can use your data. Just watched this
video TLDR (from Aug 2022)
- Thinkware F70 for budget shoppers
- VIOFO A119 v3 for everybody else (probably newer version out now)
Do you have to use their $/mo thing or not?
HAH. seems you DO need to sign up for the garmin account and that means they can use your data. Just watched this
video TLDR (from Aug 2022)
- Thinkware F70 for budget shoppers
- VIOFO A119 v3 for everybody else (probably newer version out now)
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