Maybe a couple more years till we see one of those but there is at least one in the works as we speak. We're still waiting on consumer-grade 4-channel cams, right now those are available only as commercial units meant for truck fleets and such. Lots of ways to get what you want but it won't be simple or cheap. Some foliks use powerbanks or the Cellink Neo to extend their cam runtime. When running multiple cams while parked, powering will be an issue- you may only get a couple hours time from your car battery. There are also 3-channel cams like the A139 where the 'cabin cam' offers some side coverage but it's not ideal for best all-around coverage. There's a thread dedicated to side cams HERE which covers the topic well. You could add a separate 2-channel cam for side coverage or do something with a small single can which swivels like the B2W. It won't cover the sides in a normal install either. That can be done with a ball-and-socket universal radar detector type mount but would be cumbersome and rather unattractive plus it could induce some vibrations while driving. VDOMDHTMLtml> 2019 + Toyota Rav4 Dash Cam installation - Blackvue DR900S - 2CH - YouTube Here is how you install a dash cam in your Toyota Rav4. Still came out pretty cleanĪnd here's the glovebox closed, you can't see any wires sticking out anywhere.Welcome to DCT don't have the cam but I do know that it's not mounted in such a way as to make swiveling to one side easy. I wanted to try everything out before completely burying the wires. I plan to reroute the wires through the cigarette plug grommet to the left, but I will have to take the glove box out to do that. I had my iPod wire running through here and it was being pinched. In order to hide the wires I tucked the excess in behind the dash, and trimmed a corner of the glove box panel to better feed the wires. Here I spliced that into the positive wire.Īnd here's the fuse all ready to be installed. The 12v cigarette lighter plug had a built in glass fuse, so I got a fuse holder to take care of that. I didn't want to have to hide the bulky cigarette lighter plugs, so I hacked them up.I tested which wire was positive and negative and then I cut the plugs up. The dash cam power comes from cigarette lighter plugs, male on the camera power and this female connector coming out of the battery unit. This is the hardwire for the battery power to charge and activate when the car is started. I was able to fish the wires up behind the dash and get the positive and negative completely out of the way of my foot when I hit the e-brake. I needed a 20 amp circuit that only came on when the key/ACC was on, so I tapped the heated seats circuit. Here's the fuse tap all installed, it's the one to the right with the yellow fuses. My truck uses the low profile blade fuses, I had the same problem when I tried to install my amber grille lights back in the day. One thing that set back my install was they provided 3 types of fuse taps, but not the kind I need for my truck. I also bought this fancy backup battery so that the camera can record in parking mode without having to draw on the car's battery. Here's the rear camera all mounted up.Īfter playing with it I got it situated to where it should go I didn't take any pics of fishing the wire back, but it was actually very quick and easy. It took me an hour and a half of fighting with the blend mount to get it where I wanted, but I had never worked with one before. I didn't like how low the camera hung down with the middle piece in the bracket so I removed it to raise the camera up more behind the mirror.Īnd here's the camera all installed. Here's the camera mounted up to the rear view mirror. The rear mount was the 3D printed one from this thread This thing was a HUGE pain in the ass to install, but so worth it to stealthily hide the dash cam. I also spent big money on a blend mount for the rear view mirror. I am looking to install Viofo A139 2 CH dashcam, hardwired. I didn't want to mount the battery under the seat so the glovebox was the most logical. Wanted to share some pics from my install Got my Blackvue 2 channel 4K dash cam installed with the backup battery.
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