That's a good suggestion about checking the camera view first before sticking everything down more permanently. Something this little unit can do, thankfully.

I might even look at passenger top corner, not an ideal place, but as I get a live feed it's worth a check first.

Live view is a good feature for positioning, just wish i found out how to use it on the blackvue app before fixing to my window as those sticky pads are very strong

I used the piggy back fuses to get my power from the footwell fuse board and there is plenty of screws to earth it there too , run it to the power savebox which is positioned down there too, popped behind the area the carpet ends, then ran the cable across to the door pillar, up behind the rubber seal and out and across the top of the door pillar, and used the sunvisor brackets to snake the cable across to the camera

in the setting turn off the front security light too, it flashes away saying look at me and is quite bright on an evening, also i have put a bit of tape over the GPS LED as that is very bright also, and turn off Wi-Fi when you dont need it, turns off the blue LED on the side and also when you in the car, the phone connects too it and you won't get any data like emails etc Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Nice one, thanks.

I'll refer to all this when I come to set it all up

I mounted mine directly behind the rear view mirror with the lens as central as I could get it, that leaves the unit pretty much hidden from your driving view apart from the extreme right hand edge where the power plugs in. From there you can feed the cable up behind the plastic cowling at the back of the r/v mirror and stuff it behind the slight groove where the headlining meets the top of the screen, "totally out of sight" before taking it down the passenger side rubber strip as pinks has mentioned.
Once fitted angle the camera down to get a 70/30% view of the road/sky, better still 80/20% will give the best exposure setting for recording the scene on the road and not what's going on in the sky!
As you'll notice, the camera is extremely wide angle with a view of around 120° and those settings I've mentioned will give a recording similar to what you see while driving, minus the rear view mirror

Have a look on the Blackvue site occasionally for updates to the Blackvue viewer, they are up to v.2.0.3.2 for windows and v.1.0.0.2 for mac, although your new camera will probably come with the latest version, and look HERE for some software called 'SD Formatter' You'll need to run it once a month or so, or whenever your unit starts to misbehave as it is the software recommended by Blackvue to format your micro SD cards. Apparently Windows or other OS's don't do as good a job with the 0 and 1's on high capacity cards.

Some very useful advice for anyone setting one of these up. Cheers

I've got one, I will try and fit it properly tomorrow as the windscreen has just been replaced. Could I stick the wires around the windscreen with blu tack?

You could or use the mini cable clips it came with  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Mine didn't come with any. By "I've got one", I meant a dashcam. Not a particular model.

I have not used mine, but found the route I took they were not needed, might use them on the next car though Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Forgot about this thread !

Ended up ordering one from China for £19 & a memory card from MyMemory for £10 (so less than £30 all in).

Installed it yesterday & it works like a charm, exactly what I want it for

Can't see any wires at all (apart from where it plugs into the 12v switched socket). I put the wiring under the headliner by the windscreen, down the rubber door seal, then tucked into the plastics around the passenger side all the way around to where the gear stick is. Only took 5 mins & you can't see a thing.

If anyone wants any pics, vids or more info, just let me know.

Chris

Hi Chris,

It would be great to see some pictures. Then I can play around the wires later.

Thanks!

AiiEEX wrote:

I think it looks way better than the BlackHawk..

Don't you mean Roadhawk?? * GONE. GS TD4 Manual MY2013. Orkney Grey with privacy, cold and clearview packs, armrests (a must!) and a spoiler.
* 2011 4.4 TDV8 Full Fat. Amazing piece of kit.
* GONE.2012 RR Sport HSE SDV6 Orkney Grey. Rocket ship. 33mpg.
* Range Rover Classic '93 200Tdi Factory fit
* 1949 80" in family since 1975

I'll take some when back home mate

DrRpb wrote:

AiiEEX wrote:

I think it looks way better than the BlackHawk..

Don't you mean Roadhawk??

Yep mate. I'm sure everyone knew what I meant!

Incidentally, the Blackvue 500 I'm getting is cheaper in Oz than in the UK. Makes a refreshing change!
Equivalent of £220 inc 10% tax

Here's the one I got - price seems to fluctuate, mine worked out at £19.63:

http://www.focalprice.com/ER0777B/GS1000B_...order.html