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SYFL2



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2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey
Dash Cam Loom From Powerful UK

Just seen this on YouTube seems a better idea than running the cables down the windscreen to the fuse box etc. Any thoughts ?

Post #421218 14th May 2022 6:17 am
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SteveC



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England 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Zermatt Silver

My thought is:

I need one of those! Now ordered Thumbs Up Steve

2008 TD4 HSE Auto, Zermatt Silver

Post #421224 14th May 2022 8:02 am
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SYFL2



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2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

Funny that me too I’ve been researching dash cams and this looks pretty simple it would maybe be easier for me to get a BlackVue as my wife’s car has one of those but they seem a bit pricey.

Post #421228 14th May 2022 9:00 am
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Alex3025



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Scotland 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto Zermatt Silver

I have my dash cam where it belongs on the dash with wires into fuse box coming out under the top speaker mount 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Post #421229 14th May 2022 9:33 am
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SYFL2



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Aye that’s a canny idea and no doot Mr. Green

Post #421232 14th May 2022 10:50 am
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Andy131



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Forget the loom, the pointers such as using a plastic rule to fish through the dash cam wires is genius. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
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Post #421244 14th May 2022 5:45 pm
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ScottT



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Great idea, haven’t bothered with a dashcam ‘cos of routing the wiring down the side of the window, will try and think of other things to power off the lights like that.

Post #421246 14th May 2022 6:16 pm
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IanMetro



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Very good idea, I like the way the power stays on for a while after parking the car.

I can't remember which car, but recently I noticed that a new car had a usb power outlet in the overhead light console, ready for a dash cam, and also the new RRS has an integrated front and rear dash cam listed in the extras. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

Post #421248 14th May 2022 7:14 pm
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Volrider



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Good product but it shows a USB power out, what Dash Cams will plug into that with a full size USB for power? 2014 Freelander 2 XS TD4
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Post #421301 15th May 2022 8:59 pm
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SteveC



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England 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Zermatt Silver

Yes, I'd just noticed that. I was thinking of a Nextbase unit, which uses a smaller USB (micro I think)

Suppose there's room for a converter in the space above the console. Steve

2008 TD4 HSE Auto, Zermatt Silver

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BossBob



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Having had the roof lining of my FL2 down to run the cable for a rear dash cam I can confirm that there is enough room for an adapter.

Post #421318 16th May 2022 11:12 am
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janderson41



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Scotland 2010 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

Two points. In my Disco i used a TomTom with a standard USB connection into a multi unit with lighter connections and one USB. So, you can get a fullsize USB connection .
In the Freelander my camera is mounted at the bottom of the screen with the cable running down the side of the centre console and fed through self adhesive cable clips for tidiness.
Very tempted to rig up the TomTom as the satnav is total rubbish. Jim A
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Post #421333 16th May 2022 9:27 pm
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Post #421342 17th May 2022 7:53 am
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SteveC



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England 2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Zermatt Silver

Volrider wrote:
Good product but it shows a USB power out, what Dash Cams will plug into that with a full size USB for power?


Just received mine. The USB part is actually female, so will accept the power lead that comes with the dash cam, assuming it's USB-powered. Steve

2008 TD4 HSE Auto, Zermatt Silver

Post #421362 18th May 2022 11:24 am
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SYFL2



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That’s good to know and pretty quick service from Simon Thumbs Up

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