In Car DVR

Post by **indigolemon** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:20 am

Shiny wrote:Lol, she then stopped where she was and the car behind blocked the road. Her path was clear, just a drokking useless driver

You heard the rage then

Yup - a nice exhaust note is the best way to work the rage out in those situations

taz8520 · Post by **taz8520** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:35 pm

I'm gonna get 2 camera in the new year, one in the lude and one in my work van if my company let me install one, have a reversing camera on the back of my van but doesn't record so the tailgaters get away with it

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:52 pm

I had some kebab sticking right on my arse the other day, i really couldn't be bothered to embarrass them as some days i just want to get from A to B at a reasonable pace and not in a race.

Anyway, i pressed the little button that made the screen light up and he must have twigged that it was a camera as he immediately dropped back and kept his distance

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:48 pm

lloyd, when i fitted my in-car temp gauges i hard wired these in to the system. 12v-5v step down converters.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterproof-DC ... 4d02ec6c51

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 4:18 pm

Do any actual shops deal in them? I wouldn't mind getting one before Christmas ...

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:24 pm

as for actual shops i couldnt find one, but a pc repair company may have them

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:28 pm

Pictures of my DVR as promised.

As mentioned, the cable currently comes out the bottom from the mini usb socket, but there is a DC power socket on the top of the DVR, so i will eventually plug it in there.

I have tucked the cable under the roof lining, under the passenger window pillar trim and then under the glove compartment, feeding it round so it comes out next to the cigarette lighter.

Next job will be to hard wire it to the back of the cigarette lighter, but i will need to take the power adapter apart to do this and use the 12v - 5.2v converter that is built in.

This is pretty much the view from the driver's seat, as you can see there is little obstruction to the view, far less than Zippy anyway. I picked this one as it was one of the smallest from the wide choice available and is quite a slim design.

A view from the outside. I stuck the suction cup against the black bit behind the wing mirror (stuck on sunshade kind of thing) which means the suction cup can't be seen from the outside. There is come condensation forming in this picture because i cleaned the window and within seconds it was misting up. I put the blowers on so i could take a picture and it cleared all bar anything that was stuck to the window. Anyway, you can't see the suction cup outside.

To be fair, due to the reflection off the window when looking inside the car it is quite difficult to spot anyway -

Finally a couple of close-ups -

Post by **Gayno** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:06 pm

Do you leave this permanently in place? Do you consider it a theft target?

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:23 pm

To be honest, you can't really see it from the outside, it isn't obvious because it sits right next to the interior mirror and you can't see the suction cup from the outside.

If I'm leaving the car in a dodgy place, I can just clip the dvr out of the holder and take it with me.

I'm not worried about it getting nicked as it was only £40, but more concerned by the associated costs such as a broken side window.

It almost looks part of the car from the outside though.