davemazo
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As first trialed by GeordieDave over on THAOC I thought I`d give one of these a go and decided to install it as he has by fixing it semi permanently to the rear view mirror rather than using the suction cup, so all credit to him for this idea.
This is what`s in the box
The rear view mirror comes out easily enough. One screw and slide it to the rear off its mounting and then disconnect the plug. Drill a 2.5mm hole in the side of the mounting bracket then fix the camera with a 3mm screw. The hardest part here for me was detaching the suction cup from the camera as things can be easily snapped off.
Then just fit everything back into the car. I tried it out by using the supplied cigarette lighter power supply and it works fine, nice and clear pictures.
You might just be able to see it fitted
That was yesterday. Today I decided to have a look at hard wiring it and this is where it all went pear shaped. I started by taking out the lighting/alarm/sunroof panel. This is easy enough, just take off the light covers and the alarm grille to reveal 4 bolts. Remove them with an 8mm socket to leave a nice big hole in your roof.
I was going to splice the camera wires into the dipping rearview mirror wires (as Geordiedave did). So I tried to prise apart the charger just to have a look to see how easy it was going to be. Using a screwdriver I prised it open but used too much pressure, the screwdriver went in and ripped off this little black thing from a small PCB inside and all sort of bits went flying everywhere. I was only expecting 2 wires connected to the socket somehow not all this electronic gubbins. No idea what the black thing is but its round with 10v and 400uf stamped on it.
I managed to put it all back together without the little black thing, the LED lights up but I don`t want to plug it into the camera in case it blows it up.
I think my best bet is to try and get another power supply rather try and fix the original. So thats as far as I can go with my installation. If I get it sorted I`ll carry on with it.
Geordiedave I need you, help.
This is what`s in the box
The rear view mirror comes out easily enough. One screw and slide it to the rear off its mounting and then disconnect the plug. Drill a 2.5mm hole in the side of the mounting bracket then fix the camera with a 3mm screw. The hardest part here for me was detaching the suction cup from the camera as things can be easily snapped off.
Then just fit everything back into the car. I tried it out by using the supplied cigarette lighter power supply and it works fine, nice and clear pictures.
You might just be able to see it fitted
That was yesterday. Today I decided to have a look at hard wiring it and this is where it all went pear shaped. I started by taking out the lighting/alarm/sunroof panel. This is easy enough, just take off the light covers and the alarm grille to reveal 4 bolts. Remove them with an 8mm socket to leave a nice big hole in your roof.
I was going to splice the camera wires into the dipping rearview mirror wires (as Geordiedave did). So I tried to prise apart the charger just to have a look to see how easy it was going to be. Using a screwdriver I prised it open but used too much pressure, the screwdriver went in and ripped off this little black thing from a small PCB inside and all sort of bits went flying everywhere. I was only expecting 2 wires connected to the socket somehow not all this electronic gubbins. No idea what the black thing is but its round with 10v and 400uf stamped on it.
I managed to put it all back together without the little black thing, the LED lights up but I don`t want to plug it into the camera in case it blows it up.
I think my best bet is to try and get another power supply rather try and fix the original. So thats as far as I can go with my installation. If I get it sorted I`ll carry on with it.
Geordiedave I need you, help.