Just over a week of having my DashCam (which was nicely and professionally installed)...managing to catch some near misses!

 

Dash cams are great, almost a needed accessory now days,

 

OK Tman . It looks to me that neither of you came to a complete stop and the other car was fractionally worse at stopping.

You are then turning with plenty of time to react as it looks as if you are the one cutting in front of the other car.

What do I know? Maybe wrong. NJ drivers? LOL

 

I'm kinda with Burt on this one. Both drivers hit the intersection at the same time and failing to come to a complete stop. You were turning left. All indiscretions being equal, the OP had the obligation to yield the right of way since the OP was turning left.

 

Speaking of capturing my own crimes on camera, I've uploaded an absurd amount of drivetime videos from my GoPros & Waylens. There's this thing, started out of Norway, which is called SlowTV. It's basically watching high rez landscape instead of low grade sitcoms, etc. I'll find info on it.... but this playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...Y3G5e9rVRRH72V

The Waylens are the most recent... and it seems the Waylens had a firmware upgrade where they know the speed through some accelerometer in the device vs needing to plug the OBD port in, anymore. The latter was triggering some electrical idiocy, so I gave up on it. But you can see me hitting, uhh... not a super duper legal speed, and the cop light me up on the other side of the freeway, and then me getting pulled over and a ticket, and then me driving quite gentlemanly for the rest of the drive LOL

And, don't worry, because I slowed down for him IMMEDIATELY, because I knew he was going to have a hard time catching up. I know I described it all somewhere. Whatever the case, this is the best one:

And to end this ramble, this is one of my faves, and it's not even a dashcam.

And you bet the gopro mount suction cups in 90+ degree heat *WILL* deform the 3M / plastic coating on your car.

 

 

Anyone out there still naive enough to believe they shouldn't bother getting a dash cam?

 

 

Power from interior mirror

 

Hi TwiztOG43 --

Thanks for your post and pics. I just picked up the Thinkware F800 Pro Dual dash cam package for my 2017 F-Type R. It should be arriving sometime today so I can install it over the weekend 😁.

I was wondering if you could clarify which fuse slot you selected to hardwire (for 'always hot' in parked mode).

Looking at the Owner's Manual, was it #54 (Jaguar Owner Information link)? Is it located in the front driver's A-side pillar panel or the passenger side fuse panel?

I'm following your lead with regards to camera placement, considering all the line-of-site sensors attached to that whole rear view mirror area. I didn't realize there were so many until I read your post.

Also, do you happy to have a pick of how you mounted and hid the wiring for the rear camera?

Thanks in advance for the help!

EL1

 

Just bought a Viofo 119S.
Basic dashcam but only $100 and has very good reports.
Fits very well with the F design, could almost be OEM !
Had it professionally installed.
Oh and thank you WAZE

 

can i connect to the phone ?
or only you can watch via sd ?

thx
is very OEM style i want buy one

 

You have to use the micro sd card but it’s not difficult. I bought a Lexar card and a Lexar micro sd to lightning connector plus downloaded the Lexar Mobile Manager app so I can view on my iPad/iPhone.
You can hide the speed data of you wish but read it on Dashcam Viewer or VLC for Windows or Apple.
Just to add that you can hide the speed data so that it’s not there when you just play back the card. When you use dashcam viewer the speed data and map can be viewed.
Lots of info on YouTube.

 

yes im watching it
i saw roav c1pro

that have wifi , i find on amazon for similar price 100 euros

when you turn on the veichle the cam start and this is ok but the monitor is on or off ? and this dash have a battery in case your car is parked and someone hit you and he register 1 min or 2 mins ...for emergency

im watching the reviews on youtube , more people install 2 viofo 1 front 1 rear

i want understand how important is the wifi , gps ok for speed and position but wifi ?

 

I have a thinkware f750 (front/rear).

I had it wired into the fusebox under the passenger footwell on my old V6S but that fusebox is missing on the MY18 SVR and I haven't had a chance to wire it into the tiny inaccessible fusebox up under the A-pillar.

I'm thinking about swapping the front cam to the rear (and vice versa) since the rear camera is much smaller and there's a chance that the GPS can get through the top of the rear glass rather then the front athermic windscreen (which blocks GPS and radar detection) and there are more places to tap power in the rear...

WiFi? so you can configure the camera and download video to your phone (and post it to youtube) without waiting till you get home to stick the memory card into a PC.

 

DDPai M6+ is still my favorite front-facing only camera; has it all for under $115. Super easy mag dismount when you want to grab and go. The little picture-taking button is a nice touch also. 128miniSD means day-long 1440p recording.

Everyone 'loves' what they are familiar with, that is how this works.

From what I've seen, the Blackvue would be a top choice for front/back.

The DDPai tucks nicely up behind the rear view mirror passenger (USA - correct/right side lol).

My old school favorite if someone doesn't need all the bells and whistles is the Mobius. Tiny, easy to conceal. A big dash cam with a built-in screen is just tacky, no thanks.

 

Hi All --

Thought I would share some pics of the installation for my new Thinkware F800 Pro Dash Cam to help others considering the same. The F800 Pro is definitely one of the most expensive dash cams on the market (about $500 for front/rear camera package), but definitely the best, most full-featured, overall. My only critique is their file Cloud storage service and App, which is relatively new and a bit unintuitive. I'm hoping they'll improve this feature in the coming months.

After lots of online research, I opted to have a local car stereo shop handle installation for me (All Star Sound in Long Beach, CA). They quoted a very reasonable installation price and completed it in less then 90 minutes. They even figured out a more efficient way of mounting the Rear camera since there is so much "margin" space between the top edge of the hatchback glass window and the roof liner seam. Otherwise, this would leave extra cable slack that would hang down when the hatch was closed.

Meanwhile, all the cables are well hidden behind the moulding, etc. and it's hardwired for Accessory and Always-On (for parked video mode).

Hope this helps:

 

I've never got the whole rear cam thing. Is it mostly for recording when the car is parked? A battery pack and timeout to allow it to record for another amount of time before you return? In case someone parks by braille?

If I get hit from behind in motion in 95% of cases it is assumed that it is the other person's fault.

A view of a rear facing camera from the dashboard backwards I understand. Mostly to prove you weren't talking/holding/texting a phone or if someone tries to carjack you, etc.

 

Good question... Pretty much everything you mentioned and more. Just do a YouTube search for 'rear view dash cam'. Here's a good one from the reseller I bought my Thinkware F800 Pro from:
My personal feeling is, a front camera alone is like having Liability coverage without Comprehensive. Not to mention the added benefits from some insurance companies if rear video captures evidence.

As you know, these are $100K+ cars that lots of crazy-a$$ people out there don't appreciate for whatever reason. So we're an automatic target for street racers, vandalism and Ex's. A few hundred bucks to cover this investment and optionally transfer to a new sports car in my future 😁, is more than worth it.

Cheers Safely,
EL1

 

right on 100k cars front and back are important you also can put in a new cars

im thinking a blackvue
but also a pair of 119s or ROav c1pro