After an unfortunate encounter with a flying easy chair, I'm thinking of getting a dashcam. Has anyone installed one? What did you use and how did you do it?

 

https://www.techradar.com/best/best-dash-cam

 

Well yes, but I'm looking for some real world experience from someone who has set one up in an x-type specifically

 

https://www.jaguarforum.com/threads/...n-help.130924/

 

I have had one installed in my car for about 2 and a half years now and it has been working well. I have the nextbase 412GW (I believe these are discontinued now and replaced by the 422GW but they should be quite similar) hardwired and it comes on when the ignition is on and off when ignition is off.

It is very easy to hardware, you take off the glove box and wire it to the fuse there. Choose a fuse that is only on when ignition is on otherwise it will drain your battery. You can test the fuse using a multimeter or if you don't have a multimeter, wire it to a fuse of something that is only on with ignition (e.g. radio). There is a ground bolt near the fuse box where you can connect the ground on the hardwire kit to. You can then route the wire to the dashcam at the top of the windscreen.