How to - Install a Dash Cam and Wire it to Power on with the Car

euroglx said:

Hello,

Just wanted to say thank you for this write up. I was able to wire my dash cam that i had on my previous vehicle to my Sportwagen.

I did a few mistakes though, but eventually got it setup correctly.

First mistake was I didn't use the 12V adapter at first (quickly figured out that the camera won't work without it, doh!), and second mistake was I mounted the dash cam behind the rear view mirror but to the left hand side, hence blocking the ambient light sensor on the back of the mirror (Auto Dimming Mirror). It wasn't so bad, but during dawn/dusk it would get confused. So I moved it to the right, and all is well.

Thanks again.

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DSA said:

Anyone know whether it's ok to 3M-tape-mount a dash cam above and to the left of the rear view mirror, on the black mesh (antenna?) area of the wind shield, or will this cause interference?

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BxGTI said:

That's where I have mine, almost 2 years with no issues


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mattkime said:

Just wanted to say THANK YOU for this wonderful write up!

Its really hard to find good detailed info on a solid dashcam install. There's plenty of videos of people pointing to their dashcam, pointing to cable routes and wish you luck.

I think the hardwiring bit took me about 30 min, but I could do it much quicker now that I have experience.

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slow12s said:

Thank you very much for this writeup...I just installed mine last night and used a mix of your guide with ReadTheBook's guide as well and everything went great, just need to hide that last wire that you can see when the drivers door is open...thanks again, very helpful

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BxGTI said:

Haha I totally forgot that I posted a pic on where to run that wire on this thread, I hope it helps, once you
Route it the whole cable will go in so that you can press the weatherstrip back in

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slow12s said:

nice, thanks for the pic...does the weather stripping need to be removed all the way up like you did or can i pull it off in just 1 area that I need to hide the wire? also what's the easiest way to remove the weather stripping? I was pulling on it a bit last night during the install, but didn't have any luck

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jackalope said:

Is there a good ground in the fuse box? I'm just putting an outlet on the fuse box door for one of my cameras and I need a convenient ground right in there rather than off to the side under that other hatch

Also, I found these documents which together show what each fuse is (can't vouch for accuracy)
http://i.imgur.com/LEbB2AF.jpg
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-0IaQ-frKqPeWhDTTVNQkhtdUU/view

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