Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 09:36:11 -0800
Reply-To: Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Other driving distractions - who has a dash cam?
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I have a combination dash cam/ navigator that I got from TomTop a couple
years ago. I bought it
because after looking for a head unit with flip out DVD screen I gave up
because none of them had
HD radio. About 6 months ago I finally got the back-up camera wired and
working. The rest was
pretty easy except for the power connection. I ended up with a 12V to 5V
transformer that I routed
the 5V wire up along the windshield weather stripping as I could not
successfully route it up the
A pillar. (dang it!). It works great except when wearing sunglasses
which the polarization blocks
the video. So I wear flip up sunglasses over my regular glasses when
driving so I can flip them out
of the way when I need to see that map or whatever. Otherwise, I'm happy
with the all in one unit.
Steven
91 Westy
On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:00 PM Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm kinda particular about what's stuck on my windshield, so we have
> dashcams that slip over the rear view mirror:
> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B078TXVY1F
>
> Luckily haven't needed them, but they're unobtrusive.
>
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 10:14 PM KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've got one in my car, a Garmin 55. Pretty much a basic one, but with a
> > 128Gb SD card installed. It proved that I had the green when I was hit
> in
> > the side by a red light runner.
> >
> > GregM
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of David Beierl
> > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 8:13 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Other driving distractions - who has a dash cam?
> >
> > I haven't got one, but it would have helped me in a hit and run sideswipe
> > last year that ate my cladding and crumpled B pillar a bit.
> >
> > Yrs,
> > d
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:10 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > I’ve had a viofo A119s for a year and a half. Haven’t had to use it for
> > > any traffic event, it just sits up there on windscreen in front of rear
> > > view mirror, doing its thing.
> > >
> > > Anyone else have a dash cam installed, and any comments?
> > >
> > > Alistair
> >
>
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