gstraw Posted October 22, 2016 Posted October 22, 2016 Hey I'm looking to get a dash cam. First thing is that there are not many that are dual camera like front and back. My concern is that someone hits my car and drives off so I kinda want front and back. Any recommendations apart from the road angel since it's so expensive. Also How can you wire it so that it keeps recording when the car is parked? I hear some cameras have an ability to monitor the battery voltage and if it falls below a certain value it switches off. Also for front only what dash cam do people recommend? I heard the Goluk T1 is meant to be decent. Oh and should I pay someone £50 to install it or DIY Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Floydbax Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BlackVue-DR650S-2CH-16GB-Full-HD-1080p-Front-Rear-GPS-WIFI-Car-Dash-Camera-/232042199837?hash=item3606cafb1d:g:JsEAAOSwU-pXqHGm These are the best Quote
KyleR Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 I think people waste a @*!# ton of money buying dual camera dash cams, just buy 2 cheaper (and possibly better) cameras and put one in the rear. Quote
davey_83 Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 Agreed with way better positioning too Quote
Randy_Baton Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) Blackvue with power magic pro covers what you need. https://www.blackvue.com It has front and rear cameras with the rear camera being infrared for heater night time viewing. The power magic pro cuts off the day am if your battery gets to a certain voltage. The app had loads of settings. You can set it to carry on recording for a set time after driving and also have it come on whilst parked if it detects motion either as movement in front of the camera and or by movement of the vehicle. Its about £450 for a 2 channel set up, with the power magic pro and install. It pays for itself you catch one person. Edited October 23, 2016 by Randy_Baton Quote
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 +1 on blackvue but £450 is a bit much. Here's one they do which is at a steal here for £280. It's the one I would get/want. http://www.avrmobiles.co.uk/acatalog/blackvue-dr650S-2ch-dashcam.html Quote
Richf Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 £280 plus a power magic pro and install will run to about £450 as RB said I've just put a DR650 single channel in my Jag apart from wi-fi its pretty much the same as earlier models The blackvues have great software and gps but the quality is about the same as the humble G1W Quote
gstraw Posted October 23, 2016 Author Posted October 23, 2016 Wow the Blackvue ones are so expensive lol I just ordered a Goluk T1 since I got good reviews from an installer. It's £90 from Amazon. I'll give it a try and see how it goes. Is there anything special I need to do to wire it to the battery but ensure that it doesn't drain the battery? Like should it be connected to a fuse in particular Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Richf Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 If you wire it to the battery it will be on all the time , you need to wire to a ignition live or use a power magic pro which needs and ignition and a perm live Quote
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted October 23, 2016 Posted October 23, 2016 Install it yourself, it's not that difficult. Quote
gstraw Posted October 24, 2016 Author Posted October 24, 2016 So I'd like to have it recording all the time unless my battery goes low. It's more for any hit and runs TBH. So I think I need to get another voltage cut off cable which cuts off power to the cam if the battery gets below a certain value. Anyone have any recommendations and can I connect it to anywhere in the car that is effectively the battery rather than trying to get a cable through a Groningen to connect directly onto the battery? Sorry for the silly questions Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Randy_Baton Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 The power magic pro does this, however I'm not sure if it only works with blackvue devices. I should have the installation instructions at home, so can check how its wired later. But you may find something on the blackvue website Quote
Richf Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 Yes you can use the power magic pro with any other dashcam , plus there are other gizmos that do the same job so you dont need the PMP. Quote
zebedy Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 nextbase HD for 89 quid. Relay on ebay to protect battery from over depleting was 6 quid. Job done. Oh ye buy two cams Quote
Randy_Baton Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) PMP instructions are available here: https://www.blackvue...ower-magic-pro/ Edited October 24, 2016 by Randy_Baton Quote
Randy_Baton Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) Just found this as well Build a Dash Cam with a Raspberry Pi, Two Cameras, and GPS Edited October 24, 2016 by Randy_Baton Quote
Tricky-Ricky Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 How much!!! i have a £35 ebay HD camera that's been running fine for nearly two years now. Quote
coldel Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 I am sure if you broke open a lot of these high end cameras you would find the same hardware in there. Agreed you are paying for a nicer 'packaging' in most cases and some better software, but ultimately you want it to video something for you which in its basic form can be gotten for £20, anything else on top is extras you can choose to pay for. Quote
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 Higher end do do better night vision and reliable frame rates. Quote
coldel Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 Night vision maybe, frame rate has proven to be pretty much bang on in testing. Quote
coldel Posted October 24, 2016 Posted October 24, 2016 But again, its how far you want to go, I can zoom in and read number plates and all manner of details on the footage mine collects. No different to high value models - I think you are literally paying for some software advantages, the clarity of video though is on par, which is what is most important for me. 1 Quote
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 Fair enough. Use this site. Very useful imo. They have three categories, split by price range. https://dashboardcamerareviews.com/dash-cam-comparison-table/ Quote
Richf Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 Cheaper cameras dont tend to have GPS and that does add significant functionality, and whilst the Blackvues are expensive they are one of the most discreet options, have excellent software and come with features like auto parking mode, shock sensors, gps and connectivity options which allow immediate download to a mobile device/upload to the cloud so they are good value for money However as I said earlier if all you need is a basic dashcam then the G1W is hard to beat Quote
davey_83 Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 Dashcam with GPS (turned on ie speed display) with clould uploading.................... i couldnt think of a better way to screw one self LOL Quote
Richf Posted October 25, 2016 Posted October 25, 2016 Dashcam with GPS (turned on ie speed display) with clould uploading.................... i couldnt think of a better way to screw one self LOL If thats really a concern you might want to reconsider your driving Quote
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