Dashcams And Fitting

[gl3n]

Hi all,

just wondering if anyone can help

I've decided on getting a dash cam fitted. I'm looking to go for a Thinkware f800 front and rear.

Can anyone recommend a good installer in the Gloucestershire area???

I'd also like to know if anyone has an rear view camera connected to an electronic rear view mirror???

Thanks

gl3n

 

[andys]

I had a twin Sony camera (one looking back, one straight down) with an electronic mirror on my T5. The problem I had was that the monitor was just too low res (320 vertically if I remember) and it just wasn't clear enough for me. The other issue was that although the monitor was nominally 7" wide, if you had it set at that it was a stretched image that made judging positioning difficult. If you switched it to the correct 4:3 ratio you got a 5" wide screen in the middle which is just too small. This was 2015 so it depends on how much the mirror mounted monitors have improved in that time.

 

[MicP]

If you want the rear view camera for reversing you really need a separate camera. Mine cane with both, a high level wide angle one to record out the back and then another low one mounted by the number plate light that I can see my bumper with. This works perfectly adequately on the small rear view mirror monitor.

 

[MicP]

Here's a pic.

 

[andys]

In a bizarre case of memory loss I've just realised I've also fitted a rear view (in fact all round) camera to the T6!

360 camera

In my defence, I still haven't got a stereo with a screen it can use and I don't often flip up the temporary screen from where it sits in the dash top cubby so I had forgotten about it.

 

[MicP]

Wow! That's some work!

 

[Roofis]

Been looking at the mirror dashcam but the cable for the rear camera don’t look long enough an u tell me was it long enough or did u have to get one made up special

 

[MicP]

Can't help sorry, it was already in it when I got the van