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Dashboard Camera Advice

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  • 06-03-2013 11:28pm
    #1
    rb25
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭


    Hi.

    This has probably been discussed before on here but I searched and couldn't find relevant stuff.

    I'm thinking of buying a dashboard camera. I don't want to spend a fortune on it.

    My criteria is that I don't want a bunch of cables running all over the windscreen area/dash. I would also like that the camera keeps recording over previous footage unless there is a crash and then I can choose to save the footage or it will save it automatically.

    Does anyone have any experience with them?
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    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,039 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76632556


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    #3
    fergiesfolly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,356 ✭✭✭fergiesfolly


    You might be trying to be helpful kceire, but you just directed him to a 79 page thread thats all over the place by now.
    Anyone who's bought one recently, might want to post up their experiences and links to sites.
    Don't think theres any need for a hundred posts of Russian car crashes in this thread either!


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    rb25
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭rb25


    kceire wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76632556

    Thanks. Should have known there'd be a huge thread on it but it never appeared when I searched. :)


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    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    Post #8;

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81902582


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    willah
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭willah


    randy hickey wrote: »
    Post #8;

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81902582

    eBay item has been removed.


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    maceocc2
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭maceocc2


    Bought one of these on eBay recently, brand new, €180. excellent night and day quality. and I wired it behind the dash so no cables.

    http://www.blackvuehd.co.uk/BlackVue_DR380G_HD.php


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    shooter88
    Registered Users Posts: 405 ✭✭shooter88


    rb25 wrote: »
    Hi.

    This has probably been discussed before on here but I searched and couldn't find relevant stuff.

    I'm thinking of buying a dashboard camera. I don't want to spend a fortune on it.

    My criteria is that I don't want a bunch of cables running all over the windscreen area/dash. I would also like that the camera keeps recording over previous footage unless there is a crash and then I can choose to save the footage or it will save it automatically.

    Does anyone have any experience with them?
    I have one new in box,built in battery takes sd card..records in hd..screen for viewing...camera rotates 180'..70e if your interested


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    Yawlboy
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭Yawlboy


    I use "DailyRoads Voyager" on my Samsung Galaxy S3 - Free App, I just had to buy a holder for it, got an iGrip for €20.
    :D


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    randy hickey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,935 ✭✭✭randy hickey


    willah wrote: »
    eBay item has been removed.

    Try one of these;

    http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=itronics+itb+100-hd&_sacat=0&_from=R40


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    IK09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭IK09


    bought an app called witness for iphone 89c does pretty much what youd need.


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    rb25
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭rb25


    shooter88 wrote: »
    I have one new in box,built in battery takes sd card..records in hd..screen for viewing...camera rotates 180'..70e if your interested

    Which one do you have shooter88? The blackvuehd?


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    rb25
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭rb25


    maceocc2 wrote: »
    Bought one of these on eBay recently, brand new, €180. excellent night and day quality. and I wired it behind the dash so no cables.

    http://www.blackvuehd.co.uk/BlackVue_DR380G_HD.php

    Did you wire it up to the roof light maceocc2?


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    fergiesfolly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,356 ✭✭✭fergiesfolly


    maceocc2 wrote: »
    Bought one of these on eBay recently, brand new, €180. excellent night and day quality. and I wired it behind the dash so no cables.

    http://www.blackvuehd.co.uk/BlackVue_DR380G_HD.php

    Also very interested in how you wired it up.
    Don't want a load of cables cluttering the dash


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    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    fergiesfolly wrote: »
    Also very interested in how you wired it up.
    Don't want a load of cables cluttering the dash

    Don't understand this, just run the wire from your cig lighter socket to the cam using the overhead plastic covering at the top of your window borders.


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    #16
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    I bought a SmartCam 2 a few months back and its a pain in the backside. Motion Detect was unreliable, very poor battery life, randomly stopped recording and randomly turned on and its stopped recording now. The seller on eBay hasn't replied to my messages. Frustrating!


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    #17
    CiniO
    Registered Users Posts: 16,067 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    Sully wrote: »
    I bought a SmartCam 2 a few months back and its a pain in the backside. Motion Detect was unreliable, very poor battery life, randomly stopped recording and randomly turned on and its stopped recording now. The seller on eBay hasn't replied to my messages. Frustrating!

    I got a SmartCam 1 (the 720p one) and it actually works great and is very reliable.
    Then I got Smartcam 2, and I must agree that it's got some problems.
    1. I never tried Motion detecion.
    2. Full HD mode also didn't work for me, as my SD card is supposably too slow (even though it says class 10). But this might be genuinely due to SD card, but anyway - in FullHD mode it would consume horrendous amount of data. In 720p mode, 8GB card is just enough for 1h recording. IMHO that's very low.
    3. It indeed sometimes stops for no reason. Sometimes it starts and then stops instantly after 15 seconds.
    4. I'm not sure about battery life, as I'm only using it when driving so it's plugged in to lighter socket.

    In general it's just normal chineese camera of rather average build quality with few faults, but with quite reasonable picture quality, and with extraordianry picture quality during night driving (within that price range).

    Smartcam 1 though IMHO was much better, less buggy and cheaper. I think I got mine for 60 euro delivered.
    I also got mine Smartcam 2 for about the same much, as seller gave me discount due to fact he is using my video on his ebay site, but I can see now they are over 100 euro delivered to Ireland, so honestly I rather wouldn't pay that much for it.


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    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭mad m


    @Cinio

    Is this the smartcam?

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-SmartCam-Wide-Angle-Lens-Car-Truck-Vehicle-Camera-Black-Box-Video-Recorder-/370741405250?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5651e8e642


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    #19
    CiniO
    Registered Users Posts: 16,067 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    mad m wrote: »
    @Cinio

    Is this the smartcam?

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-SmartCam-Wide-Angle-Lens-Car-Truck-Vehicle-Camera-Black-Box-Video-Recorder-/370741405250?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5651e8e642

    No.
    Or at least not that smartcam we were talking about.


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    #20
    maceocc2
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭maceocc2


    fergiesfolly wrote: »

    Also very interested in how you wired it up.
    Don't want a load of cables cluttering the dash

    Exactly hiw Gurramok described. Used a couple of lock connectors to tap into the cig lighter, ran wires over to the glove box, added an inline fuse and up into the camera.

    Wiring into the light is tricky since the lights switch on and off under certain circumstances, which if not wired correctly will cause the camera to go on and off with the lights :)


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    #21
    Chippy01
    Registered Users Posts: 613 ✭✭✭Chippy01


    My OH got me one of these http://www.micksgarage.com/proddetails.aspx?pid=1584977&pk=8F111 for Christmas.
    In fact it's her review on the webpage.
    I had a few recording/non recording issues due to a faulty SD card, but to be fair MicksGarage changed and upgraded the SD card from a 16GB to a 32GB (foc) and it's been working perfectly ever since.


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    #22
    CiniO
    Registered Users Posts: 16,067 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    Chippy01 wrote: »
    My OH got me one of these http://www.micksgarage.com/proddetails.aspx?pid=1584977&pk=8F111 for Christmas.
    In fact it's her review on the webpage.
    I had a few recording/non recording issues due to a faulty SD card, but to be fair MicksGarage changed and upgraded the SD card from a 16GB to a 32GB (foc) and it's been working perfectly ever since.

    That's exactly Smartcam 2 which I was talking about earlier here.


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