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I ran my rear camera cable down the passenger A-pillar cover, along the floor channel, then back up trough the rear pillar and along the headliner to center. I didn't have any extra cable at all. In fact, I almost didn't have enough cable to make it to the center of the rear window...I had to find a little slack.
Sticker500 - Did you remove an existing 10amp fuse and replace it with the new cable? Also, did you put in two (2x) 5amp fuses in the new cable housing?
For those of you that do understand electricity, you need to do the following:
For those of you that do understand electricity, you need to do the following:
1. If the fuse from the fuse panel is a 10A, it MUST be replaced with a 10A on the fuse tap side without the wire coming off of it
2. The supply (red wire side of the fuse tap) should have at most a 3-5A fuse for the dashcam
If you have any install questions, please feel free to PM me...I've been installing electronics in cars since 1977
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Sorry for the super slow reply. I was not sure whether I wanted to get back into radar detectors, but turns out the V1G2 is incredible. I had posted a summary review at rdforum.org, but the short story is I had stopped using detectors completely when I sold my V1 on Craigslist in 2013. I was just so sick of the falsing from all the infrastructure radar and blind spot monitoring radar on today's cars. I went full Waze, mostly with success. 1 ticket, probably 3 or 4 stops, and several near misses. Ohio loves to write tickets.
There will always be diehard Valentine folks, and I get that. Tt's just a crying shame that Mike wasn't willing to invest more into his redesign to make it relevant in today's world of detection...and I saw the same 1+ hour video that you did.Fair enough. I can appreciate and understand your viewpoint that the G2 should have had on-board GPS. I have come to believe that is the wrong approach 2000-late. The benefits from smartphone integration are now far better than onboard GPS, and will only improve since phones are on a much more rigorous development cycle. Have you seen what the JBV1 software can do on the Android platform? Wow. So what is really needed is great radar detection hardware and a great open-API way to connect to much richer capabilities of where phones are going and the incredible investment those giant companies are making in them. The radar detection market has shrunk. This small radar detector companies cannot possibly invest in hardware platforms like the phone guys can. I personally believe that Theia cannot possibly live up to the hype and will be a science project for quite awhile. I'd rather be on a phone platform for that stuff.As an EE, with over 35 years experience, and a radar detector fanatic, the V1G2 is a "good" detector...not a GREAT detector. Mike is a great engineer, but the V1G2 was outdated before it was ever introduced. Many people, including VortexRadar, have had unit failures so their start out of the gate was very poor. The detector to watch out for is the Radenso Theia...it will, most likely, cost around $750 (so not for your average person on a budget) but will be the first to revolutionize the industry with AI and will provide excellent BSM rejection. It is supposed to be released later this year. I have had GREAT success with my R7 (many that have tried both have stated that the R7 is still a better detector then the V1G2 but it is noisier). Just my two cents and I do agree that the V1G2 provides great smart phone integration for those that are looking for it. You must also understand that "most" folks want built-in GPS and do not want to rely on having to place their cell phone on their dash for viewing and integrating it with their detector. The smartphone integration was designed as a "work-around" for their failure to integrate GPS into their units as have Escort and Uniden...a HUGE miss on Mike's part!
I am happy you are enjoying it, and it does work well when it works. However, again, I believe the new Escort and Uniden models have a better overall package while we all wait for the release of Theia
^^^ This ^^^As an EE, with over 35 years experience, and a radar detector fanatic, the V1G2 is a "good" detector...not a GREAT detector. Mike is a great engineer, but the V1G2 was outdated before it was ever introduced. Many people, including VortexRadar, have had unit failures so their start out of the gate was very poor. The detector to watch out for is the Radenso Theia...it will, most likely, cost around $750 (so not for your average person on a budget) but will be the first to revolutionize the industry with AI and will provide excellent BSM rejection. It is supposed to be released later this year. I have had GREAT success with my R7 (many that have tried both have stated that the R7 is still a better detector then the V1G2 but it is noisier). Just my two cents and I do agree that the V1G2 provides great smart phone integration for those that are looking for it. You must also understand that "most" folks want built-in GPS and do not want to rely on having to place their cell phone on their dash for viewing and integrating it with their detector. The smartphone integration was designed as a "work-around" for their failure to integrate GPS into their units as have Escort and Uniden...a HUGE miss on Mike's part!
I am happy you are enjoying it, and it does work well when it works. However, again, I believe the new Escort and Uniden models have a better overall package while we all wait for the release of Theia
Check this out as it may be a great investment to shut accessories off when battery voltage hits a certain level. Highly recommend!
BlackVue Power Magic PRO Battery Discharge Prevention Module
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Correct. You can get the VIOFO one. Same thing.
If you have a VIOFO, it operates on 5VDC. Most all other cameras operate on 12VDC. You must buy a hardwire "Parking Mode" kit that provides the voltage output required for your dash cam. They are far from the "same thing"
You cannot reuse the glue pads...once installed they are shot. They do sell replacements. There is a great grounding bolt coming off the firewall off to the left of the brake pedal which is where you should go. Some things should be left to the professionals
thx.. im sure ill manage.. everything is working dandy. Test drove 3 separate times and reviewed all video clips, both front and rear in driving mode and parking mode...tested all features on parking mode, auto detection motion mode, timelapse, low bit rate modes, all worked great. I just wanted to tidy up my install, double check my work, add more zip-ties to make it neat.You cannot reuse the glue pads...once installed they are shot. They do sell replacements. There is a great grounding bolt coming off the firewall off to the left of the brake pedal which is where you should go. Some things should be left to the professionals
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I understand what you are doing, and I'm sure I can figure it out once I get the unit in hand, but still curious if you might have a pic you can share. Thanks!
To confirm, the A129 comes with a 12VDC to 5VDC converter... or is the HK3ACC kit needed for the converter even if you don't plan on using parking mode? I'm going to use parking mode, but want to make sure I don't need to purchase a 12v>5v converter for the A129. I don't see any mention of this unless I completely missed it. Thanks!If you have a VIOFO, it operates on 5VDC. Most all other cameras operate on 12VDC. You must buy a hardwire "Parking Mode" kit that provides the voltage output required for your dash cam. They are far from the "same thing"
You need to buy the HARDWIRED kit which has the inverter built in. You only need the HARDWIRED kit if you plan to use Parking Mode. Otherwise, you will just plug the cam into your cigarette lighter plug.
You'll be happy with your purchase. I've had mine for quite a while and have zero complaints. It works every time that I turn the truck on and takes very good video. I will warn you of one thing: Every 60 days it wants to format the card. That isn't a problem, you just turn it on one day and it beeps and asks you if you want to format the card; then you hit "ok" and it only takes seconds. My problem was that I didn't realize it was the camera beeping at my one day and I thought my truck was broken. Something just kept beeping and I didn't know how to make it stop.....I started the truck, shut off the truck, started again, opened and closed doors, locked and unlocked it and it kept trying to figure out where the noise was coming from...then I disconnected and reconnected the battery and it stopped. Later that night as I thought about what the beeping might have been I realized it was probably the camera because it had been a while since it did the format. Boy, did I feel stupid. At least I was the only one who knew about it.....until now.
