Dash cam and Remis front blind

[Vic]

Looking at purchasing a dash cam. I can only find ones that stick or suckered to the front screen and this would foul the remis screen. I do not like the suckered option.
Is there a cam that either has a slim enough bracket that can fit behind the screen or one that be mounted on the dash itself?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

 

[Guigsy]

I got a VIOFO VS1 Mini and stuck it to the dash. The cable runs under the lower blind rail and along the front of the dash to the fuse box where it's permanently wired. It's small and screenless, so it doesn't interfere with my vision. Good image quality without unnecessary features.

 

[Two on Tour]

Looking at purchasing a dash cam. I can only find ones that stick or suckered to the front screen and this would foul the remis screen. I do not like the suckered option.
Is there a cam that either has a slim enough bracket that can fit behind the screen or one that be mounted on the dash itself?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

I use a Nextbase 622GW that uses a magnetic mount and have mounted it in the top right of the windscreen, which clears the closed Remis blind with the camera off the mount.
It's easy to run the power cable down behind the Remis blind casing to the fuse box to pickup power for a hardwired kit.

 

[Mikeco]

Looking at purchasing a dash cam. I can only find ones that stick or suckered to the front screen and this would foul the remis screen. I do not like the suckered option.
Is there a cam that either has a slim enough bracket that can fit behind the screen or one that be mounted on the dash itself?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

Mine is on the windscreen and the blind works okay, the blind itself is a few inches away from the screen.

 

[Brains]

Check your Remis blind.
Most (all?) of the front ones have a little notch at rear mirror height, it slides out so that a mirror (or GPS) can be mounted on the screen

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[Orion]

This is what I did to use the redundant mirror location for my dashcam installation with the Remis blinds:

Installing Dashcam with Remis Blinds

Having read through numerous threads and articles regarding the difficulties of installing a fixed dashcam mount in conjunction with the Remis windscreen blind set, and looking to fit one myself, I thought I’d have a go at it today. This is for a 2022 Ducato with the grooved metal nut that...

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[Gellyneck]

Check your Remis blind.
Most (all?) of the front ones have a little notch at rear mirror height, it slides out so that a mirror (or GPS) can be mounted on the screen

A bit like this?

 

[Howard B]

My Nextbase camera is fitted at the bottom of the screen. Can close the blinds without removing the camera.

 

[MichaelT]

Our nextbase we got a pad that stuck to dash which we mounted it on or you can get bean bag holders for them

 

[Marky146]

No problem with mine. It’s a Transit Custom. I use a Jomise F/R dash cam with the main screen over the rear view mirror. Camera sticks to windscreen, GPS aerial in corner. Both fit no problem.

The rear camera sits in the back window and the Vanshades unit has space for that. I can actually drive around with all the blinds shut and see out! ( only in parking area obviously).

No issues of clearance.

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[TC3]

I got a VIOFO VS1 Mini and stuck it to the dash. The cable runs under the lower blind rail and along the front of the dash to the fuse box where it's permanently wired. It's small and screenless, so it doesn't interfere with my vision. Good image quality without unnecessary features.

I have the same and stuck to yhe dash too.

 

[lonnie]

Looking at purchasing a dash cam. I can only find ones that stick or suckered to the front screen and this would foul the remis screen. I do not like the suckered option.
Is there a cam that either has a slim enough bracket that can fit behind the screen or one that be mounted on the dash itself?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

Viofo A139 works for me in a Boxer cab.

 

[h8ten]

This option may suit if your preferred cam is only sucker mounted.

 

[Gellyneck]

This option may suit if your preferred cam is only sucker mounted.

and from a Funster Feltwell.

 

[G30rge]

I have a BlackVue fitted in my 2020 Ducato and the Remis blinds close OK

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[richard8]

I am pleased with the Aguri sat nav that I have fixed to the dash avoiding the blinds. It’s sat navinging has also performed well all over Europe!

 

[Mark1965]

Looking at purchasing a dash cam. I can only find ones that stick or suckered to the front screen and this would foul the remis screen. I do not like the suckered option.
Is there a cam that either has a slim enough bracket that can fit behind the screen or one that be mounted on the dash itself?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

I have a Garmin Dash Cam. It's small but gives a very clear image.
It mounts to a small self adhesive metal disc about the size of a 20 pence piece. This is stuck to the desired area of the Windscreen. The Garmin then magnets itself to it. The disc is thin about the thickness of a coin. Then you just clip it on and off when you need to.
I have the pull up from the bottom screen blind in our 2022 Swift Select PVC.
Its perfect and has other functions built in like voice control and notifying of danger spots..
Its the latest model but I'm not near it to give you the actual details.
Mark

 

[IGMH]

Looking at purchasing a dash cam. I can only find ones that stick or suckered to the front screen and this would foul the remis screen. I do not like the suckered option.
Is there a cam that either has a slim enough bracket that can fit behind the screen or one that be mounted on the dash itself?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

I use a Nextbase 422 GW on a transit based C-class
The mount is supplied with 2 interchangeable "feet", 1 being a sticky pad, the second being a suction cap.
The 2 pieces are held together by 3 "T" shaped pins that fit into 3 slots on the "feet".
The sticky pad "foot" is sufficiently thin not to interfere with the Remis blinds.
I simply slide dashcam and mount off the "foot".

 

[Panda73]

Looking at purchasing a dash cam. I can only find ones that stick or suckered to the front screen and this would foul the remis screen. I do not like the suckered option.
Is there a cam that either has a slim enough bracket that can fit behind the screen or one that be mounted on the dash itself?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

I've mounted a Nextbase at the bottom of the screen in front of the sliding bar on the blinds and it does not foul the sliding blinds

 

[StillGoing]

I assume dash cams can easily be removed? I understand it’s illegal to even possess one in Portugal.

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[Guigsy]

I assume dash cams can easily be removed? I understand it’s illegal to even possess one in Portugal.

The laws in Portugal are really confused. Given that there's tons of CCTV, Google Streetview, and several cars sold in Portugal have built in dashcams now, I'm pretty sure the law isn't enforced. There are even instances of the police accepting dashcam footage.

 

[Dalesguy]

Looking at purchasing a dash cam. I can only find ones that stick or suckered to the front screen and this would foul the remis screen. I do not like the suckered option.
Is there a cam that either has a slim enough bracket that can fit behind the screen or one that be mounted on the dash itself?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

Hi Vic, im sorry i cannot help you witj your dashcam problem, but how do you find the Remis blinds, im thinking of buying them but. They look abit flimsy, how do you find them.
Many thanks for your time
Regards Colin
1956colsar@gmail.co.

 

[Vic]

Thank you for all your replies. I have now got a Nextbase 522gw.
I am going to mount at the bottom of screen as the bracket is too deep to fit behind the screen at the top.
If that does not work, then I will try one of Feltwell's brackets.
Re the Remis screen itself Colin, yes they are flimsy, but they are convenient, light weight and do what they are supposed to do. If I purchased a van without then, then I would have some fitted.

Vic

 

[Lenny HB]

I know you have your dashcam but info for others.
Why not fit a dashcam without screen they are much small and a screen is unnecessary.
I use a KB R50.

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[Wombles]

On the subject of smaller dashcams without a display screen - Nextbase have just launched the Piqo https://nextbase.co.uk/dash-cams/piqo-dash-cam/ retailing at £99.99 upwards.

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[Lenny333]

I got a VIOFO VS1 Mini and stuck it to the dash. The cable runs under the lower blind rail and along the front of the dash to the fuse box where it's permanently wired. It's small and screenless, so it doesn't interfere with my vision. Good image quality without unnecessary features.

Another vote for this… it sticks ‘upside down’ on the dash and wires as Guigsy says above. There is an option in its app to then flip the image the right way up.

It’s not too expensive, has a good picture, can be had from Amazon and is small and neat enough to not get in the way of anything, including the Remis blinds. I really like it.

 

[Guigsy]

I know you have your dashcam but info for others.
Why not fit a dashcam without screen they are much small and a screen is unnecessary.
I use a KB R50.

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Agreed. Most cameras need an app to set up anyway. So the screen is redundant. And worse, it makes the unit larger and dictates the shape, so it's more likely to get in the way of your view, or the blinds.

If you do have limited space behind the blind and you are going to dash mount, a lot of cameras aren't designed to be mounted upside down. So your footage will be inverted (which isn't an issue, the police still accept it). Or worse, it won't be able to point at the correct angle. For a previous cam which I originally had in a car, I ended up 3d printing an angled mount to get the view I needed.

 

[Mike Hawkins]

Looking at purchasing a dash cam. I can only find ones that stick or suckered to the front screen and this would foul the remis screen. I do not like the suckered option.
Is there a cam that either has a slim enough bracket that can fit behind the screen or one that be mounted on the dash itself?

Thanks in advance,

Vic

A difficult one this, Vic. I have a NextBase webcam which comes with a small plastic plate that sticks to the windscreen and the webcam and the GPS base attaches to it. However, due to the proximity of the blind to the windscreen, there didn’t seem to be any other way other than removing the webcam (easily done with a fixed base to the glass) in order to close the blinds.

 

[StillGoing]

On the subject of smaller dashcams without a display screen - Nextbase have just launched the Piqo https://nextbase.co.uk/dash-cams/piqo-dash-cam/ retailing at £99.99 upwards.

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Has anyone got one of these? There is a 1k and a 2k version.