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[haganap]

I'm going to add a dash cam for my A Class Hymer.

I don't want to see wires hanging all over the place so I will be doing a hard wire install. However, when I look it appears difficult to have one from the top of the window due to the distances involved.

Anyone want to show their fitting and or instructions?

thanks.

 

[Orion]

As I didn’t want any more hardware cluttering up the dash, have blinds tight to the screen, plus a redundant mirror doing nothing, this was my solution.

 

[Larrynwin]

I have mine at the bottom of the screen just above parked wipers. Mine also is a class body.

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[Manic]

I stuck a piece of Perspex on the air duct on my hymer, and tucked wire under the edge of duct to the fuse box

 

[rosalan]

My camera is hidden from me by the mirror, which is also my camera monitor. At the top of the window, depending on your van, there is usually some form of route for cables behind rubber and plastic trim. Halfords will fit the camera hard wired if wanted.

 

[gus-lopez]

I have no mirror. My camera is fitted at the top of the screen. The wires go behind the roof lining along to the passenger side / down behind the plastic trim on the A pillar to under the dash. Goes direct to a 3way 12v hard wired socket . When travelling it is on permanently.

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[SIFTA SAM]

My mirror mounted one was powered from the 12v that powered the two lights fitted to the underside of the pull down bed.
I used one of the already fitted switches to control both lights and the other already fitted one, to supply the camera.
Small hole drilled near the mirror mounting for the camera connector/lead to feed through.

 

[Lenny HB]

Here is mine, cable tucked up under the front trim then down the back of the A pillar cover, along under the passenger window then found a way under the dash. Plugged into a small 12V USB supply that is connected to the radio ACC feed.

 

[Chipster]

As Larrynwin above. Just in the swept area of the wipers. BlackVue camera. A class too.

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[fifthwheel]

I find the cable sometimes drops out from the trim that hides it as you go along the top of the screen. I wrap small cable ties around the cable with the tails snipped off all along the cable about six inches apart. Mine hasn't dropped out since I did this, neither has the cable.

 

[Tonks]

My dash cam is hard wired and sits behind my rear view mirror.

 

[Kups]

Mine is mounted on a nextbase suction fitting at the top of the screen. This removes easily before drawing the blinds. And yes Halfords do hardwire installation for £50 including the power lead, had mine fitted in a car today.

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[TheMachMan]

Interesting though not directly related, the new Lotus Emira has a USB charging point built in to the rear view mirror specifically for Dashcams. What a great idea.

 

[IRHP]

Just fitted a Nextbase 322 with a hardwire kit this week. I fitted it at the bottom of the screen because when the camera is removed from the bracket on the screen I can still close the screen blind. If I fitted it at the top I wouldn't have been able to close the blind. The camera is still higher than it would be on most cars. Wires easily tucked behind the dash and down to the fuse box at the drivers right knee. Blue light card gives 15% off Nextbase. Bought the hardwire kit on ebay.

 

[funflair]

Going off at a slight tangent we have 360 camera system and I was going to add the optional recording so would then have cameras and recording around the vehicle 360deg. Not the cheapest solution of course but the cameras are handy when you are driving and manoeuvering as well.

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[Sapper520]

Interesting though not directly related, the new Lotus Emira has a USB charging point built in to the rear view mirror specifically for Dashcams. What a great idea.

Got that feature in my Skoda Fabia.

 

[Ditcha]

70mai Dash Cam Pro Plus+​

It's been great so far

 

[Sapper520]

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70mai Dash Cam Pro Plus+​

It's been great so far

You drilled a small hole for the power cable in your Remis blind cover, and run it on the inside? Hard to tell from the photo.

That looks a good idea…..another one for jobs to do list.

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[JonnyWilson]

I’ve mounted mine behind my screen which displays and records front, left, right and rear cameras (although I don’t have the front on the screen anymore so the sides and rear are bigger for overtaking & pulling back in) all hard wired no cables on show. The power to the screen runs through the cut out where the old mirror used to be. Pictures in my original thread when I was search for the door grommet but installed the side cameras up high above the cab doors in the end.

DVR screen

 

[Andy MacD]

I have mine at the bottom of the windscreen, on passenger side and viewing just above wiper. Essentially invisible from the drivers seat so out of field of view. Power wire runs along base of windscreen then around the side of the pillar to the fuse box where it’s hard wired. Blinds close with camera in place so its fit and forget.

 

[Didda]

I'm going to add a dash cam for my A Class Hymer.

I don't want to see wires hanging all over the place so I will be doing a hard wire install. However, when I look it appears difficult to have one from the top of the window due to the distances involved.

Anyone want to show their fitting and or instructions?

thanks.

We had ours hard-wired in to sit on the dash. It sits just in front of our blinds and we have to tip it up to close them. But it works well. However, If you are Fiat-based, beware! Our local, very competent, garage wired it into a spare fuse. However, we then realised halfway to a funeral and the first rain that we had encountered that we had no wipers! We were lucky to find a Fiat van specialist just off the road who fixed it for us by piggybacking it onto another fuse and told us not to add anything else!

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[Sapper520]

We had ours hard-wired in to sit on the dash. It sits just in front of our blinds and we have to tip it up to close them. But it works well. However, If you are Fiat-based, beware! Our local, very competent, garage wired it into a spare fuse. However, we then realised halfway to a funeral and the first rain that we had encountered that we had no wipers! We were lucky to find a Fiat van specialist just off the road who fixed it for us by piggybacking it onto another fuse and told us not to add anything else!

Piggy backed ours, easy job….even for me, no problems at all. There’s a video on here somewhere.

 

[Mr Mousy]

haganap
Paul, if you have a drop-down bed…I took the power supply from the lighting circuit within the bed frame.

 

[haganap]

haganap
Paul, if you have a drop-down bed…I took the power supply from the lighting circuit within the bed frame.

thanks for that. I looked at that but it was massive hassle as the lights are in the ceiling and you cant get to the power.

I ended up doing what Lenny HB done as a similar van, was a pain in the backside, lots of dash unscrewing and power from the battery direct, fused of course. did think of going to the back of the stereo but was a bit of a journey so thought better to go in to the fuse box via the battery...

The thing that took me the longest, not sure if anyone has had this issue, done it twice now. When you take the rubber floor protector out to get to the battery which is housed under that black thing on a Merc. Getting that rubber mat back in place needs a masters degree in engineering. twisting and twisting yourself.

Thanks for everyone that took part, Ill post some pics up later, but I have to say.....

looks prettttty smart.

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[TheMachMan]

It’s a shame you can’t get rechargeable ones, rather than running a cable.

 

[Lenny HB]

It’s a shame you can’t get rechargeable ones, rather than running a cable.

They all have a rechargeable battery in them it just doesn't last very long.

 

[TheMachMan]

They all have a rechargeable battery in them it just doesn't last very long.

Didn’t know that.

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[gus-lopez]

It’s a shame you can’t get rechargeable ones, rather than running a cable.

& not a lot of use when running them 24/7 for as long as away.

 

[BrianS]

Going off at a slight tangent we have 360 camera system and I was going to add the optional recording so would then have cameras and recording around the vehicle 360deg. Not the cheapest solution of course but the cameras are handy when you are driving and manoeuvering as well.

That sounds interesting! What camera do you use and would you recommend it please?

 

[funflair]

That sounds interesting! What camera do you use and would you recommend it please?

Yes it's great, there is a discussion here https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/360-camera.276502/#post-5421305 and a link to the system that we had fitted.

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