How to: Hardwire install a dash cam with USB power supply
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- čas přidán 12. 12. 2017
- Guide to installing a USB dash camera wired into the car with properly concealed cabling, no permanent modifications to the factory electrics, and auto power on/off with the ignition switch.
This video covers a single-circuit install with a 5 volt USB power adapter, as USB-powered dash cams don't have a way of implementing a proper parking mode that would necessitate a bit more wiring. If you want a functional parking mode you will need a different camera and different wiring, see this video instead: • How to: Hardwire insta...
The dash cam featured is a Viofo A119S.
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You can obviously do the wiring any way you like. The way shown uses a fuse tap and a hardwired USB power supply. You will need:
* USB dash cam, see above
* USB cable, length to suit
* 24 or 12 volt adapter for USB, featured is a dual socket unit with cable terminating in an SAE plug. Amazon links ~
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* Fuse tap, make sure you get the right size. Amazon links ~
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* Additional fuse to suit, 5 amps is about right
* Other wiring and crimps or solder as required
* Voltmeter
* Tools to get behind trim. Socket or spanner to work nuts/bolts for ground terminal.
The car featured is Ford Mondeo Mk3. Here's a new video showing the same hardware installed in a VW Golf: • How to: Hardwire insta...
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Saw in another video that a 10amp fuse was used....?
Never even thought about checking your wiper clearance to ensure it will clear rain to give you a clean picture. That advice was worth so much never even thought of it.
12:20 is very critical that it is done right, he explains it very well, I recommend writing it down and constantly remembering it when doing your projects
This is very impressive work, and the most lucid and logical DIY video I have seen. I wasn't even looking to do this, but I kept on watching anyway.
Thanks for making this guide! Very well thought out parts & video & instructions. I think yours is the "right" way to do this.
My ghetto way of doing this would be to jam (between the a fuse and contact) a piece of wire to power a female cigarette lighter stowed by fuse box. Plug in the male onto the female. Take the output microUSB wire from the fuse panel area through the "A" pillar & headliner to the camera. This would require extra purchase of only a female cigarette lighter and nothing else.
Thumbs up, if only because you're the first person I've seen install a camera in a safe & legal position, where it doesn't impede the view through the windscreen!
Hi Craig, I'm still watching this video but can I just say before I forget I would never had thought about the issue with a cleared screen when raining / washers etc, I'll remember that when I come to install, anyhow, great, back to the rest of the video, cheers.
Superb and very informative video Craig, thanks for taking the time to show step by step, your voice is nice to listen to which helps watching all of it, nothing worse than when it's an irritating voice and you have to end the video early.
Just got a dash cam for Christmas and was trying to figure out how to get it to only turn on with the car. Very helpful video. Thanks.
Really thorough and well-shot video, thanks a lot man keep it up.
Nice video. I hope people appreciate how much neater this type of installation is over using the "cigar" type power outlet. I have had this type of setup in my 2015 Genesis using front, rear and two rear mounted diagonally front facing cameras. I even got a compliment from the service techs at the local car dealer on the installation. I think though that the cameras themselves make them nervous.
That is a point (recording while in maintenance) , thanks for mentioning it. I had a pretty decent result on two cars with wiring the cams on the side frames going under the glove box to the cig. lighter with the standard plug in socket. My lighter shuts off electricity while parking. (No need for me to use parking mode) Way better than lwttingbthe cables hang und done in 45 minutes.
Thank you so much for this! Made hardwiring my dashcam a simple 45 min job
Thanks for the tips, made it easy to fit to my Falcon. I had no idea those fuse taps existed not to mention the USB adapter.
Jesus! He's very thorough and professional! Amazing presentation!
Very good guide Would rather watch a complete install step by step, instead of instructions that say just do this do that instead of showing and talking you through everything can be a nightmare.
I'm an installer and trainer. and aways assume the clients are cluless, what might be obvious to one person may not be obvious to another
One golden rule when training/giving instructions is always assume they no nothing, and start at the beginning and explain every step
This is one of the most comprehensive "How To" videos that I have ever seen. Thank you for your patience and dedication.
By far the best tutorial on how to hardwire a dashcam, thank you.
This is pretty much the way I hardwired my dashcam to my 407, I wired another 12 volt socket to a fuse tap of the courtesy light circute and so I could use the power supply that came with the camera. I was trying to keep the cost as low as possible. But in the end I have a very tidy setup like yours.
10/10
Really well done and explained. Thanks Craig.
Very useful information which is still applicable even to 2020 versions of VIOFO dash cams. Thank you!
Nice thorough video explains well, particularly the always live fuses, that hadn't occured to me . Thank you! Massive help😁
If you're talking about the Mondeo have a look at my video on the fuse panel - czcams.com/video/NFn4osUlu7c/video.html - otherwise thanks & carry on.
Great seeing a fellow Kiwi making a useful guide
I really like you mentioned the mounting using the wiper blades no other you-tuber did this
Great tip for the sensor on the mirror. Thank you.
Straight forward and direct. Clear and needed information.
Got the stuff to do this all because of your video, good work man !
Excellent job mate ! Thank you for taking your time explaining everything !
really good and detailed step by step video, you have just earned another subscribers
Nice job Craig and thoroughly explained.
Excellent tutorial. Well explained. Thank you!
Excellent, well-paced, full tutorial. Thank you.
Thanks for the great material. Everything very well explained step by step. Regards
Very detail presentation very good step-by-step clean organized of part as well voltage setup.
Yeah, you got there a crisp video recording, Very nice dash cam.
Nice video. Helped me out a lot. I've never had a vehicle where the fuses are behind the glove box like yours. They're always behind a panel. Seems kind of annoying lol
Brilliant. Was looking for a way to do this and completely forgot about using the acc circuit.
Thanks for taken the time to do this
Hey didn’t expect to see AUCKLAND in this haha. Thanks for the video. Just picked up some 70Mai cams
same haha, that Sky tower
The 119v3 is out, $110 so a bit more expensive but as a longtime user of the 119 series I expect my newly purchased 119v3 will work great and it has a hidden feature of H.265 encoding. I like the form factor of these cameras and although theft is low her in our area it blends in nicely with the windshield.
Very informative and clearly demonstrated. Thanks! 😊
So surprised to see the northern motorway going south towards Auckland ❤️
This is without a doubt the best instructional video tutorial Ive EVER had the pleasure of watching.. All I gotta say is W O W ! ! ! Great Job Craig :)
The very best diy information video I have ever seen, thank you Craig for you time and excellent effort ! Well done !
In July of 2018 I purchased the newly released Viofo A129 Duo. Viofo continues to develope new dash cams, and the A129 Duo is a great improvement. If you want front and rear dash cam foottage, the A129 Duo is the one you want to get.
Yes I've recommended it to a few ppl altho I haven't looked at it myself. The one drawback is it's only 30fps vs the 119's 60fps, which does make a difference for a dash cam.
Utterly brilliant! Thanks!
excellent tutorial video.thanks
Very good instruction;thanks for sharing
If you want a functional parking mode you will need a different camera and different wiring, see this video instead: czcams.com/video/bAE4gbzCXJE/video.html
Very well explained and elaborate. Thank you sir.
Awesome thorough video. I learnt something today. The other thing you can do is use a power cutoff to cut the dash cam off if the battery reached a certain voltage (12.2V is pretty safe) so it'll film while parked but won't kill your battery.
You can also use a separate battery pack to further save the car battery, but the other problem without a dedicated parking mode is that you will over-write all your driving footage after just a while of parking, e.g. with 3 hrs of the garage wall. I have yet to experiment with the software driven faux parking mode on the new A119 firmware, if it works ok then I will be tempted to look into a battery system.
Craig's DIY Car Living in Australia, discharging lithium ion batteries in 70°C+ in the car sounds like a recipe for disaster lol. I'm looking at getting the A119 Pro, and although I'm not likely to use the parking mode in my area it's nice to know that it's an option. You could also put in a little switch so in your garage you could switch the camera off, or just straight unplug it
Nice install. Thanks for sharing
I also recommend wrapping all the wires to be installed with cloth electrical insulation tape (example high quality maufacturer: Tesa) in order to significantly cushion their rattle against body panels and plastic trim pieces during driving. Cheap and simple trick and an attention to detail.
Yes good idea. Cable clips and ties go a long way though. In this car the A pillar has spare wiring clips integrated into it and the headliner is soft.
Thanks for the detailed explanation and great tips. Btw, You sound like 'Jim Browning' CZcams guy. :-)
Excellent in all respects. Many thanks.
great tutorial, many thanks!
Great video and professionally presented!! Plese stress the dangers of working around any Air bags. One short in the wrong place could lead to a dangerous situation. Best disconnect Battery if not 100% sure of what you are doing.
Lol I've done a few cars and you just wire it around with sufficient clearance. Not a big deal like people make it out to be
Amazingly well done video.
Excellent video mate
very well presented Sir.!
Excellent work.
You done a freaking awesome job with this video and gave some very helpful tips like not covering up the mirror Senor i didn't think about that wouldnt have until I had done blocked it lol
hi craig. i have a 2010 vauxhall astra which as the fuse box in the boot. I was wonder what method i could use to wire from the back of the car to the front while still having the dual usb ports in the glovebox. If you could post a suggestion it would be great. thanks
Consise and clean! Thank you
Awesome explanation of the wiring at 7:27, I'm a physics teacher and facepalm at how bad most other youtube "explanation" videos are
Is there a size limit for the windshield tint film? example you can buy the dot style film , make the film 2 inches or 5 cm longer
Thank you! I successfully did this today. Great video!
Honda
Can you do mine I am way to lazy I’m surprised I even made the effort to type this
Brilliant solution!
What settings is everyone using with the viofo 119s? Of course using the polarizer...
A+++ for presentation!👍
Well presented!!
Hi, how to setup the gps step by step? Thanks
What's that electrical protective stuff sprayed for the ground connection?
Great job. One caution. Once the GPS plug in cable gets old it will start to make the camera intermittent. I had to bypass the GPS mount and plug directly in the camera. This was true for both 119's I have so it is not something that was a fluke. I am about to install another 119 and hope that has been solved. Dielectric grease did not solve the problem thus I think the mount of the GPS is not robust enough to handle the plug in. The camera works well and will let you know when the SD card is shot too by coming on and off acting intermittent. Again nice job!
If you look at my review of the A119 there is a revised connector in the later version also with a foam pad that is supposed to fix this.
This may be a silly question, but how do you know which way a fuse would go into the fusebox? I was poking around with my multimeter, and I had one probe on the chassis for ground and I poked the live/hot into both terminals of the fuse and both were reading 12v, so does it matter which way a fuse would go into this slot?
the manual doesnt say if it's rechargable or not, so do have to charge it, or is it just powered by the cord?
Very well made video good job
What is the name of materials thanks. So clean
Were the last seconds on Universal Drive?
Tidy job & thank you ....
Great video! 👍
Very well done video, thanks. I have to admit something though. At 9:56, you got me laughing. I watched that moment about 5 or 6 times at least, and each time I laughed harder, lol. But understand, I'm laughing with the knowledge and experience of those woops moments, lol. Great, honest video footage. :)
I have a Camry. Once you turn the car off, no power goes to the lighter plug ???
Good video, don't forget to wash the inside of the windshield.
Very detailed explanation! Thanks a lot, it helps! :)
Can I use this method for a GPS and not a dash cam?
how long is the usb wire/cable?
thanks craig brilliant
I to have a Mondeo, my dashcam plugs into the cigar socket and has power 24/7, been in my car nearly 3 years, my dashcam goes into parking mode automatically...Watch all your videos
I am still puzzled, why car manufactures do not install USB plugs near the rear view mirror.
Thanks for the video. When using the volt meter to find the live side, where do you put the black pin of the volt meter? To ground?
Yes.
Hi curious, most or my camara is 5 volt. So 12 volt would over power camara and cook it. Are the usb connections you shown step down from 12 volt to 5 volt? I would like to feed the camara off the interior light power, the cigar plug is too large to fit under light fixture whereas the usb would fit nicely if in fact it provides the 5 volts required, not the 12 volt as the cigar lighter provides. Thanks for the video. Peace. Andy usa
You need a USB power adaptor. 12 V in, USB cable (5 V) out. You can get smaller ones that are not a cigar lighter plug.
Thanks
Thanks for the tips on where to place a dash cam, especially avoiding where the wipers don't reach. I'm not so sure about installing it with 3M tape over the tinting, wouldn't that risk lifting that tinting if ever you decided to remove the bracket?
Maybe, I would be careful. They give you a piece of string in the box, it's to use as a garrotte so you cut the pad then you can scrape off the adhesive and clean with alcohol. I already did it once!
*sees use of cutting tool* errr can you come and do mine?
Very good.
what do i do with the fuses if i wanted to connect to things to that usb block? I have a bluetooth FM transmitter and my phone charging cable going to the cigerette port at the moment, but i want them both hardwired
Well it depends on how you want them installed. I showed it being wired into an ACC circuit that is on with the ignition accessory. You would probably want the same for your FM transmitter, but a phone charger is probably best with permanent power.
Hi Craig - can you please provide links to the actual Amazon products you described? It’s a bit confusing using the links here as it lists lots of products. Thanks.
It's awkward because different cars & set-ups will require variation. What are you looking for?
does hardwire dashcam void your car warranty?
At 13:24, I would recommend just placing another nut on top of the orginal one. This way you don't need to take it off.
I also used the ACC power on the radio with the original adapter from the 119S V2. Problems is, the ACC gets switched off when you start. So sometimes , when the camera is not fully booted up,you start, it looses power for 1 second and gets power again. Then the camera switches off and not on again.
The timing must be perfect to do get that right , but as my camera is behind my mirror also, I dont always look at it. So it can sometimes be off when you think its recording.
I then installed a diode and capasitor to keep power for a few seconds, but the camera does not like the slow lowering of the voltage. Will update my circuit later.
Thanx for the video.
I was thinking that might be a problem but it works for me. I'm not sure why your camera is staying off though; if it has power, it should be on, unless switched off, regardless. Maybe there's something wrong with it.
I have the same issue with my camera which is currently just plugged directly into the 12V power supply. I'm a total idiot when it comes to anything electrical but seems there must be some kind of circuit that cuts the power to all other feeds for a brief second to ensure maximum battery power for startup. My camera must get confused partway through it's bootup sequence and doesn't recover in time for when the power comes back. Doesn't happen every time but quite often.
Great overall video though and nice neat installation using minimum distance from power source to camera.
Perfect
Great video, thanks - I'm looking at getting a "VIOFO Dash Cam A129 Duo Dual Dashboard Camera" and have no idea how to install it as I don't really know anything about cars/electrics - Who would you suggest I ask to do this? Halfords, kwikfit (hahah no) ? I don't want one that plugs into the "cig lighter" as my satnav uses that, so prefer one that is all wired in like you showed in this vid.
I suggest you buy Viofo's hardwire kit, it's not expensive, that is intended to provide proper ignition control and thus parking mode with that system. It has a battery conserving function that can be configured liberally or conservatively. Then just give it all to a competent auto electrician. Yes I would avoid the quick lube places (for everything, including lube).
@@CraigsDIY Thanks Craig for the reply. I'll have a look at the hardwire kit as well.