Audi A5 / S5 2007 -2018 how to fit dash cam to fuse box,simple guide.
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- Video kept as short as possible while trying to cover every aspect of fitting the camera to your cars fuse box. By fitting the camera in this way it will go on and off with the cars ignition and keep your 12v socket free for other things.
Video also includes some info on cameras that may be helpful regarding memory cards,res & parking modes. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
The step at 9:00mins solved a half hour of frustration trying to decommission an installation. Many thanks.
Just fitted a NextBase 322GW to my B9.5 (2020 facelift) RS4. I started using this video from PJ as reference but the further I got into the task, the more I realised that I could simply follow the steps exactly - absolutely brilliant! The fuses were on the passenger side - just like the video and I used the same bolt for the negative and the same fuse to piggy-back the positive connection. Fantastically useful. THANK YOU PJ.
Thank you for being so knowledgeable and for taking the time to document it!
Thanks so much! Just installed it on my S5 B9 2017 model RHD :)
Nice and easy to follow guide. Thank you
Just installed a Nextbase 612GW (on offer in Halfords at the moment at half price) into my 2018 S5. Your instructions and video made the job so easy. I took your advice and bought a trim tool set from Amazon for £3.98 which although not essential made the whole task so much easier and less stressful.. Thanks dude.
@Warner Harress I did, so the camera does power down. I did think about using another fuse location that maintained the power when the car was shut down and locked, but as I sometimes have to leave my car for a couple of weeks without use in busy car parks (so the camera would be constantly firing up) I was worried that the constant drain on power would end up leaving my battery dead.
@Warner Harress Yep, I was thinking that too but too much hassle at the time and I wanted to get the camera installed as I'd quoted it on my insurance policy.... let me know if you do decide to go down that route, I'd be interested to know how you get on. Cheers. H.
Great video, very descriptive answered every question I had without even asking
just done my Audi A6 with the help of this video. Cheers
I've just watched this fitting it to an A6 this weekend great vid :)
Great video! Thank you 👍
Great video 👍👍👍👍👍
Great video
the best video I have seen. very helpful. Thanks
Great vid. Clear concise instructions with some top tips.
Not having looked at the kit to know the position of adaptor/power box, but as you've already (wisely) changed earth terminal, would it be possible to chop out some of the excess supply cable? obviously you'd need the right size bullet connector for pos, although you could solder/heat-shrink directly to fuse cable?
You're very articulate
Very good video. Thank you fro sharing that for us Audi people. Could you do a video for hooking one up in the rear?
I have a rear video that should help.
czcams.com/video/m2GNqJffZKA/video.html
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Excellent
Thank you for this video. It has been very enlightening and given me the confidence to install it myself.
I have however, bought a Vantrue N4 which has the front, cab and rear cameras. Do you have any guide on fitting the rear? Would it just be a matter of feeding the cable through to the front of the car to the same fuse connection?
Thanks
Very useful thank you! Love the way you say Sucka
Bought a new camera and decided to hard wire it, shocked to find someone in the UK has taken the time to share this on my exact car - saved me a lot of time thanks!
I don’t have a multimeter but have the proper fuse taps etc, mine has a parking mode so think the accessory wire will need to go to what yours is plugged into as permanent (so it knows the engine is off) and I need a second tap for power. Any suggestions in the same panel area?
I can’t recall the exact layout as this persons car was booked in over five years ago.
If your after an ignition switched live then try the heater blower circuit, if on the other hand you want a constant live then try the central locking circuit.
Sorry I can’t be exact be I retired over a year ago.
Great cheers 👍🇬🇧
Great video. Very helpful. I am hard wiring a valentine one radar detector in my US version A5. My question is, does it matter which way you install the fuse tap? Also, if there is an open fuse spot available, I assume you only need to use one fuse in the tap? Thanks.
Best to use a socket that already has a fuse because if you use a empty powered socket this can make the ecu think that whatever option device should use that socket is installed and can lead to dashboard warning lights. As for the fuse holder the current goes from the flat side to the side where the red cable comes out and so flows across the fuse.
Does this fitting allow for parking mode to be on then?
For parking mode cameras. Should one wire into a permanent live?
Thanks for the guide, I managed to installed my dash cam in my 2017 Audi A5. Since I’m using parking mode option I used the constant power from the fuse above. My volt meter detected it as 32V instead of 12V, but the power cable allow 11-32V is it fine to keep using this as power source? Thanks
Sounds like it's miss Reading, your car runs a 12v electrical system.
Yes just checked my Volt meter is not working well, thanks for the help
Just done my A6 with the help of this, thanks. Now how to do the rear dashcam? :)
This might help - czcams.com/video/m2GNqJffZKA/video.html
Hi mate great vid! Quick question - what size is the fuse (normal, mini ,etc) I have a 2014 A6
Should be a mini on a UK spec model.
That was a brilliant video especially as this weekend I need to fit to my A5 a dash cam and was not looking forward to it. Stupid question time now, was it an error to go to the drivers side initially with the wiring or was there a reason as both the live and Earth were connected on the passenger side. Also my camera requires two lives, one switch and one permanent so any tips on that set up will be appreciated. I’m fitting a front and rear thinkware770 which I have retrieved from my previous car an A6 as it was only a few months old. Thank you again for this video it will be a god send for me.
Cable was rerouted because two other electrical items were being fitted (speed cam deflector & rear cam).
As for two live wire this is normal on models with long term parking mode.
Select something like heater moter for switched and maybe central locking for permanent live.
PJs projects thank you. For the advise.
Silly question but how do you turn the electrics off in the car? My audi A4 b9, as soon as I get in the virtual cockpit and screen turn on even before turning on the ignition. How did you manage to turn it all off?
Hi awesome vid will an audi A6 61plate have any problems when hardwired and reverse camera thanks
Nope,fuse box is nice and easy to get to and as long as the rear lights are not led you won't need a relay for the reverse camera switch.
Sorry I have no experience with dashcams. I'm trying to install the Viofo A129 Duo on my 2015 Audi S4 and hoping to have parking mode enabled. Am I looking for an accessory fuse that has 5 Amps and 12 Volts even when the car is not on? Am I missing something else? Also, anyone know what type of fuse to buy?
Hello thank you for the video. I have one question regarding the parking mode. If I want to have the motion sensor on when parked at home do I need to find a fuse that has power when the car is off. I was just wondering how the cam would be powered from say 8pm till 8am next morning. Thank you.
If you wire the cam to a constant live you will end up with a flat battery so you will need a parking mode kit such as this one - www.blackvue.com/blackvue-dashcam-parking-mode/
Scroll down to the Power magic section and have a read because the battery that is built in to most cams will only last a couple of hours when linked to a ignition switched supply.
@@PJsprojects thank you for the reply appreciate it. I'll have a look.
Great video, thanks for the knowledge shared. I have installed a dash in my A5 thanks to your intuitive video.
How do you find a fuse or electrical location that does NOT turn off with the ignition? I would assume to run parking mode you have to have a constant hot location?
(Asking for a friend...who may look like me...with a 2016 LHD A4)
Gotta get a multimeter and test each wires to test what runs constantly then tap into it for power
great video thank you ! I have the S5 2018 model RHD so same layout as the car in video. The fuse you are using is for Sound actuator /exhaust sound system based on the service book. There is another one further up , number 7 which says USB charging socket, rear. Would that not be a better one to use ?
Either is fine as both are dead when ignition is off and both are none critical systems such as airbag.
Hi I've got audi a5 sportback 2016 what fuse do I use as it's got parking mode on the dash cam? Cheers
So it sounds like your cam has both a switched live and a constant live.
For a permanent live try testing circuits like central locking as that’s live al the time.
Refer to your handbook for fuse lists.
This is generally a good instructional video. But please be careful while inserting the dual fuse holder, there is a live feed (Feed side from the battery) on one side of the fuse and a fused or feed side to supply the camera on the other. If you plug the dual fuse holder in the wrong way around (red wire to the live feed) the camera will bypass the fuse and draw its supply directly from the battery, in the event of a camera or wiring fault this could be catastrophic. Always check which side of the fuse is connected to the battery feed.
Spot on. In the past I did explain this on previous videos but I ended up being bombarded with two many questions.
So as long as people plug it in the same way as shown they will be fine.
Hi Tony, first of all thanks to PJ for posting the video. I am interested in your comment, I installed my camera approx 2yrs ago, about a yr ago I had an incident where the car wouldn't start, very odd as I do 400miles a week although this was at the end of a 2 week holiday where I hardly drove the car. Car went to Audi showing a child lock error, told "software issue", I wasn't convinced. C-19 hit and the car sat on the drive for 2 weeks untouched, started first time, drove it on a few short journeys over the next week then it did the same again. Returned to work 2 months ago, 400 miles a week, driving home 15miles in stop/start kicks in at traffic lights, car won't start, AA came out battery's flat, jump the car its shows its taking charge. Take it back to Audi they keep it over night come back saying battery's fine, probably the dashcam. Again I wasn't convince although having watched this video I changed the earth to the bolt used in the video and then read your comment about direction of fuse holder, having checked mine was facing the other way with the red lead to the bottom rather than the top. Having checked the camera definitely came on/off with ignition (regardless of which way the holder was in) . I have now switch the fuse to the way shown in the video. If I've put the fuse holder in the wrong way could this account for the flat battery I am seeing even if the camera is definitely off when I turn the ignition off, or could this have caused other electrical issues causing the battery to discharge quickly when being driven? Even if you don't reply thanks for your comment, I hoping its saved me another Friday night at the side of the road.
@@richardwithnall306 Hi Richard, the way the fuse holder is oriented will have no effect on battery drain, the problem with a wrongly oriented fuse would be; the dashcam would be drawing current directly from the battery, therefor if it developed a fault the fuse would not protect it and there could be a danger of fire. Can’t help with the starter motor problem I’m afraid, only to say that the car checks the battery condition and if it’s low on charge or faulty the stop-start system won’t engage. Have you checked the wiring to the starter relay, solenoid and starter motor? Sorry I can’t be any more help, good luck.
hi pj how abouth using camera what is sametime rearwievmirror it has alltime 4,5inc monitor on
when povered because iam using this Xiaomi Yi WiFi ,sorry my bad english. i mean conneting ac
For constant power try using the remote door lock fuse as this is live all the time.
Wondering if anyone has had an issue with the engine start/stop feature on Audi causing a dashcam to reboot. Everytime i stop at a traffic light and the Audi turns off the dashcam will reboot when the car starts back up. Like it's shutting off due to the dip in power. I have my dashcam power piggybacked on the Homelink fuse. Is there a better fuse position i should be using? I'm in a 2017 A4.
May be you could use the MMI fuse. It doesn't reset when the engine restarts.
Hi, you need to use a cct that remains stable 12v ie isolated from starting cct. I would get the put the DVM across the 12v ignition fuses and check for voltage drop when starter engages, try rear wiper, mmi etc
Surely you would plug the system into the fuse box before you attempt to hide the wires to make sure you have a live feed and it all works?
A fair point and good advice for anyone doing this. I often overlook this due to fitting these things hundreds of times.
Has anyone successfully installed these hardwire kit to constant power (for parking mode) and not required battery jump after a couple months? The low voltage protection on the cheap kits dips to 11.4 or 11.6 and that's too low for my Audi crank after 3 days of sitting.
Ever figure that out?
Hi, what size (M6, M8, M10) is the earthing bolt? I want to make sure I order the right size ring terminal and washers. Thanks
M8 on a6
What do you mean by accessory fuses?
Any none important circuit such as heater.
Maybe check which side the fuse box is first?
Hi, please could you advisd which ring terminal you used in this install, size and colour. Thanks
8mm yellow ring 25amp (a 5amp rated will be fine)
Nice guide mate, love the realistic versions rather than the 200% longer American versions full of “like” and other bullshit. Anyway, you have a 512gw I bought a 522gw does yours not have a parking mode? I ask because I was too lazy plus the weather was shite to get the camera in right away. Guess what? Got paint scrubbed ... who did it? You tell me.. so my camera has parking mode, the psu - same as yours? Is designed to go to a permanent live, once parking mode is enabled the camera is on stand by, anyone goes near the car or decides to remodel the front or the rear? The camera records the lot. But it’s main feature (the hardware kit) is that it deactivates if the power in your battery gets near a point where it’ll not start. Basically, get a camera with parking mode, get this power supply and wire to permanently live. The camera is pointless if you get hit at Tesco, car park, dickhead on your street etc, no ignition means no power. Not putting your video down at all, just noticed your content didn’t mention this, cheers 🍻
Great video, but I feel you could even go into more detail in what to do exactly. For example, I'm not sure which cable to attach the the ground, and which cable I need to attach to the small rectangular black object.
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Have you ever considered using a motorcycle dash cam and installing it in the grill of a vehicle? This would keep the camera hidden from view completely.
Yes this could be an option but none of the vehicles I have worked on have had this as a request.
What is the fuse size ?
Most dash cams are fine with a 3 amp fuse.
How does one contact you?
You just have.
Is it this install you need help with or another topic?
PJs projects haha Yes, this install. I was wondering if you offered an installation service.
Afraid not,I only do large multi vehicle jobs for big firms.
PJs projects ok. Thanks
Great video. You clearly know your stuff. I intend to hardwire the 612gw to my 2015 S8.
Excuse my ignorance but I noticed you started routing cable to the right hand side and then moved to the left.
Did I miss something?
Once again thanks for the video.
A sharp eye,yep busted lol, I work on a lot of these cars and depending on lhd or rhd is which side the fuse box is located,so this time I was in a rush and started on the wrong side... Always a pain being on a time limit to get jobs done.
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