Quick video I put together on how I ran my camera.
Questions or comments please let me know
Hope its of some help
Thank you
Hope its of some help
Thank you
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Your very welcome and thank you for the comments. I wish I had known beforehand what I know now. I spent 2 hours working on that back camera only to find out that you must cut the tip and make a new connector in order to properly route the wire.Excellent video, many thanks BigTonyTones. Encourages me to do the installation myself. Wish you had created the video at the actual install time, as it would have been good to see you in action with the coat hanger, and actually see all the required panels removed. The part I'm most anxious about at the moment is fishing cable around the airbag, which I certainly would not want to damage in any way. Probably should have mentioned that the links to parts referred to in your posting appear not here but on the YouTube site, reached by selecting the YouTube logo on the video inserted into your posting.
Informative. But why film in portrait mode? Why didn't you run it near the pano roof to avoid the airbags altogether? I remember someone else (unless it was you) that snipped the cable but was unable to solder the tip himself and ended up getting the person he bought the tips from to do it.
Thanks for putting this together. I honestly don't understand why car manufacturers are so boneheaded and not offer dash cams as options. Same with phone mounts and USB near by.
makes sense I'm sure black and white is easier to process compared to colorI made a similar suggestion in another thread but was set straight by other owners:
Why No Tesla Dashcam Mode?
Apparently the AP cams are B&W and specialized for the tasks at hand, and would likely not be suitable for use as dashcams compared to the spiffy color HD units one can buy in the after-market. Still, it seems to me that Tesla ought to offer a good dashcam as an installed option.
I don't see another way of running it and avoiding moving parts like the sunroof.
Your very welcome. Good luck with the connector. Its extremely tiny. I really did not want to have to cut it but I found no other way.Thanks for the video Tony!
I'll try to give it a shot after I order some parts.
The only part that worries me is cutting and soldering on the new connector.
I take it you can probably use the old connector?
Thanks
Your very welcome. Good luck with the connector. Its extremely tiny. I really did not want to have to cut it but I found no other way.
You can not use the old connector. You must buy a brand new one
Actually now that I think of it, maybe it will work if you stirp the power cord. It is COAX but I wonder if you hold them together with some wago clips if it will work. I should have tried that. You might have video quality loss
Thanks for the video. I had been leery of popping the black section behind the mirror, but this sounds like an easy way to do it.Quick video I put together on how I ran my camera.
Questions or comments please let me know
Hope its of some help
Thank you
Thanks for the video. I had been leery of popping the black section behind the mirror, but this sounds like an easy way to do it.
I installed my Dashcam I think in the same day that you did yours @BigTonyTones . I did run the cable to the rear camera thru the roof space and it was super easy. The hard part is really passing the cable from the headline to the boot. I spend hour trying to get the tip to pass the fuselage of the trunk door and it would not work. I did not have the skills to cut the tip.
How did you end up getting the tip to pass through to the camera? I had the same problem, once it got wire through the boot, I couldn't get it to the area where I mounted the camera. Finally gave up and have the cable exposed 2" straddling the headliner to the trunk lid. I didn't realize cutting the cable was an option.
Dont do it as its not needed on the Tesla. The car battery automatically gets charge from the other batteries if it ever gets lowAny one here installed the blackvue with the Power Magic Pro discharge protection module? I would like to have this for parking and I would like to protect the car's battery with the discharge protection module.