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[tunnie]

How does it detect the car starting (not using motion) is it because it picks power off cigg lighter?

[Mr.OmegaMan]

How does it detect the car starting (not using motion) is it because it picks power off cigg lighter?

Yep if motion detection is off that's how it records pretty much as soon as you open the doors it starts recording if you leave it plugged in which I was a little worried about doing encase it drained the car battery overnight and recording the whole time, But there's a delay on the Omega about 5 minutes I think so it would stop recording when it cuts power I presume I didn't leave it on to find out, I'll try that sometime.

[tunnie]

Motion is there i think for car parks, so if you are parked up in a multi story, car backs into you it captures it.

Would imagine the draw on it would be very low, so unless outside with lots of traffic/moving tree's should be ok.

I'd be tempted to hard wire it into the fuse box/cigg lighter, can't really gauge its size but could it go behind internal mirror?

Cable up into the headlining and down, for me if I fitted one it would need to be invisible while driving 

[symes]

mmmm got a feeling there is going to a few miggys with cameras in not a bad thing -can prove handy in event of prang

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Motion is there i think for car parks, so if you are parked up in a multi story, car backs into you it captures it.

Would imagine the draw on it would be very low, so unless outside with lots of traffic/moving tree's should be ok.

I'd be tempted to hard wire it into the fuse box/cigg lighter, can't really gauge its size but could it go behind internal mirror?

Cable up into the headlining and down, for me if I fitted one it would need to be invisible while driving 

I'll take some pictures of it in the front when I have time, it's not big and its not small but it should go behind the mirror  .. I had to put it to the passenger side corner on the rear window after realising if I accidentally pressed the rear blind switch it would hit the camera and possibly cause damage to the blind 

Yep I wouldn't want the wire constantly dangling in the front if I was to put it there either. 

[omega3000]

How does it attach to things , had it got velcro or something 

[tunnie]

How does it attach to things , had it got velcro or something 

Advert says suction pad, so sticks to the screen like a sat nav 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

How does it attach to things , had it got velcro or something 

Something like this (picture from google), Suction cup type.. 

[omega3000]

Eeexcellent   

[78bex]

 dash cam onboard 
Just a word of caution with these things
I had a similar model to this with a slightly different arrangement of the IR led`s
Got it delivered in the morning & stuck in the inside of my windscreen & set off up the M3.
About 40 mins into my trip, I started to get a hot plastic burning sort of smell.
The smell just got steadily worse, so I started gropping around thinking it was the blower motor. My hand finally made contact with the power plug in the ciggy socket & it was hotter then hell. I yanked the think out via the red hot cable & made for the hard shoulder. Long story short the whole lot got the end of my boot into a ditch. Any new camera`s I buy now, get a few hours testing out of the car first .

[AndyRoid]

Hmm, interesting, though imo pointing in the wrong direction, but makes me thing should I have two? there are increasing situations where I find that I would benefit from such a camera, if it could be used in evidence, even for phone use or kids on the back seat, you would not believe what I see sometimes.......

We've got a Roadhawk

Has front & rear cameras with simultaneous recording, Google Maps overlay, measures speed, heading, and the G-Force's experienced in the event of an accident (perfect for catching the whiplash bull$4itters).

Some insurers are also offering discounts if you do decide to fit one.

[biggriffin]

Hmm, interesting, though imo pointing in the wrong direction, but makes me thing should I have two? there are increasing situations where I find that I would benefit from such a camera, if it could be used in evidence, even for phone use or kids on the back seat, you would not believe what I see sometimes.......

We've got a Roadhawk[/url][/b]

Has front & rear cameras with simultaneous recording, Google Maps overlay, measures speed, heading, and the G-Force's experienced in the event of an accident (perfect for catching the whiplash bull$4itters).

Some insurers are also offering discounts if you do decide to fit one.

the best

[symes]

Hmm, interesting, though imo pointing in the wrong direction, but makes me thing should I have two? there are increasing situations where I find that I would benefit from such a camera, if it could be used in evidence, even for phone use or kids on the back seat, you would not believe what I see sometimes.......

We've got a Roadhawk

Has front & rear cameras with simultaneous recording, Google Maps overlay, measures speed, heading, and the G-Force's experienced in the event of an accident (perfect for catching the whiplash bull$4itters).

Some insurers are also offering discounts if you do decide to fit one.

seems like brilliant idea---thank you for info---am sure many will o down this route--camera in car I am---silly not too

[omega3000]

dash cam onboard 
Just a word of caution with these things
I had a similar model to this with a slightly different arrangement of the IR led`s
Got it delivered in the morning & stuck in the inside of my windscreen & set off up the M3.
About 40 mins into my trip, I started to get a hot plastic burning sort of smell.
The smell just got steadily worse, so I started gropping around thinking it was the blower motor. My hand finally made contact with the power plug in the ciggy socket & it was hotter then hell. I yanked the think out via the red hot cable & made for the hard shoulder. Long story short the whole lot got the end of my boot into a ditch. Any new camera`s I buy now, get a few hours testing out of the car first .

Oh dear , thats a bit worrying  Will have to see if Omegaman has had the same issues 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

dash cam onboard 
Just a word of caution with these things
I had a similar model to this with a slightly different arrangement of the IR led`s
Got it delivered in the morning & stuck in the inside of my windscreen & set off up the M3.
About 40 mins into my trip, I started to get a hot plastic burning sort of smell.
The smell just got steadily worse, so I started gropping around thinking it was the blower motor. My hand finally made contact with the power plug in the ciggy socket & it was hotter then hell. I yanked the think out via the red hot cable & made for the hard shoulder. Long story short the whole lot got the end of my boot into a ditch. Any new camera`s I buy now, get a few hours testing out of the car first .

Oh dear , thats a bit worrying  Will have to see if Omegaman has had the same issues 

Aye That is worrying , was it from ebay, amazon or somewhere elae  , I'll update tomorrow evening how it performs and problems etc. on long journeys