![]() ![]() There are many reviews stating this product is not very reliable. The 12.5V (+/-0.1V) setting will provide a short time for recording. The 12V (+/- 0.1V) setting would create a deep discharge of the battery, and in cold weather might be impossible to start the car after this. Also, the selection of the two cutoff voltages is a little strange. I think it is a bit of an overkill for the Miata. Work in progress…Ī few thoughts about the Power Magic Pro. The functioning will be the same as the BlackVue Power Magic Pro box but integrated with my harness. The next idea is to add a little circuit, to enable parking mode recording. This cable is hidden behind the rearview mirror makes the whole setup super easy and neat. BlackVue cameras are powered by 12-24V power source, so no extra power conversion is needed. In order to make a true Plug-n-Play setup, I made a little harness with a short cable to power the dashcam. The rearview mirror cable has constant power as well as a switched line, which is perfect for powering a dashcam. I decided to go with an alternative way of direct connection to the rearview mirror cable. In most cases, the camera power cord simply plugs into the ACC outlet. Still came out pretty cleanĪnd here's the glovebox closed, you can't see any wires sticking out anywhere.Installation of a dashcam is usually a simple process, with some hassle of routing the power cable under the plastic trim. I wanted to try everything out before completely burying the wires. I plan to reroute the wires through the cigarette plug grommet to the left, but I will have to take the glove box out to do that. I had my iPod wire running through here and it was being pinched. In order to hide the wires I tucked the excess in behind the dash, and trimmed a corner of the glove box panel to better feed the wires. Here I spliced that into the positive wire.Īnd here's the fuse all ready to be installed. The 12v cigarette lighter plug had a built in glass fuse, so I got a fuse holder to take care of that. I didn't want to have to hide the bulky cigarette lighter plugs, so I hacked them up.I tested which wire was positive and negative and then I cut the plugs up. The dash cam power comes from cigarette lighter plugs, male on the camera power and this female connector coming out of the battery unit. This is the hardwire for the battery power to charge and activate when the car is started. I was able to fish the wires up behind the dash and get the positive and negative completely out of the way of my foot when I hit the e-brake. I needed a 20 amp circuit that only came on when the key/ACC was on, so I tapped the heated seats circuit. Here's the fuse tap all installed, it's the one to the right with the yellow fuses. My truck uses the low profile blade fuses, I had the same problem when I tried to install my amber grille lights back in the day. ![]() One thing that set back my install was they provided 3 types of fuse taps, but not the kind I need for my truck. I also bought this fancy backup battery so that the camera can record in parking mode without having to draw on the car's battery. ![]() Here's the rear camera all mounted up.Īfter playing with it I got it situated to where it should go I didn't take any pics of fishing the wire back, but it was actually very quick and easy. It took me an hour and a half of fighting with the blend mount to get it where I wanted, but I had never worked with one before. I didn't like how low the camera hung down with the middle piece in the bracket so I removed it to raise the camera up more behind the mirror.Īnd here's the camera all installed. Here's the camera mounted up to the rear view mirror. The rear mount was the 3D printed one from this thread This thing was a HUGE pain in the ass to install, but so worth it to stealthily hide the dash cam. I also spent big money on a blend mount for the rear view mirror. I didn't want to mount the battery under the seat so the glovebox was the most logical. Wanted to share some pics from my install Got my Blackvue 2 channel 4K dash cam installed with the backup battery. ![]()
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