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F54 Dashcam's - What do you have ?

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Old Mar 2, 2020 | 10:09 PM
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Dashcam's - What do you have ?

Anyone hook up a Front And Rear camera to your F54 ? I just added a VanTrue S1 Front camera and routed the wires around the windshield and under the glovebox to the 12V in the Center. Mine came with a rear camera also but haven't wired it up yet.
This is the one I went with, has built-in GPS.
VanTrue S1 DashCam VanTrue S1 DashCam



Edit:
Got the Rear hooked up now, screenshot doesn't do it justice, the video playback is amazingly clear.


 

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Old Mar 4, 2020 | 05:55 AM
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I have this one -
Amazon Amazon
Works well and is cheap. Only issue I have found is that the regular old USB port in the F54 is not capable of delivering enough current to support both front and rear cameras at once (this is also an issue if you try to charge a modern smartphone with fast-charge capabilities, so it's not really a problem of this camera, more about the car itself). The solution is to use a high-capacity USB charging adaptor in the 12V socket (like this one -
Amazon Amazon
).
The only other gripe/problem, again not specific for this camera, is that it's easy to scratch the lens on the rear camera if it's mounted outside. If it gets gummed up with road salt and you try to wipe clean with your finger or a sweater-sleeve (as I did), you end up with swirl marks that make the picture blurry. I was able to polish it out, but would advise to only clean the outside lens by rinsing water from a wash bottle before attempting to wipe clean.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2020 | 11:20 AM
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i have the thinkware F770 hardwired front and rear.
 
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