[ghodlur]

A query to all Yi Dashcam owners.

The swivel support for the dashcam in my car has a play causing the dashcam sometimes to move and lose the focus on the road. This generally happens on rough roads and over mountainous speed breakers. The swivel is already full tightened and does not have any scope more. I have removed the dashcam unit completely on more than one occasion and reinstalled it but the play comes into effect within a month or so.

Any owner facing this issue? Any solution to this?

[fiat_tarun]

Anyone have any idea how good Philips dash cams are ? A friend had a Philips CVR108 that is available at INR 5.5k - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orig...826461614.html

It is a very compact unit and online reviews are pretty good. My apprehensions are this looks like it has a lithium ion battery (not a capacitor) and power is only via 12V.

[gkveda]

Hi
I had ordered Xiaomi Miija DVR from aliexpress and it has arrived. Planning to install it in my Fortuner. Need some suggestions from experts for installation

1. Which installation is better
A. Do the cabling such that the USB port is inserted into cigarette lighter socket and visible near the cigarette lighter socket
B. Do the internal wiring by cutting the USB cable and connecting the leads to some electrical nodes without affecting the other electricals so that nothing is visible on the dashboard

2. I stay in J P Nagar and planning to get the installation done by car accessory shop. Junction Car Accessories is very near to my home. how is the workman ship in this shop? Does he do the job professionally?

Please suggest if anyone has experience with this shop

[Prodigy07]

Originally Posted by hserus

Shipping to China will cost you a substantial amount. Registered Post / Speedpost will be the cheapest but still expensive.

Or as it is a cheap item, just buy a new one.

Thanks for the suggestion Suresh!

Placed an order for Blueskysea B1W dashcam with hardwire kit today.

[JMaruru]

Originally Posted by gkveda

I stay in J P Nagar and planning to get the installation done by car accessory shop. Junction Car Accessories is very near to my home. how is the workman ship in this shop? Does he do the job professionally?

You can also try at 'Konark' near Jayanagar East End. They have electricians who do the job in front of their premises.

[BenjiRoss]

Originally Posted by ghodlur

A query to all Yi Dashcam owners.

The swivel support for the dashcam in my car has a play causing the dashcam sometimes to move and lose the focus on the road. This generally happens on rough roads and over mountainous speed breakers. The swivel is already full tightened and does not have any scope more. I have removed the dashcam unit completely on more than one occasion and reinstalled it but the play comes into effect within a month or so.

Any owner facing this issue? Any solution to this?

If this is a screw type tightening, try a little teflon tape to make the screw threads more snug.
Or else buy just a holder alone from Ali express - these are usually cheap.

[ghodlur]

Originally Posted by BenjiRoss

If this is a screw type tightening, try a little teflon tape to make the screw threads more snug.
Or else buy just a holder alone from Ali express - these are usually cheap.

It is not a screw type type but a swivel nut type hence teflon would not work here I guess.

The issue is the mounting holder is one piece and has been pasted to the windscreen with the 3M sticker, so removing it will be a pain. Will need to see alternate methods.

[narayanang76]

Originally Posted by gkveda

Hi
I had ordered Xiaomi Miija DVR from aliexpress and it has arrived. Planning to install it in my Fortuner. Need some suggestions from experts for installation

I had done SJCAM installation in my friend's Fortuner.

In case you need help with installation PM me, I can help you out. Wires can be concealed properly to the max extent that is possible. However, in case you are looking for hardwiring, then its better to take it to any accessory store.

You will need to come down to Whitefield, on a holiday. Installation will be for Free of charge of course.

cheers,
narayanang76

[gkveda]

Originally Posted by narayanang76

I had done SJCAM installation in my friend's Fortuner.

In case you need help with installation PM me, I can help you out. Wires can be concealed properly to the max extent that is possible. However, in case you are looking for hardwiring, then its better to take it to any accessory store.

You will need to come down to Whitefield, on a holiday. Installation will be for Free of charge of course.

cheers,
narayanang76

Thank you very much for offering this help Narayan. I have tried myself on Saturday and did the wiring (Not hard wiring, but with neat wire concealing and connecting to cigarette lighter with the help of usb car charger)

We shall definitely meet some time later

Thanks again for the support extended.

[s4ch]

Originally Posted by pickdj

So I bought the Garmin 55 and it cost me only about 1500 INR! It was dispatched from Melbourne and reached Mumbai on the 27th. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any more movement on the package after that. It has not been delivered to me in Pune and I am not sure what's going on. Is it stuck in customs or something like that? Can experienced BHPers provide some insights whether this is normal delay? In case it is stuck in customs, what are the options available to me?
Thanks

Hi, did you eventually receive the Garmin 55? Would you mind providing your thoughts on it and whether you recommend it? Thanks so much.

[dailydriver]

Originally Posted by R2D2

I was looking at getting 2 reasonably priced dashcams for my cars. I guess this one ticks nearly all or all the boxes. I'd have preferred a model with a parking mode/surveillance but that may be way more expensive and may affect my low running cars' batteries.

Dual camera+parking mode+reasonable price is a hard to achieve combination. One that I have found is Zibuyu. Reliability and actual quality is unclear though.

Two others with parking mode that can be used at the front and back separately (and reasonably priced) are:

ddpai mini2

Blueskysea B1W

[quickdraw]

Got the cam installed with temporary wiring into cigrette lighter slot. Seems to be not recording I'll have to mess around with settings and see what's going on.

[Sachin Rai Vaid]

Originally Posted by SS-Traveller

: the Xiaomi 70mai English version with WiFi connectivity to mobile and voice command, but NO screen! Looked pretty sleek & discreet, and it was cheap (I paid Rs.2421 for it on Aliexpress, but that included the use of a discount coupon).

-Hello, can you please tell me whether it has a parking function?.. Recording while the vehicle is off and parked. Is the parking function supposed to be turned on every time you park or once only?

[gkveda]

Originally Posted by Sachin Rai Vaid

-Hello, can you please tell me whether it has a parking function?.. Recording while the vehicle is off and parked. Is the parking function supposed to be turned on every time you park or once only?

I will tell how it works in my DVR. It should be the same in your case as well. Experts can correct if I am wrong

In my DVR, If you do the wiring to the device such that it is always turned ON irrespective of whether ignition key is present or NOT, then, it will continuously record. This is parking function. To do this, connect such that the DVR draws power from the battery directly through current limiter in the circuit, NOT to the points which works only when the key is in ACC OR ON position.

If you connect to those points (say, ICE HU power points)then, the device will not get the power when Ignition is OFF or taken out and hence, device will be turned off once you remove the ignition key. Then parking function wont work.

[Sachin Rai Vaid]

Thanks. But Parking function is supposed to get activated when G sensor detects some disturbance with the parked vehicle and then it starts recording. Do this Xiomi 70mai English version has this function?