Paul H Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Hi looking to hardwire a dash cam in my Vitesse . There are 4 wires, do I just use the red and black ? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 yes USB connection is white and green for data, which for a stand alone camera shouldnt be necessary, while red and black are +ve and -ve 5 volt respectively... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 16 minutes ago, johny said: yes USB connection is white and green for data, which for a stand alone camera shouldnt be necessary, while red and black are +ve and -ve 5 volt respectively... Thanks for info . I was going to connect red and black cables to 12volts . Is this correct ? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 No! If you feed your device 12V when it is expecting 5V it will not be very happy… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Ha yes you need to wire in a USB socket in the car. What has happened to the plug on the end of the camera cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 Just now, Josef said: No! If you feed your device 12V when it is expecting 5V it will not be very happy… Oops , thanks for saving my dash cam, back to the drawing board . What do I need to step down the current ? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 Just now, johny said: Ha yes you need to wire in a USB socket in the car. What has happened to the plug on the end of the camera cable? The usb plugged into the camera is too short so the cable shown is an extension. USB cable Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Ive just wired one of these (8 quid ebay) in my glove box or you can get them without voltmeter or even install a cigarette lighter socket and plug in a USB socket to that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 oh and think at the same time you might as well order a new USB cable as not worth soldering a plug on the end of that one in case you get the connections wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 I was thinking of something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195312599599? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Hi Paul, I'd love to see where you're going to mount it and how you hide the cables. Does it come with an additional rear camera? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 No just a front camera . The cable is hidden by peeling back the windscreen rubber and tucking in . The only visible cable is by the dash and could hide that as well Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 19 minutes ago, Paul H said: I was thinking of something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195312599599? Paul Yes that will do it Paul but then difficult to use it for anything else like phone or torch charging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 Just now, johny said: Yes that will do it Paul but then difficult to use it for anything else like phone or torch charging? I have a cigarette socket which is used for sat nav Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Ok just need to wire that unit into a ignition switched feed then👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 7 minutes ago, johny said: Ok just need to wire that unit into a ignition switched feed then👍 Found a more suitable one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335234145289? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Thought you wanted to solder that usb extension cable on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 8 minutes ago, johny said: Thought you wanted to solder that usb extension cable on? Not necessary now can use the existing male usb will reach the the female usb from the volt reducer Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 Wont the male/female connection look a bit of a carbunkle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 They're not all the same; mine was hard wired into the fuse box of the modern and has a red cable and yellow cable, one for permanent power and one for engine-controlled power; this was changed a while back (2016?) so that the original colours were now reversed and caused a bit of head scratching until I got it right. The cheapie version bought for another vehicle just plugs into the 12v power socket. Not had a USB-controlled one so far. Beware that some record audio and also ALL THE TIME so playback catches me talking to myself, swearing, singing and making comments on attractive pedestrians. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 30 Author Report Share Posted March 30 4 minutes ago, johny said: Wont the male/female connection look a bit of a carbunkle? Not if it’s under the dash Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johny Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 26 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: They're not all the same; mine was hard wired into the fuse box of the modern and has a red cable and yellow cable, one for permanent power and one for engine-controlled power; this was changed a while back (2016?) so that the original colours were now reversed and caused a bit of head scratching until I got it right. The cheapie version bought for another vehicle just plugs into the 12v power socket. Not had a USB-controlled one so far. They have a rechargeable battery so can start up automatically with the 'impact when parked' function is activated. In my experience this battery eventually fails and then the camera loses its settings😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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