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Grue



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New Zealand 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto Sumatra Black
New Dash Cam

Took some tips from SD4x4 in this thread (without chopping up a case for a mini cam) https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic23867.html?highlight=mobius

Mobius camera - nice and small, turns on and off automatically with turning ignition on, and loops recording. So just a install and forget until you want to pull some video off it. Oh, and cheap!

For less than $2 got a mini mount:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-Quali...4c4dL8DhfE

Drilled a hole in the mirror back plastic and here we go:





Just need to run power up into roof liner and will be all set.

Post #369077 26th Mar 2019 6:20 pm
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Largered



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When I wired mine, I was able to lose the wire behind the roof lining (without removing it). Then down the A pillar again without removing it and through the air vent, this I had to remove, to get the wiring/plug behind the dash to pick up 12V.

Good Luck

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Post #369079 26th Mar 2019 6:26 pm
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Grue



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New Zealand 2007 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Auto Sumatra Black

Cheers, was hoping i could find some ignition on power in the roof liner, but taking down to dash or the fuse box probably would be a lot less faffing. I'll aim for that!

Post #369080 26th Mar 2019 6:35 pm
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RogB



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just fitted my dash cam hard wired into F5 in the passenger foot well fuse box. easy to run under the roof lining. took the A pillar off (1 screw under the airbag plate and pop off the panel with no risk to airbag) then tucked down the rubber door seal under the dash to the fuse box.... 30 mins job.

Post #369103 27th Mar 2019 8:44 am
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Lightwater



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Ukraine 2013 Freelander 2 2.0T SE Auto Fuji White

The airbag logo on all the pillars pops out & there is a torx screw behind to hold the panel on. Don't be worried about the airbag behind, it is all out the way & it's all touch as nails.

While you have the A pillar cover off stuff in some sound proofing! http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic33026-30.html see halfway down the page. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!

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Post #369122 27th Mar 2019 11:54 am
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bxzx16v



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Rog does F5 cut power after a while ? My dashcam is set on parking mode and it only records when car is unlocked/locked . Power is there when key is undocked


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Post #369137 27th Mar 2019 4:09 pm
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SouthamFL2



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Buy yourself a PowerMagic Pro.....problem solved. Thumbs Up

Post #369139 27th Mar 2019 4:20 pm
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bxzx16v



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According to the instructions a permanent feed and a switched feed is all that's required and set the dash cam to parking mode ?

Mark 2009 FL2 TD4 SE (Sadly gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS (The wifes , gone after 8 great years)
2012 FL2 SD4 SPORT LE(Gone and missing it)
2015 DISCOVERY SPORT 2.2SD4 HSE (For now ?)
2014 Ford Bmax 1.0 ecoboost ( Gone but what next )
2014 Ford Focus 2.0tdci Zetec S

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RogB



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bxzx16v wrote:
Rog does F5 cut power after a while ? My dashcam is set on parking mode and it only records when car is unlocked/locked . Power is there when key is undocked


Mark


Does on my pre facelift 2012. Once the key is out the slot it cuts power. The next base cam then stays on for a couple of minutes configurable by me working on internal battery

Post #369147 27th Mar 2019 6:56 pm
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DEG5Y



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@Grue,
The dimming mirror is a switched live with nothing else on the circuit.

Don't know where but somewhere on the forum I've put a pic of a circuit board which was 12v in and a usb out, that I used to power mine.

Post #369248 28th Mar 2019 11:00 pm
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Grue



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Thanks DEG5Y, funnily enough came across that post last night. Violet = live. Black/Yellow = ground. Might give that a go with a chopped USB cable extention first.

Post #369250 29th Mar 2019 12:20 am
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Largered



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DEG5Y wrote:
@Grue,
The dimming mirror is a switched live with nothing else on the circuit.

Don't know where but somewhere on the forum I've put a pic of a circuit board which was 12v in and a usb out, that I used to power mine.


this is the thread you refer to ...
http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic28441-15.html

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Post #369258 29th Mar 2019 4:43 am
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DEG5Y



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Well just be aware that the car is obviously 12v where as a usb is 5v so you wouldn't be able to connect a usb cable directly to the car wiring as the feed through the cable could then damage the camera.

Post #369260 29th Mar 2019 5:24 am
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RogB



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hence why they come with a cigarette lighter plug in and why the hard wire kits come with an inline unit to take the power down

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