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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Rusty2009 - 8:th-Aug-2016
(8:th-Aug-2016, 07:56:06)sheppy1 Wrote: Hmmmm all depends on the mechanic eh! If my mechanic did MOTs I'd take it to him.. He doesn't though but has a friend he said he uses... Not sure whether I wanna take it to him though hence maybe just gonna use VX.
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Ah MOT I thought you said service lol, MOT I take it to my local MOT place who I've used for years.
Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
Got an idea for a mod! Going to get one of these cameras:
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Connect it to the head unit via USB and run it out of the car, through the engine bay and have it pointing out of the grill. Then I'll have an app that constantly records video when the car is on and store it on an sd card. So will be a secret hidden grill/dash cam! [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Jonika21 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
Great idea !!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
Interesting
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
Better than having a big camera in the screen the whole time which I'm always worried to leave stuck there in case someone decides they want to steal it! Ha
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
Have you seen the camera I have? Its barely noticeable. Have a look at my progress thread
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
I haven't actually... Nice one dude will take a look before I buy the one I was on about
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
I went through three with the one I have now being my preferred one. Like you, I didn't want a bug one stuck on the window. I wanted to not be able to see it and basically forget about it which I can do.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
Found the one bhalay has and it was more than double the price of the flexi camera I linked too. I've gone for the flexi one and will get it in a few days and try and install at the weekend. Will hunt for an app that records in the background and have it run in the background on boot on the headunit and specify that it records to the SD
Will secure the camera head in the upper grill near the badge with some putty sugru that I used for the rear view mirror surround...that stuff is great!
also thanks @bhalay207 looks good but i have the mirror surround now don't I so would be off centre if I'd have got yours...plus it was out of my price range at present...
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
Interested in how this pans out mate
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
Yeah me too! Haha. Gonna be a pain finding the app I think... There are background recording apps but want one that auto starts recording when system comes on
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Rusty2009 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
As I'm never gonna get the front camera working on mine I want to get a dashcam made into the factory camera housing.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
(23:rd-Aug-2016, 21:42:40)Rusty2009 Wrote: As I'm never gonna get the front camera working on mine I want to get a dashcam made into the factory camera housing.That would be spot on! I've always wondered why manufacturers don't offer oem dashcams
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 23:rd-Aug-2016
Good idea rusty! May aswell make use of that space eh
Also found a recording app...click the app and it opens and auto records to an SD card. i will have that app boot on startup and job done! Will clear the SD once a week and that should do it
Oh and the app does auto sync to Google drive which is spot on and will work great with my mobile WiFi dongle I have connected to the head unit [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Rusty2009 - 24:th-Aug-2016
(23:rd-Aug-2016, 21:43:50)bhalay207 Wrote:(23:rd-Aug-2016, 21:42:40)Rusty2009 Wrote: As I'm never gonna get the front camera working on mine I want to get a dashcam made into the factory camera housing.That would be spot on! I've always wondered why manufacturers don't offer oem dashcams
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I know when I get a chance I'm going to look into it.
Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Jonathaneuk - 24:th-Aug-2016
(23:rd-Aug-2016, 21:35:55)sheppy1 Wrote: Yeah me too! Haha. Gonna be a pain finding the app I think... There are background recording apps but want one that auto starts recording when system comes on
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What you'll need sheppy is a task startup app where you can specify a app to start up etc when system boots up
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 24:th-Aug-2016
Yeah was gonna find one... Not sure if they require root or not. Will have a Google and find out [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Jonathaneuk - 24:th-Aug-2016
(24:th-Aug-2016, 14:20:24)sheppy1 Wrote: Yeah was gonna find one... Not sure if they require root or not. Will have a Google and find out
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Maybe to modify the boot up apps etc
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Jj0063 - 24:th-Aug-2016
Friend of mine used 'Tasker' app to auto start Spotify every time his tablet install was powered up by his ignition coming on.
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - marcus - 24:th-Aug-2016
Sheppy, the kotix rom is rooted anyway so that shouldn't be a problem. :d
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 24:th-Aug-2016
Good idea with tasker @jj0063! Wish there was a free version to try though as it's 3 quid [PENSIVE FACE] ha.
@marcus I've gone back to the stock ROM for the time being ha.
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Found another app called macro Droid which seems to do the same as tasker and let's you boot apps on startup among other things [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 25:th-Aug-2016
Camera quality is pants. Back to square one of trying to find a waterproof usb camera!
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 25:th-Aug-2016
Ahh, that's a bummer.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 25:th-Aug-2016
Yeah [PENSIVE FACE] I'm still on the hunt though for a camera I can use! [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] not giving up [WINKING FACE]
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 2:nd-Sep-2016
Orite chaps! So I have just replaced my china shark fun with a proper dummy official shark fin which @rusty2009 sold to me... It looks great I think and is in that nice black that his car is in.
Anyway! My other one was secured in place with some silicone I had and it did a good job... Too good a job though! I'm struggling to get it off now! (the silicone that is). Below is a pic of the new fin and you can see the silicone around it
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I've just bought this stuff to try and get it off but was wondering if it will damage the paint?
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Ta
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Jonathaneuk - 4:th-Sep-2016
(2:nd-Sep-2016, 21:21:03)sheppy1 Wrote: Orite chaps! So I have just replaced my china shark fun with a proper dummy official shark fin which @rusty2009 sold to me... It looks great I think and is in that nice black that his car is in.
Anyway! My other one was secured in place with some silicone I had and it did a good job... Too good a job though! I'm struggling to get it off now! (the silicone that is). Below is a pic of the new fin and you can see the silicone around it
I've just bought this stuff to try and get it off but was wondering if it will damage the paint?
Ta
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Tell you what will get that off. G3 paste. Worked for me to remove the silicone when I stuck side skirts on
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 4:th-Sep-2016
Ahhh crap! I have G3 paste too! Haha. Oh well, I used the above stuff and it worked great [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] Cheers anyway mate
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Jonika21 - 5:th-Sep-2016
Hello mate ! How did you manage to work with FM?
Are you using an internal aerial?
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 5:th-Sep-2016
(5:th-Sep-2016, 13:32:20)Jonika21 Wrote: Hello mate ! How did you manage to work with FM?Hey!
Are you using an internal aerial?
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Nahhh just don't have it anymore. I literally listened the the radio once for a week 3 years ago when I got the car and never again since. Don't like listening to it so doesn't bother me not having it.
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Jonathaneuk - 5:th-Sep-2016
(4:th-Sep-2016, 21:29:28)sheppy1 Wrote: Ahhh crap! I have G3 paste too! Haha. Oh well, I used the above stuff and it worked great
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Ah. That's good to hear then mate
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 6:th-Sep-2016
Right chaps! Does anyone know of any good aftermarket single pipe cutout diffusers for around £150? Mrs is gonna get me one for Xmas lol. I'm thinking this one from RDX but it needs painting... If I do go for this one not sure where to get it black or body colour?
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - marcus - 8:th-Sep-2016
That looks good Sheppy. Pity it doesn't have twin exits for the exhaust. Or is there a version that does?
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 8:th-Sep-2016
Cheers mate! And yeah there's a version that does... Looks the same but has the twin cutouts [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - marcus - 8:th-Sep-2016
@sheppy ok cool. Do you happen to know if that diffuser fits over the vx line rear bumper? In the pictures on their website I can only see the pre facelift / facelift rear bumpers but not vx line / BI turbo.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 10:th-Sep-2016
Hmmmm if the shape is at all different then it won't mate but I don't know how much the vx line bumper differs to the standard one?
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Just bought this anyway... Front dash Cam with mini rear cam too
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 10:th-Sep-2016
Looks the same as mine just with a rear cam
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 11:th-Sep-2016
(10:th-Sep-2016, 22:27:03)bhalay207 Wrote: Looks the same as mine just with a rear camYeah it is mate [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] I was gonna get the one you have but then found this and it's listed as being the newer model to the one you have so though I may aswell get this as they were both the same price
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 11:th-Sep-2016
Yeah looks like it mate. Mine has a battery I believe whereas that's got a capacitor. The case looks less blocky aswell. I wouldn't mind a rear cam for mine but I think the tints would affect the footage, and I don't want to stick a camera to my tinted window lol
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 11:th-Sep-2016
Haha yeah not a good idea that at all mate! Would mess the tint up wouldn't it if it came off or anything.
Can I ask what the difference is between yours having a capacitor and mine having a resistor? I've really no idea... Cheers
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 11:th-Sep-2016
Yeah, I'll pass on that lol.
From what I can gather, a capacitor ran camera is better in a hot country as the batteries can swell, leak or explode in extreme temperatures. And constantly changing and discharging a battery is no good for it. Other than that I don't really know myself. Whether you can can use it unplugged remains to be seen, however if you're hardwiring it like I have that won't even be a problem anyway.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 11:th-Sep-2016
Aha! Right yeah that makes sense... I was thinking I was losing some feature (using it while the car is off) but then again I wouldn't want or need that anyway. Cheers for that! I'm lucky too as I already had a mini USB cable going from my USB socket in the glove box right up the pillar and into the roof... It's sat there unused atm! So can just connect it to this new dash Cam and good to go! [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 12:th-Sep-2016
Camera came today and I installed it right away. It's not bad! Not that discreet but better than having a go pro sat in my windows like I used to have.
Issue I have is i have it wired up to a permanent live. Now will this eventually cut off therefore kill power to the unit (what I want) or will it sit, record and keep the thing powered forever and record hours of footage when I'm not in the car and eventually kill the car battery?
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 12:th-Sep-2016
I'd piggy back into the ignition live fuse if I were you mate. Permanent live is exactly that.... Permanent.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 12:th-Sep-2016
Problem solved! I just connected it via the cigarette lighter socket and router the wire to the roof like you're supposed to do and it's coming on and off as it should do now [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 12:th-Sep-2016
That's because the fag lighter is ignition live.
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 12:th-Sep-2016
That makes sense! Ha. Well... It's all sorted now, just have the wore tucked down under the mat in the middle and then having it running behind glove box and up the pillar
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - bhalay207 - 12:th-Sep-2016
I couldn't be dealing with that Haha.
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RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 12:th-Sep-2016
The wire or the camera?
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Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - Tonto - 12:th-Sep-2016
Wow dude that wire
splice from rear 12v socket to power a socket in glove box and run up to camera that way. How I did mine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
RE: Progress Thread: Sheppy1 - sheppy1 - 12:th-Sep-2016
I was gonna do it that way but number 1 I wanted to test the unit first to decide if I wanted to keep it and couldn't do that if I'd stripped the power cable. 2. I remember reece having issues where he broke his socket by trying to splice his dash Cam power cable to it! Ha
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