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      03-16-2020, 11:34 AM   #1
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Dashcam fitted

After much effing and blinding (and cut hands) I finally got round to fitting my Blackvue dual channel dashcam along with a new micro SD card. Took me long enough to install it into my F36 only to get rid of it after a couple of months.

I thought it might be a bit more straight forward in the G20 with the fusebox at the front drivers side, but access was a bit hard to get the wiring through. Hopefully it'll stay in this car for more than 2 months.
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how did you wire it up? power magic pro?

would you be kind enough to let me know what fuses you used as I've got to fit mine as not sure what fuses are the best
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      03-17-2020, 08:28 AM   #3
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Not fitted mine yet, can you provide some tips on your install?
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      03-17-2020, 10:04 AM   #4
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Yeah I'm using the power magic Pro. I wired the power supply through the front drivers headlining down the drivers side A pillar. I didn't actually take the A pillar lining, however to feed it down to the fuse box in the drivers footwell I had to take the side trim by the door (one in the photo). It's held in by 4 metal clips, I'm not sure if you could just yeah the trim off but as I have the extended storage I could take the drivers side storage cubby off and gain access to release the clips a bit before yanking.

For the fuses I used fuse 29 for the constant live (I believe it's the tilt sensor) it seems to work (or fuse 39 for the lights)

Then for the ignition power I used fuse 46 which is for the 12v sockets.
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Yeah I'm using the power magic Pro. I wired the power supply through the front drivers headlining down the drivers side A pillar. I didn't actually take the A pillar lining, however to feed it down to the fuse box in the drivers footwell I had to take the side trim by the door (one in the photo). It's held in by 4 metal clips, I'm not sure if you could just yeah the trim off but as I have the extended storage I could take the drivers side storage cubby off and gain access to release the clips a bit before yanking.

For the fuses I used fuse 29 for the constant live (I believe it's the tilt sensor) it seems to work (or fuse 39 for the lights)

Then for the ignition power I used fuse 46 which is for the 12v sockets.
Legend mate, thanks 🙏
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      03-19-2020, 02:15 AM   #6
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Howd you get it into the headlining and down the a pillar? Did you just squeeze it in? Does the plastic panel by the door just pop off with a trim tool?
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      03-19-2020, 06:13 AM   #7
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Dashcam fitted

The cabling can just be tucked in without having to pull off the A pillar lining. I routed the rear camera cabling down the passenger side heading. I'm not sure if the trim by the door will just pop off as it's held in by metal clips which I released with a screwdriver from the inside while pulling on the trim.

Once I get a little bit of time I'll take all the bits of trim off a take some photos.
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      03-25-2020, 11:44 AM   #8
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I've taken some pictures of the bits of trim that I took off when wiring the dashcam. I hope these might help and bit more.
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A few more pictures
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not sure they they are rotated, I tried rotating the original images but that's not working :
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That looks like a lot of faffing and potential for trim to not fit back and rattle. Why haven't they put the fuse box in an easily accessible place, like the foot well in the passenger side?
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That looks like a lot of faffing and potential for trim to not fit back and rattle. Why haven't they put the fuse box in an easily accessible place, like the foot well in the passenger side?
Fusebox is fairly easy to access but to make sure I hid the wiring properly I decided take the trim off.
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Fusebox is fairly easy to access but to make sure I hid the wiring properly I decided take the trim off.
Ah right, couldn't still be fairly hidden without removing trim?
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      03-25-2020, 02:14 PM   #14
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Fusebox is fairly easy to access but to make sure I hid the wiring properly I decided take the trim off.
Ah right, couldn't still be fairly hidden without removing trim?
Yes it might be doable, you could possibly route the power cable down the A pillar then maybe around the trim maybe tucked in the rubber weather seal. But taking the trim off the cable can straight down the pillar and directly to the fusebox. That's what took me the most time to figure out.

The side passenger trims were similar to the F36, just had to take off the trim by the brake light and use fish tape to feed to wiring to the rear camera.
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Yes it might be doable, you could possibly route the power cable down the A pillar then maybe around the trim maybe tucked in the rubber weather seal. But taking the trim off the cable can straight down the pillar and directly to the fusebox. That's what took me the most time to figure out.

The side passenger trims were similar to the F36, just had to take off the trim by the brake light and use fish tape to feed to wiring to the rear camera.
Really helpful, especially with photos. Only got a front next base dash cam at the moment. Would be handy to hard wire to power on/off with ignition, also look nicer not having to use the 12v socket by the cup holders!
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Any interference with DAB since you've fitted it?
Have heard rear cams can interfere quite badly without ferrite cores attached?
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      03-27-2020, 04:38 PM   #17
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Yes it might be doable, you could possibly route the power cable down the A pillar then maybe around the trim maybe tucked in the rubber weather seal. But taking the trim off the cable can straight down the pillar and directly to the fusebox. That's what took me the most time to figure out.

The side passenger trims were similar to the F36, just had to take off the trim by the brake light and use fish tape to feed to wiring to the rear camera.
Really helpful, especially with photos. Only got a front next base dash cam at the moment. Would be handy to hard wire to power on/off with ignition, also look nicer not having to use the 12v socket by the cup holders!
The hard wire kits for the nextbase cameras are reasonably priced even from Halfords. Obviously having done it myself now it's fairly simple. The main thing that takes time is figuring it out whilst trying not to break anything.

I actually broke the connector plug for the speaker just above the pedal, luckily the speaker is only for the BMW teleservices SOS call. I've ordered a new plug, just need someone to one day take the panel off above the pedals and see which way the wires go.
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Any interference with DAB since you've fitted it?
Have heard rear cams can interfere quite badly without ferrite cores attached?
To be honest we don't really use the DAB much so couldn't really tell you. Some people have had interference even with the ferrite cores, maybe it also depends on ones local signal strength.
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The cabling can just be tucked in without having to pull off the A pillar lining. I routed the rear camera cabling down the passenger side heading. I'm not sure if the trim by the door will just pop off as it's held in by metal clips which I released with a screwdriver from the inside while pulling on the trim.

Once I get a little bit of time I'll take all the bits of trim off a take some photos.
The trim at the side of the door pops easy with a trim tool. Done mine this morning.
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I actually broke the connector plug for the speaker just above the pedal, luckily the speaker is only for the BMW teleservices SOS call. I've ordered a new plug, just need someone to one day take the panel off above the pedals and see which way the wires go.
Is it that one?
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