richx
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- Dash Cam
- A129 Duo, A139, Mola N3, A119v2, B4K
So okay, I finally took the trouble to strip the A139 off my test car where it was installed alongside an A129 Duo. My 2" wide band speakers had arrived and I was removing a lot of panel pieces to install the speakers anyway, so I might as well as undo the HWK-C. Then yesterday (Saturday), I spent about 5 hours removing old Papago S50 dashcam (with its own hardwire and GPS wired receiver) from the front and a Mijia 1S from the rear, cleaned up and installed the A139 as 2-channel system.
The car in question is a 2017 Honda Jazz (or Fit in some markets).
First step was getting the wire from the interior out to the exterior of the waterproof tunnel to the hatch.
And then getting the wire through the waterproof tunnel to reach into the hatch panel.
Oh no, a bit unexpected here. They also sealed the gap between the metal and glass from the inside. I've met some cars where you can pass the wire through the gap. Initially I thought of pulling the wires down to the bottom of the hatch where you could pass the cable out, and then run it along the inner edge of the glass up to the dashcam again. I'd need to pull more length through the tunnel.
But alas I got lazy and took the quick way out. Made a 4mm hole on this rubber plug, just enough for the connector to pass through. Had this been a regular mini USB connector, this method would have been much more unsightly. So here's my thumbs up for Viofo's new cabling! It has certainly achieved its claimed objective!
Argh! Low quality local assembly welding workmanship! A very tiny metal spike punctured my finger as I was running the wire across the B-pillar!
Anyway, some shots of the final install. Very low profile rear camera, hardly visible from outside and now the wire no longer loops when the hatch closes (I used to take the lazy way out and just pass it through the head liner out to the rear camera, so you'd need to leave some span for the hatch to open and close. The shape of the front camera body allows me to almost-centre the lens underneath the rear view mirror attachment. Have decided not to install the inner camera just yet (looking out for battery drain).
Overall this is a very nice kit to install and the new wires make it less stressful on the low quality headliner as you stuff it into the gap. A shakedown test drive also did not reveal any rattling or noise from the wire run.
The car in question is a 2017 Honda Jazz (or Fit in some markets).
First step was getting the wire from the interior out to the exterior of the waterproof tunnel to the hatch.
And then getting the wire through the waterproof tunnel to reach into the hatch panel.
Oh no, a bit unexpected here. They also sealed the gap between the metal and glass from the inside. I've met some cars where you can pass the wire through the gap. Initially I thought of pulling the wires down to the bottom of the hatch where you could pass the cable out, and then run it along the inner edge of the glass up to the dashcam again. I'd need to pull more length through the tunnel.
But alas I got lazy and took the quick way out. Made a 4mm hole on this rubber plug, just enough for the connector to pass through. Had this been a regular mini USB connector, this method would have been much more unsightly. So here's my thumbs up for Viofo's new cabling! It has certainly achieved its claimed objective!
Argh! Low quality local assembly welding workmanship! A very tiny metal spike punctured my finger as I was running the wire across the B-pillar!
Anyway, some shots of the final install. Very low profile rear camera, hardly visible from outside and now the wire no longer loops when the hatch closes (I used to take the lazy way out and just pass it through the head liner out to the rear camera, so you'd need to leave some span for the hatch to open and close. The shape of the front camera body allows me to almost-centre the lens underneath the rear view mirror attachment. Have decided not to install the inner camera just yet (looking out for battery drain).
Overall this is a very nice kit to install and the new wires make it less stressful on the low quality headliner as you stuff it into the gap. A shakedown test drive also did not reveal any rattling or noise from the wire run.