Hi all,
I've just installed a Mobius and Street Guardian SGZC12RC in my car so thought I'd share the install with you.
As always with these kind of things, there were frustrating moments but it's all turned out well.
Here's all the kit I had bought.
And here's the car it was going in
The BDP I bought was a Vicovation Power Plus. I liked that the screen shows the battery voltage, and it gives higher voltage cut offs than some other BDP devices.
Before starting the install, I installed a super capacitor in the Mobius and installed msetup on my computer to setup the mobius correctly. I also put the memory cards in both cameras, formatted them and then tested each camera.
So...onto the install..
Here's the fusebox, which is behind the glovebox and an absolute pain to get to!! Think you're going to touch on the fuses with a multimeter? Yeh right! This photo doesn't show how far behind the glovebox this is, it's incredibly hard to reach with a torch in one hand and a fuse tap in another.
I've already connected the BDP ground in this photo, found a nice chunky screw and put it underneath.
The other issue that I found with my car, and a lot of modern BMWs I think, is that even the ignition switched fuses don't turn straight off after the ignition is turned off. It can take half an hour for them to turn off, once the car has "gone to sleep". This made identifying an ignition switched fuse and a permanently live fuse slightly more problematic but you'll see how I did it.
The vicovation power plus requires 3 connections - ground, ACC wire and battery wire, just like other BDPs. I started by just connecting the ground. Then I added a fuse tap to the ACC wire and plugged it in to an empty fuse slot. I then locked the car, left it and returned half an hour later. I repeated this a few times and eventually, this happened!
It had turned off. So I'd found an (almost) ignition switched fuse.
When I unlocked the car, it came back on. The blanket was to shield the sun so I could still see the screen from the outside.
Turning the engine on, the voltage went right up. Nice healthy battery
This was the fuse I found as the ignition switched fuse. Fuse 15.
After some more testing, I found another empty fuse slot which is permanently live.
For those of you with a BMW, the first post in this thread helped me to identify a permanently live fuse slot.
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=737785
Fuse 2:
Testing all the gear together.
Now onto fitting...
Street guardian video cable above the front mirror.
Running it above the lining
Using a trim tool to pry out the A pillar trim to get it round the corner. I didn't remove the trim.
I found going under the rubber seal is an easy way down.
Pulling back the rubber trim, I found a hole to get into the glovebox
And it's through!
Now onto the rear. There's a plastic moulding in the middle of the rear screen that I was going to stick the mobius mount onto. It was just clipped on and came off easily.
I ran a 5m USB-Mini USB cable under the lining to the back of the plastic moulding.
Around the side..
Here I got stuck. And it really annoyed me lol. I couldn't go round to the left of this piece, there was just no space at all. So I ended up pushing the cable down the window side.
There was a gap between these plastic trims about the thickness of the wire, so I slotted the wire in and kept in taut. Slightly annoys me that it's on show but no one will know except me.
I've just installed a Mobius and Street Guardian SGZC12RC in my car so thought I'd share the install with you.
As always with these kind of things, there were frustrating moments but it's all turned out well.
Here's all the kit I had bought.
And here's the car it was going in
The BDP I bought was a Vicovation Power Plus. I liked that the screen shows the battery voltage, and it gives higher voltage cut offs than some other BDP devices.
Before starting the install, I installed a super capacitor in the Mobius and installed msetup on my computer to setup the mobius correctly. I also put the memory cards in both cameras, formatted them and then tested each camera.
So...onto the install..
Here's the fusebox, which is behind the glovebox and an absolute pain to get to!! Think you're going to touch on the fuses with a multimeter? Yeh right! This photo doesn't show how far behind the glovebox this is, it's incredibly hard to reach with a torch in one hand and a fuse tap in another.
I've already connected the BDP ground in this photo, found a nice chunky screw and put it underneath.
The other issue that I found with my car, and a lot of modern BMWs I think, is that even the ignition switched fuses don't turn straight off after the ignition is turned off. It can take half an hour for them to turn off, once the car has "gone to sleep". This made identifying an ignition switched fuse and a permanently live fuse slightly more problematic but you'll see how I did it.
The vicovation power plus requires 3 connections - ground, ACC wire and battery wire, just like other BDPs. I started by just connecting the ground. Then I added a fuse tap to the ACC wire and plugged it in to an empty fuse slot. I then locked the car, left it and returned half an hour later. I repeated this a few times and eventually, this happened!
It had turned off. So I'd found an (almost) ignition switched fuse.
When I unlocked the car, it came back on. The blanket was to shield the sun so I could still see the screen from the outside.
Turning the engine on, the voltage went right up. Nice healthy battery
This was the fuse I found as the ignition switched fuse. Fuse 15.
After some more testing, I found another empty fuse slot which is permanently live.
For those of you with a BMW, the first post in this thread helped me to identify a permanently live fuse slot.
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=737785
Fuse 2:
Testing all the gear together.
Now onto fitting...
Street guardian video cable above the front mirror.
Running it above the lining
Using a trim tool to pry out the A pillar trim to get it round the corner. I didn't remove the trim.
I found going under the rubber seal is an easy way down.
Pulling back the rubber trim, I found a hole to get into the glovebox
And it's through!
Now onto the rear. There's a plastic moulding in the middle of the rear screen that I was going to stick the mobius mount onto. It was just clipped on and came off easily.
I ran a 5m USB-Mini USB cable under the lining to the back of the plastic moulding.
Around the side..
Here I got stuck. And it really annoyed me lol. I couldn't go round to the left of this piece, there was just no space at all. So I ended up pushing the cable down the window side.
There was a gap between these plastic trims about the thickness of the wire, so I slotted the wire in and kept in taut. Slightly annoys me that it's on show but no one will know except me.
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