Hi, all.
I have a Viofo A119 that has served me very well over the last five years or so in my pickup truck. Last summer, I picked up a convertible for the weekends and I am now looking to install [likely] a dual cam setup in it but want to be sure that I make some smart choices for the product.
- I bought my car to drive with the top down. All the time. Period. I have another vehicle as a daily driver and this car never sees rain. Since my intention is to 99% of the time drive with the top down, I want to be mindful of heat from the sun that could cause issues.
- I have a windscreen installed to reduce wind turbulence, so trying to run a dual cam from the windshield will have its "view" cut into from the windscreen that would be behind it. As a result, I'm expecting that I will want to use a dedicated rear-facing camera that will be mounted behind the windscreen. If I have to make a custom mount for it, that's potentially fine.
- Given that the rear camera would be mounted at a point where there. will be a LOT of noise from the wind blowing around, I almost certainly won't care about audio quality of any sort from this camera.
- The car goes into the garage for sometimes days or even weeks at a time (months at a time when stored for the winter). I would prefer to not be constantly tinkering with settings on the camera(s) to be able to switch in and out of parking mode (for when I'm parked at the store, for example) to ensure that it doesn't drain battery on the longer periods of the car sitting dormant.
- While the image from my current Viofo is ok, I would definitely like a decent improvement if I can get it. During the day, the image has been mostly good with loss of definition along the periphery. At night, you can really only make out what's in a sort of "cone" created from the headlights. Any improvements on this would be great.
- If there's a way to power this from a single USB-based cable that I can connect to a 12V outlet adapter (that currently has a single cable plugged into it for charging a phone), that would be great. The outlet is switched with the ignition, so there's likely a need for some consideration about handling parking mode (I'm guessing).
Thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
I have a Viofo A119 that has served me very well over the last five years or so in my pickup truck. Last summer, I picked up a convertible for the weekends and I am now looking to install [likely] a dual cam setup in it but want to be sure that I make some smart choices for the product.
- I bought my car to drive with the top down. All the time. Period. I have another vehicle as a daily driver and this car never sees rain. Since my intention is to 99% of the time drive with the top down, I want to be mindful of heat from the sun that could cause issues.
- I have a windscreen installed to reduce wind turbulence, so trying to run a dual cam from the windshield will have its "view" cut into from the windscreen that would be behind it. As a result, I'm expecting that I will want to use a dedicated rear-facing camera that will be mounted behind the windscreen. If I have to make a custom mount for it, that's potentially fine.
- Given that the rear camera would be mounted at a point where there. will be a LOT of noise from the wind blowing around, I almost certainly won't care about audio quality of any sort from this camera.
- The car goes into the garage for sometimes days or even weeks at a time (months at a time when stored for the winter). I would prefer to not be constantly tinkering with settings on the camera(s) to be able to switch in and out of parking mode (for when I'm parked at the store, for example) to ensure that it doesn't drain battery on the longer periods of the car sitting dormant.
- While the image from my current Viofo is ok, I would definitely like a decent improvement if I can get it. During the day, the image has been mostly good with loss of definition along the periphery. At night, you can really only make out what's in a sort of "cone" created from the headlights. Any improvements on this would be great.
- If there's a way to power this from a single USB-based cable that I can connect to a 12V outlet adapter (that currently has a single cable plugged into it for charging a phone), that would be great. The outlet is switched with the ignition, so there's likely a need for some consideration about handling parking mode (I'm guessing).
Thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas?
Thanks in advance!
