Eyes down, look in, dashcam hardwire :
1) Take the panel off to get better fusebox access.
It is a bit fragile so use trim tools.
2) Here is the back so you can see where the clips are :
3) The inside :
4) After a lot of head scratching I decided to double sided sticky the hardwire transformer. It's rock solid :
5) This is the 'option connector' in place. It clicked in and locked nicely (no piggybacking fuses needed) :
6) Find a good earth, where a multimeter is invaluable :
7) Found that the silver bracket is good, this is a WIP shot before being bolted on :
8 ) I wired in my Garmin DS61 as I wanted Garmin's Live Traffic and not keen on using a phone.
Test Garmin :
9) Test Dashcam :
Perfect.
So, what happens is that when I turn on ACC or ON the Garmin fires up. The dashcam only fires up when the system is ON, ACC does nothing.
10) And all back together :
I decided to put the Garmin on the dash, behind the vent, as it's away from airbag deploy.
Proper Job
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