OT - Using my Dash Cam - HomeOwnersHub

tim... · 2016-12-25T13:52:21+00:00

So, firstly this is a follow up to fixing my Dash Cam question, now that have had a chance to use it in "anger". I gave up trying to work out how to make it stick in minus temperatures and bought, what should have been in the box (IMHO) in the first place, a suction mount. Unfortunately (as it's not actually designed for this product), the throw on the mounting arm is not as wide as on the sticky mount and it is impossible to install in the car without 15% of the top left corner being obscured by a view of the mount, but that issue is trivial compared with the bigger issues I have. The other issue with the mounting is that I claimed that the lead was about 1 metre too short to fit around the edge of the screen and back to my lighter socket, but that was unfair. Now that I have actually fitted it, It is only 30 cms too short. (Aside - as there is no longer an expectation of cars having ciggy lighters do these sockets have a new name?) Though contrary to the experience of one of the respondents the lead traipsing down the centre of my windscreen does not bother me. So now for a functional review. As I haven't yet said this is a Garmin Dash Cam 30. That's one without GPS (for which you need the more expensive 35, I think). It retails at 150 quid, though I got it in a Black Friday sale for 80. Even so, I was expecting the functionality of a 150 quid model and to say that I am disappointed with the functionality that I have, is an understatement. Though, I must say that the build quality looks good. I don't imagine that I am going to have any problems with this product dying prematurely, but of course only time will tell with that. Recording quality is also good, even on the lower settings. No problems with any of that. It comes with a 4GB memory card which is enough (at the lower resolution level), for 1.5-2 hours of recordings and which would be sufficient, were it not for the problems that follow. Given that 16 GB cards are available ...

OT - Using my Dash Cam

Dec 25, 2016 20 Replies

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I was recently in Australia, and took my TomTom satnav with me (having bought an Oz map!) to use in a hire car. Its power lead has a USB plug on the end and the usual way of powering it is to use a 12v to USB adapter which plugs into the cigar lighter socket. However, for some reason, the cigar socket on this particular hire car didn't work - but there *was* a USB socket - provided to allow MP3 players etc. to be connected to the audio system.

When I plugged the TomTom into that, it displayed a message suggesting that it thought it was connected to a computer - but it was possible to cancel that and just use USB to power it, and that worked ok.