My DashCam, plugged into the 12V lighter socket, causes static on FM radio. Should I install this on wires leading to the lighter or to the radio?
452867
No. It had minimal noise reduction. Try a additional or larger gauge ground wires. Good Luck
452868
Junk don't buy call crutch field this thing does nothing at all tried both ways
798194
On the camera there are 2 wires, 1 positive and 1 negitive. Run a single wire from camera to the Radio plus find a backup light wire in the trunk and connect the positive wire of the camera there. It works like a dream, A good camera is key to a good operation.
995243
Very easy hook the ground wire to any bolt that hooks to the frame that is not painted. Hook the hot wire to the positive side of the battery. Or better a wire away from the battery that keeps power on it when the car is off. Place the gps unit somewhere it cannot be seen use extra wire if needed. Under the dash neer the windsield is a good location.be sure to test to be sure its working properly after install. Repositioning may. Be needed to get good satilite signals.
1550971
Yes. But you will have wires running from camera through the car to the cig lighter
2262546
You need to make sure that you are supplying a power feed to the radio headbunit. The wire diagrams refer to it as "back or backup". I ran mine from the revers light wires.
1405200
I used the antenna wire that came with the radio. I ran the wire the entire length of the dashboard and the last three inch I turned it at an angle. Reception is perfect
798198
either, if you want to be able to activate the camera,, for some reason while driving, you need to hook it to the radio. If you will use it only in reverse, you can hook it to the reverse light- but note, usually the camera wires send the red/black lines up along the RCA video cable so it may be best just to use the radio. If you wish to use the backup light, you will need to run a set of wires feeding to the radio to connect the camera, then connect the other end to the light,,, more work really. so check out the wiring of your camera first, if they allow you to hook right up to the backup tail light, then that's your best bet for sure. You can use solderless clamps to quickly secure the connection with no cutting involved
31814
I see there is a dc plug on mine but not sure if it is ment to be used in a cig lighter in a car I would call the company up and ask them would be best way to find out or go to radio shack or a store like that see if they have any thing like that. sorry i was not able to answer your question. this is a webpage to radio shack not sure if it is what ya need http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=13384949&kw=dc-12v%20adapters&origkw=DC-12V+adapters&sr=1
1044170
I did exactly that: Purchased a "cigarette lighter" 12V connector and spliced it on to the wires. It works fine.
2084180
Hi there,I wish I knew why. Mine is acting the same way. Both times I've tried to use my camera I lost radio control as well. I was so freaked out by crashing it, I never thought to check the GPS signal indicator light. I got my repair parts Friday, and it's pretty windy today, but I'll be checking this out later in the week.
1428946
Depending on the radio you have, you can cap them off. Some radios use the extra ground wire to use a parking brake cut-off for the video function. This keeps the video turned off when the car is in motion. There may be some use for the extra power lead, but I didn't need it.
1695468
The short answer is locating the antenna and hooking up the power. I took power directly to the battery. There is less RF interference that way. It's a great radio and has done good for about two years so far.
1812478
First off, this is a 12v unit and won't tolerate much more than that. If the supply source is a good 12volt, then I would say off hand, that something is shorting out. That power supply really supplies more current that the radio would normally use. I've used mine for over 4 years now with no problems, Look around and see if you could have a bare wire going to ground, one that is not solidly mounted and able to move around a little. If yours is like mine there is no way to get into it to see what is actually going bad, so good luck.
30427
Connect the Red Wire to your the wire going to one of your Backup Lights and the Black Wire to the chassis making sure that you have a good ground. The idea is for the camera to turn on when I put the vehicle transmission in reverse.
1613585
I wound up throwing mine out. The plug for the lighter was not reliable. It was a separate piece that you plug the USB plug into. The USB plug worked fine.I don't believe I used any adhesive to stick to the front glass. The suction was more than enough. Push into glass, flip lever down to hold suction. I did not use on the dashboard.
827967
This camera most certainly required 12v. Most vehicle harnesses use 12v also but some use 6v. Just google to verify it uses 12v as well and that it uses the same connection type. Some vehicles have camera harnesses that are not the typical RCA. In that case you could always patch the power to your reverse light (also 12v) and the video signal patched into your factory harness to get it to your radio.
216723
You are better off with a capacitor equipped dash cam, than one with a battery. The batteries often fail in the heat, and fail with age.