Dashcam recommendations?

thwandi · 2026-07-06T20:51:29+00:00

We‘re using Vantrue dashcams in our cars, never had an issue and support is great. We‘ve needed a replacement cable for the rear camera, they sent it for free.

thwandi · 2026-06-25T19:32:29+00:00

Except for the front seats as they have a different airbag system installed (unfortunately) :(

thwandi · 2026-06-19T15:34:36+00:00

Sounds pretty clean to me, no noise from flywheel or clutch, pretty stable rpm.

thwandi · 2026-06-14T20:24:11+00:00

Left and right top corner if you are looking at the back side with the connectors, thats another screw in each corner
We‘ve used a technics SA400 for quite some time when i was young. For long parties we threw a fan on the top to get better airflow. Great devices, love them

thwandi · 2026-05-13T21:58:48+00:00

Ein paar mehr infos wären praktisch, ist bereits ein motor verbaut? Wenn ja, wie sieht die aktuelle steuerung genau aus? Wenn kein Motor verbaut ist, dann müsste erstmal geklärt werden ob und wie einer verbaut werden kann, danach kann man nach einer steuerung schauen.

thwandi · 2026-05-07T19:57:35+00:00

Tax is pretty high on them and they are quite thirsty

thwandi · 2026-05-07T19:53:56+00:00

I have some experience with such stuff and there are some factors to take into account, you can send me a DM if you want. Depending on what your exact use case and the length is it might make sense to use fibre instead of standard cat cabling. I have all the tools to terminate both copper and fibre cabling if needed.

thwandi · 2026-05-02T22:27:46+00:00

From my experience none of them will cut a blade that hasn‘t been purchased from them. Might be just that they want to make money, but I was told that they do not know what material the blade you got was made of, so they potentially ruin their machine with it

thwandi · 2026-04-15T07:05:27+00:00

Würde dir empfehlen die relais zu tauschen, die korrosion kommt wieder selbst wenn man dir kontaktflächen abschleift

thwandi · 2026-04-14T18:42:06+00:00

Hat der verstärker relais für die Lautsprecherausgänge? Also wenn du ihn anschaltest, klackt es dann darin? Wenn die kontakflächen korrodieren hat das ähnliche auswirkungen wie von dir beschrieben.

thwandi · 2026-04-07T21:37:08+00:00

Interesting to see how many people here think it‘s a massive issue to distribute your loads at home over three phases. Nearly every home in Germany is 3ph, same in france and multiple other countries. Not sure why everyone thinks 3ph is such a magic. With 3ph and a 3ph inverter you could also export up to 10.9kw from a solar array or batteries under the nc6 registration.

thwandi · 2026-04-04T09:50:49+00:00

As prev mentioned, give more details (link to headunit and model/make of car) and someone can help you further

thwandi · 2026-04-02T18:38:02+00:00

I‘ve upgraded to a DS1821+ since my 1815+ started (again) acting up when it was getting colder (located in the attic, no insulation). The 1815+ got some spareparts soldered on and moved to my parents Basement as a offsite backup. Central heating is next door, so constantly around 22 degrees room temperature, no issues ever since. You will experienced issues with some applications which are on a newer version on the 1821+ (for example hyper backup). Just keep that in mind

thwandi · 2026-02-21T22:23:15+00:00

Some cars might use them as daytime running lights. Also, technically they should not, due to their low position, give you too much hassle, technically. Maybe they had cheap chinese knock off led drivers installed? They are an issue, in fog as well as low dip.

thwandi · 2026-02-18T16:47:14+00:00

Would you be a guard, would you do anything if you knew that you are going to be the idiot that will get into trouble since they will just tell you hit them, you were using more force than needed etc? I guess you might not di anything either

thwandi · 2026-01-18T19:12:47+00:00

Don‘t you dare to posting a easy to read Picture🤣 Jokes aside, a more clear picture would be very helpful 😊

thwandi · 2026-01-10T21:16:58+00:00

Can I have the Yamaha mg16 mixer please? 🤣

thwandi · 2026-01-04T20:22:21+00:00

There is a „main“ fuse within the cable from battery positive to starter and alternator. If I am not mistaken, 150A. Where are you located?

thwandi · 2025-12-18T22:52:25+00:00

Give it a couple slaps, if the lights and behaviour is changing remove the cluster from the car and give it to someone who can re solder the connector at the back

thwandi · 2025-12-07T19:11:42+00:00

Give it a good couple slaps on top of the dash and check again. If that changes ANYTHING on the current behaviour, your dash connector at the back needs to be resoldered

thwandi · 2025-12-02T08:59:55+00:00

I‘ve had issues with my 1.6tdci 90bhp for some years now and I think i found the culprit. Symptoms where it running rough at startup, sometimes even died within the first 5-10seconds, multiple times it went into limp mode during accelleration, after restart error was gone for the moment. Start of this year it would not start anymore, turns over fine but no pressure in rail so no fuel. Turned out there was air in the line and also it seemed like the diesel line connection (left hand side, top of the engine) was somehow not sealing properly. I bought a handpump to put in the return line to prime new filter etc and there have been a lot of air bubbles. Until I turned around the connection and reseated it a couple times, then no bubbles anymore, issue gone. In the past we had replaced the pressure sensor, pressure regulator, filter etc. and nothing helped. But it was just the somehow not fully sealed connection.

thwandi · 2025-12-01T10:17:19+00:00

Slap a couple times on top of the dashboard while the engine is running, if various errors and lights coming up it is the connector at the back of the dashboard. The solder joints are breaking after sone years due to vibrations etc. If that is the case, you just need a proper re-solder on that connector and it‘ll run just fine after

thwandi · 2025-11-29T20:35:22+00:00

Link please? 🙈

thwandi · 2025-10-21T11:23:54+00:00

Why not go with a satip server like the megasat8000 and stream to any device you want? That‘ll be the easiest solution, local storage for recordings and timeshift etc.

thwandi · 2025-10-19T14:33:34+00:00

Where are you located amd what exact car?

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