Hehe..nice one! He must be like, did i really give a thumbsup?

 

Dash cam? Which one do you have?

 

FineVu cr-500hd. Got it off Amazon, now they also carry the hardwire kit. It came with a 16gb card which probably records 3 hrs of continuous footage at the highest frame rate and resolution. You can change the memory allocation for "normal" recording and "event" recording.

 

I just touched the ground to make sure hell didnt freeze over...

 

LOL, I actually have received a couple of acknowledgements from M3 drivers. This is just the first one I got on camera.

 

Why not; the guy loves cars.

I like how on motorcycles everyone acknowledges everyone regardless of the make.

 

LOL right on...crossing Ygnacio,,,I was just down town today

 

I have always said that true car enthusiasts appreciate all cars. Great to see!

 

Was that you in the black coupe?

 

Last week I got a thumbs up too from a M3 owner.

 

I'd thumb up an M3 owner. Actually, Id swap keys for a quick spin. I've never driven an M3 and would love to.

 

Nice. Who installed for you and do you have it set to record if somone tries to jack or damage your car if you're not around?

 

I did the install myself. The only "trick" is you need to tap into one of your fuses so it's easier if you have one of those splice wire clips. The fuses are numbered by amps, so just pick a high enough number. You can use trial and error to find a fuse that's on all the time, or you can use a multi-meter. I posted a DIY somewhere, but I think any of the fuses in the PINK fuse box would work.

The install probably takes 15 minutes tops if you have everything you need. The hardwire power kit has a really long cable so you can start with the camera and work your way back to the trunk. I did it backwards just to make sure I had enough slack. Hiding the wire is easy enough.

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Found the thread:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...wn-finevu.html

 

Someone else PM'd me about how it functions...it's super easy. First of all, the camera kit comes with a 16GB micro SD card. That is big enough to record approximately 3 hours of continuous video at 30fps and 1080 resolution (basically the highest settings). By default, the card is partitioned into 50% normal recording and 50% event recording. Now this camera has shock settings so it automatically captures a few seconds before the incident (pothole or accident) and you can adjust the camera sensitivity to shock in the PC interface. The camera also has a motion sensor which is also adjustable in the desktop settings interface.

Now, the camera automatically rewrites both "partitions" if you do nothing. In order to save an event, you'll either need to remove the SD card and import the video file, or connect the camera to a PC and import the file. I would recommend having 2nd card so if you don't happen to have a computer, you can pull the file without stopping the camera from recording. There are also 32GB and even 64 GB micro SD cards available now.

In the desktop interface, you can change the recording resolution, frame rate, shock sensitivity, motion sensitivity, the ratio between normal recording and event recording, mic sensitivity, etc. On the camera itself, you can toggle the mic and I think there's a "memory" button that automatically recording the following as an event...but I'm not sure what time segment it does that for. There are also voice cues from the camera - when you power on the car, it will say "Video recording ON". After you've been parked for about 10 minutes, it will say "Parking Mode". In parking mode, it will record motion automatically until 60 seconds after the motion is gone. So if someone walks by, it would record the event plus 60 seconds or so. If a crowd was just milling around, it would recording the entire event until it cycles the memory or until the motion ceases. You can turn these voice cues off if you want.

Just play around with it and you'll figure out the settings you want fairly quickly.