How to Hard wire a dash cam into car instead of using AUX plug?

oldspicejet

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mazda cx-5
Hi

I have a papago dash cam thats comes with a rear view mirror and I want to hide the cable and hard wire it into the car instead of using the provided AUX plug. Can I just cut the cable and install it into the fuse box? who would I do that? Thanks.

Lucas
 
Make sure you still wire in the power supply as it likely reduces the 12 volt car/fuse tap to 3 volts for the camera. I just put a fuse tap aux power outlet under the dash and plugged my dash cam power supply into that after hiding the wire under the windshield edge and dash plastic covers.
 
Make sure you still wire in the power supply as it likely reduces the 12 volt car/fuse tap to 3 volts for the camera. I just put a fuse tap aux power outlet under the dash and plugged my dash cam power supply into that after hiding the wire under the windshield edge and dash plastic covers.

Can you please explain this another way? Did you just wire a 12v socket to one of the existing car sockets behind the dash and then plug the dashcam power cable in?
 
I have used a 12v-5v adapter, they sell for dashcams.
I have just cleaned the wires, from the auto dimming mirror and I have soldered the 12V, to those two wires.
I have placed the power adapter, under the headliner.
 
Can you please explain this another way? Did you just wire a 12v socket to one of the existing car sockets behind the dash and then plug the dashcam power cable in?

I used a fuse tap in the fuse box under the dash on the left side that gave me an ignition on power source at 12v. What I wired in was a female cigar lighter receptacle that I then plugged in the power plug supplied by the dash cam. There is an entry in the how to section regarding powering a radar detector that has pictures of the fuse tap and which one to plug into.
 
On Ebay, they sell 12v to 6V power adapters for the Mini dashcams. No need, to use the cig lighter adapter.
 
I used a mini APM fuse tap:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)

It's a little bit bigger than the low-profile mini (https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)), but the low-profile I couldn't get to fit into the fuse box facing the correct direction. There is a correct direction, which is with the wire coming out the left side. If you remove the fuse, there should be no power on the cable. If there is still power, you are putting your car's electrical system in jeopardy. That's where the otherwise awesome write-up above (http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123829094-Hardwiring-a-Valentine-1&highlight=hardwire) has a mistake in it. It's pointed out in the thread but hasn't been corrected in the top post unfortunately...

Anyhow, I am a tinkerer so I use a Mobius as my cam:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)

Paired with a few accessories (12v to 5v converter, super cap, USB cable) to make it all hang together:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/ (commissions earned)

The video it shoots is fantastic.
 
Is it possible to hard wire onto the power of the infotainment system??


I have a CX-5 2016 bose-model

I want to power-connect a "female car cigarette lighter socket" with 2 "scotchloks" directly to the radio/touchscreen module

But I don't know from witch cables its possible to tap power from...

(What I want is: I want to have power when the screen is on. When the screen is off, no power)

photos:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SZ0xlLWJGRmdmYTQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SNTBtdUwtN0Fna2s/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SMk5VWE5XWkVDWnM/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SVDV0R3dkNko0WUE/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SN2Fjczc5WGZ6SGs/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4Sb1FlaTd5NGxLZHM/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4ScjI0ZENFc1NGQ0E/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SNjVMMDBkajVuZ0k/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SMlNyc3NtdUs1TGs/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SY2JaVk1xUWtQc1U/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4STE5JdXNoVkU0cHc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SRGQxTXQ3bzV5RTQ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SQXVMZzVwRFlCVWM/view?usp=sharing

I think i must use one of those 2 cables...
but witch wires do I have to use to tap power from?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SXzVUcVo4NlVTSlk/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4SM2owcElGcWpSak0/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4STlhaakhuQ3ptVnc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Zd7HSpqQ4STG1ueFdKclVFRDQ/view?usp=sharing
 
You should order a aftermarket wiring harness kit. It has all of the wires labeled for what they do. Just match it up to the wire that shows Auxiliary and tap into that for power. I'd just get a relay and use the Auxiliary wire as the switch, should be blue, like hooking up an amplifier. That way the only way it powers is if the screen is on.
 
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