If you read the post of the person I quoted, you'll see he just wanted the basics with no need for 24/7 recording and to be easy to install. That's why I mentioned it and specified the limitations. If you need a quick/dirty dashcam, you can't beat the Tesla one. And at the cost of usually being free, there's no harm in trying it either.
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If you read the post of the person I quoted, you'll see he just wanted the basics with no need for 24/7 recording and to be easy to install. That's why I mentioned it and specified the limitations. If you need a quick/dirty dashcam, you can't beat the Tesla one. And at the cost of usually being free, there's no harm in trying it either.
voip-ninja
Give me some sugar baby
Ah so it just gets run through the headliner, got it.
I will have to do some research on how well it works through window tint. I’m getting my windows done next week
I don't doubt that is the easiest solution, except as of 42.2 (latest with NoA) Tesla has not fixed the corruption issue. My drive was basically corrupted the next day I installed 42.2 (it was working at first). If you want to use dashcam you want to use a reliable one. Parking mode or not, the TeslaCam can't even record regular driving because of the frequent corruption issue. You never know when it will corrupt. That's the biggest drawback so far with this "easiest" solution. What's easiest might not be the most suitable or reliable. I would not recommend this method until they fix the corruption issue.
If you have a DR900S it's better to use Time Lapse because of overheating issue. My DR900S overheats far more frequently than my 750 (never). It doesn't matter I am using a Samsung Endurance card it still happens. Switching to Time Lapse solves it.
JPP
Active Member
FWIW I have the OEM 128 Gb card in my Blackvue and use Parking Mode (not Time Lapse)--no overheating, no errors, powered on 24/7 through the power tap in my Model 3 headliner. Been good for 4 weeks.
Of course if you don't have overheating issue, it's more beneficial to use full time recording. I only get overheating issue when I am parked in wide uncovered parking lot in 90+ degrees weather (few months ago in SoCal). Now the weather is cooler I don't have it. Wait until next year summer time.
JPP
Active Member
Do you have Cabin Overheat protection on??? Maybe keeping the car at or below 103 degrees will help.
JPP
Active Member
I know that the old 550s were plagued with overheating issues. I thought they had this sorted with the 650s and 750s. I am surprised it is happening to the 900s.
wbhokie
Member
By the way, anyone figure out a way to get the blackvue closer to the front windshield? (or to cut down on reflections?) I'm using the default sticky mount but it still gets reflections off of the inside of the windshield
Litigate28
Member
I posted this in the X forum but thought maybe someone here would know instead: My 2CH-900 seems to have died. There is no power anymore and I can't get it to turn on. I tried taking out the SD card and it seemed to have died a week ago, last recordings from parking mode (nothing shows happened). I tried holding the button down, I took out and replaced the SD card, and tried unplugging the cords and back in. From what I can tell the pins do not seem to be broken. Any ideas?
The only thing I can think of is about an hour or two after the last recording I did an insane launch but I've done plenty of those before. Any thoughts?
The only thing I can think of is about an hour or two after the last recording I did an insane launch but I've done plenty of those before. Any thoughts?
Litigate28
Member
It was installed professionally and hardwired to something in the car. Any easy way to check this?
The factory dash cam is pretty poor for use where you need detail that counts and It may create additional drains as is on all the time when the car is off. The blackview cams are good but have poor software in general but improving and I can't see why anyone would use the could service. I have three of these cams and I took them off constant to switched power since they create cascading parasitic drains and trash the 12V battery. Any that needs to use it in parking mode may want to consider the external battery. Cycling the 12V and running the other systems in the car to do this is really a power suck. I got my S down to a 1% loss over several days using a battery tender when the cam was on parking mode it was 4X that and was really hard on the 12V. I plan to put a tender on my 3 pretty soon and remove the factory cam feature.
flashflooder
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android04
Active Member
I don't know if you found a solution yet, but this lens filter is designed to fit over the Blackvue cameras and help with that Polarizing Filters for BlackVue and Thinkware Dash Cams | For Sale
Have you left the car parked, unplugged for several days at a time? I leave my car at the airport 3-4 days each week and wonder if it would drain the 12v in that amount of time?
flashflooder
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Yes, I have. When/if the 12V battery gets low enough, the main battery pack comes online and recharges it. You won't come back to a dead 12V battery. The only possible downside to the always-on cam is that you will put more cycles on the 12V battery quicker (but with the dashcam only pulling ~200mA, it's not going to be a huge difference), and possibly shorten it's lifespan. The way I see it, Tesla 12V batteries aren't known for their longevity, anyway.
