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Sep 22nd, 2020, 22:18 | #1 |
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Front wide angle camera instructions
Ok, so I've bought the bits for the dual front camera install, I've VDashed it and in theory installed the software using it, and I sort of expected it to throw an error without the camera physically connected - but nothing, zilch, doodley-squat.
Can someone who has this option just tell me a bit about what menu options show up, what happens when you press the "cam" button etc. Just so I can make sure it's working or not when I actually connect the camera hopefully tomorrow ? |
Sep 23rd, 2020, 19:14 | #2 |
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Not to worry - the cable turned up today in a nice box, complete with 60 page user manual including 4 pages in english. Nice. PS The camera does work great, but when using vdash, you have to pick the front camera option, not the dual front camera, which since the camera looks two ways, I sort of foolishly set it to first, and of course nothing happened. Vdash is fantastic, and really really bad at the same time
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Sep 24th, 2020, 15:50 | #3 |
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Do you mind me asking how much that cost?
Also I have a rear camera and therefore have a CAM button - not sure how this works in conjunction with the front cams? Thanks
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Sep 25th, 2020, 07:50 | #4 |
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I paid £90 for a broken camera and bracket (that still worked, but needed plastic and silicon to make it waterproof - I hope) plus £70 for the harness kit. You also need to pay Vdash about £40 to enable the camera (although mine didin't charge me, I think because I'd paid for the rear camera).
But as normal in this world, just to really annoy me, the "evolve" website, run by colchester Lookers volvo are currently selling the complete kit (minus the vdash bit obviously) for £217 brand new - which is a bargain. As for how it works, you press the cam button, and the front cam becomes the third camera (after rear, and rear-zoom) in the list that you can toggle between using the "tune" wheel, or by simply repressing the "cam" button multiple times. By the way, its brilliant, like magic - like having your head stuck on the front of the car, with an eye on both sides of it. I still dont get how they do it, some sort of software trickery I think. |
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Oct 9th, 2020, 19:52 | #7 |
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Can you also see the front bumper with the cam (the corners) so it can help with parking?
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