Firewater Burns

As said in the title, this is for a C6 (2005 to be precise).

I am going to be wiring up a dash cam, once the one I want gets released. Ideally, drawing power from the mirror is the way I would want to go.

Does anyone have the diagram for the mirror plug or know if it has a continuous, as well as switched power source?

Thanks for the help.

markcz

http://www.bugmanweb.com/c6/radar.html

Firewater Burns

Thanks Mark!

Hah, I feel a bit silly now, being that I was linking Bugman's guide to trim care, in a post, just last week! Having zero interest in detectors until dash cams came along, I guess I was blind to the link.

slickstick

Got a link to the dash cam you are buying or already bought? I am curious to see what it looks like. I'm no expert, but I'd check power requirements of that camera vs. what is provided by the mirror.

Firewater Burns

I was planning on getting the GuardTrak GT2S when it was released. The owner of GuardTrak wants this line to be the top in the industry, so it took much longer than planed to iron out the bugs. The technology out paced them, and the chipset manufacturer is retiring the platform they were using a little early, so they had to scrap the GT2S.

I am now waiting on the GT7S. It is using the same basic set up, with a different chipset, so it shouldn't take them as long to get the bugs out.

Here is the link to the GT7S. The website is a little slow, so HERE is a link to the GT2S discussion, where the owner provides updates.


On the subject of power, the cam is designed for vehicles (unlike many that are primary designed to compete with GoPro), as such, it wires directly into 12 or 24 Volt. In terms of amperage, I originally thought of modifying a Blendmount, so I went off of their website. They use a 2 amp fuse on their mirror wire for radar detectors. The owner of GuardTrak said that 2 amps would be plenty. I figured, once I got the camera, I would then get the voltmeter out and double check.