BlendMount wiretap w/mini USB?
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Burning Brakes
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BlendMount wiretap w/mini USB?
I'd like to get a dash cam like the Papago S30 which uses a mini USB connector to get its power. It's small enough to hide behind the rearview mirror so does anyone know of a wiretap like the BlendMount, but terminated with a mini USB connector?
Burning Brakes
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The typical Blendmount mounted radar detector uses 12VDC. All USB is 5VDC. I don't believe the connector behind the mirror contains 5VDC.
Le Mans Master
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I've seen it done, but it involves building a harness for the camera USB plug using the innards of a USB car plug as an adapter so it's pretty involved but the end result was really slick.
There might be an existing adapter out there that would be a lot easier, but I've never looked for one.
There might be an existing adapter out there that would be a lot easier, but I've never looked for one.
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The only current method is the custom build posted above. I did, however, call BlendMount and ask them if they had a MirrorTap in the works that would come with a mini/micro USB plug and they said yes but did not have a time frame for release.
