<div dir="auto">Thanks for sharing! I should be receiving mine in the next few days now. As I drive a commercial vehicle, I rack up a lot of mileage in my area, plus the trips we take on weekends. Unfortunately, my OBD port is already occupied by a GPS logger. I've thought about running a splitter, but I don't know if OBD allows that. They confirmed with me you don't have to use OBD, but you get a reduction in points if you do that. With my calculations, I should be able to get to that threshold even without OBD doubled points. I drive a lot.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The controller mount will be useful, because as I make stops with clients, I can stop the recording in a natural spot instead of with my clients.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I was wondering... Does the camera still work as a regular dashcam, or does the Telenav software completely change it's functionality?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">High speed fiber optic at home. No problem uploading here!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 18:01 Alan & Ruth Bragg <<a href="mailto:alan.ruth.bragg@gmail.com">alan.ruth.bragg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">There are at least three participants in MA who have, or will soon have, Waylens Horizon cameras provided by Telenav to record streets.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">I've had my camera for a couple weeks and learned a few lessons.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">The camera doesn't have to be mounted too high on the windshield to get a good view of the street. My first mistake was to mount it high where the radio antenna built into the windshield was blocking the gps signal which is received by the camera mount.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">The camera mount is held to the windshield by a very strong sticky pad. I mounted it under the rear view mirror and looped the power cable once around the rear view mirror. If the camera mount fails it will just dangle from the mirror.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">I have peeled the mount from the windshield several times without a problem. I use it in a second vehicle when I take trips.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">I didn't realize that their is no need to be conservative when recording. I leave the camera on all the time, recording the nearby roads repeatedly. I concentrate on driving and not monitoring the camera.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">Uploading data from the car over my home WiFi is not practical. One problem is that the camera tries to start uploading data as soon as I pull into my driveway. To avoid this I remove it from the mount a block from my home and it shuts down in 20 seconds. I upload the data from a location close to my router. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">I put a black felt cloth from AC Moore to put on the dash to reduce the reflection.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">It takes a while for the GPS, Bluetooth Button, OBD2 data connector to sync at start up. I don't wait for them to sync before driving. As soon as I see a red dot circling the display I know it is recording images.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">The unit comes with a separate bluetooth button that can be used to stop recording data. This is not very useful because after whenever you come to a stop for more that a couple of seconds the recording will start again.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">Here's a link to various screen shots</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/yD7JGH6WWFfgRfz39" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://photos.app.goo.gl/yD7JGH6WWFfgRfz39</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-3967066896067598508gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">Alan</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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