A recommended dash cam brand/model?
After being a witness to a three-car pileup (someone slid between two cars, rear-ended the car in front, and the car behind rear-ended him), it got me thinking about doing like people do in Russia, an...
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My DVR-207 is plugged into a 12 Volt splitter that in turn is plugged into the cigarette type plug in the front of my 14 year old Dodge Van. Over the past few months I've been noticing a lot of static on my FM Radio.... also, as I reported earlier, my Garmin GPS continually loses Sat Signal.
I (finally) did a Google Search on gps dash cam interference and got lots of hits in various forums suggesting that this is really an EMI problem - the Dash Cam is actually emitting low level RF signals that are being received by the GPS and also the car radio, causing erratic behavior of the GPS and static on the radio!
I am going to try tinfoil on parts of the Dash Cam and possibly try relocating the Dash Cam to one side of the windscreen.
My wife suggests that I use some of the tinfoil from my tin hat that I wear to prevent the NSA from reading my mind, but I think I'll get it elsewhere as that is too risky.
Will post back.
Anyone else having similar issues? I notice from my Google search lots of other folks are reporting identical problems.
I (finally) did a Google Search on gps dash cam interference and got lots of hits in various forums suggesting that this is really an EMI problem - the Dash Cam is actually emitting low level RF signals that are being received by the GPS and also the car radio, causing erratic behavior of the GPS and static on the radio!
I am going to try tinfoil on parts of the Dash Cam and possibly try relocating the Dash Cam to one side of the windscreen.
My wife suggests that I use some of the tinfoil from my tin hat that I wear to prevent the NSA from reading my mind, but I think I'll get it elsewhere as that is too risky.
Will post back.
Anyone else having similar issues? I notice from my Google search lots of other folks are reporting identical problems.
