Fitting small dash cam

[Willow the wasp]

Been looking at garmin mini 2 purely on the size alone, wanting to place it behind interior mirror, question, does the interior lamp have a constant live feed?

[flash22]

No, use a hardwire kit, tuck it in the edge of the headliner and down the passenger side A pillar to the fuse box

 

[J0nny]

Fitted my Dashcam yesterday, but only a temporary fitting with usb cable. Ran it across the visor, down the door pillar under the rubber seal, then across the knee area by squeezing it between the upper and lower dashboard pieces. Its then plugged in a usb cigarette Adapter. I will probably wire it in properly later.  I tried the Garmin Mini 2 but could not get it to pair with my phones. Lots of reviewers saying the same. I sent it back. Its very rare I failed to master tech. I am now using the tried and trusted transcend. Nothing special but it works.  Don't forget if you take the car abroad dashcams are illegal in some countries.

[Willow the wasp]

Follow up regarding wiring for garmin mini 2, I didn't want to wire into fusebox and tried several leads/cables from Amazon, although the listing quoted micro usb they all came with mini usb, I contacted garmin by phone and within minutes of explaining my predicemont two days later the correct item arrived by post, all free of charge, 5 stars to garmin

[eein]

Are there instructions out there for the fuse box style connection? Maybe with a circuit diagram and/or pictures?

 

And have anyone combined with a rear camera and a reserve selector capability for auto backup camera like funcationality?

[Monkeyboy2283]

On 9/12/2022 at 9:41 PM, eein said:

Are there instructions out there for the fuse box style connection? Maybe with a circuit diagram and/or pictures?

 

And have anyone combined with a rear camera and a reserve selector capability for auto backup camera like funcationality?

Here is a guide I made of Hardwiring Dashcam Power 

Toyota IQ Hardwiring Dashcam Power Guide.docx