Hi sifus, need some advice...

My current setup is Mi Dashcam in front and Garmin GDR 45 in the back, but today the Garmin decided to call it quits and stuck in boot loop.

I have two choices, send the Garmin to repair and I plan to swap back the Garmin in front and Mi at the back because the Mi's mount is very loose and easily bumped into.

Or else, simply replace the Garmin with the 70mai pro or something else under RM800. What would sifus here recommend? How's the camera quality of 70mai pro compared to Garmin?


This post has been edited by KyleLee088: Sep 5 2019, 06:53 PM

I believe so, as last year my discontinued GBC 30 in my other car decided to die as well so Garmin sent it back to Taiwan to be repaired

How about Blackvue and Thinkware cameras? Any cheaper ones that can be recommended say less than 1.2 to 1.5k?

The battery died a few months after purchase and wouldn't hold charge anymore and the parking recording function is kinda wonky so I already knew the battery is gone but it still continued to work fine

Right now it boots up normally, then freezes, and restarts but without the SD card it boots up just fine... the SD card works on my other cameras though so I doubt its the SD card but I tried to reformat the card and the camera worked for a while then went back into boot loop again

These are dual cams right? I don't intend to switch out both cameras though just keeping the Mi for rear and switching the Garmin if it cannot be/not recommended to be repaired

This post has been edited by KyleLee088: Sep 5 2019, 10:32 PM

Thanks for the recommendation, getting it tonight during 9.9 sales for RM450 since Garmin charged est. RM500 for a replacement unit

Is getting a CPL filter recommended? And also for the parking mode hard wiring, I've read some reviews said that I cannot plug into the USB port on the GPS mount but the one on the side of the unit only... is that true?

This post has been edited by KyleLee088: Sep 8 2019, 10:10 PM

Hi sifus, I just finished hardwiring my A119v3, but not sure if it is working correctly...

I wired ACC to the rear accessory socket fuse and battery to the power door locks fuse. I bolted the ground wire to a metal bolt but it's resting against a plastic piece, is that ok?

There is a red LED in the voltage control box, and the camera turns on when ignition on, and the red LED turns on solid. When I shut off the car, the red LED blinks rapidly. Does this mean my hardwiring is successful?

Just hopped back into the car, I noticed that the red LED was solid on, and when I pressed the menu button the screen turned on and there was a motion recording icon. Started the car and it switched to a car recording icon. Turned the car back off and it went back to a motion recording icon but not recording and the red LED blinked rapidly. I think it's working then...

I bought the hardwiring kit together with the camera from Sicurez on Lazada during 9.9 sales, but ori price is RM69

The fuse taps and fuses I bought from Taobao for RM5 cuz Lazada ones I managed to find was RM20 😵