SophiaMay

OK! Got the camera hardwired into the overhead console. Thank you Murphy for the info on the length of time needed for things to shut down. I will post pics of what the console wiring looks like when I figure out how to do that. IMPORTANT: If anyone buys the Blackbox G1W, DO NOT plug it directly to your computer via supplied USB, or any other USB for that matter. Plugged it in today after 2 days of usage to check how it looks and as soon as software drivers started to install the system crashed. Upon restart, my Anti-Virus popped up with warning of a threat. I ran a quick scan and found what turned out to be a Trojan called Dropper-gen[Drp]. It then downloaded a mess of PuP's (Potentially Unwanted Programs). Spent the better part of the day cleaning my pc from this garbage. I opted to use a card reader I have to check the video, and that seemed to work fine. I did reformat the card though, using the camera itself this time in the hopes of getting rid of the "monster in the camera", so to speak. I don't know if that actually does any good, but I hope so. 7/4/14 - I am sorry. I have been trying to figure out how to post pictures, but it is way to frustrating and time consuming. If any of you want the pics, please PM me and I will send them to you.

Murphy, thank you for that information. I wonder how much battery depletion would occur during the minutes before everything is shut down. Something I need to look into.

So the overhead console idea was a bust. Of the viable wires, one was 8v, which is too low voltage for the dashcam, two were off all the time, and the 12v was hot all the time. We do not have a self dimming mirror as previous poster does. We have been 3 days at this and not one good solution yet. Of the wires we can get to, they are either too low voltage, or hot no matter if car turned on or not. Wanted to get into the steering column, but because we don't know how it goes together we did not want to try to open it. We will continue to try to wire this dashcam in, but right now it does not look good. I really wish there was info out there on the 2013 hybrid. If anything changes I will post. If we end up successful, hopefully I can get some pics for you all,

I just purchased a hard wire kit from ebay. I am going to wire it into the overhead console. There are lots of videos on youtube on how to do this, so hopefully it will work out. I will post as soon as it is done and report on how it works.

Hi All, I am planning on buying a Blueskysea G1W dashcam and would like to hardwire it. My questions are: 1) has anyone done this, with any dashcam, 2) where did you find the wiring kit, and 3) what did you wire it into? Info is scarce on wiring a hybrid, so maybe it is not any different than any other vehicle. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We bought our FFH two weeks ago, and it is the first Hybrid we have owned. We are snowbirds, so are in the process of getting it ready to tow in January. It has been fun to drive, although a little frustrating at times. I just think of it as a huge computer on wheels, so my expectations are as with any computer. I know that we have not even begun to scratch the surface of what this car can do, so I am looking forward to learning. I had been lurking on this forum for weeks before we purchased, and there is a lot of good info. I am also sure I will have many questions. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.... Sharon