I hope this video gives you enough information so installing this dashcam is straightforward for you. If you have any questions, or I missed anything, drop a comment down below.
Thanks for the video. When I installed mine I accidentally bumped the rear vision mirror making it fall off (it is designed to come off easily in the case of an accident). After unplugging the connector for the mirror dimming function the mirror and black cover could be removed completely. This made access to the video/power cable and installation of the camera a lot easier. The mirror is held in place by 3 claws that grip onto a 6 sided nut that has 3 short sides and 3 longer sides. When the mirror is installed the claws grip onto the 3 shorter sides (these sides are further away from the centre of the nut than the 3 longer sides). To reinstall the mirror place it so the claws are around the longer sides (60 degrees from the final position) then turn to bring it into the final position.
@SkyPerspective - you still have the protective cover around the edge of rearview mirror (which is only meant for transport) - when you remove that the frameless mirror looks much nicer.
@@SkyPerspective Don't know - read somewhere on Reddit that it should become available after installing the camera, but the same user said he hadn't installed it himself so was just wondering. My seal is still 7-8 weeks away
Attention: Newer seals came without the cable and a (difficulty to remove) plug for the camera hole I heard. And sometimes the rear view mirror fells off (easily to mount again when you know how). And 32 GB is very small. My 128 GB only lasts for a month.
Wow, thanks for sharing such useful information. Yes, better to check our Seal before we buy the camera. Now I am curious what the newer seal looks like inside the housing. Hope someone can share a photo or video or something.
Nope, unfortunately not. Starting the air con to remote start the dashcam might be a convenint side effect BYD was not expecting when designing the dashcam.
Thanks, I used your video to install the dash cam on my seal. The dash cam doesnt record sounds, which could be important sometimes. The image quality is acceptable, and the driving info is nice. How do you upload the footage to your phone? Or do you need to physically remove the SD card?
See 11:52, on the left side of the connector, there is a stripe of jagged plastic. At the end of this plastic strip, there is a protruding catch that will click into the hole of the blue connected on the camera. To unplug the camera, we need to use a pin to push in this catch and pull the connector backwards.
@@SkyPerspective I put cable in white slot, when I placed in blue slot it worked and Dash cam app shows. When in white slot a camera app shows but no pictures, Do you know what this camera app is for?
Just check if you have lane assist. On some roads, when you are approaching lines on the road, the steering wheel will vibrate to let you know you are getting close to the edge of the road. You might have a problem as mentioned by others, but my first assumption would be what I have mentioned above.
I hope this video gives you enough information so installing this dashcam is straightforward for you. If you have any questions, or I missed anything, drop a comment down below.
I got one from aliexpress.. got it without the logo.. but it works perfectly fine.
Great to know. You are welcome to share the link with everyone here, so people know the one you installed will work.
Thanks for this, mate. Looking forward to absolutely flubbing this when we pick up our seal in a few weeks.
You are very welcome. Congrats on your new Seal. I am still loving mine after 6 months.
great idea on the remote start to start the dashcam recording didn't think of that at all
Yes I wasn't expecting it to work, but it did!
Thanks for the video. When I installed mine I accidentally bumped the rear vision mirror making it fall off (it is designed to come off easily in the case of an accident). After unplugging the connector for the mirror dimming function the mirror and black cover could be removed completely. This made access to the video/power cable and installation of the camera a lot easier. The mirror is held in place by 3 claws that grip onto a 6 sided nut that has 3 short sides and 3 longer sides. When the mirror is installed the claws grip onto the 3 shorter sides (these sides are further away from the centre of the nut than the 3 longer sides). To reinstall the mirror place it so the claws are around the longer sides (60 degrees from the final position) then turn to bring it into the final position.
@SkyPerspective - you still have the protective cover around the edge of rearview mirror (which is only meant for transport) - when you remove that the frameless mirror looks much nicer.
Oh really? Thanks for letting me know
I wish this Dashcam came with it already
Did you get a "smart guard" app available in the BYD store (in car) after installing the camera?
It's not available on my (in car) BYD Store app. Did they blocked this smart guard app by geographic location?
@@SkyPerspective Don't know - read somewhere on Reddit that it should become available after installing the camera, but the same user said he hadn't installed it himself so was just wondering. My seal is still 7-8 weeks away
@faenstull oh ok. I will find out more if I get the time to.
Attention: Newer seals came without the cable and a (difficulty to remove) plug for the camera hole I heard. And sometimes the rear view mirror fells off (easily to mount again when you know how). And 32 GB is very small. My 128 GB only lasts for a month.
Wow, thanks for sharing such useful information. Yes, better to check our Seal before we buy the camera. Now I am curious what the newer seal looks like inside the housing. Hope someone can share a photo or video or something.
Mine doesnt have one. Do you know where to connect the cable to?
@@amomtanMy car is going in for its first service tomorrow - I'll ask them
@@gtf600would be grateful, thanks
Do you have live feed to the car camera when using remote start?
Nope, unfortunately not. Starting the air con to remote start the dashcam might be a convenint side effect BYD was not expecting when designing the dashcam.
@SkyPerspective thanks for confirming. It's a shame BYD doesn't introduce a "Sentry mode" system like Tesla.
@xMI55IONx yes I agree.
I just received my BYD Seal in Germany two days ago. Everything worked nicely and the cable is there! Thank you! Also works with 256GB
Wonderful. So glad to hear another happy story.
So i guess that in all EU, will have it... I have my Seal in Greece...I will check it out.
Does it comes with rear camera? I see u just insert front camera only.
Unfortunately, no. Only front camera. It does makes me want to consider getting a separate dashcam system all together.
Is there a way to start the car remotely and see what the dashcam sees in realtime?
Unfortunately no. I am researching if those third party dash cam allows remote viewing over internet.
What if we accidentally touch the ADAS device?
Should be alright if we didn't tug any wires on the adas side.
I Have VDS2100
Thanks, I used your video to install the dash cam on my seal. The dash cam doesnt record sounds, which could be important sometimes. The image quality is acceptable, and the driving info is nice. How do you upload the footage to your phone? Or do you need to physically remove the SD card?
Thanks for video, worked really well for me.
Great to hear! Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
Thanks!
Thank you very much for your Super Thanks
thank you for this video.
Thank you for your comment
Does it have parking mode? What sensor does it have and how is night time recording?
Unfortunately, the cable is not there. Couldnt do it!
Interesting! Could you share which month did you collect your Seal with everyone? Perhaps the later Seal no longer comes with that cable.
@@SkyPerspective july 2024
I dont even know where to plug it in
Hi can I keep it recording when I’m not in the car and without having the car running ?
the quality is horrible ! is it possible to have a better quality one ?
is there a dashcam for the rear of the car?
No not that I know of
No parking mode which is useless.
The resolution of the camera is quite bad
Hi, are you from HDTVTest? Your voice and accent sounded very much the same imo. 😁
Haha.... The voice does sound similar, doesn't it? No different channel, different person.
How do you unclip cable from camera? Thanks
See 11:52, on the left side of the connector, there is a stripe of jagged plastic. At the end of this plastic strip, there is a protruding catch that will click into the hole of the blue connected on the camera. To unplug the camera, we need to use a pin to push in this catch and pull the connector backwards.
Thanks very much 👍
@@bobo8638 You are welcome. Now I am curious, why do you need to unclip and remove the camera?
@@SkyPerspective I put cable in white slot, when I placed in blue slot it worked and Dash cam app shows. When in white slot a camera app shows but no pictures, Do you know what this camera app is for?
It's for recording events happening in front of our cars in case there is an accident.
No parking mode on the dashcam?
What do you mean by parking mode?
@SkyPerspective its keeps recording even when you park the car with the engine off
@jimmy.christian oh, no the dash cam only records when the car is on
@SkyPerspective ah ok thank you
Did you lost celular signal after installing the dash cam?
No. Why would we lost signal?
Is there no rear view?
Thank you for that! I could install mine as well.
One different topic question: do your steering wheel vibrates when you drive?
Yes, when the road is uneven or when there are road bumps. Doesn't vibrate much if I am on good highways. Why did you ask? Is yours vibrating?
Yes. Has only 600 km now. Quite wierd. For 10 km at 100-120 km/h was ok today, then the steering wheel starts to vibrate.
@rogernelson1171 Hmm doesn't sound right to me. Perhaps get BYD to check it.
@_Sensei_8 hi! Thanks for that! Actually it not vibrating in the 4 last times I speed between 80-100 km/h. Pretty weird...
Just check if you have lane assist. On some roads, when you are approaching lines on the road, the steering wheel will vibrate to let you know you are getting close to the edge of the road.
You might have a problem as mentioned by others, but my first assumption would be what I have mentioned above.