5 days ago
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Hi guys.
This is simply a station regarding installation of a BYD dashcam successful our BYD Atto 3 premium variant car.
Now, BYD introduced a facelift for Atto3 successful July 2024. Prior to the facelift, Atto 3 came arsenic a azygous afloat loaded variant. This car had an inbuilt dashcam. A precise useful diagnostic to person successful immoderate car.
Post facelift, determination were 3 variants – Dynamic (with a 50 kw battery), Premium (with a 60 kw battery) and Superior (with a 60 kw artillery and ADAS). None of these person an successful built dashcam. Considering that the retail terms of a BYD archetypal dashcam is astir 70 USD(Rs.5800), I wonderment wherefore BYD did not proceed with this precise utile feature.
Anyway, my woman bought a BYD Atto3 White Premium variant car successful October 2024. The car has truthful acold been a pleasance to ain and drive.
I had bought immoderate accessories from topbyd.com aft we got the car. They person each been of precise bully quality. I person written astir them successful item successful the BYD Atto 3 reappraisal thread.
My acquisition besides included the BYD dashcam. Before I committed, I had checked successful youtube regarding the installation of the dashcam. The videos were each astir different models of BYD specified arsenic Seal and Sealion.
The installation appeared elemental enough. The gist of the substance is that determination is simply a connecting cablegram for the dashcam successful the integrative sheet anterior to the IRVM. There is besides a dedicated abstraction for the dashcam to slot in. You region the panel, merchandise the cable, link to the dashcam and slot the dashcam successful place. A DIY occupation which is not astatine each hard to do.
You tin admit the tiny circular aperture astatine the 4 o’ timepiece presumption of the picture. That is the spot wherever the camera slots in.
Once the dashcam arrived (the parts are shipped from Hong Kong, takes astir 2-3 weeks to arrive), the bundle looked similar this.
The camera is rather tiny and looks benignant of cute. There is proviso for a cablegram connector astatine the back. A pry instrumentality was besides included on with the bundle to assistance with opening the panel.
One Sunday morning, we opened the achromatic IRVM sheet & checked. Now determination were whispers that the facelifted models did not person a dashcam cablegram inside. But I was incapable to verify this, anterior to the purchase. And definite enough, connected opening the panel, the connecting cablegram was obscurity to beryllium found.
I contacted topbyd.com. They replied that the newer models bash not travel with the connecting cable. They advised maine to acquisition the connecting cablegram separately (costs astir Rs.2900) and get it fixed astatine a competent store oregon arsenic a DIY project. I was not definite astir this. There is simply a youtube video which shows however to get this done and the DIY occupation is really not that hard. But you had to way the cablegram done the A Pillar successful beforehand of the airbag, which was not ideal.
I checked for different dashcam options but was not blessed with immoderate I saw. So kept the dashcam task successful the backburner for the moment.
Last week, I took the Atto3 to Kochi for the car’s archetypal work (the archetypal work is astatine 5000 km and past each 20,000 km/1 twelvemonth thereafter). They finished everything successful 2-3 hours. A Pleasant experience.
I took transportation of the car and was driving it retired erstwhile I remembered astir the dashcam. To the information guy’s bemusement, I reversed each the mode backmost to the reception. I checked with my work manager whether they did the cablegram installation for the dashcam.
The work manager said “But Sir, the connecting cablegram is determination successful your car”. He explained that the cablegram is benignant of hidden nether the roofing sheet but tin beryllium taken out. He had ne'er done it for a premium variant car but had done it for Dynamic variants truthful was precise assured that the cablegram volition beryllium there.
The work technician was called and they went to enactment immediately. The steps went similar this.
-Remove the achromatic integrative sheet up of the IRVM (comes retired successful 2 abstracted segments)
-Unscrew the IRVM
-Unclip the little portion of the compartment lights panel
-Remove the 2 screws connecting the Cabin lights sheet to the roof
-Remove the compartment lights panel
-Remove the medial clip of the prima visor connected the driver’s side
-Loosen the extortion liner
The car IRVM and compartment airy connections are contiguous here. Take attraction to cautiously detach them during the work.
You tin spot a heavy cablegram moving crossed the roof. This contains the transportation for the sunroof & the sunroof shade. It besides contains the cablegram for the dashcam. The cablegram is fixed to the extortion tightly with a clip (blue arrow) and it has to beryllium released first. The cablegram has to beryllium pulled retired slightly. The 3 cables are bound unneurotic by a portion and the portion has to beryllium unwound. The dashcam connecting pin is good buried and the portion should beryllium chopped precisely implicit the pin to debar cutting different wires (I was helping the technician and forgot to instrumentality pictures of releasing the cable)
The enactment took astir 20-30 minutes. It tin beryllium done arsenic a DIY task if you are competent & assured and has the close tools. But I would urge that it beryllium done by professionals. It is not an casual occupation by immoderate means.
The technician released the dashcam cablegram and screwed everything backmost together. He reconnected everything. He near the achromatic sheet uncovered since it would marque it easier for maine to link the dashcam. The past portion was conscionable plug and play and I was assured I could bash it by myself (the dashcam was astatine my home). I made definite that the sunroof and the compartment lights were moving earlier driving backmost to Kottayam.
So contiguous morning, finished the job, with my wife’s help. The cablegram has to beryllium connected to the camera with the close alignment of pins (you volition perceive a satisfying click).
The camera is slotted into its designated spot (there is simply a tiny integrative headdress covering the camera aperture which the technician had removed). Again, you volition perceive a satisfying click erstwhile the camera is fitted correctly. There is simply a clip connected the extortion of the sheet wherever you tin snugly hitch the wire.
Once the camera is successful place, commencement the car. Once the touchscreen is on, you volition person to reboot it. Once it restarts, it volition recognise the dashcam and volition reboot erstwhile more.
Once the surface restarts again, you tin spot the dashcam application. You tin unfastened it and cheque the settings.
The representation prime is good. You person the enactment to prime the clip loop for each recording. Option to grounds a peculiar lawsuit is besides there.
Once you are definite that everything is working, hole the achromatic sheet back. It comes successful 2 segments and some person to beryllium fitted separately. It took immoderate tinkering but was casual capable astatine the end. The full process took astir 15 minutes.
The dashcam needs a microSD card. BYD recommends a max capableness of 128 GB. I volition person to get 1 sometime this week. The microSD paper slot is situated debased down successful the dashboard astatine the little retention area.
Advantages of the BYD dashcam
-Ease of installation(camera). No abstracted request of cables, hardwiring.
-Well integrated with precise bully aesthetics. The dashcam is virtually invisible, station installation. Despite taking aggregate snaps, I could not get a representation successful which the dashcam was disposable from outside.
-The representation prime is bully (HD).
-Ease of usage. Can beryllium operated straight via touchscreen. No request for mobile apps.
-The outgo is Rs.5800. Very tenable for the ease, usage & aesthetics.
Disadvantages
-Professional assistance required for getting the dashcam cablegram acceptable for connection
-Image prime is HD, not 4K.
-No rear camera setup disposable with this exemplary (that I cognize of)
I anticipation this station is utile for BYD owners who are looking to get a dashcam installed. Cheers!
