Porsche Dashcam

[craz8]

I just had my Viofo hardwired into the pre-wiring for power. The tricky part was working out which wire of the power pigtail was what. The info I had from the internet didn't match the actual wires.

The Viofo hardwire kit has a very long USB-C power wire that is a bit tricky to pack in the overhead console. We didn't use the pre-wire for the coax to the back of the car though.

The fuses in the correct boxes worked perfectly.

My installer told me of 2 pre-release cameras he has on his car that can be contacted without dropping the CarPlay connection, so that's coming soon to the dash cam world.

I heartily recommend Matt of Dash Cams Seattle, who now knows how to use Porsche pre-wiring for your camera installation!

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[sor]

Did you happen to collect the wiring details to share and correct the bad info out there?

 

[craz8]

The wiring was correct, except the no-name pigtail I bought on eBay didn't match the color scheme of the pictures I've seen on the internet.

So, use a multimeter to check which wire is connected to what pin to confirm which of the three to use in what order.

Here's the picture. My pigtail was I think

Green->Ground​

Red->Positive​

White->ACC​

Luckily, the ACC in the pre-wiring harness is immediate on the power switch, so easy to find once we'd got it wrong the first time! He diagnosed and fixed this in-situ, as unplugging the thing once connected is hard without taking down more of the console.

This is a photo of the intermediate state before we found the correct ground wire (It was not the black that is connected in this photo!)

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