Theres also a smudge on your lens just where the speedo displays
Right, having done some research I'm going for it.
I've decided to order a Garmin Virb XE camera (front facing on my bike at 1080p / 60 FPS) and the lower specced Garmin Virb X for rear facing 1080p / 30 FPS.
They will be hard wired into my new HEX EZCAN device on the aux channel. My new Aux Lights on left and right channel and the remaining channel for extra rear brake lights.
The Garmin cameras will have 128GB memory cards on a loop recording and paired together with the front camera (host) rear camera (slave).
The front/rear video footage is GPS timestamped and will auto syncronise.
Now the clever stuff.... the cameras are paired also to my Bmw Navigator VI satnav. I can use the screen for recording on/off etc.
But... it should also upload the bikes telemetry data in sync with the video recordings. How much data I dont know yet, but playback should be epic, showing video footage, GPS, speed, revs, altitude, heart rate... tons of stuff.
Also, the Sat Nav is paired to my phone which is paired to my Bluetooth headset in helmet. So audio from microphone should be overlaid onto camera footage.
All with no wires!!
Cool (if I got my info right and if it works).
Hi,
I am putting together a similar set up as time and money allow. Have my navigator vI and have picked up a Verb XE and a Verb X. Also got the bracket for mounting the Verb XE at the front. Hopefully will have the cameras mounted the weekend. I need to get the rugged power cables and wire them up and a couple of questions have arisen as follows:
1) For the rugged power cable I have come across a couple of options which can be seen at the following links;
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/543204
or
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/515318
The first is what I think you have used which is a straightforward power cable with the advantage of plenty of length.
The second includes a connection for an external mic and a video out connection.
Just wondering if as in your post below the bluetooth set up worked in giving you voice over on the video as if it did not the second option essentially gives a way of doing this
A good thread keeps getting better.
An excellent mixture of advice, decent amounts of self help (so at least people are trying to work things out for themselves) and clear explanations where required. The Travel section could learn something from it.
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
Regarding the 3 in 1 cable, looking at the photo of it I thought it connected to the camera with a similar wrap around type clamp to the charging cable or the rugged cable you have used and the 3 connections including the micro usb at are at the other end. I thought the micro usb is used for power/charging connection and a lead with a male micro USB is needed to connect it. I was thinking of using a male micro uUSB to Std USB coupled with a USB outlet to connect it to power on the bike.
For the audio connection, I intended to connect this with a lead to the passenger lead of an Inta-Ride Hawk Bluetooth Two/Way Radio/intercom unit that I am also going to install. The idea hear is that once I hit the PTT button on the Hawk and transmit the audio will be recorded on the camera, that way I can record only the commentary I want to the raid, all hardwired on the bike but using a bluetooth headset so no wires connected to the rider and all bike powered except the headset. Was thinking connections could be positioned appropriately for protection from the elements and maybe heat shrink the connections if necessary to be on the safe side.
Video connection wouldn't be used normally. The rugged cable is mooted as great for rugged environments, such as adventures on ATVs, motorcycles and more so must be weatherproof to certain degree and am thinking should be able to make it watertight.
On having a look after you raised the question I found this https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/523385
which seems to be a cable to connect from the Mini USB on the combo cable to a power supply.
Any thoughts o the Fuse Block vs the HEX EZCAN??
Well I have now used the Virb setup on my trip to the Top of Australia. I did the following in the short prep time I had.
1) Mounted the Virb by Ram mount to crash Bar using long extension between two ball mounts. Stuck the quick release mount to one end so I could easily remove camera , and used a fishing trace for extra security.
2) Used 128 gig card in the Virb and set to 30 minute loop mode which gave 5 min segments. When I wanted to save I stopped and started the Virb through the Nav Vi.
3) Downloaded using spare cable to 1 Terra bite hard drive when time permitted.
Observations:
I have not rendered the data yet but the camera worked flawlessly in rain cold heat and very rough dirt road conditions. I have ordered a Hex Cam setup and will buy a second Virb so I can have front and rear crash cams.
I'd like to see some footage once its ready.
What I'm also very interested in... does the LX give you any more data than you've seen with my cheapy version?
Thats good news. I'll upgrade my OBD2 to the OBDLink MX version as it does other brands like Ford and GM.
Will be useful for other family member cars in cases of emergency. And can reset Service Indicator on our BMW R1200GS bikes I understand.
But I'd also heard on the grapevine that these Garmin Virb XE and X models can also connect to OBD2 ELM327 Bluetooth devices.
This means you can connect it to your BMW R1200GS OBD2 Port and suck lots of really juicy data out of the bikes ECU, AS YOU RIDE ALONG.
So I bought this one off Amazon.co.uk last night, which arrived today and I connected it up.
It took about 10 attempts as for some reason the Bluetooth Search on the Garmin Virb XE couldn't find it.
But after repeated attempts it did find it, and it now connects everytime without trouble.
I fitted it to the OBD2 port and put it in a waterproof bag (upside down) to protect it from water ingress.