Category Archives: Automotive

New battery for the Kia Pregio van

Posted on 28/07/2017 by AlanM52

I’ll put it in tomorrow morning and see how she starts, in the meantime giving it a top up charge.

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Toyota Camry rear camera

Posted on 14/01/2017 by AlanM52

Finally installed the rear camera that’s been lying around for a while.

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Car DVR – Mercedes

Posted on 10/01/2016 by AlanM52

The DVR is supplied with a 4GB SD card.

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Car DVR – Mercedes

Posted on 09/01/2016 by AlanM52

Installed one of the $25 units we bought at the market last week into my sister’s Mercedes Kompressor. This is the first time the power lead has been long enough to reach from the camera all the way around behind … Continue reading →

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HD CAR DVR–where I find English language?

Posted on 01/01/2016 by AlanM52

After hours of stuffing around (on & off) and literally hundreds of button presses’ I’ve finally managed to get ENGLISH menu’s !!! The frigging default is bloody Chinese so I had to blindly go through menu options (like trying to … Continue reading →

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HD CAR DVR

Posted on 01/01/2016 by AlanM52

Direct from Guangdong Province to Caribbean Market ( this is the real thing with genuine Mandarin Chinese screen menus! No name white box special, will it be any good?…cost $20 bucks.

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Check out these crazy drivers

Posted on 21/10/2015 by AlanM52

Heading down Ferntree Gully towards Eastlink overpass with Chesterfield Farm on the left, looked like Indian or Paki driving late model vehicles – WTF.

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Car black box recorders – finish off

Posted on 21/09/2015 by AlanM52

Car black box recorders are now finally cabled for power, in both cars I’ve managed to tuck away and hide the cables. Camera automatically starts recording with IGN/ACC on and stops a couple of minutes after IGN is turned off … Continue reading →

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To many toys…

Posted on 28/08/2015 by AlanM52

This has been lying on the dining room table while I’ve been playing around with the car black box recorders. However…my main priority is to keep moving with the tree pruning, lost a day yesterday with the rain but I … Continue reading →

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Remote controlled spider

Posted on 22/06/2015 by AlanM52

Impulse shopping – love it. IR remote controlled spider from Reject Shop for $10 bucks – batteries NOT included.

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