You can go 40mm into it. If you look at the second pic I posted, you can see the lens of mine is just under the swipe of the wiper so it's ok on both counts.
It's a bit of a pain ruling though and a bit ambiguous. I mean, are they saying that you can't have a camera that encroaches more that 40...
If they fitted it under the rear-view mirror on an R231, I would say it's it's certainly in the swept area of the windscreen wipers and therefore not fitted lawfully - if that worries you...
https://www.roadhawk.co.uk/articles/product-placement-is-your-dash-cam-breaking-the-law
After lots of research I fitted the Thinkware Q800, partly because it's pretty small and discrete but also because of it's night recording performance and 2k recording, which makes reading number plates easier. I placed it right at the top of the screen, just to the left of the roof console, so...
Thanks a lot. I found that but it appears to be for an R230 not an R231 - certainly the fuse I used isn't shown on the map. I'll see if I can get the number, but it's the only 15 amp fuse in the location near where the piggyback block is.
So, just in case it helps someone else. There is a large grommet on the drives side bulkhead which you can push a wire through to come out near the driver side cabin fuse box. I then ran the cable to the passenger side engine bay fuse box and used a piggyback adapter to get a switched live. The...
Hi all
I'm trying to fit a dashcam to my SL400 R231. I've got all the cables nicely hidden and run down the pillar to the driver-side fuse box where I need a permanent and a switched live, the only problem is, I've tested all the fuses there with a meter and every one seems to be a permanent...
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