I would recommend you move your camera around while it's on (when testing) and see the field of view. Also, if your dashcam uses suction, it might not stick to it and fall mid-drive. You could also attach it to the black plastic cover but it will be lower and farther from the glass which could be more prone to reflections. I haven't tested it, but the wipers might not reach the top and thus your camera would be looking through dirty glass. Alternatively, you can put it a little higher (red box). I can see the bottom of the dashcam but doesn't really bother me.
Since the Rav4 has the rain sensor and some bulky stuff in the front, I decided to place it right below it. This is how it looked after everything was connected (green circle is the ground):įirst I planned where to place the dashcam. If all is good, then used some pliers to close the plastic casing of the fuse taps to hold the connection together. If it doesn't, check the wiring and connections (also settings, make sure parking mode is indeed on). If it works, the dashcam should be in parking mode and once you turn the car on, it should turn on and record. Here would be a great time to test the system and your wiring. I used the pliers to loosen it then attached the ground and tighten it back. In my case, I found the one right next to the fuse box facing forward to be the easiest. You can use your multimeter to touch that nut and the loaded prong of an always-on fuse and see if you read 12v. You can find almost any nut that is connected to the chassis and it would be grounded. The next thing would be to connect the ground. To connect them, I bent the naked wires and shoved them into the tap sleeve. In the viofo case, the red is battery or always ON and the yellow is ACC. You would want to remember and make sure you connect the correct ports to the correct wires.
#INSTALLING BLACKVUE DASH CAM IN 2016 RAV4 INSTALL#
We can now install the hardwire kit to the fuse taps. We want to make sure the loaded side is connected to the prong in the fuse tap that is farthest from the cable (top prong in the photo) or hope it's the same case for you and take the orientation I used. You can use your multimeter to check which is the loaded side and which isn't. If you don't position it properly then the fuses are not configured correctly. NOTE: There is directionality to it! One of the prongs in the slot is loaded and the other is not. Now connect the 2 fuse taps to the fuse box. Then remove the screw on the right (you can use your hands), afterward you can slide the top cover (green) down by holding the top and pulling down First, take the floor ones (red) by holding them from the driver's side (right) then pull and pry them out. To make installation and routing easier, I removed the bottom covers. Now setup the fuse tap by adding a <5A fuse into the top (secondary) slot I decided to use the 2 empty slots as one is conveniently always ON (Battery-green circle) and the other is ON only with the car (ACC-pink circle). To remove the cover, pull on the metal tab (green circle) and remove the cover with your other hand/another finger by pulling the black cover down. It should have a cover (the black rectangle in the photo below). The fuse box should be under the steering wheel area to the left.
Now that we got everything, we look for the fuse box.
#INSTALLING BLACKVUE DASH CAM IN 2016 RAV4 PRO#
The dashcam (i used Viofo A129 pro duo.This particularly is for a Rav4 XLE hybrid 2021 but I suspect it would be the same for most 2019+ Rav4. So I decided to document it and hopefully, this helps others! There was lots of information to go through and couldn't find any guide that fit everything for the Rav4 (although some came close). I thought it would be easy but damn it wasn't for me. I recently got a Rav4 and the first thing first was to install a Dashcam (Get a dashcam!).
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