So I am thinking of purchasing the K2 for my car.
My question is, how should I hook up power? Get an obd power unit and splice the wires to the K2's power unit? Is anyone hooking up the K2 to something else other than directly to the battery?
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You could ask the guys at OCDtronic if they still have some K2 in stock.
Well I was going to buy this today but I can't find it anywhere :(
Thank you. I might go with this option if the camera cable is long enough. Do you know just how long it is?
Are there extension cables for the cameras?No. May be that an USB-C cable will do the job, but I never tested it.
Are you still able to create custom firmwares?Of course.
@Frostie I was thinking of an inline fuse adapter for that. https://www.blackboxmycar.com/products/add-a-fuseOf course you could use such adapters to power. You only need to find a spot to connect the black cable to.
Also, would it be possible to push the firmware of the K2 of the front camera to a 30+ bitrate? I won't be connecting the rear camera.The maximum combined bitrate is 39,6MBit. So with the rear cam running at its default bitrate, the frontcam can be boosted up to 28 MBit. I never tested if it is possible to decrease the bitrate for the rear cam to get more at the front cam.
Like 6MBit at the rear cam and 34MBit at the front cam.
But in my eyes this isn't necessary either. At 28MBit, there will be no compression artifacts at all. Increasing the bitrate any further would be of no benefit.
Would this work? I'm hoping I could splice the K2 to this cable.
I want it for my car because there's much less chance of theft, and having a heat issue. I don't want people walking by and looking at a $450 unit in the window, if it somehow continues to stick and operate in the summer.
Not sure it is the best for cars. There are systems that are cheaper and easier to install.