On 20/12/2019 at 09:22, Confused_Cheese said:

 I'd imagine you were either fitting the fuse tap the wrong way around or of the fuses is faulty/blown? Might need vcds/carista/odbeleven to reset the air bag warning light as you'll of tripped a code.

 

I'd recommend finding an empty fuse slot for the dash cam if there is one, I'm using slot 34 on mine which is "Heated windscreen washer jets" which my car doesn't have. No piggy back fusing, just straight in. No chance of tripping anything else.

I just installed my dashcam (Apeman) with a Nextbase kit. I used fuse slot 35 which the owner's manual says is "Not assigned" but is switched with the ignition key.

 

Note I think the way up the carrrier is installed matters - I have the wire pointing upwards (like the video shows too). Also the blue light on the Nextbase transformer box didn't come on until I started the engine (but my battery voltage was 11.4V so maybe that's the problem).

On 29/05/2016 at 19:46, Eeeekkk said:

All done, thank you   Not nearly as professional looking as the photos above, but it works!

 

Top of screen, left a little slack in case I move it slightly.

 

 

Fuse box, I couldn't see any holes except where the cover hooks in, so we undid it quite a long way to push the cable through.... hope that looks ok.

 

 

Hi just checked Fabia Mk 3 Handbook and it says that fuse  29 is for airbags  anyone else checked it please 

On 29/05/2016 at 19:46, Eeeekkk said:

All done, thank you   Not nearly as professional looking as the photos above, but it works!

 

Top of screen, left a little slack in case I move it slightly.

 

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/eeeekkky/Car/WP_20160529_16_36_43_Pro.jpg

 

Fuse box, I couldn't see any holes except where the cover hooks in, so we undid it quite a long way to push the cable through.... hope that looks ok.

 

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s93/eeeekkky/Car/WP_20160529_16_25_32_Pro.jpg

 

So, I am possibly a complete idiot, but it's come round to uninstalling this dashcam, I unplugged the plug from the fusebox, got an airbag error! It must be me unplugging it surely, as it's a bit of a coincidence otherwise, but surely I didn't wire it to the airbag fuse? I've plugged it back in but the error is still there.

Airbag faults are latching and can only be cleared with an OBD diagnostic tool that can reset that module, VCDS and other VAG compatible OBD tools.

So you need to just clear the fault and hopefully it won't reappear.

Thanks, hopefully my local garage can do that. I'll sort the fuse first though. 😀 I couldn't get it out of the plug so had to put it all back in.

 

I'm getting an OBD cable to power the new one. 😀

Edited 17 October, 20241 yr by Eeeekkk

Well, uninstalling the old cable took a lot longer than installing the new one. 😀