To you budding car electricians out there. Could the optional rear view camera be rewired and routed through some sort of recording device to act additionally as a rear view dash cam?. Yes I know I could but my question is, I suppose, is the equipment available for such a jo?

It's a nice idea but I really doubt there is anything commercially available to do that. Also A standard dash cam would have a much better video quality than the rear view camera.

I use this dash cam, had it nearly 3 years and I've had it fitted in 2 car's now

 

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The only issue I have now is that it doesn't start to record automatically when I start the engine, I have to start it manually. The image quality is good enough front and back. I have the rear camera mounted high up in the rear window, so it can't be moved/vandalized. When it finally gives up the goat I'll be buying another one.