INNOVV C3 Roof Mount

This is shared by CheckYourLights from U.S., He is well-known member from DashcamTalk.

Well since I have tackled getting a camera as low as I can let's go in the other direction.I decided to toss the lens up on the roof.First as per my usual I got rid of the 3M dual sided stick. For anyone who cares it was labeled 3M and not some lower end stuff. It also came off very easily. I went dual lock so that I can remove it if need be.

Just in case anyone is curious yes the corresponding piece is now stuck on the roof of my car. It is clear so it doesn't look that bad. I don't mind doing it in the name of DashCam science.I glued the mount together so that it would not fly off or slide out while I was going down the road.

I ran the cable through my sun roof it seems to fit okay with no issue in the duct of the sunroof with it closed.

People asked, Very cool!! When do we get to see videos and screen shots? 

The video, Maybe when it gets a little warmer i'll take the T-Tops off of the Camaro and do the same thing but place it on the T-Bar

A ride in the rain.. Problem, and possible solution.

Shared by Riders,

My C3 with 90 degree lens, on a motorcycle has a problem in the rain. The wind keeps droplets of water stuck to the face of the recessed lens (Lens is waterproof, no water come into lens). 

I figured a convex lens cover might help the wind blow water off to the sides, instead of keeping it in place. So, I purchased a 21mm watch crystal and stuck it to the face of the camera with some 2-part urethane adhesive, applied with a small syringe.

The lens attached with Diameter 21mm watch crystal, The Out diameter of aluminum lens case is 23mm. Looks cool!

Now looking for rain to test,Tips: When I got home, and hit a small bump entering my driveway (low speed, no wind), the water drip fell off, You can also see from the effect in the video near the end where I stopped for a light. There, the water slumped to the bottom, clearing the view a bit. (The screen shot is from 720P, NOT 1080P)

Two INNOVV C3 mounted on Honda GL1800

The installation are shared by Charles from U.S.
Two sets installed, 120 degree lens set installed at front, 90 degree lens set installed at rear.

The bike, Honda GL1800

120 deg Lens mounted on front of GL1800 Goldwing

Camera mounted inside left front glove box

90 deg. Lens mounted under trunk on rear of GL1800 Goldwing

The camera mounted in trunk

INNOVV C3 on bike and fiber optic cable to my dashboard

With my install you can see that I did fiber optic cable to my dashboard, so I can see C3 status while driving. C3 is started together with bike ingnition and it shuts down when I shut engine down. I used your cigarete charger PCB for 12V to 5V - it is nice small PCB. I put everything into plastic box (IPOD box) so it is waterproof even when I am crossing river on my bike.

Where the lens installed

The fiber optic cable installed on the cut off plastic holder

The fiber optic cable installed and direct contact the indicator LED

The LED status seeing through the fiber optic cable

The fiber optic cable on dashboard, it is easy to see on day and night time.

The recording unit in IPOD box, which is waterproof now

The connections through the box

The box installed under seat.

BMW F700GS with Innovv C3

I powered the control unit from a USB power adaptor I have installed on the bike. I’m using the shorter supplied USB PC cable, not the 2 wire DC USB power cable. That permits me unplug the cable form the power outlet and plug it into my tablet or smartphone using an OTG [On The GoUSB cable] or direct into my laptop to download the files without directly accessing the C3 unit or unplugging the micro SD card.

C3 camera installed above Hi Beam headlight. Note the bracket is a temporary mock up to test vibration (none) and placement (works for me). I’ll cut this down and weld it up and paint it flat black to match headlight back shell. Cable is yet to be concealed into the bodywork. Note - this bracket looks like its sitting on the top of the headlight shell, it is not, it’s a 2-3mm above it

I made a small round cut into the lower edge of the screen to provide clearance for the camera. This stops the screen vibrating the camera. Note the screen is a powerbronze model screen, not the stock screen, but the same could be done to the stock screen.

I used the supplied INNOVV threaded clip to hold camera bolted thru the mock up bracket. I side mounted it to get the overall height closer to the top of the headlight and reduce the cut out to the screen. Note the bracket is a rough mock up out of a couple of pieces of 3mm steel and will be rebuilt as a single piece without the nut and bolt shown.  I removed the inner washer from the LH headlight bolt and put the camera bracket in its place and re-bolted the headlight thru the camera bracket.

I have tried the control unit in two locations, both under the false tank cover as there is not much room under the seat in this model.  I will probably move the unit into my top box when I get an extension Mini HDMI cable.

The above position is on top of the airbox and there is approx. 25mm between the air box and the false cover. This could probably do with a plexi cover over it to stop any driving rain coming from the left (front) over the battery and into the control unit. The Blue Tack is my way of securing and sealing the slide switch on the control unit. The white stuff is self-adhesive Velcro holding the unit in place onto the top of the airbox.

This other position just works as well, moving the unit further back. With half of the sticky Velcro still attached to the unit, it makes a snug fit that does not move around at all. Extra HDMI Cable length is coiled into the valley between the airbox and the battery, just above the white Velcro in the image above.

INNOVV C3 camera rear mount for Kawasaki Ninja 250r

This is a simple camera mount for the Innovv C3 to fit the 2008-2012 Kawasaki Ninja 250r motorcycle by firacer98, Looks smart and cool!!

Just thought I'd share this mount with you guys. I designed it in Sketchup and printed it on my Da Vinci 3D printer. It uses the existing hole that is present on the fender. The C3 is almost exactly the same size as the hole! The adapter will fit the barrel of the C3 quite snug so it won't turn. 

It's designed to fit on the stock rear fender. The stock fender has 3 holes, and the center hole is practically the same size as the diameter of the C3 bullet camera. It seemed like a logical place to put it. I included the original Sketchup file in case you need to modify it.

It was printed on a Davinci 3D printer at 400microns (0.4) layer height with 20% fill. During my test prints, I've done them at 5% fill and it worked too, just not as strong but it'll also work.

It uses two M6, 25mm bolts to fasten. You can probably go with shorter bolts, like maybe 15mm since the thickness of the mount is only 10mm anyways. I only used 25mm cause that's what I had. No nuts need since the bolts are pretty tight in the holes. I would also suggest washers as well to cover up the existing holes better. I painted mine with black vinyl paint since pink doesn't match my bike.

I uploaded the file to Thingiverse if anyone is interested in printing their own. 

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:687322

The First Moto DashCam, INNOVV C3

Thanks for Kim from UK, who design the below banner, it is very smart design, that the best present the features of the C3, the small and discreet lens case, and interchangeable lens, very impressive!

Below photo is from Fishie in Singapore, who took the below beautiful photo after his two the C3 installed. the lens is under head light.

 Below is the close look, it is from other bike. This is 90 degree lens attached on the mount to solid glue on the bike. The lens is aluminum made, solid and waterproof, do not worry about ridding in the raining days, and it will never draw the thief's attention when leave it alone.

This is to show how the recording unit installed. it is under seat. Transit the power from 12V to 5V to connect the recording unit, once the bike power on, the recording start, power off, the recording stop. and loop recording let the last video clip to replace the first one, you do not worry the SD card is full. 

Here is the recording in day and night, the C3 is under head light, it records where you go. 

Innovv C2 is flying on beach

A quick flight around Guerilla Bay on the far South coast of NSW with the zmr250, This little cam can take a beating and just keeps producing nice video.

Slope Soaring a Cloud AXN at Hope Beach in southern Tasmania, 

INNOVV C3 INSTALL ON BMW K1600

This is BMW K1600, People show how he install INNOVV C3 on it. Looks simple and cool. 

Camera mounted on lower pan of oil cooler duct. I removed the plastic to make the hole. Unfortunately, it's impossible to reinstall unless the upper fairing panels are removed. If you do this, punch a hole in the plastic in place, with a heated length of 1/4" brass hobby tubing. This is the 90-degree lens, and it has a perfect view here, No cutoff bottom or top.

Camera cable (the shiny one) runs down to the left side pocket, so I could use the exiting USB connector for power.

I used brass tubing with a sharpened end in a drill to make a new hole in the existing cable grommet. then cut a slot to the hole. After reinstalling it, I sealed the slot with a 2-part urethane adhesive, which remains flexible. Silicone caulk would probably work as well.

I removed the pocket clip and and the lugs it was screwed to, along with the tripod mount to make a flat bottom on the recorder clip.

Recorder unit in side pocket. I shortened the power cable from 2M to about 6", and stuck the clip to the side of the pocket with Command sticky strips, I have to unclip it to pull the micro-SD card if I want to copy the videos to my computer, or plug into it locally with the data cable and a laptop. The gray thing is my garage door transmitter.

The Close look, Without the direct light, you can barely see it. 

The front look, Nothing to put away when parked, and it's always on when the bike is.

ToyRun 2014 World's Fastest Santa!

This is from RidingWithTom, people are very impressed, 

Great event really good cause to! Loving the stunting at the end, what camera did you use for the slowmo stuff? 

Very nice ride. Can't wait 'till I get a bike and do a good long ride like that, uninterrupted and no camera bull shit though =P

Shoot my toy run up here was wet and cold. It looks like it was sunny and warm down there. 

Awesome. Nice costume. Luckily you can ride your bikes in winter too.. Not so in Europe. :(

Stay Cool! Why not bring INNOVV C3 to guys? Have fun and enjoy!

Merry Christmas and Happy 2015

Time is flying, soon 2014 will be over and we will be welcoming in the year 2015.  It's time to wish all our customers and followers seasons greetings and a happy and prosperous new year.

Looking back at the last blog, Merry Christmas and happy 2014, and the goals we set ourselves I hope we achieved what we set out to do after making huge efforts in 2014.

Our primary objective was closer communication with people.

The website monthly visits now reach 6000. The blog monthly visits now reach 5000 monthly. And we have had a good following on other forums, notably dashcamtalk.  And thanks to Willy.  He brings INNOVV C3 to motorcycle forums, like advrider.com and bayarearidersforum,

New Developments and Upgrading

To help us with future developmens we have been learning from discussions on forums and noting suggestions and ideas . Collecting ideas and making carefully considered plans before starting new developments. The 'wishlist' thread was very very useful in deciding what changes to make to our new products. 

The wishlist for motorcycle and riding camera 

The INNOVV C3 is a very exciting new development and YouTube reviewer Techmoan said in his blog that it's the World's first motorcycle dashcam!

Innovv C3 Review -The Wired Lens Mini Camera

We are now moving into a new year and would like to introduce more new developments and make further improvements including even  better communications with people and more discussion regarding our new developments with support from forums.  Always to let people See it, Touch it, Like it.

Finally I would like to share this video of INNOVV C1 is hot  with you all as people have said “This brings back old memories of when I was a kid and a local TV station would put a video of a burning Yule log on the screen all night on Christmas eve. ”

Innovv C3 Review -The Wired Lens Mini Camera- By Techmoan

Cube shaped action cameras aren't suitable for all situations so Innovv thought outside the box when designing their new camera to allow for greater flexibility in camera placement.

If you've got the time (31 mins) you can click the video below to see my full review of the C3 Mini Snake Camera.

One thing that I didn't mention during the review was how this could be considered to be the first Motorcycle 'Dash' Camera. Over the years I've reviewed plenty of Car DVR Dashcams, but whenever people asked me if something similar was available for motorcycles I've always drawn a blank....until now. The C3 has all the necesssary features to make a great bike DVR . It has the ability to loop over the oldest video on the memory card, the water resistant camera can be lashed to the frame or hidden away in a fairing and the control unit can be stowed seperately in a dry area of the bike - perhaps under the seat, powered from a switched 5V USB. 

My bike already has a switched 12V power socket fitted, but if you need to fit one I believe that aFuseblock is a device you can install to get switched power and then add a 12V to 5V USB 1 Amp converter for the Innovv C3.

But that's just one use for a C3, but I'm sure you can think of many others. 

DOWNLOADABLE CLIPS 

You can download samples clips from Dumptruck or Mega . Do not stream these as this downgrades the quality - you have to download the clips and then play them back from your computer to see their true original quality. If these doesn't appear to be working the problem is at your end - try a different browser or wait a few more seconds.

More details, learn from Techmoan's blog from below link,

Innovv C3 Review -The Wired Lens Mini Camera

Innovv C3 HD Action Cam/Snake Cam Unboxing Review, Using and Test Clips- By bobflyman