BMW Advanced Eye 2.0 dashcam

HampshireUK · 10-18-2018, 05:13 AM

Has anyone considered these to be fitted during the cars PDI process at the dealers. I know they aren’t the best on sale but look OEM and v2 looks better.

nrf12 · 10-18-2018, 05:48 AM

I had the dealer install it for me ready for delivery. Agreed, not the best quality on the market, but worth it to me to have one throat to choke if it doesn't work or causes battery problems. So far, so good.

HampshireUK · 10-18-2018, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by nrf12

I had the dealer install it for me ready for delivery. Agreed, not the best quality on the market, but worth it to me to have one throat to choke if it doesn't work or causes battery problems. So far, so good.

How much did you pay overall including installation, do you have any pics of the installed cameras too please

nrf12 · 10-18-2018, 06:34 AM

The RRP of the unit is a fraction over £300. I paid a total of £450 including installation by the dealer. I'll post pictures when I can (it's dark when I get home, so it may not be til the weekend).

HampshireUK · 10-18-2018, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by nrf12

The RRP of the unit is a fraction over £300. I paid a total of £450 including installation by the dealer. I'll post pictures when I can (it's dark when I get home, so it may not be til the weekend).

Great thanks is that the front and rear cameras ?

nrf12 · 10-18-2018, 07:36 AM

Yes, ACE 2.0 is both cameras, front and rear. I haven't seen it offered as just one camera.

X3inZug · 10-19-2018, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by nrf12

I had the dealer install it for me ready for delivery. Agreed, not the best quality on the market, but worth it to me to have one throat to choke if it doesn't work or causes battery problems. So far, so good.

I too would like to have this "dealer" installed for the same reasons, but, the response I got from my dealer in Switzerland was: "Advanced car eye is not allowed for legal reasons."

Sucks and its weird. I can go to many stores here similar to "best buy" and purchase dash cams, so, it cannot be fully illegal... Really wanted to have this and am still pondering how to make it work...

Anyone in Switzerland here in the forum too, care to speculate or talk about your dash cam setup?
Thanks,
X3inZug

spangle1980 · 10-19-2018, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by X3inZug

I too would like to have this "dealer" installed for the same reasons, but, the response I got from my dealer in Switzerland was: "Advanced car eye is not allowed for legal reasons."

Sucks and its weird. I can go to many stores here similar to "best buy" and purchase dash cams, so, it cannot be fully illegal... Really wanted to have this and am still pondering how to make it work...

Anyone in Switzerland here in the forum too, care to speculate or talk about your dash cam setup?
Thanks,
X3inZug

https://gb.snooper.eu/blog/can-i-use...cam-in-europe/

Weird - legal to own, "strongly discouraged" WTF?

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/08...ing-in-europe/

a more known source - read the bit on Switzerland, WTAF?

Poor you, no wonder BMW are shit scared of providing.

X3inZug · 10-19-2018, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by spangle1980

https://gb.snooper.eu/blog/can-i-use...cam-in-europe/

Weird - legal to own, "strongly discouraged" WTF?

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/08...ing-in-europe/

a more known source - read the bit on Switzerland, WTAF?

Poor you, no wonder BMW are shit scared of providing.

Thanks, both very interesting links that I had not seen before. Sucks, as I do travel to Austria once in a while, and I'm sure if I had it, and even if it was off, I would be fined... so its best not to have all together. Not to mention obviously the second link talks about Switzerland. Indeed, a shame. Thanks for the educational links...

spangle1980 · 10-19-2018, 02:18 PM

JESUS - I didn't read Austria - I was fixated on Switzerland.

I'm stunned.

nrf12 · 10-20-2018, 12:08 PM

Front and rear images of my UK dealer installation

HampshireUK · 10-20-2018, 12:41 PM

Thanks for the pictures I have heard stories about the location on the passenger side and this confirms it. I don’t know why they don’t put it closer to the rear view mirror, maybe this is a technical reason or space ?

Does this not block the view for the front seat passenger ?

spangle1980 · 10-20-2018, 03:55 PM

Does this not block the view for the front seat passenger ?

My thoughts exactly - also do you remove at night? Are these things "appealing" to scrotes who prey on people who have shit they don't?

BMWZ4 · 10-20-2018, 04:00 PM

Shouldn't it be just below the mirror? Seems like a pretty odd location...and it's HUGE!

Get yourself a Blackvue or Thinkware. Both great devices, much smaller, dependable and some models are less expensive than the BMW version.

My 2 cents

nogren · 10-21-2018, 01:25 AM

My 5y old dashcam got nicked, because of accidental key fob push-and-hold (see other thread), on my drive way. Here push and hold also bring down all windows. Easy to grab sunnies, some change, and the dash cam.

SROC3 · 10-29-2018, 11:56 PM

Wow that thing is Massive

spangle1980 · 10-30-2018, 05:27 AM

With all the bloody cameras in these modern vehicles I wonder why they don't just integrate it into the cameras in the rear view mirror :-/ . I'd pay for that. One can hope ...

nrf12 · 10-30-2018, 10:31 AM

Agreed the camera looks big in the photos from the angle and distance taken, but having lived with it for a month I can tell you it really isn't that obtrusive for the passenger. I'm not sure why they don't mount it nearer to the rear-view mirror, as that would be the obvious thing to do. I do recall the fitting instructions recommend the placement that's in these photos.

As for using the cameras integrated in the vehicle, I think there are (at least) two barriers to that happening. First, the cameras in the G01 aren't good enough quality to reliably record licence plates, which is crucial, particularly at night. Second, there are countries where recording isn't allowed so it would have to be a configurable option.

happyandrew · 10-31-2018, 05:45 AM

I made the mistake of getting the Advance eye 2, don't get me wrong, it is ok as far as the video goes, but mine was showing the wrong time and when I looked at where the car was parked, it placed it in the wrong county!! When I tried to look at the footage on a PC, BMW's own Dash Cam player refuses to play it. When I ask BMW why it is showing the wrong time of day or why it has put the parked car in the wrong county, (for a start BMW UK refuse to talk to me and insist I go through the dealer, who have no idea how this works, but they also say the thing is working as it should!!!! !!! So my advise, get the Blackvue fitted, far better PC software and it put the correct time of day and who knows, might even have customer service that care once they have your money. This is my 6th (and last) BMW.

nogren · 10-31-2018, 02:50 PM

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With all the bloody cameras in these modern vehicles I wonder why they don't just integrate it into the cameras in the rear view mirror :-/ . I'd pay for that. One can hope ...

I started to look into that, to find that it's hard to sneak out the video without support from BMW firmware, which absolutely has been developed for testing the vehicles out. It's probably just disabled now, or more likely compiled away.

There are a few cars out there with SD card writer in the trunk. Just don't remember now which brand and model..

10-18-2018, 05:13 AM	#1
HampshireUK First Lieutenant 220 Rep 394 Posts Drives: BMW X3 M40i (2019) Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	BMW Advanced Eye 2.0 dashcam Has anyone considered these to be fitted during the cars PDI process at the dealers. I know they aren’t the best on sale but look OEM and v2 looks better.
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nrf12 New Member 6 Rep 10 Posts Drives: X3 2.0 petrol (G01) Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: London, England iTrader: (0)	I had the dealer install it for me ready for delivery. Agreed, not the best quality on the market, but worth it to me to have one throat to choke if it doesn't work or causes battery problems. So far, so good.
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nrf12 New Member 6 Rep 10 Posts Drives: X3 2.0 petrol (G01) Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: London, England iTrader: (0)	The RRP of the unit is a fraction over £300. I paid a total of £450 including installation by the dealer. I'll post pictures when I can (it's dark when I get home, so it may not be til the weekend).
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nrf12 New Member 6 Rep 10 Posts Drives: X3 2.0 petrol (G01) Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: London, England iTrader: (0)	Yes, ACE 2.0 is both cameras, front and rear. I haven't seen it offered as just one camera.
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spangle1980 Deadly 1323 Rep 2,083 Posts Drives: X3 M40d BG LCI Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	JESUS - I didn't read Austria - I was fixated on Switzerland. I'm stunned.
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nrf12 New Member 6 Rep 10 Posts Drives: X3 2.0 petrol (G01) Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: London, England iTrader: (0)	Front and rear images of my UK dealer installation Attached Images
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HampshireUK First Lieutenant 220 Rep 394 Posts Drives: BMW X3 M40i (2019) Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the pictures I have heard stories about the location on the passenger side and this confirms it. I don’t know why they don’t put it closer to the rear view mirror, maybe this is a technical reason or space ? Does this not block the view for the front seat passenger ?
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spangle1980 Deadly 1323 Rep 2,083 Posts Drives: X3 M40d BG LCI Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Does this not block the view for the front seat passenger ? My thoughts exactly - also do you remove at night? Are these things "appealing" to scrotes who prey on people who have shit they don't?
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BMWZ4 Major General 1913 Rep 5,110 Posts Drives: '23 X1/'23 Allroad Progressiv Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Toronto iTrader: (1)	Shouldn't it be just below the mirror? Seems like a pretty odd location...and it's HUGE! Get yourself a Blackvue or Thinkware. Both great devices, much smaller, dependable and some models are less expensive than the BMW version. My 2 cents __________________ '11 Z4 30i (retired);'11 X3 28i (retired); '15 M235i Stage 1 Dinan (recalled & crushed); '16 M235i Stage 3 Dinan (retired); '15 X3 28i (retired); '14 328i (retired), 2019 X3M40i (retired); Loaded '18 X1 (retired); Loaded '20 X3MC DG, Black/Tan Merino (retired); Loaded '23 X1 Cape York green and Red/Black interior; '23 Audi A4 Allroad Progressiv
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spangle1980 Deadly 1323 Rep 2,083 Posts Drives: X3 M40d BG LCI Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	With all the bloody cameras in these modern vehicles I wonder why they don't just integrate it into the cameras in the rear view mirror :-/ . I'd pay for that. One can hope ...
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nrf12 New Member 6 Rep 10 Posts Drives: X3 2.0 petrol (G01) Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: London, England iTrader: (0)	Agreed the camera looks big in the photos from the angle and distance taken, but having lived with it for a month I can tell you it really isn't that obtrusive for the passenger. I'm not sure why they don't mount it nearer to the rear-view mirror, as that would be the obvious thing to do. I do recall the fitting instructions recommend the placement that's in these photos. As for using the cameras integrated in the vehicle, I think there are (at least) two barriers to that happening. First, the cameras in the G01 aren't good enough quality to reliably record licence plates, which is crucial, particularly at night. Second, there are countries where recording isn't allowed so it would have to be a configurable option.
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10-31-2018, 05:45 AM	#19
happyandrew Registered 2 Rep 4 Posts Drives: BMW F01 730d Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: England iTrader: (0)	I made the mistake of getting the Advance eye 2, don't get me wrong, it is ok as far as the video goes, but mine was showing the wrong time and when I looked at where the car was parked, it placed it in the wrong county!! When I tried to look at the footage on a PC, BMW's own Dash Cam player refuses to play it. When I ask BMW why it is showing the wrong time of day or why it has put the parked car in the wrong county, (for a start BMW UK refuse to talk to me and insist I go through the dealer, who have no idea how this works, but they also say the thing is working as it should!!!! !!! So my advise, get the Blackvue fitted, far better PC software and it put the correct time of day and who knows, might even have customer service that care once they have your money. This is my 6th (and last) BMW.
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