Hardwire dash cam 2015 Gmc sierra

[mrg455]

I'm installing a dash cam in my 2015 sierra 1500. The hardwire kit has a red and a yellow wired fuse tap. I looked on the driver side fuse box,but I'm not sure which spots they should go to.

Edited October 1, 2023 by mrg455

[mikeyk101]

Your fuses are labeled the same as mine so you should be able to connect same way. My yellow is labeled ACC and is piggybacked to fuse #30 (SEO ALC). My red is labeled BATT and is piggybacked to #36 (Spare) The black ground wire is connected to the top nut just to left of the fuse panel.

 

 

One thing that makes this hard to figure out is that there is no plunger on door frame to deactivate the stuff that would have been with door closed. And when door is closed, the fuse panel is hidden by the door. One neat trick I figured out was that you can close the latch inside the door 2 clicks and that simulates the door being closed. It makes it much easier to probe the fuse panel.

 

 

[mikeyk101]

Just wanted to mention that this works perfectly in parking mode and then activates into regular dash mode when truck is turned on for the drive.

[mrg455]

Awesome. Thank you.

[KARNUT]

The wife bought me a dash cam years ago when I first retired and did Uber for a while. It went with my Camry. Recently I’ve been watching crash dash cam videos on YouTube. That prompted me to get another on. Basic dash cams are pretty cheap now. Can save some headaches if someone backs into you and says you hit them. On my trip vehicle she goes.

[KARNUT]

I had fun installing the thing this morning. It’s not my first rodeo. Ran the wires and mounted the camera. No problem except setting the time and date. You have to go into standby mode. Where’s that button? I reread the instructions and looked online. It took me longer to do that than anything else. So I started hitting buttons starting with the power button. Finally there’s a button that says OK. That was it. I guess in the instructions they couldn’t say standby is also OK. You have to hit OK every time you make a change, like changing the time and date, Ok? And OK again when you want to resume recording. OK.