 What's everyone's takedown here welcome back to another video today I'm going to be showing you guys how to install a dash cam so it's powered by your rear view mirror. Now there's a few things to note before you start the first is this will only work if there's a power source behind your review mirror for example an auto dimming feature a backup camera or some of the call assist buttons if they're in the rear view mirror to make sure that there is a power source behind your review mirror. I recommend simply taking apart all of the trim because you will need to do that and double check that there is a cable going from your rear view mirror into the plug in if there is you will need to order the adapter for that to make this work the ones I did order were the dongar technology ones they are roughly anywhere between $35 to $50 depending on the different plugs but you will need that adapter to make this work because the other end of the adapter has a USB cable which you can plug the dash cam straight into and it will power the one benefit from powering it to review mirror compared to wiring it in or plugging it into your cigarette later is that the dash cam will only work and draw power whenever the vehicle is on and when the vehicle is off the dash cam will not be drawing power so that is why I wanted to go with this method so again I'm going to be showing you guys on my 2021 Dodge Ram Classic so let's get into the install so I've seen various videos of people doing this for the same vehicle so various Dodge products it's going to be the exact same if you do not have a dodge but you are trying to install it so it's powered by rear view mirror it's very similar you just have to remove the trim so my dodge here there's this little clip right here you just literally push it down which it literally looks like I didn't do anything but it is down now the next thing is I do need a screwdriver a flat head screwdriver and put in here on each side and pop out the pins and this part should be able to be removed so just like that I popped out each side and now this part here should come straight down and straight out just like that so now for this other piece of trim you will have to remove this as well I see in other videos where you put your finger in behind this opening here and you click the little clip there's only one clip in behind here I found that very difficult what I did was actually take the flat head screwdriver and you can actually see the clip right here that part right there I just put the screwdriver in and take give a little twist and it will pop right out just like that it just gave it a little tug with the screwdriver and it did pop right out just like that it is removed so here we go now after all that is removed there is this little plug right here so you just push up on this part here and it pulls straight out and that's what you have to match to make sure it's the same as what you have to order for the adapter so here is the adapter here that I did have to order this one here was $45 on Amazon free shipping now this end here is the one that's going to plug into the harness the other end here is the plug we pulled out of the existing vehicle it's going to plug into this one and then now we're going to have a USB cable so we can plug in the dash cam so first we're just going to plug this end in here just like that and here the click then the other ends we're going to plug it into this one here that end plugged in there the other ends plugged in over here I just pushed it up so it's out of the way so whenever the other trim gets put back on it is good and now we do have the USB cable part here so now before I go and put all the trim back together I do want to plug in the dash cam cable so it does run through the back instead of trying to figure it out later so the dash cam that I chose is the Garmin dash cam mini 2 now you can use any dash cam for your vehicle but I did want something that was small and powerful so I decided to go with this one here and it honestly is really small so I did want to do this part on camera but it was very very hard so I already have the cable that was plugged in it's now wired to the back exactly how I wanted it to come out so it looks sleek it's going to go straight to the dash cam here which is really small so it's going to be about here the rest of the cable because it was a little long of cable it's the one that came with the dash cam it's is elastics and bundled in here it's really hard to see but this is the other end of the adapter so putting the cover back on with the long cable was very difficult took me about 10 15 minutes just because every time I tried to put it on a cable would get into the way of the clip and it wouldn't actually go into place until I actually pushed everything out of the way finally it finally worked for me but now the last step that we have to do is put that cover back on and then test and install the dash cam to put this piece back on you literally are just going to push the mirror down as low as it can go you're going to slide it in here you're going to put the clips back into place so you might need the flathead screwdriver to pop them out to open up and then you're going to put it back into place so here we go I have it all reassembled which was kind of a task I did originally have a the cable that came with the dash cam but it was really long so I had some of it tucked up inside here the problem with that is you couldn't put this back in place properly because there's too much cable in the way so I did end up using the cable that came with the adapter which is a shorter cable as you can see it's really short compared to the other one so the dash cam is going to go around here and the rest of this is going to be tucked in but since it's already put back in place that there should be no issues with that whatsoever so of course as I am sitting down to edit this video and getting ready to upload it I've just realized that some of the clips did not record it properly all it was was simply me attaching the dash cam to the wire that I just installed which the dash cam I went with was the Garmin Mini 2 so that clip didn't work and then me attaching the dash cam to the mounts and just attaching it to the windshield didn't work so that stuff's not really the most important of which dash cam I went with and how I attached it to the windshield because that's pretty straightforward what was important for this video was me showing you guys how to take apart your trim how to install the adapter the plug and the wire and then put everything back together so that is what I showed in this video now the one thing that I do want to mention is I did show you guys on my 2021 Dodge Ram your vehicle is obviously going to look a little bit different of the trim that you do have to remove but it's going to be pretty much the straight concept of what I showed you guys which you have to remove the trim and as long as that cable is there you can order an adapter plug it in plug the cable back into the existing harness and then plug a cable that came with your dash cam into the USB ports and put everything back together where the trim is all sitting back properly and the cable is sticking out the ends then you can attach your dash cam so just because I showed you guys on the Dodge Ram classic my truck doesn't mean it won't work for you the trim's just going to look a little different but usually the adapter is pretty straightforward you just unplug and connect to the new one now while I'm talking about the adapter there is one thing that I want to mention is I actually for this video had to go through three different adapters the first one said it fit for the Dodge Ram whenever I took everything apart and tried to plug it in it didn't fit in the harness that is existing on the truck properly it looked a little bit different so I did order one that looks right which was for a Mazda vehicle it fit in but after I attached everything like you guys seen in this video unfortunately there was no power coming to it I thought maybe there was a problem with the dash cam so I attached the cable into the USB ports down below near my radio and the cigarette later as well and the dash cam did work on those but not plugged into the rear view mirror so I thought something was off there I actually had to order one that was specific for Dodge but I had to order it from the states from the same company because it wasn't on Amazon.ca and Amazon.com did not have it so I actually had to contact the company order it straight from them and it took over a month to get it so it was the right ends and it actually drew power so depending on your vehicle just because you order one and if the adapter doesn't work contact the company they probably have one that does fit and will draw power for your vehicle so keep that in mind obviously it didn't work for me the first time but I finally found one that did work for me now it's all put together properly and it does look amazing it is nice and clean and it really beats having that wire run down along your truck and plugged into the cigarette later because to me that looks very sloppy and it always consistently draws power and you have to remember to unplug it if you don't want it to continue to draw power this way everything is tucked away you literally don't realize it's there but it is nice to have a dash cam because you never know when you're going to need it especially nowadays with people and how people are trying to scam people a lot more it's just an extra piece of mind for myself and that's why I wanted to get a dash cam so now you guys know what you need to do to attach it and install it so it is drawing power from your rear view mirror hope you guys enjoyed this video see you guys in the next one please take care peace