Yeti Gets Pioneer VREC-170RS Dash Cam

Installing a dash camera in my Yeti might be less daunting than actually choosing one.

There are so many available my mind is mush. 😲

And why are they all called 'dash' cameras?

I want a cam that is going nowhere near my dashboard

It's going on my windscreen and that's the end of it.

Anyway, I have some prerequisites:

• Full HD
• Security Mode - records even the slightest touch of my Yeti when I'm not around
• Has its own screen
• GPS

Enough of ogling reviews  - I have made my choice:

The Pioneer VREC-170RS

Click to view the Pioneer VREC-170RS dash camera on Amazon

I order it and it arrives fast.

This Pioneer dashcam has all the features I have listed above.

And some.

One thing I really like:

the camera's ability to use Security Mode (recording in 60 second increments if it detects a slight bash) using its internal battery, which charges during normal usage

Meaning it doesn't need to draw from my Yeti's battery 24 hours a day, only when my ignition is on.

Let's install this beauty.

I will place it on the left side of my mirror.

And I put the safety strap that comes with the VREC-170RS around my mirror. Now the camera can never fall to the ground.

Now I need to tuck the Pioneer cable along my windscreen then down inside the A-pillar cover.

Continuing to conceal the Pioneer cable, I turn right, towards my centre console

I use a stiff piece of wire to pull the Pioneer cable from behind the centre console and into it...

Let's plug it in to the cigarette lighter socket and connect the VREC-170RS to its cable and see if anything happens...

Good times. 😀

But of course, that is not the end of the story!

The VW Group decided that the cigarette lighter socket on my Yeti should be permanently live😡

Meaning my new Pioneer VREC-170RS dash camera will always be drawing power from my Yeti's battery.

No. No. And no.

I will cut the wires on the cigarette lighter socket and wire it directly to my fuse box.

I connect new wires to the lighter socket and feed them under my dash into my fuse box.

I have already bought a piggyback fuse because I knew I was going to do this...

Fuse No: 6 in the fuse box is for the Yeti's rear wiper arm - this is ignition live

Ignition not on = no power... perfect.

No CAN-bus errors to solve either.

So I remove the 15 amp rear wiper fuse and stick it in the piggyback fuse holder, along with a new 10 amp for the Pioneer dashcam.

Crimp the piggyback fuse wire to the live I have coming from my cigarette lighter socket, then ground the earth from the cigarette socket and I am done.

Reversing camera coming soon to my yeti. 👍

Thank you for visiting.

And feel free to stay tuned for more Yeti modifications I have planned.

Here's the Pioneer VREC-170RS dash camera if you want to check the price...

Click to view the Pioneer VREC-170RS dash camera on Amazon

And if you need a piggyback fuse holder it's also available on Amazon

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View some short footage on the Skoda Yeti dot-net YouTube channel