We entertain beauty shots and thrive on discussing mods, whether purely cosmetic, functional, or both. Now that you have all of the power cable through, plug it into your dash camera. The side panel to the left of the steering wheel pops off when you pry at it. Once you have found a good spot to mount the dash cam on your windshield (we recommend putting it right behind your rear view mirror if possible), clean the glass with rubbing alcohol to remove any dirt or oil, and let it fully dry. I'm not sure how to get those two specific functions, especially if you want to keep DRL functionality. Seems like a lot to fit into 1 additional switch position. /r/GolfGTI is a place for GTI enthusiasts to discuss and share information related to the best car that can be had for less than $30K. If you are using a basic hardwire kit that is not meant for more advanced parking mode features, this is most likely the only fuse slot you will need to use. Eonon Headunit This model only works up to 2012, which is what I have but I haven't looked into the newer years. Send to friend. This will allow you to plug the YELLOW/BATTERY wire into the fuse slot that will provide power to your dash cam when parked, letting you use the parking mode option when your car is off. From what I understand, if your DRL’s are not disabled, they will be on with the switch in the off position. Now, turn your ignition key on to give the dash cam power. The most trouble I had was actually sourcing the correct wire, and ended up purchasing from Schmitt's VW after some trial and error. Haven't gotten LED tails but that's on the list. Press J to jump to the feed. I ended up doing the RCD330+ route. We have seen a lot of people asking how can they hard wire a dash cam into a Volkswagen Golf. Somewhere, I found information that led me to believe if I get the trigger wire hooked up correctly, I can run the city lights on their own while maintaining the DRLs funtionality otherwise. It felt 'cheap' for some reason. I installed a euro switch a few months ago and then ordered the trigger wire so I could run just the city lights but I'm not confident about installing it. 25 days ago. But I'm assuming literally just hooking up the wire won't work? Does anyone have experience installing these? It had nice features, used all the factory connectors, but i must have gotten a bad unit as it had terrible grounding issues as if it was alternator whine which i never had before or since. Overall great head unit replacement. I did a bunch of research but ended up getting the Kenwood DDX 9905s. If your hardwire kit and dash cam has a parking mode feature you want to use, there should be another wire labeled “BATTERY” and is usually YELLOW, which will go in a different slot (more instruction below). When mounting your dash cam, make sure the lens is not pointing through a sun shade or tint strip at the very top of the windshield, it should be clear glass. Customer feedback. Use a plastic pry tool if possible, as metal will scratch and dent the plastic, To remove the drawer all the way, apply pressure to the sides as you pull out. There’s a good thread about it on golfmk6.com. Will I still need to find someone with vag-com to code it? At this point, you will now start to work the wire from the dash cam all the way down to the fuse box. Where were you a year ago? We welcome discussion of all things GTI. Most of what I read said you have to disable the DRLs, however I have upgraded mine to LED so I don't want to do that. I tried this one out too, and I honestly hated it. Using a plastic “trim tool”, or a rigid piece of plastic (metal will scratch your car and damage the wire) that you can push the wire into the small cracks with, you can begin to work the wire into the windshield headliner opening.