Get another person standing in front of the vehicle to check and confirm the
horizontal alignment of the camera with the PORSCHE logo!

2.1.4

Position front camera with retainer plate in the vehicle at the marking on the windshield.

2.1.5

Get another person to trace and shade in the outline of the retainer plate on the
outside of the windshield using a marking pencil/chalk.

2.1.6

Clean the inside of the windshield in the bonding area for the retainer plate (shaded
area) to remove any dust and grease.

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Install front camera (dashcam) on the windshield
NOTICE

Adhesive films not prepared/installed correctly
•

Damage to adhesive films

•

Inadequate adhesion of adhesive films



Carefully clean the areas on which you intend to stick the film to ensure that all traces
of oil, grease and silicone are completely removed.



Do not touch the bonding surfaces.



Object (adhesive film, vehicle, etc.) and ambient temperature: Minimum temperature
15°C / 59°F.
2.2.1

Pull 3M privacy film off the backing
sheet ( Figure 6 -A-).
1
2
3

– 3M privacy film
– Marked bonding surface
– Interior mirror base

2.2.2

Position 3M privacy film on the
marked bonding surface on the
windshield ( Figure 6 -B-)

2.2.3

Carefully affix 3M privacy film using
a plastic squeegee, starting from
the center and moving towards the
edge.

Figure 6

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2.2.4

Pull protective film off the front
camera retainer plate ( Figure
6 -A-).
1
2
3
4

–
–
–
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Protective film
Front camera
3M privacy film
Interior mirror

Information
Observe the following points during
positioning/alignment:
•

Sufficient distance between
front camera and interior
mirror base: at least 5 mm/
0.2 in!

•

Get another person standing in
Illustration may be different,
front of the vehicle to check
check dimensions
and confirm the horizontal
alignment of the camera with the PORSCHE logo!

Align front camera with retainer plate symmetrically with respect to the 3M privacy
film ( Illustration may be different, check dimensions -Bottom-).
2.2.5

3

Press front camera with retainer plate firmly onto the 3M privacy film on the windshield.

Route and connect electric wire harness
Line routing ( Figure 3):
•

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Front camera → headliner/roof console → along windshield frame → left A-pillar (top) → along
A-pillar → fuse carrier on dashboard, left → disconnection point DashCam wiring harness.
Routing wire harness
3.1.1

On the connector side, push one protective foam roll onto the wire harness for the
front camera retainer plate and the (3-wire) wire harness.

3.1.2

Connect plug connection (6-pin).

3.1.3

Guide wire harness for front camera (dashcam) vertically with respect to the
headliner/roof console.

3.1.4

The following illustrations show the routing paths under the roof console. The foam
part that must be installed over the wiring harness is marked 1 in the pictures. On
the NAR variants, the video line is always routed through the roof console.

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On the NAR variants, the video line is always routed under the roof console and
attached to the existing wiring harness.

Routing path NAR
Secure (6-pin) plug connection and connection for front camera wiring harness
to existing components/lines under the headliner in the roof console area with
tie-wraps. Protective foam roll must also be wrapped around the connection.
3.1.5
3.2

Route rest of wire harness to left fuse box.

Connect electric wire harness coming from DashCam to wiring harness  Figure 7 -1preparation
Function/line:

Connection point for LHD vehicles

Power supply

Connect wiring harness to preparation under
left fuse box  Figure 7 -1-

Left fuse box

Fuse row B F9 Fuse box left
5A fuse

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3.2.1

Connect power supply accordingly.

3.2.2

Protect the power supply to the front camera with a new fuse, slot B F9 with a 5A
fuse.
Fuse: Setpoint value 5 A

3.3

Secure routed wire harness to existing lines/components in the vehicle with tie-wraps without
tensile stress and so that no chafing occurs.
Secure excess video line.

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Step 4.1 only necessary for NAR variants,
otherwise continue with 4.2
4.1

File down mirror cover using a round file.
Manufacture a cable guide.  File down the
area around the line output -1-

4.2

Install cover for interior mirror.  Workshop
Manual 'Removing and installing interior
rear-view mirror'

4.3

Install sun visors.  Workshop Manual
'Removing and installing sun visor'

4.4

File down the area around the line output
Install A-pillar left.  Workshop Manual
'Removing and installing A-pillar trim panel (upper part)'

4.5

Install fuse box cover on the left.  Workshop Manual 'Removing and installing front
side-section trim panel'

4.6

Install lower dashboard cover.  Workshop Manual 'Removing and installing dashboard trim
panel'

4.7

Install dashboard trim panel at the left.  Workshop Manual 'Removing and installing
dashboard trim panel'

4.8

Clean inside and outside of the windshield.

Code the PORSCHE front camera (dashcam) in Dealer mode
5.1

Preliminary work
1
2
3
4
5
6

–
–
–
–
–
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PORSCHE front camera
Micro SD memory card (32 GB)
Retainer plate
Power button
WiFi status LED display
PRESS (release button)

5.1.1

Remove micro SD memory card (32
GB,  DashCam overview -2-) from
card slot for front camera.

5.1.2

DashCam overview
With the ignition switched on, push
the front camera (dashcam  DashCam overview -1-) into the retainer plate on the
windshield ( DashCam overview -3-)

5.1.3

Press the power button ( DashCam overview -4-) for 10 seconds until you hear
the second double beeping sound.

5.1.4

The front camera (dashcam) starts in Dealer mode: WiFi LED ( DashCam
overview -5-) lights up "yellow".

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Connect the front camera (dashcam) to the device (tablet, smartphone or PC)
Information
The "Dealer mode" network ID name ends with a "D". A password is NOT required!
The language setting can be changed by following the menu prompts after opening
the first page.
5.2.1

Search available networks for Dealer mode WiFi.

5.2.2

Open Dealer mode on the device (tablet, smartphone or PC) using any browser.
To do this, enter "192.168.1.1/diagnostics" in the browser's address line.

5.2.3

Displays in "Dealer mode" main menu:
Options:
1
2

– Browser's address line
– "Options" menu item

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Diagnostics: