Two 70mai A800se dual-channel dash cams on a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter in Melbourne — road ahead, cab, cargo area and road behind. Four angles for courier and freight vans.
A single dash cam covers the windscreen and nothing else, which leaves most of a working van unrecorded. This Mercedes-Benz Sprinter was fitted with two 70mai A800se dual-channel sets instead of one. The unit in the cab records the road ahead on its main camera and the cab itself on its second camera. The unit in the cargo area reverses that idea: its main camera watches the load space, and its second camera looks out the back of the van at the road behind. The result is four continuously recorded angles from two units, with every cable routed inside the factory trim and headlining so the load space stays clear.
$179.99 a set, and $160 to fit each. Today’s prices for the same work, including GST.
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The first A800se was mounted high on the windscreen beside the rear-view mirror, where it sits above the wiper sweep and out of the driver's eyeline. Its main camera covers the road ahead. Its second camera is turned inwards to cover the cab, which is the angle that matters when a delivery driver needs to show what happened during a stop rather than on the road.
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The second A800se was installed at the front of the cargo area. Its main camera faces back into the load space, so loading, unloading and the condition of freight are all on record. Its second camera was mounted at the rear of the van looking out, giving a rear road view that a windscreen-only camera can never provide in a panel van with no rear window.
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A cargo area is a working space, so a cable draped across it would not survive long. Both units were wired along the roof rail and headlining, following the factory trim line from the cab through to the rear of the van. Nothing crosses the load floor, nothing hangs where a pallet or a trolley can catch it.
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Each of the four channels was framed and confirmed on the units' own displays before handover — road ahead, cab, cargo bay and the road behind. Both units record independently, so a fault on one still leaves the other recording.
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Operators running deliveries deal with two kinds of dispute that a normal dash cam cannot answer: what happened at the kerb, and what condition the freight was in. Covering the cab and the load space alongside the road answers both. In-cab and load-space recording also involves people, so it is worth aligning the setup with your own staff and privacy policies before it goes into service.
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