Mangoal Dashcam has changed and not in a good way for me.

[chiko]

I ordered a Mangoal dash cam based on the YouTube video from Fred's Garage. I even followed the link provided from YouTube. What I was received was different. Fred's showed a hookup into the OBDII port. Regardless of what you think about it, it did look easy. What I received only included a harness to tap into the Lane Assist port with pass-thru. I only have an XLT hybrid. Maybe I will get luck and the port is there but maybe not. Also what I received has the built-in port to add a GPS receiver. I don't need that but it's there and was not shown on Fred's video.
It is a bit odd in that the power port to the camera shows Red/Yellow/Black but the tap to the Lane Assist only shows red. The instructions assume plug and play so don't really spell out if Red is Acc or Yellow is ACC.
Since I am in a bitchy mood, I am also annoyed that you have to download two different apps from the play store. I haven't done enough to figure out why you need two and the directions are a bit vague at points about which app they are referring to. Amazon product support was not any help, just offering a return or trying to find a three wire cord. They could not find one, but I later checked and found something promissing but it was $40 for a 4 pack.

I am reasonably handy to just run why own three wires so I can fall back to that.

On the plus side, the vendor was prompt in response. Not particularly helpful but prompt. I had other priorities at the time so I have not followed up with them.

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[chiko]

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[Tyler]

You are way overthinking this. What you received is significantly easier to install and will provide better results.

 

[chiko]

i don't have a garage and it is too damn hot outside. I have a 2 1/2 hour window from dawn to about 9am when its bearable and beyond that all I can do is search and think.

 

[chiko]

Success!!

My 2024 Hybrid has the lane assist plug for the Mangoal pass-thru that came with the kit. The center console trim was more difficult to remove than I was expecting even after cooking in the 90^ sun for a couple hours but it came off and no clips were lost or broken.

The Mangoal wiring harness pass-thru to the lane assist is a bit odd. It is three wires RED/YELLOW/BLACK with red being ACC and YELLOW being constant hot per vendor supplemental kit. But in the provided lane assist pass thru only RED goes to the truck harness and the YELLOW is tied into the same fuse holder as RED. If I am feeling really ambitious, I stripped away enough wire tape to run a real constant to YELLOW with a separate fuse down to the passenger footwell. But FordPass is already bitching at me that I don't drive enough and disabling Remote Start. Remote Start is such an weird feature, especially for a hybrid with an apparently weak 12V battery per other thread.

Both apps worked, Viidure and SkyCamm. They seem to have identical functionality so not sure why both are recommended. At least in vertical mode, they are close to useless in real-time. I kind of like Torque-Pro in vertical mode better than horizontal but maybe this will compel me to change my phone-holder orientation.

 

[bguen]

What is the difference in Mangoal Type A vs Type B Dashcam kit?

 

[chiko]

What is the difference in Mangoal Type A vs Type B Dashcam kit?

Version B is specific for the 2025 while A is for the 22-24.
Not sure if the difference is in the harness/Lane Assist or something about the mirror hardware. It is just one torx screw to hold it on.

 

[bguen]

Version B is specific for the 2025 while A is for the 22-24.
Not sure if the difference is in the harness/Lane Assist or something about the mirror hardware. It is just one torx screw to hold it on.

Thanks for the info, I have the 2022 Lariat so I will get the Type A.

 

[Cvinnedge]

Does the Mangoal dashcam work with Android Auto or Apple Car play so it will display on the Maverick screen when using those apps?

 

[chiko]

Does the Mangoal dashcam work with Android Auto or Apple Car play so it will display on the Maverick screen when using those apps?

I only have Android and have not seen any integration with the Ford onscreen. Just two apps that show on the phone but too small to be useful in real time.

 

[chiko]

It would have worked for its intended purpose. This yahoo pulled out in front of me today. I was able to slam the brakes before contact and no one was behind me
I know jack about AV editing. Above is a 4X zoom snip from a video editing software in Linux that I can barely use.

Full video is here. About half way thru.

 

[Dave O]

I use the OBD II Port to power my dash cam it’s very simple and it works great however I had to purchase this separately it was not included with the camera.

 

[chiko]

I have a lot of close calls near me despite driving pretty infrequent. I was curious to what extent this data might be useful as evidence vs how much this tool is keeping track of location.

It does NOT appear to be doing so

ExifTool Version Number : 13.58
File Name : 20260202090414_001165.TS
Directory : .
File Size : 140 MB
File Modification Date/Time : 2026:02:02 04:05:13-05:00
File Access Date/Time : 2026:04:02 20:44:13-04:00
File Inode Change Date/Time : 2026:02:17 16:34:24-05:00
File Permissions : -rwxr-xr-x
File Type : M2T
File Type Extension : m2t
MIME Type : video/mpeg
Video Stream Type : H.265 (HEVC) Video
Audio Stream Type : MPEG-2 AAC Audio
Duration : 0:01:00

Everything else is spying on me but not this unless you track the street signs.

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