How-to: Rivian External Video Storage Setup

Morgan · 2024-12-22T17:10:59+00:00

Now that I've installed the SnapPlate front license plate holder, I finally filled out the EveryAmp review. Here it is. Hope it helps others: Shipped promptly, so the license plate holder arrived well before we picked up the car. Engineered and built VERY precisely to hold the plate very close to the front bumper without scraping. Installation instructions were clear, would have benefited from one more picture showing how to find the center slots in the grille. Grille Depth Adjustment instructions were also clear; with one half-turn adjustment of three screws, the license plate holder fit PERFECTLY in place. Check the EveryAmp web site for photographs of how much their product blocks the front camera image at every setting. After reviewing the photos, I chose the center setting. I find the camera interference at that setting is trivial for me. There's a lot of competition for the front-of-R1 real estate. My understanding is that Rivian's front plate holder requires drilling a hole in a perfectly good vehicle, and can also block a small part of the camera image. Tow hook mounts take a tow hook out of commission, and can block a sensor. EveryAmp's mount is designed to protect the grille by snapping off when attacked by a car-wash brush, so you have to dismount it (relatively easy to do) and remount it before washing. I'm still happy with the EveryAmp product, which we have installed in our R1S and now R1T. Very best wishes!

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Wednesday at 7:19 PM

For people who have been struggling to get their external storage to work properly for their Rivian, you might want to take a look at this article. So to get external storage to work in your Rivian, you need a FAT32 formatted drive.

I recommend SD cards specifically designed for dashcams, they are designed for constant re-writes and can operate at high temperatures. Make use of small external drives with caution, they contain NVME SSDs, which operate at high temperatures and can easily get to 150F when writing. This is not a good combination when locked in a hot car.

This is what I went with:

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I went with this reader since it can be used with USB-C and USB 3 on your computer.

The SD card came formatted to exFat, which is not supported in the vehicle. You can download EaseUS free formatting app (Don't sign up for the email list, the download will start without it). Select the drive you want to format and make sure to format it to FAT32.

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After formatting, make an empty folder on the drive named GearGuardvideo. Please note that it is case-sensitive!

Plug your drive and adapter into the left USB-C port. To test that it works, open Gear Guard and click the download button on the bottom right of the screen, you will get a prompt to download. You will know if the drive is not detected because you will see instructions about plugging a drive in. Once you see that prompt appear on your screen, then you're good to go.