Dashcam recording even in park mode
Discussion
Mrs M kindly bought me a dashcam for Christmas, and I had it fitted at Halfords Tuesday last. I didn't use my car all weekend and on Monday it wouldn't start - flat battery.
Leaving aside the less than helpful attitude from the fitting store, the sd card shows that the camera had been recording constantly before failing on Sunday afternoon obviously draining the battery. I phoned Nextbase who were very helpful, I formatted the card and reset the camera to default and engaged parking mode.
But at work today the camera recorded four hours of the car opposite mine in the car park. The cam is supposed to shut down when ignition is switched off and activate only if the car is disturbed.
Is it just faulty? Or is there a setting I'm missing? GPS function is working ok looking at the screen.
Leaving aside the less than helpful attitude from the fitting store, the sd card shows that the camera had been recording constantly before failing on Sunday afternoon obviously draining the battery. I phoned Nextbase who were very helpful, I formatted the card and reset the camera to default and engaged parking mode.
But at work today the camera recorded four hours of the car opposite mine in the car park. The cam is supposed to shut down when ignition is switched off and activate only if the car is disturbed.
Is it just faulty? Or is there a setting I'm missing? GPS function is working ok looking at the screen.
I'd have said it should have been wired to a switched live feed, that way it knows when the ignition has been turned off. If the car gets bumped it will start recording using the power from its own internal battery.
It must be wired to a permanent live hence why it drained your car battery over the weekend.
What make and model of car is it fitted to and who wired it in?
It must be wired to a permanent live hence why it drained your car battery over the weekend.
What make and model of car is it fitted to and who wired it in?
The nextbase installatation instructions here indicate only a single live supply:
https://www.nextbase.com/en-gb/hub/how-to-fit-a-da...
https://www.nextbase.com/en-gb/hub/how-to-fit-a-da...
My camera is wired into a permanent live fuse but only records when it senses movement as its parking mode is set to on. The only down side is that if the car doesnt move for anything more than a long weekend, the battery will be flat. I had looked at using a portable battery pack instead.
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