Dashcam recording even in park mode

[Macneil]

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.

[JulianHJ]

Does it have the proper hardwire kit fitted (which should shut the camera down at a set minimum voltage) or is it simply wired directly to the battery/another permanent live?

[Scrump]

I am presuming the dash cam has both a permanent live and a switched live and that it uses the switched live turning off to enter park mode.
If so then has the installer connected the live feeds incorrectly (maybe both to permanent live)?

[Macneil]

The nextbase support guy said it should be connected to a permanent live feed. I think he said that the gps would sense that the cr was immobile, we discussed heated windscreen elements etc but the gps appears to function ok.

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

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?

[Macneil]

It's a Focus and it was fitted by Halfords...the nextbase guy was quite happy it was permanent live, hence my wondering if the cam itself is just faulty.

[Scrump]

The nextbase installatation instructions here indicate only a single live supply:
https://www.nextbase.com/en-gb/hub/how-to-fit-a-da...

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

What model of Dash Cam is it?

[Matt_E_Mulsion]

It's got to be a switched supply though, the instructions don't make that clear. On a Focus I think that the cigarette lighter socket (and fuse) often stay permanently live.

[thebigmacmoomin]

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.