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01-22-2015, 01:30 AM | #1 |
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Does anyone use a dash cam? I'm considering getting one since my neighbors have been hitting my bumper when they parallel park.
I see that some higher end cameras such as the panorama 2 or blackVue have a parking mode that uses a small amount of power from the car's battery to keep it powered, but it has to be hardwired in that case. I'd love to hear some feedback from people with experience using dash cams and specifically the parking mode. Thanks
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The blackvue is really sensitive to motion so be ready for it to be on a lot when the car is off but if you want to bust them then I guess you don't have much choice.
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01-22-2015, 06:20 AM | #4 |
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I have the blackvue. Haven't hard wired it yet. Still running it out of the cigarette charger. It has a nice reminder when the car turns off so I haven't forgotten to unplug it yet.
Video quality is good and easy to setup. Comes with everything you need as well.
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Have iTronics hardwired and it records 24hrs in parking mode before auto shut down. Always try to back into a parking spot so the camera captures everything in front of me.
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01-22-2015, 09:22 AM | #6 |
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I feel like dash cams are must nowadays.
Unfortunately, with all of the people texting while driving and doing other stupid things, it's never a bad idea to be safe. I use this dash cam: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It works well at a good price. |
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I need this to be fully operational during an overnight park so I think hardwire is a must. I was also looking into getting like a portable jump station and plug into the cig lighter outlet. Then I wouldn't need to hardwire. How big is your flash card? I think another thing I need to consider is that I don't recycle the flash card data during an overnight park.
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I think the cig lighter has a relay that turns the juice off after a few minutes with the car off. You may be able to leave it plugged in all the time.
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Do you know how much memory is used in a typical night of being in park mode with low-med activity (i.e. side street with a car going by every 15-30 min)?
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I just have the front camera. I have the box and stuff to hardwire it. Just haven't had the time to do it.
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I feel a dash cam attract more attention from thieves? But in places like China or Russia I heard it is a must.
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Thanks for the replies. I ordered the BlackVue DR650GW 2 channel system with cell link B battery pack to keep 72hr charge while in park mode without draining my car battery. I'll let you guys know how it works out once installed.
By the way Blackboxmycar dot com is a great business to deal with. One last question...does our car turn off power to the cig outlet after the engine is turned off? If so, is there any way to provide continuous power to the outlet?
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Is that Cellink B basically just a lithium rechargeable usb battery pack? Like any of the ones from Amazon? I used a 15000mah pack for mine, but dunno if I got 72 hours from it! So you are not hard wiring anymore? If so, I might be interested in that battery pack.
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I just need to know how to keep the power at the cig outlet even after the engine is off. Anyone know? I'm assuming there is a relay controlled by the ECU?
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You can buy female cig plugs with a pos/neg wire coming out to tap into a system. All you would need to do is wire the red to constant power (battery) and the black to ground. Then plug your cig lighter for the camera in and route the wire.
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Looking to add a power pack to my Blackvue 650GW as well. Probably either the Cellink Battery B or the Anypower T-Power Plus. Currently I'm using power magic pro hard wire into the fuse box but seems to be draining my car battery too much with low battery discharge warning. My car battery was at 11.6V when the warning came on. I set my powermagic to cut off at 11.8V.
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I installed the DR650 and Cellink B today. Very easy to install and works great. I'll try to take some pics of the final install.
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120V outlet doesn't draw power when the car is off, so it really doesn't matter if you unplug the cam or not.
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When engine is off, does the battery pack supply the power until it is discharged, then the vehicle 12V battery kicks in until the specified cut off voltage then shuts off or vice versa? |
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When the engine is off the dash cam battery pack supplies the dash cam until it is drained. Once drained that's it. Never pulls from the car battery because the 12v outlet loses power when engine is off. Now this is only one way to wire it. The battery also has the ability to be hard wired to the car battery which means it will pull from the car battery until the car battery reaches 12v then the dash cam battery will shut off to prevent draining the car battery.
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