Will this camera come on when car is off and sitting and then someone comes up to the car to do damage then will the camera come on and record?? Also it says not to hard wire to a battery, but can it be wired to the car's fuse box??
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Yes, you can hard wire to your fuse box. However, your are risking of drain out the battery. You could try with a high capacity portable battery, something like Poweradd Pilot Pro 32000mAh.
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If the camera is mounted within the parked vehicle, it will record the impact ONLY if the power source that it is plugged into is "hot" ( 12 VDC available even when the ignition switch is off...Most power outlets are NOT equipped to provide this feature, but can be easily modified by a competent technician )
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Doubt it would work for that. Battery life is fairly short, it's set up for cigarette lighter power. The camera has a pretty wide angle but unless they happen to look directly into the camera when the lighting was good or parked their vehicle in the camera angle it would be of no benefit. Picture what you can see through your windshield, if they vandalized the side or back of you car it wouldn't catch them even if the battery was still good and the motion sensor turned it on.
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Most, but not all, vehicles have the cigarette lighter wired to the battery circuit so that they're "on" no matter if the car is or not. This is the "Batt" connection in your fusebox. If it's wired to the Accessory circuit, then the circuit will only be available when the car is running or the key turned to Accessory. This is the "Acc" connection in your fusebox. It's simple enough to tell before buying this solar panel, just push the lighter in when the car is off and the key out of the ignition. If the lighter gets hot then this will work for you. If not then you'll need to do something else, wire a plug into the fusebox, clip this right on the battery, something else. This comes with both the cigarette plug and alligator clips. Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, this won't "pop" out and shut itself off like a cigarette lighter does. That's done by heat in the lighter, not a timer or anything like that.
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If you want to keep recording at night with engine off, you should hotwire to battery directly, have a large enough memory and make sure you tether the cam with your computer and make sure it's on continuous since the default is little event when your vehicle stop suddenly or when you go over a bump. Hope that helps
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Mine always records and stops recording when my vehicle is bumped. Haven't had any issues with the battery being drained whatsoever. This camera only records the front view-not inside the vehicle. You don't have to delete videos at all- continually records until it is stopped and saves it so it doesn't record over what was saved. Don't listen to that Vagan deusche- he probably forgot to turn it on and it's not meant for bicycles....... The camera mirror has a 2 hour back up recording capability just in case your car battery dies.
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Simple answer is YES, but you need the car power on or have the camera power on to record everything..
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Don't know. It broke long before I explored any options. Just remembered. I have unswitched wiring in my cars (do it myself). So, the camera was always on 12V. But, I had to turn it on, before each trip.
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When connected to the cigarette lighter port in your car, the camera will sense the power coming on when you turn the key to the accessory or on position (the positions are written where you insert your key on the steering column). this power will then trigger the camera to turn on. When you turn off the car and remove the key the camera will wait until your predetermined time in the settings menu before turning off. The default is 1 min. If you want the camera to remain on but the car to stay off, leave the key in the accessory position. (one click turn before you turn the car on)
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Hi Christa, thank you for your interest in Levana. The camera would go out in a power outage, since the camera has a switch that slides to the on and off position it will turn back on as soon as your power is restored.
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Since this is a hard wired device, it has to be have a wire from the camera to a display monitor in the car. You can do it yourself, or ask your mechanic.
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Yes. That's the only way I use mine. When I turn on my car, it automatically turns on and starts recording.
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Dear,would you pls tell us where did you buy this item ? and same as us ?dear, this camera has internal battery ,but it cann't support to record ,pls connect it to the car charger ,should connect with the power.thank you pls try it again.
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Yes. It turns on and off automatically whenever the car is turned on and off (and continues recording).
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Hi,I connected the power to the device, stuck it to the window with the supplied adhesive, inserted the SD card and that was it. When you turn the car on, the cigarette power comes on and the dashcamera turns on. Litte voice "welcome to lukas blackbox, drive safely. Recording started". I never touch the thing unless I need the SD card out to review or save the video.Erik
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It continuously records. It will stay powered on if you plug it into an accessory outlet that's powered even when the ignition is off. It loops back over previously recorded video. I keep mine on 24/7 so it records when I'm driving and records when my truck is parked. It also has a motion sensor that can be programmed to record when it's idle.
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It will keep recording as long as the remote power is on. On my car the lighter plug is always on so I have to manually unplug it to turn it off. If your car lighter plug turns off when the key is turned off, then the camera will turn off as well. The camera will only record for a couple of minutes or less on it's own power.