Has anyone hard-wired it to an ignition-controlled fused circuit, so it powers on/off with the car? (An 'always-on' source would be annoying to me.)
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I haven't hard wired mine, I just deal with plugging in the adapter when I use it. Wiring it into a 12v switched circuit is easily done by buying a 12v lighter accessory socket with wires and connecting it to the switched source and plugging the adapter into it. Now it will go on and off with the key.
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It needs a 12volt source. I ran it off of the ignition fuse in the fuse pannel on the drivers side. Only works when the ignition is on. I put an inline fuse as well. Very simple.
1761160
Yes. Applying manual disconnection is only possible when the ignition is off
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My outlet stays on when my vehicle is turned off. Most outlets are not powered when ignition is off in which case the lights would not work.
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Dear JOHNADER,Thanks for your question.This is rainbow from seeworld technology.As your requirement ,the device could turn off the car,becasue it have cut oil and power function.So,could you please tell me why do you need to turn off the vehicle or what features do you need?Thanks!best regards,rainbow
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Not to worry. I leave mine pluged in all the time. It comes on as soon as I turn on the key. While driving it works great. When I turn off the car I just press the off button when it shows up on my GPS unit to turn off the power. It is a great USB cable. I wish it were a bit shorter due to the mount location of my GPS in my car. When I had it on the dash the length of the cable was perfect up there. With my Mountek the GPS is now right above my plug.
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Yes the power can be turned on so that it will come on and go off with the ignition power.
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It would matter what fuse you hook it up if it would stay on with the car off. Mine is hook up to the same circut as the cigarette lighter. It uses so little power it would take week for it would take weeks to kill the battery.
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No, but on my car (E85) it resets every time the key is out of the ignition. This means I had to unplug and reset every time I got in. "Had" past tense, since the soldering is SO flimsy the connections came loose. Resoldered a few times before trashing. STAY AWAY! You've been warned. I hear Blitz works, but I'm still licking my wounds.
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The accessory power cable needs to be wired to accessory power from the ignition switch. If you want the unit on without the switch on you have to wire the accessory wire directly to a hot wire, like the POS. on the battery. I believe the accessory wire is yellow but check your manual to be sure.
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I just found a hot fuse receptacle in the fuse box and ran a wire to one of the wires and ran the other wire to the negative on the battery. The fuse needs to be one that comes on only when the key is in the accessory position or when the vehicle is on. I wired them this way since I don't have daytime running lights. Unless you find a fuse that's hot all the time and put in a switch.
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I'd guess turning it on when the power goes on to your car would be just fine, just fine a 12v switched signal and wire it to the same output. the only issue this would have is that if you didn't have the radio on it would still run. If you do that a lot, you could wire an in-line switch
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I had a professional install it for me. I would have to say it's from the battery and I can also remove the fuse that it's attached too. Mine is on my hood almost like the Knight rider (G6 GXP version). It only turns on after you start the car. I am sure you could have it wired to some alternate battery pack too.
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In my case I wanted to bring in a wire that was always hot +12v and another that would turn off when the ignition switch was turned off. I tried to figure out which wires to splice from the fuse box and simplified wiring diagram in the owners manual. To confirm what I had, I went to the fuse box with a volt meter and tested the likely fuses and found what I wanted by playing with the switch and checking the most likely fuses. I could then slide my accessory wire in with the fuse prong or tap into the wire in the oem harness that came from that fuse.
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the same thing happen to me as well, I usually just switch on the car and turn the ignition all in one go, so it won't even have a chance to shut off, or if it gets cut off, there's a power button on upper right hand corner, you just need to press it and it will start recording againI'm not sure why everyone suggest to unplug the power cord, there's a power button on top of the dash cam(the button that's right next to the mounting area) so you can easily turn on and off, I'm sure my model is the same as everyone else
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If your power source is continuous even after you turn off the ignition, there will still be a power draw. However, it's very minimal. I would think that even if you left it plugged in over night, it probably wouldn't be so detrimental that your car wouldn't start. Over the entire weekend, it might be a different story.However, I don't know for a fact, as my car's cigarette lighter is on a switched fuse, so it stops working when I turn off the ignition. Therefore, it isn't a problem for me.
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I do not believe this will work with the lighter circuit if the circuit is hot all the time. It's been my experience that the circuit has to be interrupted by ignition switch activity to work properly. If you are looking for just voltage source where you activate and turn off your unit, it should work fine.