Jaqb
New Member
Hi guys, this is my first post, here it goes:
My girlfriend has a Ford Fiesta from 2010 and recently I bought her the A129 Duo with 3-wire hardware kit because she wanted to have a dual dash cam with parking mode. I installed battery+ wire to the cigar lighter fuse and acc wire to ignition fuse ( see attached picture ). I have also set the cutoff voltage to 12.4v because I knew the car battery was worn out, it's an oem battery, so it is 10 years old almost, so I wanted to make sure it will not get drained by parking mode.
After I installed everything, the camera would go on when the ignition was turned on and it would switch to parking mode (set to 'event based' at the time, currently I'm testing low bitrate mode) when the ignition was turned off. I assumed that everything was working fine and that the car battery was apparently above 12.4v because the parking mode was turning on.
Couple of days after the install the car was parked for 24h with the parking mode on and I assumed the wire kit will cut off the power when the voltage would drop below 12.4. When I got into the car I was surprised the camera was still recording (rec and mic leds were on) but then I was even more surprised when the engine didn't start because of drained battery.
I have jump started the Fiesta, charged the battery by driving, and when I stopped the parking mode was still turning on normal. This time I checked the actual car battery voltage and it was 11.6v.
Am I missing something ? Why does the parking mode turn on when the voltage is this low ? Is there something wrong with the way I connected the wires ? Or maybe something in settings ?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
(also FYI I have ordered a new battery online, it will arrive tomorrow)
My girlfriend has a Ford Fiesta from 2010 and recently I bought her the A129 Duo with 3-wire hardware kit because she wanted to have a dual dash cam with parking mode. I installed battery+ wire to the cigar lighter fuse and acc wire to ignition fuse ( see attached picture ). I have also set the cutoff voltage to 12.4v because I knew the car battery was worn out, it's an oem battery, so it is 10 years old almost, so I wanted to make sure it will not get drained by parking mode.
After I installed everything, the camera would go on when the ignition was turned on and it would switch to parking mode (set to 'event based' at the time, currently I'm testing low bitrate mode) when the ignition was turned off. I assumed that everything was working fine and that the car battery was apparently above 12.4v because the parking mode was turning on.
Couple of days after the install the car was parked for 24h with the parking mode on and I assumed the wire kit will cut off the power when the voltage would drop below 12.4. When I got into the car I was surprised the camera was still recording (rec and mic leds were on) but then I was even more surprised when the engine didn't start because of drained battery.
I have jump started the Fiesta, charged the battery by driving, and when I stopped the parking mode was still turning on normal. This time I checked the actual car battery voltage and it was 11.6v.
Am I missing something ? Why does the parking mode turn on when the voltage is this low ? Is there something wrong with the way I connected the wires ? Or maybe something in settings ?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
(also FYI I have ordered a new battery online, it will arrive tomorrow)