Here's is the fuse diagram from the owner's manual (attached). I have the yellow wire (BATTERY UNSWITCHED) going to fuse #26 (passenger door control module) and the red wire (ACC SWITCHED) going to fuse #33 (radio). Does "BATTERY UNSWITCHED" mean always on no matter what and "ACC SWITCHED" means only on with the ignition?
Mine does have power seats, but no moon/sun roof.
I have the Power Input setting on 3 Wire, Parking Monitor at 2 fps, and Shutdown Timer at 24 hours. I've tried formatting the card, restarting the truck multiple times, powering the dash cam on/off and it still keeps recording full video continuously. So let me ask this question. How does the dash cam know when to go into parking mode? What are the conditions for when the camera goes, "oh, okay, now it's time to switch over to parking mode."?
I think if I could understand that much, maybe I can figure out a way to troubleshoot this. Right now, I'm at a loss.
when the ACC power turns off the camera switches to parking mode, if it keeps recording as normal then the ACC is not turning off, in some Ford models the ACC switched circuits are either timed (don't turn off until 10 minutes later etc) or on a delay to not turn off until you exit the vehicle, something else to checkSo let me ask this question. How does the dash cam know when to go into parking mode? What are the conditions for when the camera goes, "oh, okay, now it's time to switch over to parking mode."?
I think if I could understand that much, maybe I can figure out a way to troubleshoot this. Right now, I'm at a loss.
C. ACC needs to be off, you can unplug the red wire to simulate thisSo does "BATTERY UNSWITCHED" mean always on no matter what and "ACC SWITCHED" means only on with the ignition?
I've checked the list should be good on #'s 1 - 5 as the fuse kit does light up red and the camera does record. The video doesn't quite demonstrate how the dash cam knows when to decide when go in to parking mode. Does it go into parking mode when there's a good ground and:
A. It has power from both the red and yellow wires?
B. It has power from the red wire, but not the yellow wire?
C. It has power from the yellow wire, but not the red wire?
D. It has no power from either wire?
correctSo the goal is to find a fuse for the red wire (ACC) that is not hot when the ignition is off?
one side of the fuse panel is hot, the other is the output to the circuit, the side the wire comes out of the tap is the output sideAnd, is it polarized where I must plug the add-a-fuse into the box a certain orientation?
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You hear a beep and see an analog clock icon appear in the upper right. You can manually unplug your red wire to simulate accessory cut off.
A quick way to troubleshoot & confirm the hardwire kit is working correctly is to use some jumper cables and some smaller alligator clips to bring power from the battery to the inside the the vehicle right next to the hardwire kit without having remove it completely. This will take the fuse panel out of the mix, and prevent the need to remove anything just to confirm things work as expected via simple direct power.
Connect both red (ACC) and yellow (BAT+) wires directly to the positive terminal of your battery and black to negative.
You can then simulate parking mode by removing the red wire as shown in the video here.
Notice the beep and circle/clock icon appearing in the upper right corner of the screen.
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You can then reconnect the red (ACC) wire to make sure it returns to normal driving/recording mode.
This would be the fastest way to gather information on the basics first
Here is another support message we send out initially when we get support requests about parking mode setup.
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If you are experiencing power problems with your Hardwire Kit or parking mode is not recording while the vehicle is parked, please check the following.
1. Are both fuse taps attached, and have 2 fuses inserted into each? The fuse closest to the terminal is for the original fuse from your vehicle, the fuse toward the outside of the fuse tap, which lines up with the red wire is for the hardwire kit (Amber 5 Amp).
2. Do you have a good ground connection? It is essential that the fuse kit is earthed correctly for it to function.
3. Are the Red and Yellow wires correctly connected? Red should be to connected to switched accessory power source, yellow to permanent battery power source.
4. Ensure that the small red LED light on the Hardwire Kit is lighting up when connected.
5. If all power connections are correct and the Camera does not record when parked, check that you have enabled the 3-wire connection in the Camera menu, per the instructions in the manual, which can be found here - http://bit.ly/HardwireManualEN
when the ACC wire gets power again it will change back to normal recording, or if the camera had turned off powering the ACC wire will turn it back onAnd if I can ask, how does it know when to come out of parking mode and go back to regular recording?
The power seats are in the other fuse panel under the hood. I do have a volt meter, but am unsure how to test which fuses are hot and when. Touch the black lead to the ground screw and the red lead to the fuse terminal? I guess it would be trial and error as to which polarity of the fuse to touch. The fuse box is hard to reach and it'll difficult to poke around with the volt meter.
There's a thread on the F150 forums in post #10 where someone posted a photo and advised they used fuses #26 and #33, so those are the same ones I've hooked up to: https://www.f150forum.com/f118/where-wire-dash-cam-445159/