Velvetfoot
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Maybe you set time lapse by mistake?
Reset it to the default settings, it should work fine with default settings. No point in us guessing all the changes you have made...No, I have it in auto. I did some reading and it seems like automatically switching between parking mode to driving mode only works correctly with the viofo hardwire kit or gps module on...Does that seem correct?
I think the hardware kit would be best. Mine switches between parking and driving modes perfectly.No, I have it in auto. I did some reading and it seems like automatically switching between parking mode to driving mode only works correctly with the viofo hardwire kit or gps module on...Does that seem correct?
I've accidentally left my A119 V3 running on Parking mode for over 12 hours (sometimes over 24 hours) quite a few times. I have my HK3 kit set on 12.0 volts and it only once shut down the camera during the over 24 hours event. The car still started (Honda Odyssey with Exide X60CMF battery) but I did charge the battery with a charger after that event as I mainly only drive short local trips.Hi folks, just figuring out how much time a single A119 V3 can record over a HK3 setup in parking mode. I have a 68Ah car battery, with typical 12.5-12.4V voltage readings every next day after my common daily drive now. I've measured the typical power consumption in 2K/60fps to be about ~0.36A when recording (LCD off).
Do you think it will be possible with my described setup/driving style to record 12+ hours of footage (mostly in parking mode) without draining/damaging my car battery too much? Of course this is just for one single camera, and I will have two of them installed.
Can anybody share his/her real life experiences with HK3 and A119 V3 vs. car battery life? Or another setup with external battery? Many thanks in advance.
Your 0.36A is measured at 5 volts, not the 12V of the car battery?Hi folks, just figuring out how much time a single A119 V3 can record over a HK3 setup in parking mode. I have a 68Ah car battery, with typical 12.5-12.4V voltage readings every next day after my common daily drive now. I've measured the typical power consumption in 2K/60fps to be about ~0.36A when recording (LCD off).
Do you think it will be possible with my described setup/driving style to record 12+ hours of footage (mostly in parking mode) without draining/damaging my car battery too much? Of course this is just for one single camera, and I will have two of them installed.
Can anybody share his/her real life experiences with HK3 and A119 V3 vs. car battery life? Or another setup with external battery? Many thanks in advance.
I'm gonna have to check this out myself. I would've thought that if the camera turned off, via button or parking mode timer, consumption would go to zero.What I did find is that even with the camera turned off, the GPS mount still draws quite a lot of power from the HK3
I installed a Bluetooth battery monitor in my car and watched what the GPS/HK3 was doing. With the HK3 physically switched off, my battery wouldn't waiver much from about 12.7 volts in the morning. However with the GPS/HK3 switched on I regularly found that overnight the battery would be much lower, and progressively lower over the following days if I didn't switch it off, so it definitely drains the battery.I'm gonna have to check this out myself. I would've thought that if the camera turned off, via button or parking mode timer, consumption would go to zero.
(PS: I also installed a switch for parking at the house.)
Don't forget the actual HK3 unit itself is also adding to the overall drain.I measured (about) .34 A @5.08 V when running normally, screen on.
When turned off, but still plugged in, I measure .03 A.
With the camera removed, .02 A from the GPS unit.
Yes, true. I didn't (couldn't easily) measure that.Don't forget the actual HK3 unit itself is also adding to the overall drain.
Just need to add something to possibly help.Thanks everybody for replies and suggestions. Both cameras installed yesterday using HK3 kit. They're nearly invisible from the outside, so small. Car's AGM battery voltage drop after cca 12hours in parking mode from yesterday until this morning is only 0.3volts (from 12.8 to 12.5), which seems nice (I have set the cutoff voltage to 12.2volts). For this price and for what I have played back on PC so far, video quality is out of this world, really. And the CPL filter helps too. However, Parking Mode Motion Detection doesn't seem to work at all, even when its sensitivity is set to highest value. I have managed to trigger recording only once, by somehow activating Parking G-sensor when I tried to "carefully" hit the back of my car with my hands and shook the car a little bit, although the rear dashcam only recorded 4 videos sequence (each video suffixed with P character) and each video is 10 seconds in length. Maybe I really don't know how Parking Mode Motion Detection works (infrared sensor or is it done purely in software???), but I was expecting that they would for sure record something during the night, as the parkplace is busy there. But nothing was recorded. Any suggestions? I am doing something wrong here? Firmware issue? Thanks.
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