70mai with external battery?

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I currently have a 70mai A500s plugged into the car with hardwire kit. After getting hit by a lorry few days back, I've realized and researched that the hardware kit doesn't enable 24/7 recording, but only standby mode which only turns on after a few seconds of getting hit. Instead of going the expensive route of getting a whole new set of dashcam with external backup battery (Cellink), I was wondering if 70mai cameras allow plugging in with Cellink or any external brand of dashcam battery? Will the dashcam heat up under the hot weather + continuous recording? Or in simple words, are they meant to be installed with external battery pack?

I apologise in advance as I am not savvy in any engineering terms. Thank you so much in advance.
 
Also, this:

DIY hardwire kit to enable parking mode on 70mai?

I just received my brand new m300, and in my car I already have a DIY UPS of sorts for alarm and dashcam. I was kinda hoping M300 included a smart parking mode where, when no movement was detected but power was still on, parking mode would be automatically enabled. They could have totally done...
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Doesn't your camera also have the possibility of creating a time lapse set of pictures while parked?
Otherwise... yep, this system is pretty useless because if someone scratches the car for example, the camera won't start...
 
mdk said:
Doesn't your camera also have the possibility of creating a time lapse set of pictures while parked?
Otherwise... yep, this system is pretty useless because if someone scratches the car for example, the camera won't start...
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Thanks for the reply! Appreciate it.

I was looking at the reply on the other thread. Sadly, I'm not that good with wiring and hardware to be doing that, that's why I wanted to take the route of just buying an external dashcam battery and plugging it into the 70mai. Was just afraid that the 70mai cannot handle being turned on 24/7 or something.

And no, sadly, the dashcam doesn't have timelapse mode..
 
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