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What are the symptoms?
First kit:
The hardwire kit itself became very hot to the touch. Would not power up the cam when the engine turns on. To get it working again, the CONSTANT wire had to be physically disconnected from the fuse box then reconnect again. Again, the kit still stay very hot to touch.
Second kit:
It would never stop providing power to the cam even with the power guard off, motion detect off, and the engine turn off.
Third kit:
Same issues as the second kit.
Fourth kit:
The power guard on and the motion detect are on. The cam turned off after the voltage went down below the trip voltage. But then when the engine turns off and the battery voltage goes pass the trip point, the cam would not automatically turn on. It had to be turn on manually.
so in your case, when the engine is off, the battery voltage goes pass the trip point a little, the camera will not power on automatically. Even if you manually turn it on, the camera will auto power off soon.
But when you ignite engine, the camera will power on immediately and keep recording.
Estore009 have already ask me to do that. But, I'm not going to send it in until I get the replacement I ordered.this is strange, please return this kit to the distributor or to us directly so we can check what happened on this kit
Going to the USB charger works correctly, that is the USB cable coming from the USB charger, the CAM turns on when the engine turns on and off when engine turns off.1, check the camera with cigar charger, if it is power on / off properly
With the engine off with the RED connected to CONSTANT and YELLOW connected to ACC, the CAM will not come up. Going to the USB charger works. To get the hardwire kit to work again, the RED has to be physically disconnect from the fuse box then reconnected.2, plug / unplug the microUSB connector from hardwire kit to the camera instead of engine ignite, check if it is power on / off properly
This is a 2017 model, it's not even 1 year old yet. So, no, the engine cranks right away.3, is this a aged car which need a long time to ignite the engine? please look clost the LEDs on camera to get some idea during igniting