The hardwired kit is a US$12 add-on when purchasing the dashcam. For that kind of money, it's hard to believe they've also included 3 types of fuse taps, 2 each. Mini, midi and low profile. Each one of them already have 2A fuses installed for the dashcam. The other slot is for your car's original fuse.
The fuse taps fit nice and snug on both male and female ends. In this example, a 2006 GD3 Honda Jazz (Fit in some countries), I've tapped constant power from the headlamp 20A fuse, and ACC signal from the cigarette port 7.5A fuse.
Here we can see the ground line terminated at the fusebox mounting bolt. The power supply unit itself tucked into the other side of the fusebox nicely. The taps and power supply leads are pre-crimped with terminals so that you can connect them without additional tools. All makes for a clean and easy install.
Yes, the dashcam is quite far away from the glass. It's not optimal and is a by-product of their decision to make the camera reversible so that you can get footage from inside the car as well. Of course at this mounted position, it is pointless to try to reverse it (because all you would see is the back of the mirror). The release isn't the smoothest as well, but okay it works if you wanna bring it down. I've aligned the lens to the centre of the mirror stalk, which means the power cable needs to go around the far side where the driver can see all that clutter :/
Once the phone app is connected and you go to camera settings, a new option appears. You can now configure the low voltage cut-off level to use. I've not checked how accurate these settings are (Viofo HK3 for example, 12.4v setting actually cuts off around 12.2v and then the battery will float at 12.3v after that once the load goes away). The parking mode timer also has some pretty odd options. I mean why would anyone want to record for just 15 minutes? I think 30 minutes would be a more appropriate minimum value. It would also be good to have option for say, 2, 4 and 18 hours as good mid-points between what is offered now.
After this we will probably test for parking mode reliability when the car hits 40+ degrees C in the middle of the day. I will not be testing for voltage cut-off stability because the monitoring tool is attached to another car. I will be reporting on battery float voltage after 6 hours as an indication maybe.
Overall, the availability and pricing of this hardwired kit, its quality and bundle, makes it a must-have when buying a Mola N3. Both items go for ~ US$60 on Lazada Malaysia, and I think is available regionally in South East Asia where Lazada operates.
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