Katakana54
New Member
Hi and nice to virtually meet everyone here.
Context:
I just bought an U3000-2ch to install on my new Ford Focus (which lasted as "new" 4 hours before being hit in the parking lot).
My parking lot, which I cannot change is exposed, being at an Y intersection in the back of my block, and usually cars there when they meet they need to reverse slow etc.
I want to buy as a battery pack the Power Core 6200LFP, but I want to understand a few things (I did my research before, but I might have escaped some things). The iVolt batteries are unavailable in Europe unfortunately (reply from ThinkWare EU store just yesterday).
I did not yet decide whether I'll use the radar or energy saving mode (but I want to have the option of Radar just in case). I feel that in my case the classic energy saving mode would be more useful...but yet to decide. I expect the radar mode would trigger the recording too often.
I don't need any connected options on the U3000.
I'm fine with electronics work, soldering and have installed some dashcams like this on both my cars and friends cars across the years, but none with a battery pack until now.
Questions:
I'll list the questions here hoping I can use the guru-level knowledge around this forum.
1. Would the ThinkWare iVolt batteries have any special functionality that would extend the parking mode duration
I see the battery input on the i3000, but besides the voice notification I've heard in one of the youtube videos, I don't see something else that would extend parking mode duration.
2. Is there any reason for the OBD connector, instead of the hardwire kit?
3. What should I expect as standby time in reality from such a battery pack? Let's assume I use only the Energy Saving 2.0 mode (non-Radar).
I'm asking this because the Power Core site did some recording times tests with the U3000 but I see there the recording time at ~23 hours, with the Radar mode.
This, "somehow" sounds pretty different to the ThinkWare U3000 page that quotes standby times (which I guess are different to recording times).
I'm just trying to understand if with this pack, in parking mode I should expect 20 hours, or 5 days of standby recordings.
Thanks in advance!
Context:
I just bought an U3000-2ch to install on my new Ford Focus (which lasted as "new" 4 hours before being hit in the parking lot).
My parking lot, which I cannot change is exposed, being at an Y intersection in the back of my block, and usually cars there when they meet they need to reverse slow etc.
I want to buy as a battery pack the Power Core 6200LFP, but I want to understand a few things (I did my research before, but I might have escaped some things). The iVolt batteries are unavailable in Europe unfortunately (reply from ThinkWare EU store just yesterday).
I did not yet decide whether I'll use the radar or energy saving mode (but I want to have the option of Radar just in case). I feel that in my case the classic energy saving mode would be more useful...but yet to decide. I expect the radar mode would trigger the recording too often.
I don't need any connected options on the U3000.
I'm fine with electronics work, soldering and have installed some dashcams like this on both my cars and friends cars across the years, but none with a battery pack until now.
Questions:
I'll list the questions here hoping I can use the guru-level knowledge around this forum.
1. Would the ThinkWare iVolt batteries have any special functionality that would extend the parking mode duration
I see the battery input on the i3000, but besides the voice notification I've heard in one of the youtube videos, I don't see something else that would extend parking mode duration.
2. Is there any reason for the OBD connector, instead of the hardwire kit?
3. What should I expect as standby time in reality from such a battery pack? Let's assume I use only the Energy Saving 2.0 mode (non-Radar).
I'm asking this because the Power Core site did some recording times tests with the U3000 but I see there the recording time at ~23 hours, with the Radar mode.
This, "somehow" sounds pretty different to the ThinkWare U3000 page that quotes standby times (which I guess are different to recording times).
I'm just trying to understand if with this pack, in parking mode I should expect 20 hours, or 5 days of standby recordings.
Thanks in advance!
