I have finally installed my front and rear cameras, and I am very happy with how both units perform! That said, I have two problems that I cannot seem to resolve.
The minor issue I have has to do with the time. I have configured the correct time zone, and set the correct time, but once I attach the front camera back to its base, it automatically backs the time up one hour. I have reset set the time over and over again, and each and every time it backs the time up one hour. The User Manual says "Note: the time zone must be manually adjusted for daylight savings." Unfortunately, there does not appear to anyway to toggle the daylight savings time in the settings - not under the "TimeZone" settings or the "Date/Time" settings. I have resolved the issue by re-configuring the time zone to one that is one hour ahead of my actual time zone. Now the time is correct.
The bigger issue, however, is that the camera NEVER stops recording! The first morning after hooking the unit up, the camera was so hot I could barely touch it (and it wasn't even hot outside yet). When I plugged the SD card into the computer, I could see that the front and rear cameras had been recording for over 12 hours straight. I don't think this camera is going to survive very long getting as hot as it did. The unit is wired correctly: the red is hooked up to full-time battery power, the yellow wire is hooked up to ignition power, and the black wire is hooked to ground. There are no wiring issues.
With "Motion Detection" configured under the "Parking" mode settings, the "Parking Mode" indicator (display #6 in the User Manual) stays illuminated at all times, regardless of whether the car is on or off. When the car is running the red light on the upper right and the blue light below it are off. When I turn the ignition off, the blue light illuminates, and the red light above it blinks. When I start the car back up, both lights go out. When I turn off the "Parking" mode settings, the "Parking Mode" indicator (display #6 in the User Manual) is no longer illuminated, but the unit still records constantly. When I plug the unit in with "Parking" switched to the off mode, the blue light illuminates, and the red light above blinks regardless of whether the ignition is off or on. The unit begins recording as soon as it is plugged in. When I start the vehicle, the unit powers off by itself after 5 seconds. I then have to power the unit back on manually. When I shut the car off, the unit continues to record. Basically the unit records constantly regardless of what I do.
As I said in the beginning, I really like how the unit operates. I am very happy with it despite the issues I am having. At this point, if I can just completely disable the parking mode so the camera will shutoff like it's suppose to when I turn the ignition off I'd be very happy with that compromise. But unfortunately, no matter what I do, I cannot stop the unit from recording constantly.
