I just bought a Street Guardian from Amazon about a week ago. It is the sg9665gc v2 model.
The problem I have is the camera does not shut off, when my car's ignition is shut off. It just keeps recording. I don't want the dashcam to record when the car's ignition is off, I only want it to turn on and record when I turn the ignition on. I also worry it will drain my car's battery.
I downloaded the manual from Street Guardian's website, and there is a section called "Basic Operation Description", which goes over Automatic Recording and Manual Recording.
For Automatic Recording, it says:
"When you start your vehicle the DVR is automatically started and the recording commences, the REC indicator on the screen will blink and the REC, POWER, MIC LED’s will indicate their status.
At power off the DVR will automatically save the current recording and will power down. The recordings are saved according to the setting chosen in the loop recording menu. As the card reaches capacity the oldest recordings are automatically deleted to allow recording to continue seamlessly."
For Manual Recording, it says:
"Press the <POWER> button, the DVR will power on and begin recording automatically. Press and hold the <POWER> button for 5 seconds, the DVR will save the recording automatically and will then power off."
What I think is the problem is I am using "Manual Recording", instead of "Automatic Recording", because when I noticed the dashcam still recording after many hours of the car's ignition being shut off, I held the power button on the dashcam for 5 seconds to turn it off. I assumed the dashcam would turn back on automatically when I turn on the ignition. The dashcam did not turn on when I turned on the ignition. I had to press the power button on the dashcam to turn it back on, and I think it turned it on into "Manual Recording", which does not stop recording after I have turned off ignition (I believe). Either I do not know how to turn on "Automatic Recording", the camera's "Automatic Recording" function is faulty, or the cigarette lighter socket has a constant power, instead of a switched power, so the camera does not get the message to turn off when ignition is off. If the problem is with the constant power from the cigarette lighter, is there a way to set up the dashcam so it doesn't unnecessarily record 24/7, and drain my car's battery?
Thank you.
The problem I have is the camera does not shut off, when my car's ignition is shut off. It just keeps recording. I don't want the dashcam to record when the car's ignition is off, I only want it to turn on and record when I turn the ignition on. I also worry it will drain my car's battery.
I downloaded the manual from Street Guardian's website, and there is a section called "Basic Operation Description", which goes over Automatic Recording and Manual Recording.
For Automatic Recording, it says:
"When you start your vehicle the DVR is automatically started and the recording commences, the REC indicator on the screen will blink and the REC, POWER, MIC LED’s will indicate their status.
At power off the DVR will automatically save the current recording and will power down. The recordings are saved according to the setting chosen in the loop recording menu. As the card reaches capacity the oldest recordings are automatically deleted to allow recording to continue seamlessly."
For Manual Recording, it says:
"Press the <POWER> button, the DVR will power on and begin recording automatically. Press and hold the <POWER> button for 5 seconds, the DVR will save the recording automatically and will then power off."
What I think is the problem is I am using "Manual Recording", instead of "Automatic Recording", because when I noticed the dashcam still recording after many hours of the car's ignition being shut off, I held the power button on the dashcam for 5 seconds to turn it off. I assumed the dashcam would turn back on automatically when I turn on the ignition. The dashcam did not turn on when I turned on the ignition. I had to press the power button on the dashcam to turn it back on, and I think it turned it on into "Manual Recording", which does not stop recording after I have turned off ignition (I believe). Either I do not know how to turn on "Automatic Recording", the camera's "Automatic Recording" function is faulty, or the cigarette lighter socket has a constant power, instead of a switched power, so the camera does not get the message to turn off when ignition is off. If the problem is with the constant power from the cigarette lighter, is there a way to set up the dashcam so it doesn't unnecessarily record 24/7, and drain my car's battery?
Thank you.
