garyj
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Have just had my A139 2 channel dashcam fitted with the HK3-C hardwire kit and fuse taps. The camera doesn't immediately go into parking mode when the ignition is turned off. It carries on recording in normal 2 channel mode for 5 minutes then announces it has gone into parking mode. I am using low bit rate recording parking mode currently and have upgraded to firmware v1.5 and done the cameras reset, card format malarkey but to no avail. I've tried setting the timer to 30 minutes but the keypad is locked when I return to the car which is apparently normal for the A139 (after finding this out accidentally from reading this forum!). However when I then turn the ignition key to the accessory position, the camera does not announce it is going back into normal 2 channel mode, so the A139's keypad remains locked, in effect freezing the camera. I have to resort to pulling the power plug in order to reboot it. The parking recordings are present, so the camera does seem to record once entered into parking mode.
I've tried turning parking mode off in settings, and I assume the camera should turn off when I turn off the ignition, but it just stays running in normal 2 channel driving mode. (not sure for how long as did not want to flat my battery)
As for the install, the yellow (acc) wire connects to fuse 1 which is labelled as the accessory fuse in the Honda manual. The car is a Honda Civic Sport 2020, I've seen at least two posts where owners of Honda Civics have used fuse 1 for the (acc) wire with success, albeit with different cameras.
The red (battery) wire connects fuse 4 which is the audio fuse. I've seen other Honda Civics owners use Fuse 16 for door locks, but I would think the audio fuse would be fine also?. This was installed by a dash cam installer and he probed the fuses etc, so I'm assuming he knew what he was doing.
I've read on the Viofo forum of a case where the wires on the hardwire kit, whilst labelled yellow (acc) and red (battery) had actually been reverse fitted on the HK3-C hardwire kit from the factory. This was for an A119 V3 camera with the HK3 hardwire kit. When the owner re-fitted his fuse taps in the reverse orientation everything worked fine. Apparently he ended up with two hardwire kits from Viofo wired wrongly in this way.
I wonder whether this could be the cause of my woes. If this is the case, I presume I now have power permanently connected to the accessory side of the hardwire kit via fuse 4 for the audio connection, and power to the battery side of the hardwire kit only when the ignition is turned on. Is this a reasonable explanation for the symptons described above? Would reversing the connections be advisable to test this assumption, or would that cause me a bigger headache and sparks?
Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated, as my head is spinning with all the variables I've had to suss out over the last few days.
I've tried turning parking mode off in settings, and I assume the camera should turn off when I turn off the ignition, but it just stays running in normal 2 channel driving mode. (not sure for how long as did not want to flat my battery)
As for the install, the yellow (acc) wire connects to fuse 1 which is labelled as the accessory fuse in the Honda manual. The car is a Honda Civic Sport 2020, I've seen at least two posts where owners of Honda Civics have used fuse 1 for the (acc) wire with success, albeit with different cameras.
The red (battery) wire connects fuse 4 which is the audio fuse. I've seen other Honda Civics owners use Fuse 16 for door locks, but I would think the audio fuse would be fine also?. This was installed by a dash cam installer and he probed the fuses etc, so I'm assuming he knew what he was doing.
I've read on the Viofo forum of a case where the wires on the hardwire kit, whilst labelled yellow (acc) and red (battery) had actually been reverse fitted on the HK3-C hardwire kit from the factory. This was for an A119 V3 camera with the HK3 hardwire kit. When the owner re-fitted his fuse taps in the reverse orientation everything worked fine. Apparently he ended up with two hardwire kits from Viofo wired wrongly in this way.
I wonder whether this could be the cause of my woes. If this is the case, I presume I now have power permanently connected to the accessory side of the hardwire kit via fuse 4 for the audio connection, and power to the battery side of the hardwire kit only when the ignition is turned on. Is this a reasonable explanation for the symptons described above? Would reversing the connections be advisable to test this assumption, or would that cause me a bigger headache and sparks?
Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated, as my head is spinning with all the variables I've had to suss out over the last few days.