I have read some posts here as well as some google searches and I'm confused at what would be best for me to get.
Here is a rundown of my situation and what I am looking for
- i have to park on the street every night. I live in Western PA so its quite cold in the winter and decently warm in the summer at night. So I'm thinking capacitor powered cam would be best, correct?
- I am mostly just looking for a dash cam, looking forward, that can catch someone's license plate in case they hit my car during the night when I'm sleeping (it has happened in the past). I live on a one way street. so if they hit my car, they have to keep going past it to advance down the road. So, that is when I'm hoping the cam could record video or take multiple pictures of their license plate as it goes by.
- The car I drive is a 2019 Hyundai Veloster
- It has a 12V plug, a cigarette lighter plug, and a USB port in the console
- I don't really intend on using this for anything other than catching people hitting my car at night. So I would even be fine with using some sort of external power source that I can just put in my car every night and hook the camera up to, if this is possible. Everything I've read talks about hardwiring and fuse boxes and these things which I am totally not comfortable in doing myself. Is there any kind of equipment that I can use/recommended for this need?
thank you for your help.
Here is a rundown of my situation and what I am looking for
- i have to park on the street every night. I live in Western PA so its quite cold in the winter and decently warm in the summer at night. So I'm thinking capacitor powered cam would be best, correct?
- I am mostly just looking for a dash cam, looking forward, that can catch someone's license plate in case they hit my car during the night when I'm sleeping (it has happened in the past). I live on a one way street. so if they hit my car, they have to keep going past it to advance down the road. So, that is when I'm hoping the cam could record video or take multiple pictures of their license plate as it goes by.
- The car I drive is a 2019 Hyundai Veloster
- It has a 12V plug, a cigarette lighter plug, and a USB port in the console
- I don't really intend on using this for anything other than catching people hitting my car at night. So I would even be fine with using some sort of external power source that I can just put in my car every night and hook the camera up to, if this is possible. Everything I've read talks about hardwiring and fuse boxes and these things which I am totally not comfortable in doing myself. Is there any kind of equipment that I can use/recommended for this need?
thank you for your help.