I am having intermittent issues with my SG9665GC losing power and I think it's due to a connection issue with the power cord that plugs into the 12V socket. I found that the strain relief on the cord has broken off and I could see the red wire inside being exposed. Here's a picture of the cord that goes to the 12V adapter.
I pushed the cord in so the wire isn't as exposed. The strain relief separated from the end of the cord and for purposes of the picture, I just pulled the strain relief out further to show it obviously separated. I pushed the strain relief back towards the adapter to cover the end of the cord.
The 12V socket in my Honda Odyssey minivan is about 13-14 inches above the floor of the car, which is higher than normal cars. The cord drops all the way to the floor and is routed towards the right-hand passenger side. I think this puts a lot of strain on the cord where it joins with the adapter and is why the strain relief broke perhaps causing damage to the internal wire around the strain relief.
I have a A119 dashcam in a separate car and it came with a mini-USB to USB cable and a 12V USB adapter to plug the cable into. I think this kind of power cable setup would be better, at least for my situation, as there would not be as much strain on the power cord. Also another benefit is that most 12V USB adapters (including the dual USB 12V adapter that came with the A119) have a bright large LED to show whether power is being received so it is very easy to take a glance at it to see that it has power or not. But with the power cable that came with the SG9665GC, the tiny red LED for it is farther down the cable on some kind of small module that's part of the cable (not sure what the term of this is) so I would need to glance somewhere on the floor to see the LED.
So wondering if the SG9665GC or successors might include a power setup with mini-USB to USB cable and 12V USB adapter like the A119 because I think this would be an improvement.
I pushed the cord in so the wire isn't as exposed. The strain relief separated from the end of the cord and for purposes of the picture, I just pulled the strain relief out further to show it obviously separated. I pushed the strain relief back towards the adapter to cover the end of the cord.
The 12V socket in my Honda Odyssey minivan is about 13-14 inches above the floor of the car, which is higher than normal cars. The cord drops all the way to the floor and is routed towards the right-hand passenger side. I think this puts a lot of strain on the cord where it joins with the adapter and is why the strain relief broke perhaps causing damage to the internal wire around the strain relief.
I have a A119 dashcam in a separate car and it came with a mini-USB to USB cable and a 12V USB adapter to plug the cable into. I think this kind of power cable setup would be better, at least for my situation, as there would not be as much strain on the power cord. Also another benefit is that most 12V USB adapters (including the dual USB 12V adapter that came with the A119) have a bright large LED to show whether power is being received so it is very easy to take a glance at it to see that it has power or not. But with the power cable that came with the SG9665GC, the tiny red LED for it is farther down the cable on some kind of small module that's part of the cable (not sure what the term of this is) so I would need to glance somewhere on the floor to see the LED.
So wondering if the SG9665GC or successors might include a power setup with mini-USB to USB cable and 12V USB adapter like the A119 because I think this would be an improvement.