jaddy
New Member
Okay, I went cheap. Despite that, the RedTiger F7NP seems decent. Crisp footage, always records, locks files with ease and seems decent with low-light footage, too. I have it connected to my 2022 Skoda Superb Wagon.
I got the F7NP on sale on Amazon, with the Redtiger Hardwire Kit for the F7N / F7NP. I did a heap of research, read blogs, watched videos and studied and played around with which fuses to connect the ACC and BATT cables. I have two major concerns.
The Hardwire Kit from RedTiger doesn't come with a varied selection of fuse adaptors, and isn't just bare wire connections that need crimping to easily add-a-fuse, which is what I expected from my research. Instead, it already has standard fuse connections hardwired to the end of the two fuse inputs, not allowing me to use the original fuses that I've removed. Is this safe?
Secondly, the camera doesn't kick into parking mode at all. I have grounded the black ground lead to a metal bolt to the left of the fusebox. I have entered my ACC lead into the rear window wiper fuse (15 amp), and my BATT lead into the interior lighting fuse. When I turn on the car ignition, the cameras function normally, but when I turn the car off, the camera says it will enter parking mode, but no time lapse is ever recorded. I have tried switching the leads, flipping the inputs in the fuse and tried entering the BATT lead into the central locking fuse, tow hitch fuse, heated seat fuse, and some others. When I test the fuses power when the car is off, because the key fob is present, most fuses have power. I have heard that this is an issue with newer cars.
Can anyone with technical experience help me out with figuring this one out?
I got the F7NP on sale on Amazon, with the Redtiger Hardwire Kit for the F7N / F7NP. I did a heap of research, read blogs, watched videos and studied and played around with which fuses to connect the ACC and BATT cables. I have two major concerns.
The Hardwire Kit from RedTiger doesn't come with a varied selection of fuse adaptors, and isn't just bare wire connections that need crimping to easily add-a-fuse, which is what I expected from my research. Instead, it already has standard fuse connections hardwired to the end of the two fuse inputs, not allowing me to use the original fuses that I've removed. Is this safe?
Secondly, the camera doesn't kick into parking mode at all. I have grounded the black ground lead to a metal bolt to the left of the fusebox. I have entered my ACC lead into the rear window wiper fuse (15 amp), and my BATT lead into the interior lighting fuse. When I turn on the car ignition, the cameras function normally, but when I turn the car off, the camera says it will enter parking mode, but no time lapse is ever recorded. I have tried switching the leads, flipping the inputs in the fuse and tried entering the BATT lead into the central locking fuse, tow hitch fuse, heated seat fuse, and some others. When I test the fuses power when the car is off, because the key fob is present, most fuses have power. I have heard that this is an issue with newer cars.
Can anyone with technical experience help me out with figuring this one out?