Sounds fine to me .. my set up is working excellently I don’t have to think about it . Never switch it off but have the choice if I want to . Only thing I hate is the stupid American woman’s voice that tells me ..“ direct wi fi connection already taken ” they must have auditioned plenty to find a voice so obnoxious
Yes mine is fine off of leisure battery but if you don’t move the vehicle it takes about 4 days before the leisure battery is down to about 12 volts and my power magic pro is set to switch off at that point .. I’m no expert but I believe the battery is over half drained at 12 volts .slightly off topic but as a result of fitting my black view 2 Chanel and having it set to constantly record whilst parked I managed to film an accident and save someone’s car written off with no ability to claim insurance ! Basically my rear camera captured the number plate and behaviour of a hit and run driver who reversed into another car and drove off .. I found the owner of the damaged ca r ( it was parked by the way ) and gave them the footage .. they had no issues with insurance who paid in full and the police have the number plate of the driver who did the deed . So these cameras are bloody useful even if it’s not for yourself .
That is awesome!! I do a fair few miles and the things I see people do on the motorways is mental!
I don’t have a black view, I have a Thinkware but the cut off is a software configuration option, You can set the max record time in parking mode to a number of pre-determined hours (24, 48 etc). It also has a battery cut off where it will switch off if the battery voltage drops below 12.2v (from memory). This is also selectable.
I was pretty cheap around £30 / 40 if I remember correctly .. expensive for what it is .. but I would not be without it . I can always change the settings to completely deplete the leisure battery if I’m going away for longer ... I use the cameras on 24h per day parked outside the house as a security system as well .. it’s pretty neat you can also monitor in real time on a phone or computer .
How do you do the monitoring in real time?? is that another cost?
Don’t worry sorted it!! It’s a bit annoying on those notifications though!
Notifications ?
In parking mode it pushes notifications when it senses movement.. but it’s super sensitive but I’ve just turned it down and it isn’t that bad.
Ah i see , well I played around with it for a while and now god knows what it’s set to do .. I have the voice switched off ! That did my head in and I hardly think about it now i don’t get any notifications , I only look at footage after an event if im trying to see anything that may be important .my Kenwood system ( i also have a Kenwood head unit and dash and reversing camera connected to that ) I use for parking mode and it often tells me of any incident which I can watch there and then in the head unit screen in the van it’s very convenient . my BlackVue the way I think about it is just monitoring 24/7 all and anything that happens around my van constantly whether it be parked or while driving. The black vue kicks ass as it’s 4 k and even the rear is 720 both are excellent for getting all the details .. the Kenwood is pants video but it’s efficient as it tells me when I get in my van if anything happened whilst I was parked .
