So I bought a hardwire kit from the bay .
But it didn't come with an in-line fuse as some have previously found out .
So a part refund was issued .
And a fuse tap added .
Fuse tap was placed in 15A cigar lighter as that is what female socket I had been using and permanently live .
Camera would reboot everytime on vehicle starting and footage wouldn't be recorded up to a minute away which is two junctions and two roads away , not what I want .
Now a 11.6V power cut to protect the battery is too low anyway and perhaps in some way this was interfering and cutting the power on starting unlike the cigar socket .
A full refund was issued .
I plan in the near future to re-hardwire with a female cigar lighter socket .
And add a switch to save the car battery when the car is parked on the driveway .
The switch would also re-awake the camera if I chose it to power down ( Auto shutdown ) from optional preset times in the battery protection for parked vehicles mode .
Currently it does shutdown with any chosen preset time however does not reawaken with G shock or vehicle starting .
But it didn't come with an in-line fuse as some have previously found out .
So a part refund was issued .
And a fuse tap added .
Fuse tap was placed in 15A cigar lighter as that is what female socket I had been using and permanently live .
Camera would reboot everytime on vehicle starting and footage wouldn't be recorded up to a minute away which is two junctions and two roads away , not what I want .
Now a 11.6V power cut to protect the battery is too low anyway and perhaps in some way this was interfering and cutting the power on starting unlike the cigar socket .
A full refund was issued .
I plan in the near future to re-hardwire with a female cigar lighter socket .
And add a switch to save the car battery when the car is parked on the driveway .
The switch would also re-awake the camera if I chose it to power down ( Auto shutdown ) from optional preset times in the battery protection for parked vehicles mode .
Currently it does shutdown with any chosen preset time however does not reawaken with G shock or vehicle starting .
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