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balmybaldwin

Member Since: 17 Apr 2021
Location: Surrey
Posts: 185

2002 Defender 90 Td5 CSW Buckingham Blue

Hardwiring dashcam wiring headache

As I've got a garmin dash cam, I've tried to wire in the hardwire unit that enables parking and motion sensor recording when the vehicle is off.

Easy enough to find a permanent live, and earth. I've used the ignition switch live to the radio for a switched live, however something unexpected happens.

With car off, the camera goes into parking mode - great
I turn the ignition on, parking mode turns off, normal recording begins - great

I start the car, Camera turns off and behaves as if it it has no power... even though the key is in the same position as before.... only differnce is engine is running.

Are there 2 circuits one with ignition but not engine and one thats live when the engine is on?

30th May 2021 6:49pm

kmac

Member Since: 07 Oct 2009
Location: Middlesex
Posts: 1294

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black

With the Defender, at least with mine, when cranking the engine, power is temporarily stopped from other accessories like the cigar lighter - so what is possibly happening is the short break in power is causing it to go off. Surprised it doesn't turn itself on again (as my camera does) when the power resumes after the engine starts.

31st May 2021 8:45am

balmybaldwin

Member Since: 17 Apr 2021
Location: Surrey
Posts: 185

Thanks.

I think my cam had got itself in a tizzy due to me messing with it. Also gave me the memory card degrading message today after leaving it unplugged all night so it seems to have reset itself and I'll get (yet another) new memory card.

Now working as intended.

31st May 2021 7:44pm

Balvaig

Member Since: 19 Feb 2016
Location: Fife
Posts: 719

2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 Landmark LE Corris Grey

My Garmin dash cam is really fussy with memory cards. Only accepts the expensive high speed cards and doesn’t like big cards. Eventually had to use a 4 GB Transend card which was the only one to work reliably. Check the Garmin forums for your model.

1st Jun 2021 8:14am

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