- Compatible with DR300G, DR400G, DR400G-Season 2, DR500GW, and DR350
- Multi-booting, Cigar jack connection socket, For 12-24V
- Prevention to discharge Vehicle Battery, Prevention to Reboot Black box/Navigation
- Configuring the Voltage to Cut-off the Power, Configuring the Timer to Cut-off the Power
- Timer setting : 6hrs ~ Infinity, Semi-permanent fuse usage
Installation woes: I am a pretty big gear head, and working with an automotive fuse box isn't something that usually bothers me. The instructions left me guessing where to connect the wires, and while I ended up getting it right the first time, luck had a good amount to do with it.
They also don't give you enough wire for a fuse box located in the trunk of the car.This is device I needed to:
1) get rid of the hanging wires for my FineVu CR-500HD that was plugged into cigarette lighter
2) be able to use Parking Mode on the FineVu CR-500HD when the car is left on the street (useful for recording suspicious faces around your car or when someone does hit-and-run while you are in a parking garage)
First of all make sure to get a good circuit tester (Amazon sells heavy-duty circuit tester) and two add-a-circuit kits (search for Littelfuse FHA200BP ATO Add-A-Circuit Kit). The tester will make finding correct fuse sockets a breeze and the add-a-circuit kits really help when you don't have unused sockets and/or your car has low-profile mini-fuses (they are a very hard to work with in tight spaces).
My setup works great thanks to this device and the extras I mentioned. Have fun!I use the Power Magic Pro with a Blackvue 500GW-HD dash cam and it works like a champ.
I have it set to 12 volts and 48 hours and it has been working flawlessly.
Installation is obvious and extremely simple constant 12v, Ignition 12v and Ground. The other 2 wires are to power your device 12v and Ground. Configuration is likewise very easy.
The only thing I would change is the cheap on/off switch, but other than that it's a great device.I bought this product and so far it has performed all the advertised functions without a hitch.
I currently have it set up in the default mode of record for 6 hrs after the vehicle has been turned off or the voltage drops below 11.8.
For what you get though i think the price is on the higher side, and I think that the manufacturers are thinking that if a consumer is willing to pay 300 bucks on a dash cam $40 is a drop in the bucket. Not really sure but the price could be lower, in my opinion.
I bought a couple of "Add a Fuse" (aaf) kits to install this in my fuse box. This is not necessary but I preferred a clean installation. I placed one aaf in a Accessory (ACC) fuse port and the other in a port which always had power from the battery even with the car is off (hazard light, park light, etc...).
One recommendation for a future unit would be to add a temperature probe. This would be helpful as when I park the car in the sun and Parking mode is activated the DVR unit starts to malfunction and corrupt the SD card in direct sun light. Having a temp probe could cut power to the unit if the temperature in side the vehicle exceeded a set amount.
Apart from that this is a great product if you would like to use Parking Mode on your DVR.
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This device does exactly what it's supposed to and I am very happy with it.You need to know your way around your cars electrical system to wire this up though. In my c-class mercedes there is a fuse box located in the trunk and I wired it to two fuses, an "always on" fuse and an "on with the key" fuse. Well I found out that the Mercedes cuts power to the entire fuse box after about an hour of turning off the car so I ended up wiring the always on directly to the car battery.
So you may have to deal with little annoyances like that depending on your car but the product works great.
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