how to make the cam stay online

[CurlyFlow]

I wonder when i pull my car into the garage and shut it off... wont the camera turn off and it cant be downloaded? Is there a way to keep the camera on for some minutes after shutting the car off? How you do it?

[acolomba]

The camera has to be hardwired to something that continues to give it power for a time period.

I use Power Magic EZ.

BlackVue also offers a hardwiring kit.

edit: fixed link

[CurlyFlow]

that first link is the same as the second and i cant really find it thru google.

[acolomba]

fixed the first link

[CurlyFlow]

Thank you very much.

Im absolulty new to this car stuff, so i will take your information to my car dealer to install it.

I really want a set and forget solution. So i could just let parking mode on for forever, right? Or cant i just set it to lets say like stay on for half an hour... or something like this?

[acolomba]

Yes, the kits have a timer to leave the camera on for a set period of time. You'll want to set a time sufficient to download new recordings. That time depends on driving habits, recording quality and the throughput through the Wi-Fi connection.

I think I'll take this opportunity to add some documentation to that effect.

[CurlyFlow]

Usually it shouldnt be much. Wifi should be good at that spot. Also it should resume downloads, right?

How long does the download takes for you?

[acolomba]

Sustained download speed with good Wi-Fi seems to be around 30Mbps, so for a single cam recording at high quality (100MB/min), that amounts to ~30s download time for every minute of recording.