Thank you for the video very interesting. I have had my camera for just over a week and encountered a few issues including where the camera has stayed on all the time. Unfortunately when I had this fitted and hard wired I was not taken through any of these items and just thought once fitted it did not need me to do anything else - also I had not been told, and nothing on the box - to say the camera needed to be charged before use. Therefore on a long journey home the dash cam was not working! I think the installer should have gone through more of the settings than he did so thank you for this video. I will do this tomorrow
I have the 522GW hardwired to an ignition source and parking mode DOES work while the ignition is off. The internal battery of the camera powers just the G sensor in parking mode and will only record a 5 minute video if it detects a bump then power off leaving the just G sensor active again. I tested this and confirm it works without a constant live feed from the cars battery. I would personally recommend anyone not using their car at least every other day NOT having it installed to a permanent live feed (NextBase mobile installation guy told me that). From what I’ve read the internal battery (with parking mode on, the g sensor active, screensaver on and auto power off set to on ) should be good for about a week.
@@MADMODS fair enough but it tells you on the hardwire kit to use an ignition switched fuse so a bit contradictory with there information to be honest 🤷🏻♂️ what i don't understand is as soon as your voltage drops below 12v it turns off and uses the internal battery anyway 🤷🏻♂️ the parking mode is annoying because as soon as you open the door to get in your car it protects the video so you end up with loads of videos of you getting into your car so i just dont bother using it 🤷🏻♂️ so tell me what is the point of the internal battery then ?
@@mojoo9386 yes but the constant draining and recharging will kbacker the battery till it stops holding a charge. I know from experience with these cameras
The battery is constantly discharging and charging regardless. I had an older nextbase model for 4 years prior to my current model and the battery was fine wired to an ignition source with parking mode active. It’s also more likely to shorten the life of a lithium iron battery by not letting it discharge and recharge once in a while.
@@dashcamarmagh its only constantly draining if your car is constantly getting bumped else it just on stand by which it would be anyway also lithium batteries need to be fully discharged now and again to keen them good 🤷🏻♂️
The G-Sensor is a nightmare. Mine was set to MEDIUM by default and when driving it would record at least one 'incident' per mile. I tried it on LOW and it still happened albeit less frequently but when I hit a hole in the road or a lip of a change of road surface it would still trigger. So I now have it set to OFF.
Mines been fine set to high. Do you own a car with very hard suspension and live in an area plagued with potholes? Of course your cameras sensor could have been incorrectly calibrated and be faulty.
Don’t know what dash cam model your setting this up but this is completely wrong for Nextbase 622gw. With Parking Mode on if the vehicle detects physical movement it will then record a 45 second protected clip before returning to standby mode. In standby mode it will set the G Sensor to the highest setting regardless of power supply. Constant power is recommended for Parking Mode enabled. If Parking Mode is off when the camera enters standby mode it will not record anything. Screensaver mode will only turn off the screen after 30 seconds after no interaction with the dash cam when in recording mode. The G Sensor setting it for when the camera is recording normally and has no effect on Parking Mode. The Auto Power Off will adjust the time the camera stays on after losing constant power. Off the camera will turn off after 10 seconds. If set to On the camera will turn off after 30 seconds. If the camera has constant power the camera will turn off after 5 minutes if the camera detects no movement of the vehicle.
I had just the standard nextbase cam and someone did a hit and run in a car park, causing £2140 worth of damage to my vehicle. Luckily, it keeps recording for 15 minutes and caught the old girl hitting my vehicle, best £69 ever spent ,I've just upgraded to one with the rear camera and a hard wire kit ,and will put on bump mode do you get any problems with the wind setting the camera off ? Thank you for the video. it is very clear and easy to understand 😊
Gutted. It makes sense but I didn't know you needed the permanent power source for parking mode. Had someone snap my window wiper off and was hoping this could've captured something like this if it happeend again. Should've done my research but I understand why it wouldn't capture motion 😪
@@stuartcareless9550Yes it's rather poor, in the end I just hardwired it to fuse box as it's the only real way it will have enough power overnight to turn on if bumped while parked .
@@DavidRE7 yes that can be done , but in the end I hardwired it to the fusebox . Works well for me as I can turn parking mode off and leave it running if leaving vehicle for a short time and it continues filming. Overnight or longer though then I turn parking mode on and has enough power to power up if I'm hit overnight
The whole point of parking mode is that it works off the cam's battery. It records for 30s after motion. If it were permanently on you wouldn't need it.
you don't have the camra permanently on when it's hardwired to a permanent feed. you set the camra up to automatically power down and if the battery in the camra isn't charged or is old it will still get the impact in a car park.
Can you help me plese , i have next base 4k and if i wait in trafic more then 3 min my camera go to parking mode and after turn off , what i can do to record all the tome
Yes it will drain your car battery. This guy has no clue what he's doing, another idiot on TH-cam people need to ignore. You hardwire to something that only has power when the ignition comes on. In parking mode, it'll use its internal battery, it does not need to be wired to a permanent live. I own this dashcam, hard wired it in myself to an ignition source in just a few minutes and can confirm it will record off its own battery if triggered.
if you have a cigarette lighter that stays live when the cars off that will work. you have it hardwired to hide all the cables and keep the cigarette scocket free.
@@MADMODS my car got rear ended on the driver side couple day ago while it was parked, it was a crack bumper the car alarm didn't went off, I got the 622gw plugged in the cigarette lighter outlet, my car is a 2023 Camry xse it got all the package. It didn't record the incident and now I need to fill a hit and run.
@The Suspect Guilty the battery dosnt last long hence the reason to hardwire it for parking mode. the camra shouldn't get hot it's self but if you pull the camra off the magnetic mount the plate behind is a heat sink and gets hot. but a overly hot camra is probably faulty.
@@MADMODS wrong !! you should only hardwire to ignition fuses never permanent live !! the parking mode works off the standby battery in the camera and only turns on when your car is bumped then turns off after a short time ! it actually doesn't even need to be hardwired to work it works even with the fag lighter power source as thats (normally) ignition activated also !! parking mode is not like cctv it only works when activated saves a coulpe mins of video and turns off 👍🏻
read all the comments man 🙈 i dont have to work for a company to read the instructions on there hardwire box!! and have fitted quite a fue of these myself as per the instructions no problems or complaints yet but thanks for your opinion
your wrong there if parking mode is on and it isnt connected to anything it will come on...I wondered why my camera came on on its own all the time while messing with it in my living room and it was because parking mode was on, everytime I moved it would come on.
How sensitive is it, I have a A500s 70mai dashcam and found my car scratched, but didn't activate recording. I tried to shake the car to activate it, and even hit the car from different locations, didn't seem to work, I had to hit my windscreen with my knuckle where it's attached to activate it. Is that the same with Nextbase? thank you
I have gone through your instructions this afternoon and fingers crossed it is all set up correctly now - thank you
Thank you for the video very interesting. I have had my camera for just over a week and encountered a few issues including where the camera has stayed on all the time. Unfortunately when I had this fitted and hard wired I was not taken through any of these items and just thought once fitted it did not need me to do anything else - also I had not been told, and nothing on the box - to say the camera needed to be charged before use. Therefore on a long journey home the dash cam was not working! I think the installer should have gone through more of the settings than he did so thank you for this video. I will do this tomorrow
I have the 522GW hardwired to an ignition source and parking mode DOES work while the ignition is off. The internal battery of the camera powers just the G sensor in parking mode and will only record a 5 minute video if it detects a bump then power off leaving the just G sensor active again. I tested this and confirm it works without a constant live feed from the cars battery. I would personally recommend anyone not using their car at least every other day NOT having it installed to a permanent live feed (NextBase mobile installation guy told me that). From what I’ve read the internal battery (with parking mode on, the g sensor active, screensaver on and auto power off set to on ) should be good for about a week.
at least you have your "FACTS" correct unlike this video and some of the other comments 👌🏻😉
nextbase.zendesk.com/hc/en-150/articles/360006862138-Will-my-Dash-Cam-drain-my-car-battery-#:~:text=Nextbase%20Dash%20Cams%20are%20not,Hardwire%20Kit%20(sold%20separately).
nextbase.zendesk.com/hc/en-150/articles/360006862138-Will-my-Dash-Cam-drain-my-car-battery-#:~:text=Nextbase%20Dash%20Cams%20are%20not,Hardwire%20Kit%20(sold%20separately).
I work for nextbase and the facts are correct. it my work on internal battery but is not supposed to be used like that.
@@MADMODS fair enough but it tells you on the hardwire kit to use an ignition switched fuse so a bit contradictory with there information to be honest 🤷🏻♂️ what i don't understand is as soon as your voltage drops below 12v it turns off and uses the internal battery anyway 🤷🏻♂️ the parking mode is annoying because as soon as you open the door to get in your car it protects the video so you end up with loads of videos of you getting into your car so i just dont bother using it 🤷🏻♂️ so tell me what is the point of the internal battery then ?
I don’t hard wire I simply add a power bank to the camera when I leave the car works a treat no hardwire required
What power bank have you used..? Thanks
Do you have parking mode set up, or are there other settings you use for continuous recording?
Bit of a faff that isnt it?
It will work if your dash cam isn’t hardwired but after a while it will knacker the battery
It will drain the battery yes but it will recharge when driving like any other lithium battery.
@@mojoo9386 yes but the constant draining and recharging will kbacker the battery till it stops holding a charge. I know from experience with these cameras
The battery is constantly discharging and charging regardless. I had an older nextbase model for 4 years prior to my current model and the battery was fine wired to an ignition source with parking mode active. It’s also more likely to shorten the life of a lithium iron battery by not letting it discharge and recharge once in a while.
@@dashcamarmagh its only constantly draining if your car is constantly getting bumped else it just on stand by which it would be anyway also lithium batteries need to be fully discharged now and again to keen them good 🤷🏻♂️
@@flyasfukfishing8631 the camera will turn on when you get in the car because it thinks the car has been hit, never recommended nextbase parking mode
Great video thanks mate
The G-Sensor is a nightmare. Mine was set to MEDIUM by default and when driving it would record at least one 'incident' per mile. I tried it on LOW and it still happened albeit less frequently but when I hit a hole in the road or a lip of a change of road surface it would still trigger. So I now have it set to OFF.
Mines been fine set to high. Do you own a car with very hard suspension and live in an area plagued with potholes? Of course your cameras sensor could have been incorrectly calibrated and be faulty.
@@mojoo9386 Probably a combination.
@@mojoo9386 Mk8 civics have hard suspension and the g sensor triggers when cornering lol
dont have it on when your driving
Don’t know what dash cam model your setting this up but this is completely wrong for Nextbase 622gw.
With Parking Mode on if the vehicle detects physical movement it will then record a 45 second protected clip before returning to standby mode. In standby mode it will set the G Sensor to the highest setting regardless of power supply. Constant power is recommended for Parking Mode enabled. If Parking Mode is off when the camera enters standby mode it will not record anything.
Screensaver mode will only turn off the screen after 30 seconds after no interaction with the dash cam when in recording mode.
The G Sensor setting it for when the camera is recording normally and has no effect on Parking Mode.
The Auto Power Off will adjust the time the camera stays on after losing constant power. Off the camera will turn off after 10 seconds. If set to On the camera will turn off after 30 seconds.
If the camera has constant power the camera will turn off after 5 minutes if the camera detects no movement of the vehicle.
I had just the standard nextbase cam and someone did a hit and run in a car park, causing £2140 worth of damage to my vehicle. Luckily, it keeps recording for 15 minutes and caught the old girl hitting my vehicle, best £69 ever spent ,I've just upgraded to one with the rear camera and a hard wire kit ,and will put on bump mode do you get any problems with the wind setting the camera off ? Thank you for the video. it is very clear and easy to understand 😊
Gutted. It makes sense but I didn't know you needed the permanent power source for parking mode. Had someone snap my window wiper off and was hoping this could've captured something like this if it happeend again.
Should've done my research but I understand why it wouldn't capture motion 😪
How long does the battery last off charge?
About 10 seconds
@@stuartcareless9550Yes it's rather poor, in the end I just hardwired it to fuse box as it's the only real way it will have enough power overnight to turn on if bumped while parked .
@@stuartcareless9550 you mean 10 minutes
Could you not use a power bank ?
@@DavidRE7 yes that can be done , but in the end I hardwired it to the fusebox . Works well for me as I can turn parking mode off and leave it running if leaving vehicle for a short time and it continues filming. Overnight or longer though then I turn parking mode on and has enough power to power up if I'm hit overnight
If your parking mode has captured something does the camera or app let you know? For example flashing light or screen displaying anything
no it doesn't.
The whole point of parking mode is that it works off the cam's battery. It records for 30s after motion. If it were permanently on you wouldn't need it.
you don't have the camra permanently on when it's hardwired to a permanent feed. you set the camra up to automatically power down and if the battery in the camra isn't charged or is old it will still get the impact in a car park.
Can you help me plese , i have next base 4k and if i wait in trafic more then 3 min my camera go to parking mode and after turn off , what i can do to record all the tome
Will parking mode live feed drain car battery?
Yes it will drain your car battery. This guy has no clue what he's doing, another idiot on TH-cam people need to ignore. You hardwire to something that only has power when the ignition comes on. In parking mode, it'll use its internal battery, it does not need to be wired to a permanent live. I own this dashcam, hard wired it in myself to an ignition source in just a few minutes and can confirm it will record off its own battery if triggered.
So do you need to hardwire to enable parking mode or just a cigarette lighter will work, if so then what the point of hardwiring?
if you have a cigarette lighter that stays live when the cars off that will work. you have it hardwired to hide all the cables and keep the cigarette scocket free.
@@MADMODS my car got rear ended on the driver side couple day ago while it was parked, it was a crack bumper the car alarm didn't went off, I got the 622gw plugged in the cigarette lighter outlet, my car is a 2023 Camry xse it got all the package. It didn't record the incident and now I need to fill a hit and run.
Also is the dash cam suppose to have a two min battery life or mine is faulty? Also my is extremely hot for some reason
@The Suspect Guilty the battery dosnt last long hence the reason to hardwire it for parking mode. the camra shouldn't get hot it's self but if you pull the camra off the magnetic mount the plate behind is a heat sink and gets hot.
but a overly hot camra is probably faulty.
Many thanks, great information provided.
So the parking mode is better in performance for the battery if the Dashcam is hardwired.
yes it won't work unless you hardwire it.
Hardwired can still be wired to an ignition source that’s only providing power when the ignition is switched on.
@@MADMODS wrong !! you should only hardwire to ignition fuses never permanent live !! the parking mode works off the standby battery in the camera and only turns on when your car is bumped then turns off after a short time ! it actually doesn't even need to be hardwired to work it works even with the fag lighter power source as thats (normally) ignition activated also !! parking mode is not like cctv it only works when activated saves a coulpe mins of video and turns off 👍🏻
@fly asfuk fishing i fit 3 sets of theses a day and its even on the nextbase site to wire them to a live feed. do you work for nextbase?
read all the comments man 🙈 i dont have to work for a company to read the instructions on there hardwire box!! and have fitted quite a fue of these myself as per the instructions no problems or complaints yet but thanks for your opinion
parking mode drains ur car batt?
your wrong there if parking mode is on and it isnt connected to anything it will come on...I wondered why my camera came on on its own all the time while messing with it in my living room and it was because parking mode was on, everytime I moved it would come on.
it will but it will flatten the battery in no time . it's OK when it's brand new but the little battery doesn't last long.
@@MADMODS unless you get banged 10 times while away from your car you only need it work once.
How sensitive is it, I have a A500s 70mai dashcam and found my car scratched, but didn't activate recording.
I tried to shake the car to activate it, and even hit the car from different locations, didn't seem to work, I had to hit my windscreen with my knuckle where it's attached to activate it.
Is that the same with Nextbase? thank you
Video should be taken down, very poor and inaccurate advice.
Can you explain why? I’m thinking of buying this dadhcam
Seems pretty legit to me
Wrong