Does the motion mode active itself when the car is parked (assuming it still has power of course) or do you have to manually put it into motion mode?
1276911
It is a choice on the menu. You have either normal mode or turn on motion mode.
1276912
When you set the motion mode in the menu it is very sensitive to any motion, whether it is a movement of the car/camera or just something passing in front of it. As long as it has power it will record approximately 1 minute segments every time it detects motion.
1276913
You change the setting one time to motion mode and when the car is still while it has battery (5 minutes or so) it will activate on it own
278088
It says it has motion detection, but I never have used it. Mine comes on when I start my vehicle and shuts down when I turn off my vehicle.
1358425
I tried that but never worked for me when car is off and parked. Even it is not working for me when I stop at intersection as car was not moving.
1391691
It snaps rather firmly into either mode and remains in place until manually changed. So, your answer is: "it stays". BTW, very pleased with the device.
327478
It will turn itself off after the vehicle remains motionless for about 10-15 minutes. You will have to manually turn it on.
1023914
It will stay on parking mode until the vehicle starts moving again or until the power supply is shut off (if it gets unplugged from the outlet).
1364042
What the "motion detect" does is record only movement such as a person walking by the camera or if the camera itself moves, like when someone hits your car. In between this nothing is recorded. If motion detect is set to off it only records while you are driving/moving, but once the car is no longer in motion it will not record something like someone walking around your car.
816754
As the others point out, just connect it to a switched power source. However, they also point out that you lose the parking mode. I have it always on, my truck sits for a week or two at a time and I have no issues. The camera goes to sleep and wakes up on impact. You have plenty of computers (clocks, radios, etc.) in your car that draw some power even when off.
225425
I think that you can use it when the engine is running. I always use it with the engine off and the key turned to the run position.
38218
Yes and No. I have not experienced this (luckily), but have given it some thought. Where mine is mounted on the windshield, it has a ball pivot for adjustment. With this, you can actually just reach up and give a 90 degree twist and it will catch what you want it to. The problem with this though is most police will ask you to turn off your car and ignition, so unless you keep a secondary hot switch to feed it power with the key off, recording will stop. I don't think you would want to hard wire it into power not shut off by the ignition key, otherwise you could potentially have a dead battery after prolonged (overnight?) parking. I'm not sure of the power amp/draw and how that effects things, just my thoughts.
988524
No, it has to be manually chosen, but you can leave It on the mph screen and it will not reset when the car is turned off
1282758
With default settings on my phone putting it into the car dock does not open car mode. However I have not messed with any phone settings as far as car mode goes.
266672
I just turn the unit on before connecting to the tire - that way it's not under a load when you turn it on. Vehicle does not need to be running.
616545
Yes. It has two modes - Auto and Manual.When in Auto, it has two settings - 30 seconds on (when motion detected) or 60 seconds on.When in Manual, it has an on/off switch.Hope this helps.
608105
Yes, it does. You can find it in the settings once you connect it to the PC... there are two options given - 0 & 1, for normal mode and for motion detection respectively. Change the settings as per your requirement/ convenience and save it as instructed. I haven't yet tested the motion detecting mode though have already set it in the setting background. It's always good to set it as per the need in advance ;)
2161737
No, you will have to shut it off manually. Since it isn't an integral part of the car's electronics system, but has its own battery and is detachable from the recharging unit, it runs on its own. I haven't found it to be too much of a hassle to shut it off manually. The good part is, if it is not connected to a device for a certain number of minutes, it WILL shut off automatically, so you could just allow it to do that each time you exited your car.
1881554
I do not know. I never used it automatic mode, always start manually. I use it more outside of the car, that in.