AUKEY Dash Cam Hardwire Kit with Motion Detection Sensor, Dashboard Camera Hardwire Kit for DR01, DR02, DR02 D, DR02 P, DRA1 and More Dashcams with Mini USB Port

Reviewed alongside the Aukey DR02 D with GPS module.Tested parked on a relatively busy road and on a couple of drives.- The Aukey DR02 D has a 15 second boot up time, so you inevitably miss whatever it is that triggered the 'motion sensor'.- The maximum card it can take is 128Gb. With front and rear cameras attached is about 2.7Mb/s in 1080p. So the maximum this dashcam can record is in region of 13 hours.- The motion sensor seems to trigger an awful lot and there is no way of adjusting the sensitivity.- So with this combo you get a camera that's nearly always on, but not always, and misses the crucial time that the motion detector is triggered.- And the files end up all different lengths, and stop recording even when things are happening in the vicinity. There seems to be little to predict how long it will record for after being triggered!?- So if you want a 'parking mode', you might as well hardwire the camera and set it to 'motion detect' so it triggers from the image, rather than this proximity sensor/kit. It will probably record more of the crucial footage you want.

This is about as easy as it gets to hardwire a dashcam. It uses the standard ODBII diagnostic port that is part of the fusebox of all cars from the mid 90's. This is unused the vast majority of the time so it's a nice move to use this for a permanant live. It frees up the USB that you might have in the car, or may not have in older models.The motion sensor means that despite being a "permanent" live it isn't a bad drain as the camera is only operational when the engine is off but someone is moving within 3 meters of the motion sensor.So far I've had the car parked up for a couple of days on a quiet road, and regularly parked in a busy car park for 12 hours while at work. The motion sensor seems to work well adn i have plenty of short clips of people walking past, or cars parking behind me. I have a voltage indicator inside the car and thus level of recordig when parked doesn't seem to drain the battery noticably. I seem to have a steady 12.3-12.5V with the engine off.

Ok just installed this motion unit to my aukey dashcam system & so far so good..Camera quality not scoring as it's nothing to do with this item.Ease of install, simple.. however I don't understand why the input & output or on opposite sides to the unit..I'll be testing the motion sensor very shortly & make comments if I find my car suffering from low power etc (Upton now everything is A-ok) 16.2.2020Ok after a brief test, the unit was set on 'medium sensitivity' & yet I've captured upwards of 25recordings of nothing except high winds!!!!! Now ive currently disconnected the unit ready for work in the morning, of which I'll adjust the unit to 'low sensitivity'18.2.2020 further update, 1st night I trailed the permanent power supply, 06:30 set off for work I found a warning on the dash 'low voltage' luckily the car was able to turnover 'only just' so I'm sending the manufacturer a email & will be emailing the seller, this is potentially a faulty unit or the camera unit is being triggered by the smallest of items/light car movement due to the wind??!!?? Nota good sign overall.Further update 2.3.2020Ok upon reflection I've reduced the star rating even further, this system could really cause issues if the car and/or battery old.. the aukey main power supply would be far safer if the aukey camera had a inbuilt capacitor allowing it to self power itself, only upon the battery dropping to a low state would it then utilise charge from.the car battery directly this safe guarding the car battery. As it stands all that occurs is that the dash cam trips over literally nothing occurring & your memory card becomes full of 50-60 seconds of random clips of nothing & yes even slight rocking/swaying of the car or the environment trips the camera into life.... not ideal.

Sadly I need to add my voice to those who have claimed that this device drains your car battery despite the product's assurance that it is specifically designed not to.You're probably fine if you drive at least every few days and your battery is in good health but if you're like me and can sometimes go as much as a week between drives, this thing will become the most hated device you've ever bought.My car battery was brand new and since installing this evil device I have repeatedly found the battery totally dead after 5+ days of no driving and even when the engine has turned over, I can often tell it was a close call.Worse still, car batteries should not be left in a discharged state, it does permanent damage to them (it's usually why you eventually need to replace your car battery).I am going to attempt to rig this thing to work off a external powerpack just to try and salvage some value from this pair of devices. But I would caution anybody away from this device unless they are very definitely driving at least every 3 days.