04-17-2017, 08:51 PM | #1 |
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Fuse tap Dash Cam set up
installed a Thinkware F750 with rear camera. works great with the exception that I can't get park mode to work, I taped in to the f23 (trunk) fuse for constant power, trunk will release but can't figure out why the park mode won't work, changed out the fuses and the connection to the wire from the tap looks good. dumbfounded. what size fuse should I be using for the camera? read where 2 to a 5 and lowest I have is a 5. if I got a 2 and 3 would that work? figure it is that or I recheck the wire in the crimped part again. UGH!
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04-17-2017, 09:47 PM | #2 |
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my thinkware has a battery wire, accessory wire, and ground wire.. did yours not come with an accessory wire? or perhaps it hasn't reached the voltage needed to trigger to park mode
this is what i used, comes with 5 amp and works fine. i think i tapped into the F17 fuse https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=A4ZR0KLVOENJ2 |
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I have all three wires, and my dash cam goes off with the ignition and records like it should, just won't go in to park mode. taped 17 for switched power and 23 for constant. I know that the trunk still opens when you hit one of the releases for it just can't get the park to work, thinking it is either the fuse or where I have the tap wire connected to the camera power wire. so 5 amp should work. have it in the same direction as the factory fuse so it should be right. guess I will have to recheck the crimped wire part.
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04-18-2017, 07:20 PM | #5 |
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have tried everything I can think of, throwing in the towel and going to contact best buy having one of there tech's look at it, maybe they can see what I am not.
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youre tapped into the right places.. fuses aren't broken and placed correctly?
this is gonna sound real stupid but.. did you enable park mode in the camera's settings? |
04-19-2017, 07:56 PM | #7 |
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problem solved, got a PM from zuess2011(sp) and one from a member on another site that got me thinking. after surfing the net found out that Thinkware produced a bunch of hard wire kits with reversed wire colors, when I got mine it had not tags saying what went with what. went to Thinkwares web site and found a forum with info and a tech on there was saying what color was for what and I wrote that down and used it to connect the fuse taps thinking they had to be right, WRONG! eventually found some others with the same problem once I started using the right search words. I simply took the fuses out of the taps and put them in the other tap and made sure that the inline fuse was running to the continuous power fuse and voila, problem solved
Thanks Zuess!!
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