Hi all,

 

Hope someone can help me, I currently have two BlackVue Dashcams in my car wired to the ignition live only. I bought the magic pack as I want the cams to record in case something happens while the car is parked.

 

The question I have is do I wire the Power Magic Pro to constant Live or the Ignition Live and then connect my cameras to the Power Magic Pro so the cameras will work while I'm driving as well as while the car is parked?

 

Many thanks, Matty

The way I've done mine is as follows.

 

the magic pro has 3 wires, ignition live, constant and earth, they obviously go into the fuse box under the steering wheel.

Connected to the magic pro is a female cigarette socket.

if you open the door on the side of the steering wheel the plastic will pull off with a gentle tug, inside of that ive got a 2 way cigarette socket (connected to the female under the steering wheel) and my dashcams are plugged into that, the dashcam cables just feed up the pillar through the headlining to the front and back.

 

with the switch off the ignition live powers the dashcams

with the switch on the constant live powers the dashcams.

 

make sure you set the timer too! Unless I go abroad or something I leave mine set to 12hours, anything after that the switch automatically switches off.

Edited 13 July, 20187 yr by LGM

My set up is the same as above but mine powers down when the voltage drops to a certain level. 

On 13/07/2018 at 10:37, LGM said:

The way I've done mine is as follows.

 

the magic pro has 3 wires, ignition live, constant and earth, they obviously go into the fuse box under the steering wheel.

Connected to the magic pro is a female cigarette socket.

if you open the door on the side of the steering wheel the plastic will pull off with a gentle tug, inside of that ive got a 2 way cigarette socket (connected to the female under the steering wheel) and my dashcams are plugged into that, the dashcam cables just feed up the pillar through the headlining to the front and back.

 

with the switch off the ignition live powers the dashcams

with the switch on the constant live powers the dashcams.

 

make sure you set the timer too! Unless I go abroad or something I leave mine set to 12hours, anything after that the switch automatically switches off.

 

Thank you.

 

My cams are connected to ignition live using the piggy back fuses and I had cut off the cigarette plug leaving just the wires. 

The rear one is wired to my rear wiper.

 

So if that is the case, should I disconnect the camera connected to the ignition live and replace that connection with the ignition live wire from magic pro, get another piggy back fuse and find constant live and connect that with the constant live from magic pro...?

 

and if I want my cams to work while I'm driving and also while the car is parked shall I just leave the switch on magic pro ON but set it to certain voltage levels?

 

Thanks, Matty

Edited 15 July, 20187 yr by Slotty

The first bit yes, that's correct.

 

whilst you're driving you can have the switch on or off it doesn't matter, either way the power is still coming from the battery

All fitted and works prefect! Thank you for your help and advice.