Dash Cam installation on XF

[Adrian0609]

Hi All - I have been to Halfords to get a NextBase dash cam fitted - gift from the Wife. They tell me that there are no live on ignition wires/fuse that are suitable to are a dash cam to (I have a 62 plate facelift XF Premium Luxury). Can anyone tell me where I should be looking for a suitable place to hard wire this in. Surely there is spare power somewhere.

Thanks, Adrian

[miken]

Funny, halfords fitted my dash cam straight to fuse box, however informed me it would be constantly live and I would havevto switch it off after everv trip, untrue after ignition switched off dashcam shuts down. This was on a 2010 xf so should be same on your cat. It would seem thay are not use to fitting on luxury beasts.

[Adrian0609]

Hi Miken, thanks for the reply, they told me the same and refused to fit it as would drain the battery - do you know which fuse was used on yours.

[miken]

Sorry not sure which fuze , but sure he said it was a spare one, and it defenatly switches off after egnition switched off and car locked, ask the fitter to contact the mansfield store im prity sure the fitter was a young man called aden or similar,  will tyr to see which fuze tomorrow

Cheers mike

[Adrian0609]

Cheers Mike, I appreciate the help, I'll ask them to talk to Mansfield as you suggest

Adrian

[miken]

Just checked and  camera shuts down when leaving car and  doors

locked, as so do all auxiliary systems such as ipod ect, so thay cam fit to any spare  fuze

Cheers mike