Hi,
I'm in the UK and have just taken delivery of a new nx300h takumi.
I bought a nextbase dashcam (front and rear) from LPD and the instructions were very clear apart from one issue - the fuse box is not where it should be, in fact I can't find it !
According to the instructions it should be behind a panel in the passenger footwell behind the glove box. There is a fuse box of sorts but it only has two 30 amp fuses plus one slot which has no fuse fitted but which is live all the time. As a stop gap I'm powering the dash cam from this feed, but really want it to only operate when the ignition is turned on to conserve battery power as sometimes we go for 4 or 5 days without using the car.
I aslo had a look in the drivers footwell - not there either.
Nextbase state:
The recommend installation type is an ignition live power supply, this can be either the cigarette lighter cable or hardwire kit. An ignition live power supply means one which is only able to provide power to the Dash Cam when the vehicles ignition is on and running. The hardwire kit includes a voltage protection unit which stops the vehicle battery becoming completely exhausted if a permanently live fuse has been selected. This ensures that you will always be able to restart your vehicles ignition and allow the vehicle battery to recharge.
Using an ignition live feed would mean it's not active when parked on the road so maybe I should leave it powered all the time and hope it doesn't drain the 12v battery to the point of being too low to start the engine - bit of a quandary really maybe I should just trust the nextbase low voltage protection.
Makes me wonder what the drain is from the 12v battery is for the rest of the Lexus systems ?
One other small issue, it said to mount the rear camera in the centre, but doing so causes the heated rear windon element to appear in the picture, so I offset it slightly.
Has anyone else tried to fit a webcam to a 2020 nx300h ? I'd be interested in your experiences.