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Smart Protection Overview

Intelligent 24/7 monitoring with automatic battery protection ensures uncompromising coverage without risk of draining your car battery.

THINKWARE’S advanced parking mode(s) monitors your vehicle around the clock worry free!

THINKWARE’S smart voltage sensor automatically cuts the power before your car battery drains: Protection that truly never sleeps.

What are Parking Modes?

Smart Parking Mode

Unlike conventional dash cams that may stop recording in high cabin temperatures, Smart Parking Mode automatically switches to Energy Saving Mode to continue impact recording. Once temperatures return to a safe operating range, ARC 800 seamlessly resumes the previously selected Time Lapse or Motion Detection mode.

Radar Parking Mode

Radar Parking Mode uses low-power front and rear radars to monitor motion, ensuring extended parking surveillance with minimal power consumption.

When the radar detects movement in the selected range, the dash cam “wakes up” from a low-power state and records a 20-second video clip.

*U3000: Built-in Radar Module
*U1000 Plus, Q1000: Optional Radar Module

Dash Cams Compatible with Radar Parking Mode

Motion & Impact Detection

Monitors and captures any motion around the vehicle for potential vandalism attempts. Monitor any impact to the vehicle while it is parked to catch any hit-and-run driver in the act while you are away.

Time Lapse

Instead of waiting for an event, this parking mode continuously records, but only at about 1–2 frames per second instead of normal video enabling the dash cam to record long periods of parking surveillance continuously without increasing power consumption.

Energy Saving Mode

This parking mode allows the dash cam to go on standby when entering Parking Surveillance mode and wakes up to record events triggered by impacts only. This allows the dash cam to conserve energy and increase up to 3 times the total duration of the dash cam’s Parking Surveillance mode.

Radar Module

Extend your dash cams parking surveillance duration while reducing power consumption when set to Energy Saving Mode 2.0. with THINKWARE’S Radar Module

If an impact is detected, a 20-second video (10 seconds before and 10 seconds after the impact) is saved in a dedicated folder on the MicroSD card.

Dash Cams Compatible with Radar Module Bundle

Installing Smart Protection

Hardwiring Cable

Installation of the hardwiring cable to your vehicle’s fuse panel enables the built-in Parking Surveillance Mode in your THINKWARE Dash Cam, while you are away from your vehicle.

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OBD II Cable

OBD II Plug-and-record installation with Parking Mode without the hassle.

The cable connects directly to the vehicle’s OBD-II port, making installation significantly simpler enabling Parking Mode.

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External Batteries

Icrease the duration of the Parking Surveillance mode of your THINKWARE Dash Cam with the iVolt Xtra External Battery and iVolt Mini External Battery.

The iVolt Xtra and iVolt Mini is designed for drivers who want maximum peace of mind, providing extended Parking Mode power so your THINKWARE dash cam can continuously monitor your vehicle while protecting your car’s main battery.