A:AnswerThank you for your question. The SC 400D microphone can be enabled or disabled via the camera settings or on the main screen. When disabled your recorded videos will be silent.
A:AnswerHad mine hardwired by Bestbuy to my Cadilac XT5
It does that also powers on when I start my car, stays on when I turn off my car and goes off when I open the door. When I have time I will trace where they hardwired it to see if there is power on all the time.
Not sure if has a sleep mode of some sort and records when it feels a movement of the car.
A:AnswerFront camera is mounted on windshield. No problem there. But rear camera is mounted on inside of rear window. May be a problem for a convertible.
A:AnswerNo it does not, it needs to be hardwired into the car, the older dash cams were much better in that aspect with internal batteries and much better video quality
A:AnswerOnly if you purchase a separate battery pack or power supply. You do not want to run off the car battery when the engine is off because of potential of depleting car battery.