The blue lights are on when the camera is on, looks pretty spiffy @ night.
One of the issues I haven't been pleased about is the lack of internal battery with the AndroidPCs. Therefore, whenever I shutdown, in order to turn it back on, I have to flip the power switch associated w/that 12v socket off/on and it horks up the time (resets to 6am). Additionally, even though I've read on forums that the power draw is low, I still don't want this thing steadily killing the car's battery if I don't drive it for a few days. I determined that I need to put a battery inline to help alleviate some of these issues. I was originally looking at a car alarm backup battery, specifically the CrimeStoppers CS-412 kit. I quickly realized that it was a lead acid battery out of a UPS battery backup (think APC battery backup for your home computer). Coupled with the fact that they weigh a lot, I decided to keep searching.
Requirements:
-at least 5V DC, 1.5amp out
-Li
-DC-in compatible
Found what I was looking for, once again, on eBay, for $27 shipped.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271175148537...84.m1439.l2649
It's
20,000mah, so it should have *no* problem keeping the unit running for
days at a time. The AndroidPC will be plugged into the 2.1A USB out port, and the input side will be plugged into the 2.1A cigarette lighter adapter previously reserved for the AndroidPC.
The AndroidPC doesn't come with a way to reboot, only shutdown. I'll pick one of these
http://www.appbrain.com/search?q=reboot to handle that chore so that this way, it won't lose power anymore
Hopefully everything works out. If not, it's cool, I'll have an extra battery charger for trips