Vehicle Battery Usage for Car Cam

Ring Car Cam is designed to shut off automatically when a vehicle’s battery goes below a certain voltage. This happens to prevent excessive battery drain.

Several factors can impact battery life such as:

• The battery’s age.
• How often the vehicle is driven.
• Other electrical devices active in the vehicle. 

Things to try

• Vehicles need to be driven at highway speeds now and then to keep their battery charged.
• Ring recommends driving at highway speeds for at least 30 - 60 minutes to charge the car battery enough to power the Ring Car Cam.
• If Ring Car Cam turns off too quickly, raise its

  Vehicle Battery Usage

  setting. If there is no change, try having your car battery tested, as it may need replacing.
• Avoid using 3rd party OBD-II adapters with the Car Cam. Connect the Ring Car Cam OBD-II adapter directly to the vehicle’s OBD-II port.

You can change the Vehicle Battery Usage setting to adjust when the Car Cam goes into power saving mode.

• Low

  (Default): Shortest active time.
• Medium

  : Best for vehicles that are not driven frequently.
• High

  : Longest active time.

To change Vehicle Battery Usage settings in the Ring app:

1. Open the Ring app to the main dashboard.

2. Tap more (•••) on the camera you want to access.

3. Tap your device's Settings.
4. Tap 

   Vehicle Battery Usage
   • Follow the prompts in the app to change your settings
5. Tap 

   Save

    on the top right