Damn! My 7 year old Nextbase dash gave up the ghost and it was deemed uneconomic to repair. So bought a new one and went out to the van to connect and set up. Failed. At the first hurdle.
I’d hard wired the original dash cam and fed the cable up through the A pillar etc so so the lead hung down about 6 inches, just right for connecting the dash cam. The new model Nextbase has a permanent power base that is stuck onto the windscreen and the dash cam itself connects to the power base using very strong magnets. So now you connect the lead to the power base only once and then you just remove the dash cam when not in the van (or car). No more unplugging the lead, which is what damaged the previous Nextbase.
However, the hard wired lead’s plug is too big to allow the plug to connect to the power base socket. The plug and socket themselves are standard, you can see the socket circled. However the gap, shown by the red arrow, is too narrow to allow the male lead to get close enough to plug in. I really don’t want to have to rewire and route the cable. So, in the absence of better suggestions (which I hope will follow) I propose trying to slice off a bit of the plastic on the lead and see if I can get it to fit the gap. I’d rather do this than try and make the power base larger but failing this, I’ll have to source a slimmer lead and redo the hardwiring.

I’d hard wired the original dash cam and fed the cable up through the A pillar etc so so the lead hung down about 6 inches, just right for connecting the dash cam. The new model Nextbase has a permanent power base that is stuck onto the windscreen and the dash cam itself connects to the power base using very strong magnets. So now you connect the lead to the power base only once and then you just remove the dash cam when not in the van (or car). No more unplugging the lead, which is what damaged the previous Nextbase.
However, the hard wired lead’s plug is too big to allow the plug to connect to the power base socket. The plug and socket themselves are standard, you can see the socket circled. However the gap, shown by the red arrow, is too narrow to allow the male lead to get close enough to plug in. I really don’t want to have to rewire and route the cable. So, in the absence of better suggestions (which I hope will follow) I propose trying to slice off a bit of the plastic on the lead and see if I can get it to fit the gap. I’d rather do this than try and make the power base larger but failing this, I’ll have to source a slimmer lead and redo the hardwiring.