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Because it's an analogue camera, the software samples it as a 2592*1936 image. The front is 1280*960 (although the aspect ratio is incorrect). You can capture stills from the front and rear cameras. Guess I'll have to fiddle with those options! Snapshots And, for some reason, the rear video is horizontally flipped. I'd also quite like the location on there. Quite why you'd want your footage in sepia tones is beyond me! I tried to get the speed of travel added to the video, but that doesn't seem to have worked. There are lots of camera options to play with. It's recommended that you use a Class 10 card - to ensure that the memory can be written to fast enough - they're only about a tenner.

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Even though there is free space on the device, it simply won't record unless given a card. Once the card is full, the software should automatically erase the old ones to make space for new recordings.Īn important thing to note - this device needs a micro SD card. There's a g-force sensor which should automatically save the files in the event of a crash. Video files can be set to save every minute, 3 minutes, or five minutes. I've yet to see how well they cope in the dark. You've get a clear view of the numberplate for anyone directly ahead of you and (depending on how you position the camera) behind you. The videos do look like they've been upsampled. The rear camera is 720*576 50fps - files around 6MB/minute. The front camera records at 1920*1080 30fps - files are around 62MB/minute. Really, the only fly in the ointment was that the timezone was set to China Standard TimeĪs soon as the Dash Cam receives power (usually when your car is started), it boots and auto-records. That way, it won't distract me as I drive. That's OK if you're using the inbuilt navigation, but I decided to set the screen to sleep after 15 seconds of inactivity. The screen was set to stay on indefinitely. The colours become very washed out if you're looking at it from above or below. Like many cheap screens, it works best if looked at straight. It's not possible to change the screen brightness - although the options make it look like it is. It's adequate on an overcast day, but not great in direct sunlight. No printed manual, but it was there on a mini CD.Īs soon as it booted - a swift 30 seconds - a mechanical voice bade me to 'have a safe journey.' What a pleasing touch! The battery was nearly full, and the language was set to UK English. The DashCam comes with velcro straps to connect it to your mirror, a rear camera, external GPS, car charger, and data cable. I was happily surprised when the product turned up as advertised - more or less! Unboxing Between mistranslated product descriptions and downright deceptive photographs, it's a bit of a gamble. One of the problems of buying these sorts of products, is that you're never entirely sure what you're going to get.

If it did turn out to be rubbish, I could return it fairly easily. I decided to forgo the hassle of importing one, and went through Amazon directly. You could spend a lifetime picking out the one which exactly matched your needs - rear parking sensors, infra-red, continual surveillance, auto-upload, etc.

The online marketplace AliBaba lists dozens of similar products. The first thing to note is that this is a cheap piece of Chinese tat.

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I found an Android based Dash Cam on Amazon for £80. So - time to buy a Dash Cam! As a geek, it's my duty to buy one that I can hack 🙂

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And, given the number of terrible drivers I encounter on my commute - I'd like to have some verifiable evidence if I'm ever involved in an incident. It wasn't quite as dramatic as some of the footage you see from Russian drivers - whose dashboard cameras picked up a meteor streaking through the sky - but I thought it was the kind of thing I would have liked to have had recorded. Slightly more detail of the tree what fell on me. I saw it teeter and made the wise decision to accelerate through it as it fell on top of me! Last year, during Britain's windy season, my car was struck by a tree.