Dashcams!

Draeger · 14 Dec 2018 at 21:24

Daft placement aside, are these wee Motorola MDC100's decent quality wise for a basic camera? Does anyone here have one? Watched a few YT vid reviews which show actual footage from them and it looks nice and clear.

remy87 · 16 Dec 2018 at 09:18

Yi ultra for £51 on eBay bargain that. Been using it for front and rear for a year now.

Draeger · 22 Dec 2018 at 15:45

Folks, I ended up picking up a little Yi Mini 1080p dashcam. Basic, no frills but seems decent enough. Got it all fitted this morning and went for a run. Seemed to be recording fine during the drive. Got home and took the SD card out to check the footage (Sandisc Ultra 32Gb) and there were two .AVI files on it. But the file size was 0 bytes and they wouldn't play. :confused:

Any ideas?

IAmATeaf · 22 Dec 2018 at 21:42

Yes it’s not recording jack. Try formatting the card in the device itself?

Draeger · 23 Dec 2018 at 11:40

Cheers, just did so and it appears to be recording now I think, at least with the car sat on the drive it is, not been out for a run in it as yet. Visual quality on this little thing is pretty darn good. Can't complain for just over £20 from the Green rain forest place.

Malt_Vinegar · 23 Dec 2018 at 18:59

Most dash cam users never touch the thing once installed. But as usual there is a militant dash cam mafia who will pull any video, provoke situations and post the videos for the views!!

I swear 90% of these videos on YouTube in the UK are from the hundred or so dedicated terrible dash camera users that make Fox think anyone with a cam is a nutjob

IAmATeaf · 24 Dec 2018 at 08:42

Fox does have a very unnatural aversion to dashcams, maybe he’s been caught in an uncompromising position by one

Danm54 · 24 Dec 2018 at 11:04

Bought a Nextbase 512 a couple of days ago from Halfords, forgot a hardwire kit so went back in to get one.
The kit is £20 but they currently offer fitting for £15 and they supply a hardwire kit. No brainer!

Only problem I have is the G sensor goes off when I close the door, I've set the sensitivity to the lowest setting but it still does it.
Any way to stop this or will I just have to delete the locked files every now and then?

Outcast · 24 Dec 2018 at 11:16

You might want to make sure you're using a high speed SD card as too slow can cause glitches.

Danm54 · 24 Dec 2018 at 11:35

Its a class 10 Sandisk 32GB card so should be fine.
Its a bit glitchy when connected to my phone but the vids play back fine. My phone is getting on a bit though and is glitchy with most things now

uchuff · 24 Dec 2018 at 11:40

Just fitted a DDPai mini 2, hardwired and tucked behind the rear view mirror pretty nicely. Seems decent quality although the app UI is a bit weird in places.

Resident · 24 Dec 2018 at 14:13

Danm54 said:
Bought a Nextbase 512 a couple of days ago from Halfords, forgot a hardwire kit so went back in to get one.
The kit is £20 but they currently offer fitting for £15 and they supply a hardwire kit. No brainer!

Only problem I have is the G sensor goes off when I close the door, I've set the sensitivity to the lowest setting but it still does it.
Any way to stop this or will I just have to delete the locked files every now and then?

G-sensor setting doesn't affect parking mode activation unfortunately so the only way to stop it is to disable the the parking mode.

Danm54 · 24 Dec 2018 at 18:20

Resident said:
G-sensor setting doesn't affect parking mode activation unfortunately so the only way to stop it is to disable the the parking mode.

Thanks for the info, may as well set it back to normal then.
I don't intend to pull any vids off it so I'll so may as well see how long it takes to fill the card up with 2 min vids of me pulling away!

Cheers

A2BDriver · 25 Dec 2018 at 23:33

Danm54 said:
Thanks for the info, may as well set it back to normal then.
I don't intend to pull any vids off it so I'll so may as well see how long it takes to fill the card up with 2 min vids of me pulling away!

Cheers

Working as intended unfortunately. In the Manual trouble shooting part it says,

"When I get in to my car, the
Dash Cam is already
recording and the file is
protected"

Followed by,

"This is normal. Parking Mode has been switched on and the
Dash Cam has sensed vibration and has started to record
correctly"

I just got the 312GW and had the same happen.

Participant · 26 Dec 2018 at 07:20

Janesy B said:
This was weird, BMW looked right at me and waited for me to approach before pulling out and the Peugeot was rammed full of people ready to jump out. Felt like a bodged cash for crash attempt.

You accelerated round that roundabout. How fast were you going?

Also swearing in vid. Reported

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Lakeland · 26 Dec 2018 at 10:42

Just looked like a tool trying to pull out instead of having to wait. Cash for crash like you to rear end them lol

Resident · 26 Dec 2018 at 12:52

Participant said:
You accelerated round that roundabout. How fast were you going?

Also swearing in vid. Reported .

Generally people do accelerate around roundabouts. It's not particularly safe to trundle round them at 2-3 mph ..

Burnsy2023 · 26 Dec 2018 at 20:16

Ok, I need some help finding the right dashcam

Requirements:
2 channel both at minimum 1080 resolution
GPS
Screen (the one like the KDLINKS R100 would be ideal)
Permanent wiring
Good at night
Parking mode

Nice to have:
Can be used as reversing camera
WiFi for review
Can take 128GB SD cards

Any recommendations?

ShiWarrior · 26 Dec 2018 at 20:18

use the same ones from the squad cars?

is it going to be left in the car overnight attached to the windscreen?

Burnsy2023 · 26 Dec 2018 at 20:32

ShiWarrior said:
use the same ones from the squad cars?

is it going to be left in the car overnight attached to the windscreen?

He he, I can't drive any cars that actually have dash cams. They're reserved for Gucci units like traffic, ARV and the dog handlers.

Yes, it would ideally stay permanently attached to the car.