Dash Cameras

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Mr10secs

383 posts

234 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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'RingNut said:
This year I've had two no fault accidents.
Both times the other party admitted liabilty and then changed their story.
I think the way to go is a "black box" dash cam.
Any recomendations ?
I want one that is almost like a race V box which shows speed etc.

Cheers
I bought a Roadhawk, it arrived and I thought oh Ill leave that tonight fit it at weekend, other half crashed my RR intop a car that pulled straight out of as side turn didnt even brake and he argued like hell , no no she was going to fast, every excuse, fortunatly there were witness' and his company have admitted full liability but god would it have been funny to show him the footage, it would also have showed him banging the window and hurling abuse at her !!! He then followed her around for 3 hours with a friend, the police were not really interested !!!

M4cruiser

3,550 posts

149 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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rigga said:
Think my mini 0801 has died, keep getting the message "card absent " when it turns on and won't record, just got another card and its the same ... bugger
Sounds like it can't connect to the card, I suppose you've tried cleaning the pins? Hard to reach inside the camera, I guess we need an SD card that's actually a pin cleaner, like we used to get cassette head cleaning cassettes? (Anyone remember them?) wink


rigga

8,727 posts

200 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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Yes tried as best i could to clean inside, was in fact occasionally reading the card, but then would not the next time turning on, to the point it stopped altogether recognizing the card, so ordered another 0801 but with GPS and a A7 chip, have to see what that ones like.

Alex L

2,575 posts

253 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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gowmonster said:
one for the rear window perhaps?
Good thinking, just need to find someone to wire it in

Sushifiend

5,094 posts

136 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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Shnozz said:
It's such a shame to read of so many folk investing in one of these after having had an accident.
Wish I'd seen this thread before my purchase, but I'm quite happy with what I chose in the end. In my case I invested in one and only a week later had an accident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dKyEQpE78k Wasn't serious and at the time I didn't even realise that there had been an impact, so didn't stop. The dashcam footage (and the G-force trace) convinced me that there had in fact been contact.

You might notice the sound of the buttons on the dashcam rattling over the speed humps. I contacted the UK distributor and they told me that it was a known issue long ago fixed by DOD. 3 days later I had a new unit delivered - that's customer service for you!

rigga

8,727 posts

200 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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Right as my previous post about purchasing a replacement 0801 I chose this one




But think there might be issues as I think the A7 chip was never fitted to the 0801 but to the later 03 and 05 models. Anyway will have to see when it turns up, and its gotta be better than my current non working camera
Specs here

NR91

272 posts

158 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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I bought an EPRANCE 0805 earlier this year for my car and it's been great. I've now bought a second car and was wondering if anyone knows where I can get another holder so I don't have to get two dashcams?

rigga

8,727 posts

200 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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NR91 said:
I bought an EPRANCE 0805 earlier this year for my car and it's been great. I've now bought a second car and was wondering if anyone knows where I can get another holder so I don't have to get two dashcams?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-Spare-Base-Mount-with-GPS-for-Mini-0805-Dash-Camera-Dashcam-/351318943605?hash=item51cc3da775:g:S2cAAOSwrklU5N26

CrouchingWayne

682 posts

175 months

Sunday 29th November 2015
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I'm thinking of a Nextbase 101 - is that a stupid idea?!

dealmaker

2,215 posts

253 months

Monday 30th November 2015
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Guys,

Hoping some experts can chip in here as my head is spinning!

Looking to put a Dash Cam (front and rear) in my Sons car.

Ideally we want something that is relatively discreet - as he parks it in a busy street every day, that has decent image quality front and rear.....that is good quality - and above all totally reliable. It must also not hamper the cars DAB radio (I've heard some of them are problem in that regard) - it would ideally also have a mode to record any events that occurred in the car when he was absent - such as vandalism or a parking ding ??

The ones I have looked at thus far include:

BlackVue DR650 2ch - with Power Mate

Mi-Witness HD - 2 ch

Thinkware F750 - 2 channel "hard wire" version.


Every "dealer" I speak to tells me that their system is the best and knocks the other products - so I am going round in circles. I don't want to buy one that I am spending hours on trying to keep current and running - and each systems seems to have critics on line.

So ideally looking for some first hand experience or unbiased recommendations please!!

Thanks!

garreth64

663 posts

220 months

Monday 30th November 2015
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Does anyone else with a Mobius have issue with loop-on recording?

I've tried two separate cards now, both 32GB, one Kingston and one Samsung, but when the card fills up the Mobius just stops recording and won't overwrite existing files. Loop recording is set to On.

I've formatted both cards as FAT32, using the in camera formatting method, and have a Mac so have been using MobiusManager to manage the config.

Starting to annoy me now! From reading it seems most issues are down to the cards, but these are both genuine and new cards that work in other devices.

NR91

272 posts

158 months

Monday 30th November 2015
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rigga said:
Thank you good sir, no idea how my normally decent Googling let me down there!

dealmaker

2,215 posts

253 months

Tuesday 1st December 2015
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dealmaker said:
Guys,

Hoping some experts can chip in here as my head is spinning!

Looking to put a Dash Cam (front and rear) in my Sons car.

Ideally we want something that is relatively discreet - as he parks it in a busy street every day, that has decent image quality front and rear.....that is good quality - and above all totally reliable. It must also not hamper the cars DAB radio (I've heard some of them are problem in that regard) - it would ideally also have a mode to record any events that occurred in the car when he was absent - such as vandalism or a parking ding ??

The ones I have looked at thus far include:

BlackVue DR650 2ch - with Power Mate

Mi-Witness HD - 2 ch

Thinkware F750 - 2 channel "hard wire" version.


Every "dealer" I speak to tells me that their system is the best and knocks the other products - so I am going round in circles. I don't want to buy one that I am spending hours on trying to keep current and running - and each systems seems to have critics on line.

So ideally looking for some first hand experience or unbiased recommendations please!!

Thanks!
Anyone??

liner33

10,642 posts

201 months

Tuesday 1st December 2015
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rigga said:
Right as my previous post about purchasing a replacement 0801 I chose this one




But think there might be issues as I think the A7 chip was never fitted to the 0801 but to the later 03 and 05 models. Anyway will have to see when it turns up, and its gotta be better than my current non working camera
Specs here
Is that 720p rather than 1080p?

Tinkshusband

280 posts

102 months

Tuesday 1st December 2015
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dealmaker said:
dealmaker said:
Guys,

Hoping some experts can chip in here as my head is spinning!

Looking to put a Dash Cam (front and rear) in my Sons car.

Ideally we want something that is relatively discreet - as he parks it in a busy street every day, that has decent image quality front and rear.....that is good quality - and above all totally reliable. It must also not hamper the cars DAB radio (I've heard some of them are problem in that regard) - it would ideally also have a mode to record any events that occurred in the car when he was absent - such as vandalism or a parking ding ??

The ones I have looked at thus far include:

BlackVue DR650 2ch - with Power Mate

Mi-Witness HD - 2 ch

Thinkware F750 - 2 channel "hard wire" version.


Every "dealer" I speak to tells me that their system is the best and knocks the other products - so I am going round in circles. I don't want to buy one that I am spending hours on trying to keep current and running - and each systems seems to have critics on line.

So ideally looking for some first hand experience or unbiased recommendations please!!

Thanks!
Anyone??
re: the dab radio - is it built in or aftermarket?
if its aftermarket, swapping to a roofmount aerial instead of a glassmount might stop any interference issues.
im not too sure if thats an option on built in radios tho - could still be.

best idea is to go and try a few cams at halfords or somewhere like that - ask a staff member and explain the dab issue and see if they will let you try their demo units.

triple5

751 posts

144 months

Tuesday 1st December 2015
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dealmaker said:
Guys,

Hoping some experts can chip in here as my head is spinning!

Looking to put a Dash Cam (front and rear) in my Sons car.

Ideally we want something that is relatively discreet - as he parks it in a busy street every day, that has decent image quality front and rear.....that is good quality - and above all totally reliable. It must also not hamper the cars DAB radio (I've heard some of them are problem in that regard) - it would ideally also have a mode to record any events that occurred in the car when he was absent - such as vandalism or a parking ding ??

The ones I have looked at thus far include:

BlackVue DR650 2ch - with Power Mate

Mi-Witness HD - 2 ch

Thinkware F750 - 2 channel "hard wire" version.


Every "dealer" I speak to tells me that their system is the best and knocks the other products - so I am going round in circles. I don't want to buy one that I am spending hours on trying to keep current and running - and each systems seems to have critics on line.

So ideally looking for some first hand experience or unbiased recommendations please!!

Thanks!
I'm very impressed with my F750 but I don't have DAB. You mention discreet, it all depends on your car and where it would be located, but the front camera may be a little larger than you would like.

The hardwire option and parking mode works very well.

rigga

8,727 posts

200 months

Tuesday 1st December 2015
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liner33 said:
rigga said:
Right as my previous post about purchasing a replacement 0801 I chose this one




But think there might be issues as I think the A7 chip was never fitted to the 0801 but to the later 03 and 05 models. Anyway will have to see when it turns up, and its gotta be better than my current non working camera
Specs here
Is that 720p rather than 1080p?
Well turns out there were more issue's than that, and the fact its listed with a A7 chip, guys on dash cam talk forum reckoned the specs didn't match up to any mini camera, and lo and behold I then received a email stating that due to customs issue's, there would probably be a delay in supplying this camera, and I should have a refund. I suspect they screwed up on the advert, but anyway I accepted the refund, and have ordered a mini 0805 from another supplier.

Yabu

2,052 posts

200 months

Tuesday 1st December 2015
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paulcdb said:
i'm surprised no-one has made one yet with dual camera's which are separate to the main recorder.

Permanently fix it in the boot with live feed and then you'd be able to hide the cameras a lot better from prying eyes but all the ones i've found have to be stuck on the window so only a matter of time before someone takes a fancy to it around here.

I know the 1 time i forget to remove it would be the 1 time some scrote spots it!
K1s does this, but you still have cameras to mount, there are very small discreet cameras as an alternative option.

All that jazz

7,632 posts

145 months

Tuesday 1st December 2015
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garreth64 said:
Does anyone else with a Mobius have issue with loop-on recording?

I've tried two separate cards now, both 32GB, one Kingston and one Samsung, but when the card fills up the Mobius just stops recording and won't overwrite existing files. Loop recording is set to On.

I've formatted both cards as FAT32, using the in camera formatting method, and have a Mac so have been using MobiusManager to manage the config.

Starting to annoy me now! From reading it seems most issues are down to the cards, but these are both genuine and new cards that work in other devices.
When did you do the last software update? Interestingly, mine has started doing the same and it only seems to have happened since I last had it hooked up to my PC where I will have done a software update at the same time. I've not used mine for a few months now as I haven't gotten round to looking into it. I've used the same Sansung XHS1 card in mine since I got it and it's performed near flawlessly for 2.5 years now so something is amiss. scratchchin

Yabu

2,052 posts

200 months

Tuesday 1st December 2015
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paulcdb said:
i'm surprised no-one has made one yet with dual camera's which are separate to the main recorder.

Permanently fix it in the boot with live feed and then you'd be able to hide the cameras a lot better from prying eyes but all the ones i've found have to be stuck on the window so only a matter of time before someone takes a fancy to it around here.

I know the 1 time i forget to remove it would be the 1 time some scrote spots it!
K1s does this, but you still have cameras to mount, there are very small discreet cameras as an alternative option.