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Customer Review
MUSIC82743
2.0
It's a good camera - Except Parking ModeReviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020
I bought this camera and unlike everyone else, I actually purchased and self installed the hardwire kit in order to use the advertised parking mode feature. This review is from the perspective of parking mode, which was all I cared about since my car was recently vandalized in the night while parked outside my residence.With the exception of parking mode - It's a great camera. As a driving dash camera, which is how 99% of consumers will use this camera (because many people are not handy enough to install the hardwire kit) it's a great camera, especially for the price. My only critique from a driving perspective is that 1440p actually is more of a 1080p quality, due to the obviously low bit rate of the video. 1080p is more like 720p. But I have a trained eye. Most consumers and average Joes don't, so you will be 100% satisfied.Cons:Parking Mode - This is the only reason I wanted this dash cam, because of the 3 channel in parking mode. I'll just list the problems I have with my unit. This is not how it is supposed to function based on the instruction manual.1. Each event that is captured via the motion sensor in parking mode, for some strange reason, lasts only 10 seconds. If someone is walking their dog near my vehicle for example, the camera will pick up the motion a good distance away, and as the person moves closer to my car, it will stop recording after the 10th second, completely ignoring anything happening beyond that point. That is crazy to me2. The camera is supposed to exit parking mode and switch to normal mode automatically once the car is started and driving commences. Not mine, when I start driving from parking mode, the camera doesn't know what to do, it stops recording but stays on, and it loses connection to the rear camera. I have to manually reboot the system for everything to work correctly every time I start driving from parking mode.3. When I check the saved recordings in parking mode, all of the interior camera files are corrupted. Only the front and rear files can be viewed. I just don't get it. It worked correctly for the first few days. I may have to return this.
