A good dashcam
- Bob Juch
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A good dashcam
I just finished setting up a new VAVA dash cam that requires an Android or iPhone to setup. I still love and use my Windows Phone but fortunately had to get an Android phone for work email. It establishes a WiFi network that the phone then has to connect to. My phone keeps dropping the connection even though it's two feet away though. I wish they had used Bluetooth. Otherwise, it's a pretty good camera. It automatically powers off when the vehicle is parked unlike my old one. My old one's built-in battery failed so every time I parked it lost power. When it lost power it lost all of its settings, including date and time and to overwrite old recordings.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- triviawayne
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Re: A good dashcam
is this a rechargeable dashcam, or do you have to hook it up to the lighter?
Why does it need a phone to work with it?
Why does it need a phone to work with it?
- Bob Juch
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Re: A good dashcam
You need to plug it into the lighter outlet. It has an internal battery that will run the camera for a few minutes if you're parked and the vehicle is bumped and also if there's an accident and power is lost.triviawayne wrote:is this a rechargeable dashcam, or do you have to hook it up to the lighter?
Why does it need a phone to work with it?
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Bob Juch
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- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:58 am
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Re: A good dashcam
It needs a phone because it has no screen.Bob Juch wrote:You need to plug it into the lighter outlet. It has an internal battery that will run the camera for a few minutes if you're parked and the vehicle is bumped and also if there's an accident and power is lost.triviawayne wrote:is this a rechargeable dashcam, or do you have to hook it up to the lighter?
Why does it need a phone to work with it?
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- mrkelley23
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Re: A good dashcam
Isn't that a Harlan Ellison story?Bob Juch wrote:It needs a phone because it has no screen.Bob Juch wrote:You need to plug it into the lighter outlet. It has an internal battery that will run the camera for a few minutes if you're parked and the vehicle is bumped and also if there's an accident and power is lost.triviawayne wrote:is this a rechargeable dashcam, or do you have to hook it up to the lighter?
Why does it need a phone to work with it?
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman