INEXPENSIVE AND USELESS
OUR REVIEW IS BASED ON A TWO WEEKS USAGE/EXPERIENCE: IF REAR CAMERA IS CONNECTED TO THE FRONT CAMERA THE RESOLUTION OF THE FRONT CAMERA BECOMES VERY POOR. EVEN IF THE CAR IS NOT MOVING - THE CAMERA CAN RECORD A READABLE LICENSE PLATE FROM A MAX 2-3 METERS DISTANCE. BUT IF THERE IS AN ONCOMING VEHICLE AT A SLOW SPEED - SOMEONE, WHO ATTEMPTS TO FORCE YOU DOWN FROM THE ROAD AT LOW SPEED - THE LICENSE PLATE IS UNIDENTIFIABLE. IN THE DARK THE BUTTONS – AS BOTH CAMERA AND THE BUTTONS ARE BLACK – ARE INVISIBLE, SO YOU DO KNOW WHAT TO PRESS. IF THERE IS A SITU YOU WANT TO RECORD AND KEEP, YOU WILL NOT FIND THE PANIC BUTTON. IF YOU PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON THE PRELIMINARIES - SITUATION LEADING UP TO THE ACCIDENT/INCIDENT - IS NOT RECORDED/KEPT. THE FOOTAGE IS ONLY KEPT FROM THE TIME, YOU PRESSED THE PANIC BUTTON. FOR EXAMPLE YOU ARE STANDING AT THE RED LIGHT. IF SOMEONE THROWS A GLASS BOTTLE TO YOUR WINDSCREEN, THE G SENSOR WOULD NOT SENSE ANYTHING AS THE VEHICLE IS NOT MOVING. YOUR WINDSCREEN HAS JUST BEEN BROKEN, YOU PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON BUT THE RECORDED FOOTAGE WILL ONLY SHOW YOUR BROKEN WINDSCREEN AND THAT SOMEONE WALKS AWAY BUT YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT THIS PERSON THREW THE BOTTLE ONTO YOUR WINDSCREEN. IN THESE SITUATIONS IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECORD AND KEEP THE PRELIMINARIES LEADING UP TO THE INCIDENT/ACCIDENT.THE CAMERA MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS DOWNLOADING "LUCKYCAM" APPLICATION, WHICH WE DOWNLOADED ONTO MORE THAN ONE ANDROID SMARTPHONE AND EVEN ONTO A TABLET. IN THEORY THE TELEPHONE AND THE TABLET CONNECTS TO THE CAMERA, HOWEVER WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE APPLICATION "LUCKYCAM" FROM ANY APPLIANCES FROM A SMART PHONE TO A TABLET, THE SUGGESTED APPLICATION CLOSES STRAIGHT AWAY. WE FINALLY MANAGED TO DOWNLOAD A CHINESE APPLICATION CALLED "LERCCENER" FROM PLAY STORE. THIS CONNECTS TO THE CAMERA AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SET THE CAMERA THROUGH YOUR PHONE, SO YOU WILL SEE THE PICTURE OF THE CAMERA THROUGH YOUR PHONE AND EVEN SET THE FEATURES OF THE CAMERA VIA YOUR PHONE BUT WHEN YOU WANT TO PLAY THE RECORDED CAMERA FOOTAGE, YOU WILL GET A MESSAGE SAYING "THE VIDEO DOES NOT SUPPORT THE HARDWARE ACCELERATION". WHEN YOU WANT TO PLAY THE FOOTAGE YOU WILL GET A VERY POOR RESOLUTION PICTURE, THE PICTURE IS COVERED BY PIXELS DIVIDED IN GREEN SQUARES. YOU CANNOT USE IT TO REVIEW RECORDED FOOTAGE AS A RESULT, SO ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS WOULD BE THAT THROUGH WIFI YOU SAVE THE FOOTAGE FROM THE CAMERA ONTO YOUR PHONE OR TABLET - WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BRANDED PHONE AND LAPTOP NOT CHEAP ONES - IT TAKES 10-15 MINUTES TO DOWNLOAD THE 3 MINUTES FOOTAGE TO YOUR PHONE OR TABLET FROM THE CAMERA.THEREFORE WE FOUND THAT WIFI IN THIS SENSE IS USELESS FOR THE CAMERA. THE OTHER SOLUTION IS TO REMOVE THE SD CARD FROMT HE CAMERA AND DOWNLOAD THE FOOTAGE ONTO YOUR LAPTOP VIA THE SD CARD. AND YOU CAN VIEW THE FOOTAGE ON A CAR DV PLAYER. BUT THIS IS NOT SO STRAIGHTFORWARD, AS YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE SD CARD FROM THE CAMERA, BRING IT INSIDE, INSERT IT INTO YOUR LAPTOP, YOU WILL NEED TO DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION/PROGRAM, CALLED "CAR DV PLAYER" ONTO YOUR LAPTOP AND ONLY THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE CAMERA RECORDED FOOTAGE. THIS IS NOT HOW THE CAMERA WAS SOLD.
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