Recent content by fieldofview

Thanks for all the input. Good points that GPS is really for my own interest and that anyone using video from a dash cam would calculate velocity by distance over time interval. I am however surprised at how accurate the velocity from GPS is on the Mini dash cam, when I go past a radar board...

Question about necessity of having GPS in a dash cam. All my dash cams up to now have/had GPS. Now another of my Mini 0805 (or related models) dashcams is failing, it's not recording video reliably. I've had about five Mini 0805's (or earlier models) over the years in my wife's and my car. All...

Question about the Dashcam Mini 0805, to protect a video from being overwritten, how long to press the down button? I came across a scene I wanted to protect the 5 minute video from being overwritten, I pressed the down button momentarily. But on reviewing my files, don't have that scene. I...

Thanks for the tips. Agreed I'd want the airbag to deploy properly when needed. I'll make sure the wire is behind the airbag.

I'm about to take our VW Golf for its first service since installing a Mini 0801. I ran the wire up the passenger side A pillar tucking the wire under the plastic trim next to the windshield glass. The VW service guys will likely see the camera and where the wires are routed. Have you been told...

I also tested driving with the Mini 0801 set for motion detection but like you found if the scenery doesn't change much, the recording stops. It takes quite a change in scenery to start recording again. Also the lag time to start recording after detecting motion is relatively long. When parked...

After a long search I subscribed to SplashTop but found on an older PC the screen refresh took painfully long so as to be unusable. Yet TeamViewer and LogMeIn worked fine on that same PC and at times I'd have both programs running. LogMeIn was the main program I used and TeamViewer was also...

Thanks all for the tip re: Scotch 3M Dual Lock. For Canadians, Home Hardware (not Home Depot) carries it. It's different from Velcro in that the dual lock is like little mushroom heads standing up on the tape. There isn't a loop and a hook side like Velcro. Cut two pieces of dual lock, put them...

Agreed, not easy to get a tailgater to pass on a 2 lane road and if there are other cars ahead. I find if I leave lots of room in front of me it's like bait the tailgator can't resist and eventually they'll pass. That extra room is my cushion too because when they're tailgating I'm having to...

Thanks for the info. My 12v power source is always on and I've just left the camera recording continuously when parked for a short time like when shopping. I'll try with motion detection next time to only record when there is movement in the image. I'm curious how much "movement" or change in...

I also have looked at a battery pack, there are some with capacities up to 26,000 mAh. See this discussion Anker makes them up to 20,000 and 26,000 mAh. Factor in you don't get the full charge, maybe only up to 80% of the available charge. Others have done discharge tests and the batteries may...

Hi, Is your 0801 camera wired to always-on power? Was the camera on motion detection mode or continuous recording? Glad you are getting a resolution to a hit and run.

Agreed, the tailgator that you let pass serves many purposes: sniffs out radar traps, identifies the slippery icy spots, squishes the water off the road so your tires that follow in the same tracks have less rolling resistance and you save fuel. So lots of uses of a tailgator that is let to...

Sometimes tapping the brake pedal with my left foot, just enough to get the brake lights to turn on works and the tailgator backs off a bit, not much. But most times the tailgating driver just ignores it and keeps tailgating. Best option I find is to leave them space ahead of me or to the sides...

In terms of accuracy, I'm impressed with the GPS and software in my Mini 0801. At steady state speed, the speed reading in the video matches the reading on road side speed boards. I don't know how well calibrated the road side speed boards are but they are put up by our Ministry of...