KarisTheWolf
New Member
Hello,
I have recently bought my very first dashcam as it was recommended to me by various different sources. It's the GS63H from AZDOME but I either have stumbled across one major issue with this dashcam or I have a wrong understanding of how dashcams are supposed to work.
When setting my cam to loop recording of 3 minutes, a little counter in the upper right corner starts counting from 00:00 to 03:00 and depending on where that counter is, the outcome of what material the camera locks is very different. I'll give you an example:
Hitting emergency recording at 2:45 will result in the camera recording everything from 00:00 to 03:00 in this loop so 2:45 of what happened before I hit the button and 15s afterwards.
Hitting it at 00:03 will result in it recording 3s before I hit it and 2:57 min afterwards.
You probably see already what my problem is: It is totally based on luck whether the cam records enough of what happened before I hit the emergency button manually or if only everything afterwards is being locked. I have to stress that either way the missing parts would still be there but will be replaced when the cam records long enough without me retrieving the data from the SD-card.
I have checked the manual and it seems that there is absolutely no way that the cam ALWAYS saves like the last 3 minutes which now brings me to my question: Is this a problem with the camera I bought or did I misunderstand the concept of a dashcam ? I'm just afraid that with my current setting I might me able to miss videso I DO want to save.
When thinking about recording game videos on my pc I can simply hit a combination of keys to record the past few minutes without it being related to the numbers a counter just happens to be at so why should a dashcam behave like that, right ?
I hope that someone either has experience with my dashcam, can explain if thats normal for every dashcam OR if none of the first options fit: can recommend me another dashcam in the price sector of around 60 to 100€ (1080p @ 60fps should be given, only front camera needed)
Thank you very much in advance,
Karis
I have recently bought my very first dashcam as it was recommended to me by various different sources. It's the GS63H from AZDOME but I either have stumbled across one major issue with this dashcam or I have a wrong understanding of how dashcams are supposed to work.
When setting my cam to loop recording of 3 minutes, a little counter in the upper right corner starts counting from 00:00 to 03:00 and depending on where that counter is, the outcome of what material the camera locks is very different. I'll give you an example:
Hitting emergency recording at 2:45 will result in the camera recording everything from 00:00 to 03:00 in this loop so 2:45 of what happened before I hit the button and 15s afterwards.
Hitting it at 00:03 will result in it recording 3s before I hit it and 2:57 min afterwards.
You probably see already what my problem is: It is totally based on luck whether the cam records enough of what happened before I hit the emergency button manually or if only everything afterwards is being locked. I have to stress that either way the missing parts would still be there but will be replaced when the cam records long enough without me retrieving the data from the SD-card.
I have checked the manual and it seems that there is absolutely no way that the cam ALWAYS saves like the last 3 minutes which now brings me to my question: Is this a problem with the camera I bought or did I misunderstand the concept of a dashcam ? I'm just afraid that with my current setting I might me able to miss videso I DO want to save.
When thinking about recording game videos on my pc I can simply hit a combination of keys to record the past few minutes without it being related to the numbers a counter just happens to be at so why should a dashcam behave like that, right ?
I hope that someone either has experience with my dashcam, can explain if thats normal for every dashcam OR if none of the first options fit: can recommend me another dashcam in the price sector of around 60 to 100€ (1080p @ 60fps should be given, only front camera needed)
Thank you very much in advance,
Karis