Nigel
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Of course, orange will look like something out of place on the video, and if you want to show your trip for your friends at home on TV - it's not comme il faut.Some people like orange a lot, especially the Dutch, but there are more people who hate orange!
I see the "black" outline is transparent, it is only black when it is over something dark.
If you made it full black (no transparent) then it would be much easier to read on a white sky, I think that is all that is needed.
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I turned up the contrast for you:
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Maybe you need to adjust your monitor, but it would help if the dark outline around the text was black instead of very transparent black.
Perhaps we could have options in the firmware so we can each choose what we like best?
Yes this what I said back in my post :This option would be the most convenient
The microphone has captured when you use, and fail to use, the indicators, which could be useful.
Joking aside, I do review my dashcam recordings when I think either myself or another driver may have done something questionable. If you can spare the time I would be interested to hear where you think I should have indicated when I did not. PM might be better than an open discussion diverting the topic of this thread.Did I fail to indicate?
That must have been a deliberate mistake to test the camera microphone!
When I first watched it, I could clearly hear the indicators at 1:16 as you join the dual carriageway, but I didn't hear them as you changed lanes at 1:26 or back again at 1:50, listening again having turned the volume up and trying to find fault with your driving, I think I do hear them, just, but you only use them as you start to change lanes, you don't give the recommended 3 flashes before starting to move! You also didn't use them at all when you left the roundabout even though the car in front did at 0:54.Joking aside, I do review my dashcam recordings when I think either myself or another driver may have done something questionable. If you can spare the time I would be interested to hear where you think I should have indicated when I did not. PM might be better than an open discussion diverting the topic of this thread.
This option would be the most convenient
Thanks for your comments Nigel. I do appreciate another opinion. I don't indicate at 0:54 since I'm already in an exit-only lane, which makes sense to me but I'm not sure it's the right thing to do. I recently bought a copy of the highway code so I can refresh my knowledge and keep abreast of current guidance.When I first watched it, I could clearly hear the indicators at 1:16 as you join the dual carriageway, but I didn't hear them as you changed lanes at 1:26 or back again at 1:50, listening again having turned the volume up and trying to find fault with your driving, I think I do hear them, just, but you only use them as you start to change lanes, you don't give the recommended 3 flashes before starting to move! You also didn't use them at all when you left the roundabout even though the car in front did at 0:54.
I'm not criticising your driving since I can't see that using the indicators was required in any of those cases, I don't have a rear view to see what was behind, if anything, and leaving the roundabout it was obvious where you were going anyway, although indicating might have been appreciated by traffic in the next lane that might of wanted to overtake but was waiting to be sure that you were leaving the roundabout and not continuing around.
My point was just that the evidence was recorded, although if it is unreliable because it is only sometimes recorded and sometimes masked by road noise then it is possibly worse than no evidence! I guess there is a lot more road noise at 1:26 compared to 1:16, but I can't tell that by listening, only by the fact that I have difficulty hearing the indicators at 1:26.
Took me a while to find the video again, it was this one:
You're right. Keeping it simple is better for reliability. I've found a bug which hopefully can be resolved. Otherwise it's proving to be an excellent low-cost camera.I think we need to keep in mind that the B1W is designed to be a simple-to-use budget-friendly cam. More features equals more cost and more complexity
Phil
@Rohith I am Vicky,and you can PM me for help if any questions!
And how do your power this dashcam? directly plug into laptop for power source will cause this WiFi connection error,and change one USB wall charger to power dashcam if you have it test in your office!