E-Prance B48

[alferret]

Any thoughts or opinions on this dashcam?
Retiring my 0805 after 8 months as the battery no longer holds charge. Opted for the B48 which should be delivered tomorrow.

 

[HETPE3B]

As for me - this is the best bang for the buck. I updated it with Streetstorm latest firmware and now the only downside is that is doesn't have menu to switch between km and mi.
$120 on Amazon. Did purchase one, used it for a week or so and purchased another one for the second car. With a streetstorm firmware I can cycle through EV settings on the fly with power button which eliminate stopping the recording, going into the menu, adjusting EV, exiting the menu and resuming the recording. And a LOT of other interesting features. The other positive moment is that Streetstorm firmware is updating constantly.

 

[alferret]

Just the short of answer I was looking for have used it over the last week on HDR and the quality doesn't seem to be that good also I get audio cracking so trying a different firmware might be worth a look.

CVR-A7810 PRO would this be the right Cam? Or would it be the CVR-A7810-G PRO? They both look the same to me.
My current firmware version is ERB47FSHZDGE.150512.V1.1

 

[HETPE3B]

The difference between pro and non-pro is the settings of the dewarp. Because Pro has 155 degree lens, non-pro got 170 (same as e-prance I guess).

G stands for GPS.

 

[alferret]

Nice one, thanks. Upgraded firmware to the G-Pro. Would the speed camera option work for the UK? is there a speed cam file for the UK?

 

[HETPE3B]

Cams database is for Russia only

 

[alferret]

Thanks for the replies.
There doesnt seem to be much info online regarding the B48, the manual that came with the cam is for a G90W & there is nothing that I could find on the E-Prance website. I'm guessing that the B48 is a generic cam thats been rebadged E-Prance.
There are a few YouTube vids and thats about it.

 

[jokiin]

Thanks for the replies.
There doesnt seem to be much info online regarding the B48, the manual that came with the cam is for a G90W & there is nothing that I could find on the E-Prance website. I'm guessing that the B48 is a generic cam thats been rebadged E-Prance.
There are a few YouTube vids and thats about it.

E-Prance is just a seller, the camera is from Samoon

 

[HETPE3B]

The main difference between streetstorm and e-prance is that streetstorm got ~500mb of Nand memory, while e-prance have ~80mb. The rest is identical. There are several names this camera is selling under

 

[HETPE3B]

I did purchase third B48 couple days ago and this is what came

Partially painted lens surrounding.

 

[alferret]

I did purchase third B48 couple days ago and this is what came

Partially painted lens surrounding.

Your paint job?

 

[HETPE3B]

No. Lens holder weren't painted completely.

 

[alferret]

Looks quite good although not that stealthy

I'm getting cracking in the audio on playback and the mount vibrates so the picture is quite juddery, I'll look into a fix for the mount when I'm off work later this week.
Also since updating the firmware to StreetStorms latest my battery never gets to a full charge regardless of how long the cam is on in the car, on the original firmware it used to get to full charge in 10-20 minutes, the other night I was out for well over an hour and the charge light was still on.

 

[HETPE3B]

Just watch for the updates. They release them pretty frequently. May be they will fix it.

 

[reverend]

I've got the DODMT D99 version of this sat here somewhere and it is indeed a great camera with the Street Storm firmware - daytime was as good as anything on the market.

I'm not sure if the E-Prance versions would be using the same lenses as there was a lot of marketing noise around the Zeiss optics on the DODMT version and for sure in the daytime it is fantastic.

 

[HETPE3B]

Just as a follow up - both B48 I had died approximately at the same time. I guess they lasted around 16-18 months.
Random reboots, freezing, glitches etc. I did replace a battery, but no help - still the same thing