Hi Guys...
decided to buy my first dashcam after constant frustration with my free app/old mobile attempt. I went for the ls400w over the ls300w simply for the extra buttons and better looking suction mount. I chose DOD for the great apperture and wide angle (mio looked good to me but was f2.0 and 120degree only).
Arrived yesterday from DOD UK and must say very dissapointed. The unit feels cheap in hand...cheapest possible plastics used but oh well....bought it for the footage I suppose! Setting it up was difficult because the buttons would act v strange....sometimes the up/down buttons would skip 2 options at a time so could only adjust 50% of the available settings! (off on again and would sort that) . Made the mistake of putting on a password but upon entering the menu it would ask for password and constantly auto-scroll not giving enough time to scroll to correct digits....this strangely corrected itself after half an hour!
The on board screen quality is appalling with horrendous viewing angles....again...not a deal killer. What is the deal killer however is the constant MEMORY FAULT! Ive now tried Sandisk Ultimate class 10 16gb and Transcend Premium class 10 32gb. Very sporadic faults sometimes lasts only 3seconds before stopping recording (losing all three seconds of footage). I bought this unit to record up to 10 hrs of driving a day....i do not want to have an accident to finding its given up recording 5 min previous! (A MAJOR ISSUE IS THE FAULT MESSAGE DISSAPEARS AFTER 3SECS SO IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING THE SCREEN WHEN THE FAULT OCCURS YOU ASSUME ITS WORKING! unless you check for the tiny red flashing (I prefer to watch the road though!)) Whilst typing Ive had it recording next to me and its just stopped at 2min 30secs with no fault message (loop record on, motion off (does lack of motion stop it recording or is it simply a way of starting recording...no idea, instructions are sooooo basic!)
Will be returing and hoping I can get a refund so I can go elsewhere....£120 NOT WELL SPENT IMO
PS the footage I did get was amazing looking on 42" tv but theres plenty of 1080p wdr cams out there
decided to buy my first dashcam after constant frustration with my free app/old mobile attempt. I went for the ls400w over the ls300w simply for the extra buttons and better looking suction mount. I chose DOD for the great apperture and wide angle (mio looked good to me but was f2.0 and 120degree only).
Arrived yesterday from DOD UK and must say very dissapointed. The unit feels cheap in hand...cheapest possible plastics used but oh well....bought it for the footage I suppose! Setting it up was difficult because the buttons would act v strange....sometimes the up/down buttons would skip 2 options at a time so could only adjust 50% of the available settings! (off on again and would sort that) . Made the mistake of putting on a password but upon entering the menu it would ask for password and constantly auto-scroll not giving enough time to scroll to correct digits....this strangely corrected itself after half an hour!
The on board screen quality is appalling with horrendous viewing angles....again...not a deal killer. What is the deal killer however is the constant MEMORY FAULT! Ive now tried Sandisk Ultimate class 10 16gb and Transcend Premium class 10 32gb. Very sporadic faults sometimes lasts only 3seconds before stopping recording (losing all three seconds of footage). I bought this unit to record up to 10 hrs of driving a day....i do not want to have an accident to finding its given up recording 5 min previous! (A MAJOR ISSUE IS THE FAULT MESSAGE DISSAPEARS AFTER 3SECS SO IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING THE SCREEN WHEN THE FAULT OCCURS YOU ASSUME ITS WORKING! unless you check for the tiny red flashing (I prefer to watch the road though!)) Whilst typing Ive had it recording next to me and its just stopped at 2min 30secs with no fault message (loop record on, motion off (does lack of motion stop it recording or is it simply a way of starting recording...no idea, instructions are sooooo basic!)
Will be returing and hoping I can get a refund so I can go elsewhere....£120 NOT WELL SPENT IMO
PS the footage I did get was amazing looking on 42" tv but theres plenty of 1080p wdr cams out there
