Mangoal MG-0xxX OEM-Style Dashcam for Volvo S60

[EricSan]

Sorry to be so negative, and rain on your testing parade.

My goal is simply to be as objective and accurate as possible👍

One way is to request / obtain FCC ID# to review legal documents they’ve submitted for certification.
Documents may contain photographs of components.

I'll have to see what I can find with a cursory examination. I don't want to separate the lens assembly from the sensor board, I'll never be able to close it up again without introducing dust.

 

[Chuck McCoy]

My goal is simply to be as objective and accurate as possible👍

Well of course that goes without saying.
But why do you think no one else is testing these fake / counterfeit crap cameras?
Unless you’re purposely showing what a fraud they are.
Unscrupulous lying companies don’t deserve the exposure.

I don't want to separate the lens assembly from the sensor board, I'll never be able to close it up again without introducing dust.

That’s why you always request (2) units for testing.
If they refuse, no dice.

 

[EricSan]

Before installing the camera in my car, I made some power measurements:

Invoking parking mode is pretty straight forward. The camera powers up only when +12v is applied to BOTH the Red and Yellow wires. The Yellow wire carries the +12v power supply while the Yellow wire is the +12v ACC trigger that toggles parking mode. Remove the voltage from the Red wire, and if you've set Parking Monitoring Duration in the app to one of the pre-defined time periods (12h, 24h, or 48h) the camera will enter Time Lapse Recording. No other parking modes are available.

 

[EricSan]

Here is the set of options in SkyComm app menu - it's pretty basic in what it allows you to control:

Image Resolution can be set to 10M, 8M, 6M, 4M, or 2M.
Video Resolution can be set to 4K + FHD, 2K + FHD, or FHD + FHD.
Loop Record Options can be set to 1M, 2M, or 3M.
Exposure Compensation can be set from +2.0 to -2.0 in the usual 0.3 increments.

If you scroll down in the app menu, here are the remaining settings - they span only two screens:

Collision Sensing can be set to High, Medium, or Low.
Parking Mode Collision Mode can similarly be set to High, Medium, or Low.
Parking Mode Duration can be set to Off, 12 Hours, 24 Hours, or 48 Hours.

And that's it, not too many options to fiddle with. This is a pretty basic camera without too many bells and whistles..

Issues with the App:
All changes to settings need to be performed with the SkyCamm app. According to the user's manual, this is a third party app.

There are not many options to select in the app, it's pretty minimal. The app also randomly kicked me back out to recording mode. I couldn't seem to make this happen with any kind of predictability. The app also failed to register many of my selections the first time I attempted to change a setting. I had to change many of them two or three times before the app registered my change. Thus, there appears to be some bugs in the app.