Recommended/Optimal Settings

[Dave19]

I found this over at Car Cam Central:

Optimal Settings

Resolution – 1440P: Lower resolutions have much worse video quality.
Loop Recording – 3 Minutes: Anything but off will work. 3 Minutes is a good compromise between too many video files and discoverability.
Exposure – 0EV: If it’s overly bright or dark you can change this number
WDR – Off: WDR does nothing but worsen night quality for minimal gains in dynamic range
Time Lapse Record – Off
Motion Detection – Off
GPS – On
G-Sensor – Off: No reason to turn this on
LDWS/FCWS – Off: Too many false warnings
Date Stamp – On
Record Audio – Depends: Make sure it’s legal where you live. Otherwise it’s your choice.
Screensaver – 15 seconds:
LED – On: Turns the status LED on/off. Helpful in checking for problems.
Date/Time: No GPS, adjust date/time here.
Time Zone: If you have a GPS your camera will calibrate time/date to the set timezone
Beep Sound: On Disabling this will disable audio notifications. Keep it on.
Frequency: Depends on your electrical grid. 60HZ in North America, 50HZ in Europe.
Format Warning – 30 Days:
Car No – Optional: Some people put their license/name here

I finally ordered the a119 from Amazon and just wanted to see if your experience with optimal settings match the above.

Thanks
Dave

 

[Gibson99]

LDWS/FCWS don't even work at 1440p so the camera won't even let you turn them on at that resolution. this is a point of debate... i use 1080p60 to have nice smooth video, and have twice as many chances of capturing a license plate number during the day. at night you aren't capturing any plates at any resolution unless you and the other vehicle are both sitting still (or nearly so) and very close to each other.

loop recording length is a matter of personal taste. i like 1 minute myself. easier to work with and uses less disk space when making my dashcam compilation videos. i don't see any point in having really long loop files like 10 minutes - if you're looking for a specific event, that's annoying to have to seek through to find one brief event.

apparently there's a bug in the 1.1 firmware with the g-sensor - if you turn it off, it won't lock any files even using the ! button to manually lock a file, and may even cause the camera to lock up and stop recording entirely. so keep it turned on. no real reason to turn it off unless you're getting lots of false positives from potholes or bumps in the road. i've never gotten a single false positive in mine, even with hard, lowered suspension and low-pro tires on 18" rims - the same vehicle that triggered the g-sensor all the damn time on my previous camera (blacksys ch-100b) even with it set to very low sensitivity.