What is a Dashcam?

What is a Dashcam?

It's a video camera mounted on the dashboard or windscreen of a vehicle and used to continuously record the view of the road, traffic, etc. It was used in police cars in the United States of America, and then it spread and everyone started using it.

What do you use the dash cam for?

Dashcam recordings are used to preserve rights and property in the event of accidents, thefts, and to record exciting and distinctive things that happen on the road. It is also used for tracking and monitoring by entities that own a fleet of vehicles, such as taxi, delivery and freight companies, and others.

How does a Dash Cam work?

The Dashcam starts recording as soon as the car ignition is turned on. This helps you to ensure that you never miss a recording while driving your car. The recorded footage is stored on an SD Card for you to view or download to your mobile. A parking mode is available in most Dashcams when connected to the fuse box whish all it to record while the car is parked for 24/7 surveilance.

Is it legal to use a dash cam?

Nothing in the traffic laws prevent using a dashcam, but only if it's mounted properly in a fixed position, you don't manually operate it while driving, and it doesn't obscure the driver's view of the road ahead, behind and to either side of the vehicle.

Privacy issues

Recording video on public roads is OK, but think carefully about how you use the resulting videos. There should be no problem showing them to the police or insurers, but it might not always be OK to post them online.

What are the types of Dashcam?

In general, dash cams are classified according to the number of cameras attached to them, or as they are called channels:

• One channel: It is often a front camera only to record what is happening in front of the vehicle.
• Two channels: Camera may be front and back, or front and inner.
• 3 channels: front, rear and indoor cameras.
• 4 channels: front camera, back camera, and 2 internal cameras.
• And so on.

What are the most important features?

It varies according to the type of dashcam, and its importance is determined by you according to your need and purpose of use, including:

• Recording quality: It is one of the most important characteristics and determines the quality of the recordings, example 1K, 4K, or 5K
• Night vision: Can the camera record in low light?
• Wide Dynamic Range: or WDR, which is needed to automatically adjust the light.
• Recording angle: The larger it is, the more scenes the camera will capture.
• Remote monitoring: To connect to 4G which allow you to track and monitor remotely.
• Battery: The power capacitor is preferred instead of batteries to suit hot weather.
• G sensor: to sense shocks or when vibrations occur.
• GPS: To save the location, time and date during the recording.
• Wi-Fi: to connect to the camera and pull up recordings.
• Emergency recording: to save recordings when sensing an accident, God forbid, or when vibrations occur.
• Loop recording: or continuous recording, where new recordings replace the old ones when the memory card reaches its full capacity.
• Parking recording: It is the recording when the car is turned off in the event of sensing shocks or when vibrations occur while the car is parked.
• Timelapse recording: To be able to see what is going on around the car while it is parked.
• Power source: It works via the lighter charger directly, or through the fuse box.

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