Hello everyone, I just recently got my first ever dashcam, a 70mai a810. Amazing video quality aside, when I first tested out the emergency video function (both button and impact detection), I realized that the dashcam only records 2 seconds before the emergency video is triggered.
I have tried every menu option, I tried before and after a firmware update and I asked the 70mai support who weren't helpful at all. This means that in case of an accident or anything else worth recording, you'd have to press the button immediatly to even record the event itself, with basically no chance of capturing anything that happened before, which could be just as relevant. Of course you could still go ahead and save the files manually but that is (in most cases, especially when driving alone for more than a few hours) completely unreasonable and quite frankly not why I bought a dashcam for. From what I've seen online from basically every other dashcam is that you press the record button and the current clip and/or the previous clip both get saved, which includes at least 20-30sec prior to the button press.
Now, my main question is: Is this on purpose and or is there a way to fix this?
maybe my unit is just faulty, maybe custom firmware? Or maybe I have completely missed some hidden setting?
I'd appreciate any help as otherwise, I'd probably have to return the a810 for this reason only.
Many thanks in advance!
I have tried every menu option, I tried before and after a firmware update and I asked the 70mai support who weren't helpful at all. This means that in case of an accident or anything else worth recording, you'd have to press the button immediatly to even record the event itself, with basically no chance of capturing anything that happened before, which could be just as relevant. Of course you could still go ahead and save the files manually but that is (in most cases, especially when driving alone for more than a few hours) completely unreasonable and quite frankly not why I bought a dashcam for. From what I've seen online from basically every other dashcam is that you press the record button and the current clip and/or the previous clip both get saved, which includes at least 20-30sec prior to the button press.
Now, my main question is: Is this on purpose and or is there a way to fix this?
maybe my unit is just faulty, maybe custom firmware? Or maybe I have completely missed some hidden setting?
I'd appreciate any help as otherwise, I'd probably have to return the a810 for this reason only.
Many thanks in advance!