S1-Pro Rear Camera

[DT MI]

It appears the rear camera for the S1-Pro may be something new to the Vantrue lineup. In one of the E4 threads I was asked what rear camera was used for the S1P and based on physical appearance I suggested it may be the RC-04. Looking into it further it appears it may actually be a higher resolution camera, at least based on the printed markings. It is certainly not an 'off the shelf' stock RC-04. The following is my post in the E4 forum thread.

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Possibly it's the RC-04 based on physical appearance. There are no markings on the camera that I can see that provide a specific model number. There's not even a "Vantrue" name imprinted on it as is the case with the N4 Pro pictures - https://www.vantrue.net/product/n4pro.

Maybe a new rear camera for the S1-Pro?... but that doesn't make a lot of sense given it's a 1080P camera and Vantrue already has one in their product line.

Update: This piqued my interest so I dug a bit deeper and just maybe this is a new rear camera. In your pics early in this thread the camera is clearly labeled as Model RC-04. In the same location on my S1-Pro rear camera is printed "2M COMS SENSOR" which leads me to think it may be a higher resolution sensor that's limited to 1080 by the firmware (pure speculation on my part).

 

[rcg530]

Back in early September 2023, I was asking my Vantrue contact about the firmware download pages/links for the S1 Pro. He stated this:

Hi Robert

Thanks for the feedback, I have given feedback to the engineers, the S1 Pro rear camera software is the same as the N4 Pro RC04.

Thank you

 

[Julian23]

Could it be possible that it's just an unlabelled RC-04?
The 2MP and the physical appearance appear to be identical. Just the RC-04 print is missing.
I don't really think the resolution is higher. Why should it be

 

[Julian23]

Back in early September 2023, I was asking my Vantrue contact about the firmware download pages/links for the S1 Pro. He stated this:

You were faster

The firmware is identical for both rear cams, so it is basically the same RC-04 just without the print on it:

Vantrue Nexus 4Pro FIRMWARE

https://www.vantrue.net/Support/detail/id/257.html Vantrue N4Pro Dash Cam Firmware Update Release time: 2023-05-24 17:48:46 Version: VT-ECE221 VT-N4P.bin

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Vantrue S1 Pro Test & Review PP

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Makes me wonder why they do this.
It would be cheaper to just make one variation. Maybe this is a different batch where they left it out. Who knows...

 

[DT MI]

Could it be possible that it's just an unlabelled RC-04?...

...It would be cheaper to just make one variation. Maybe this is a different batch where they left it out. Who knows...

That is the question for sure. Why make 2 versions of the same thing? Maybe changed suppliers...

Anyhow, it was just something different I noticed and had questions about.