Does this Dash Cam have an internal battery? If so, approximately how long does it run in 720P?
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It does have some sort of internal battery. It is sort of wimpy. It ran on its internal power for about an hour. I ran a USB charging cable around the windshield and down to the cigar lighter power adapter so it was mostly out of sight and just leave it plugged in.
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That's what I use mine for. I have a switch in the dash that let's me turn it on any time I want. I don't leave it on constantly, just long enough to check the trailer when I'm towing. I have left it on for a few hours at a time. It worked just fine.I think the camera is pretty tough. Goes thru car washes and Michigan winters with no issues. I rate it pretty high.
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how much do you think the battery lasts when shooting at 720 fps?Is an 8gb card enough to record with a fully charged battery?The thing is that I don´t want to spend the extra money if I don´t have to.
390332
The battery last two hours (recording).The quality of pictures is ok but isn't comparable with the dslr.A monitor can be attached via HDMI port
2006334
yes, it has a built in, rechargeable battery that will last for approximately 1 hour of video recording.
2150865
Hi,I connected the power to the device, stuck it to the window with the supplied adhesive, inserted the SD card and that was it. When you turn the car on, the cigarette power comes on and the dashcamera turns on. Litte voice "welcome to lukas blackbox, drive safely. Recording started". I never touch the thing unless I need the SD card out to review or save the video.Erik
1694175
No internal battery, but you can buy a kit to hardwire it to your cars battery instead of having it plugged into the cigarette lighter.
1267373
The internal battery will give about 1.25 hours of video recording. When it is dying the recording indicator will blink continuously then the unit will die. Death comes quickly. However, you can run it indefinitely via the supplied USB power supply/charger. This limitation is no big deal unless you are remotely using the unit for big events. I would think a gel cell camera battery could be found that the USB cord would plug into that could give longer remote usage. I truly love this unit, very intuitive.
951330
Hey. This camera hasn't battery - this is car recorder, you should use in car usb charger. It's very dark in evening times. And video has a lot of graininess after sunset. I'm not recomend you buy this camera
883710
It has a motion sensor that activate recording as soon the vehicle starts running. I don't use it, because it causes the camera to stop recording while in a red light.
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If talking in terms of card space. The G1W has a bit rate of 12mbps The camera officially supports up to a 32GB Micro SD card witch will give you 6.1 hours of record time The camera un-officially supports some 64GB cards (through formatting with a PC program and not the camera) witch will give 12.1 hours of record time, but of course after 6 hours are up the camera will over write the oldest file with a new one on its own. If talking in terms of battery the battery on it's own will record for roughly 5 mins before needing to be plugged back in. Check DashCamTalk for more information on the G1W
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mine did not come with one either. Here is some helpful hints. Always charge the battery over night before starting and you will have to buy and install a memory card before it will work. Over 4 GB is best or it will not loop for use as a dash cam. Other than that, all I can tell you is work with the controls and figure it out. It takes a while. Sorry I could not help more.
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No there is not. That is the difference between this camera and it predecessor model. This device has a capacitor which provides only enough power to allow for an orderly disk write of the recorded data and shutdown. But with a dash cam, that is all you really need. The benefit of this configuration is one of fewer heat issues. Most electronic devices that are meant to be used in car windshields/dashboards are susceptible to overheating, particularity when in direct sunlight/hot weather. But the real issue with these things is usually not the devices themselves but rather the batteries they contain. I have actually had batteries burst/explode on other devices. The use of a capacitor rather than a battery resolves many of these issues. the drawback to this is that you must be tethered to a power supply for the camera to operate. As this is designed to be an in-car dash cam with access to the vehicle's power, when used as intended this should not really be an issue.
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Sure, as long as you have uninterrupted power to it.... like a cigarette lighter plug that stays on when the key is off. When you first turn it on the little screen on the back is lit and stays lit for maybe 10 or 15 seconds. Then it goes black but the camera is still recording. However, there is a little light on the bottom right corner that is usually blue but can be a mixture of blue and red when it's charging. That's the only indication that it's on. I plug mine into a under the seat power plug and just pull it half way out when parking. Then I push it back in the next time I drive and the camera comes on automatically. I love this little camera and bought one for one of my boys and he too loves it. The video from this little guy is awesome. Remember, if you have it positioned looking through the windshield it won't video the cop but it will record the dialog... the video will be whatever is right in front of you. I looked a long time before deciding on this camera and the instruction manual is very clear even if written in Asia. Be sure and order the memory chip when you order the camera. You can select the length of recording up to 5 minutes long and then a new clip starts automatically and has several of the last video's closing frames. This makes it very easy to find a particular clip for a particular time. It records several days of data. It also has GPS that stamps your speed etc. on the video. Like I said, awesome. I don't believe you'll be disappointed if you get this little guy. If you want to be totally stealthy you could put a tiny piece of black tape over the little blue light, or paint it but it's only like maybe 1/8" in diameter and not very bright. The audio picks up every sound in the car. You can listen to your tunes all over again when viewing the clips! Good luck!
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This camera has an internal battery but only lasts a few seconds for me. I assume so it will continue to operate if there is a short momentary lapse in power? I see other users are getting much longer battery life.
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My husband said it does have an internal battery but it probably won't save for more than a few minutes. Hope that was helpful.
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Totally normal. The picture is a splash screen, sonething to occupy you visually while the cam starts up. The screen does shut off and the cam IS recording after the display goes dark. You can change the display time to 1 minute or 5 minutes in the setup screen, even have it stay on for the entire recording until the vehicle is shut off. Always on is NOT an option unfortunately.