The Dash Cam is the video camera that you put in the car to take the road you are traveling on, thus recording a video of what happens while driving the car . The Dashcam, often used by passionate video amateurs when they travel on a road that is worth shooting or waiting (hoping) to capture an interesting moment, can also be useful in the event of an accident, to prove their innocence.
Who does not want to spend money to fix a Dash Cam in the car which then must be disassembled every time and can become an object of the thieves' wishes, can try to transform any smartphone into a DashCam, perhaps using an older cell phone that no longer comes used. The important thing is that it is a smartphone with Android operating system and that, even without internet connection, it has a functioning camera.
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What is needed to use the smartphone as a Dash Cam is only a charging cable to be kept in the car and then an adequate support that can attach to the glass to keep the phone in the right position to resume the road. There are plenty of car mounts on Amazon, though not all of them are adequate to hold it in the video recording position. Looking for the most suitable ones, we can choose a support such as iOttie Easy One Touch that makes it easy to attach and detach the phone by keeping it high above the dashboard or, a cheaper one like this with suction cup with 360 degree rotation or even this flat and simple Car Dock.
After having correctly positioned the smartphone, you need a Dash cam app, which allows you to record videos continuously. There are many apps to choose from, some of them specializing in the task like AutoBoy Dash Cam BlackBox . This application has a quick button to record videos, also showing the free memory storage space on the screen so you know when you will need to stop recording and delete the video to make a new one. When the memory is full, the app will ask you to automatically overwrite the previous video, without the need to manually delete it. Recording is continuous and can be paused with one touch to quickly resume it.
Touching the three points at the top left opens the menu of options, to switch from horizontal to vertical mode, adjust the exposure, the color effect, the focus, the screen and whether to shoot using the front camera (for record the interior of the car). Other options from the menu on the side, allow you to upload videos to Youtube, watch recorded videos and set automatic recording based on the Bluetooth connection or with other triggers.
Other good apps to turn your Android smartphone into a DashCam are:
- DailyRoads Voyager, which supports continuous recording, with or without sound, cyclically by deleting the previous video when the memory runs out. You can also use the photo mode, to take repeated shots and then create a timelapse video. The app also shows street addresses and map, with indication of speed and GPS coordinates of the road you are traveling on and supports protection in case of overheating of the phone.
- AutoGuard Dash Cam that records videos without interruption, shows acceleration, latitude, longitude and speed on the screen and automatically manages the memory space to be able to replace old videos with new ones automatically, unless they are marked to be saved.
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Who does not want to spend money to fix a Dash Cam in the car which then must be disassembled every time and can become an object of the thieves' wishes, can try to transform any smartphone into a DashCam, perhaps using an older cell phone that no longer comes used. The important thing is that it is a smartphone with Android operating system and that, even without internet connection, it has a functioning camera.
READ ALSO: App to use your mobile phone in the car while driving
What is needed to use the smartphone as a Dash Cam is only a charging cable to be kept in the car and then an adequate support that can attach to the glass to keep the phone in the right position to resume the road. There are plenty of car mounts on Amazon, though not all of them are adequate to hold it in the video recording position. Looking for the most suitable ones, we can choose a support such as iOttie Easy One Touch that makes it easy to attach and detach the phone by keeping it high above the dashboard or, a cheaper one like this with suction cup with 360 degree rotation or even this flat and simple Car Dock.
After having correctly positioned the smartphone, you need a Dash cam app, which allows you to record videos continuously. There are many apps to choose from, some of them specializing in the task like AutoBoy Dash Cam BlackBox . This application has a quick button to record videos, also showing the free memory storage space on the screen so you know when you will need to stop recording and delete the video to make a new one. When the memory is full, the app will ask you to automatically overwrite the previous video, without the need to manually delete it. Recording is continuous and can be paused with one touch to quickly resume it.
Touching the three points at the top left opens the menu of options, to switch from horizontal to vertical mode, adjust the exposure, the color effect, the focus, the screen and whether to shoot using the front camera (for record the interior of the car). Other options from the menu on the side, allow you to upload videos to Youtube, watch recorded videos and set automatic recording based on the Bluetooth connection or with other triggers.
Other good apps to turn your Android smartphone into a DashCam are:
- DailyRoads Voyager, which supports continuous recording, with or without sound, cyclically by deleting the previous video when the memory runs out. You can also use the photo mode, to take repeated shots and then create a timelapse video. The app also shows street addresses and map, with indication of speed and GPS coordinates of the road you are traveling on and supports protection in case of overheating of the phone.
- AutoGuard Dash Cam that records videos without interruption, shows acceleration, latitude, longitude and speed on the screen and automatically manages the memory space to be able to replace old videos with new ones automatically, unless they are marked to be saved.
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