Lexus Dash Cam

[Starlight]

10 hours ago, Rodd said:

I cancelled the appointment with Lexus to have their dash cam as they told me it doesn’t have parking mode. They literally selling dash cam models 2020 in 2024. Found an independent in car technology ltd specialised in cams and things like that to install Nextbase new model that has intelligent parking mode. 

Sounds like a dealer specific issue. My 350H nextbase front and back dashcam was installed by Lexus Dealer in Nov 2022 and it has Intelligent parking mode, which you activate on your nextbase app. I guess 2020 may be current in 2022 but not in vogue in 2024.

[Rodd]

1 hour ago, LenT said:

Wise decision!

Your car is just as likely to be attacked or damaged when it’s parked - if not more so!

As a general rule, I think this is the kind of equipment best installed by a busy auto electrician - who may be doing it on a regular basis - than a dealer’s mechanic who does it occasionally.

And if this Dealer keeps offering outdated cameras, then they won’t be selling many of them.

You are right as my problem is when I go to supermarket car parks. I had 2 incidents with my previous car and both have been when the car was parked. Some idiots are not bothered about other people’s cars. Driving an old car and are not bothered if they touch your car when parking next to you or exiting the space next to you.  

[Rodd]

9 minutes ago, Starlight said:

Sounds like a dealer specific issue. My 350H nextbase front and back dashcam was installed by Lexus Dealer in Nov 2022 and it has Intelligent parking mode, which you activate on your nextbase app. I guess 2020 may be current in 2022 but not in vogue in 2024.

What’s the model of your dashcam pls? Is it 380GW? 

[Starlight]

8 minutes ago, Rodd said:

What’s the model of your dashcam pls? Is it 380GW? 

I will check and screen shot the app in a minute

[Rodd]

On 7/23/2022 at 1:47 PM, RXtoNX said:

Thanks Andy, that helps a great deal.

Re the battery life, I doubt that my Thinkware would last for 2 weeks if at an airport car park since the parking mode will turn off automatically once the camera detects that the starting battery has reduced to a certain voltage, which doesn’t take too many days on my RX with the starter battery being so small.

Re how it works in parking mode, the Thinkware is constantly scanning for movement and when it detects movement it will record a short clip. In the event of an incident it will add 30 seconds of the clip before the incident (can be user adjusted) and 60 seconds afterwards to capture the whole incident before, after and during. You can usually test this by walking around the car, opening a door and slamming the door shut for it to record the “incident”

Once again, thanks for your input and photos, it is very much appreciated.

It seems the Nextbase model Lexus which dealers are using has only simple parking mode and not buffered parking mode. In simple mode the camera wakes up when something happens and records. So you will miss the incidents. In buffered mode, the cam will record 30 seconds before and after the incidents. 

[Starlight]

The one I have uses Gforce which starts recording when an object movement is detected around your vehicle, including incident. 

[Starlight]

Yes

Intelligent Parking Mode:

Yes 

As on the manual

I am not tech savvy and hope never to have to use it.

[Rodd]

8 minutes ago, Starlight said:

Yes

Intelligent Parking Mode:

Yes 

As on the manual

I am not tech savvy and hope never to have to use it.

Thank you 

[scythe]

6 hours ago, Rodd said:

. So you will miss the incidents. In buffered mode, the cam will record 30 seconds before and after the incidents. 

https://nextbase.co.uk/parking-mode-feature#:~:text=Intelligent Parking Mode is an,except the G Force sensor.

To quote from this item, "If your car is bumped and the G Force sensor registers movement, your Nextbase Dash Cam will automatically switch on, record for 30 seconds, and then shut down again."

[Rodd]

54 minutes ago, scythe said:

https://nextbase.co.uk/parking-mode-feature#:~:text=Intelligent Parking Mode is an,except the G Force sensor.

To quote from this item, "If your car is bumped and the G Force sensor registers movement, your Nextbase Dash Cam will automatically switch on, record for 30 seconds, and then shut down again."

Thanks for sharing. So it is the simple mode which is not that useful as you will miss the hit and it records the incident after it happens. The dash cams now they have buffered mode in addition to simple mode and time lapse mode. With buffered mode as soon as it detects a move near your car it starts recording but will only save 30 seconds before and after the incidents to the sd card and if no incident happens it won’t save anything. 

[scythe]

Yes, there are others that do that, but not from NextBase.  The issue is that the camera does require a bit of power to run, so runs (very very slowly) your 12V Battery down.   Some cameras even have a heater to warm the windscreen, to stop ice forming.  It's fine, but there is that current drain.  Your fitters should be able to advise you what's best though, and you can make the decision.

: o )

[LenT]

1 hour ago, Rodd said:

With buffered mode as soon as it detects a move near your car it starts recording but will only save 30 seconds before and after the incidents to the sd card and if no incident happens it won’t save anything. 

I’ve always had BlackVue cameras. In the event of an impact, the camera automatically saves a few seconds prior to the impact.  The total length of the recoding can be set by the user.

There is no limit to the number of recordings that can be made in such circumstances.  So in a busy car park you do get quite a few videos of shoppers parking!  Still, if one decided to take exception to your nice Lexus you’d know who to look for!

In standby mode the activation can be by impact or by movement detected by infrared sensors eg someone walking in front or behind the car.  In some cars I’ve returned to find that an impact has been recorded only to find, on examination, that it was me shutting the door on leaving the car!