Senwow 1080P Dash Cam CT606A With 16GB Card

This attractive new dashcam from Senwow arrived nicely presented in a simple but stylish box. Inside was the camera itself, long USB car power cable, short USB cable, suction cup mount, sticky mount base, cord clip set, 16GB micro USB card (prefitted), USB card reader and User Guide. The User Guide is nicely designed compared to those usually supplied and well printed in colour. I attach a scanned and edited copy to my unboxing video. Switch to full screen and pause as needed to read it.

Insurance fraud is on the rise and one way of protecting yourself from driving-related scams is to install a dashcam. Dashcams such as this one are positioned discreetly pointing forwards through the front window and record all your driving activity. The dashcam turns on automatically when the car is started and off again a short time after the engine is turned off. It records continuously in short recordings onto a memory card that seamlessly dovetails together when played back. When the card is full the camera records over the oldest recording. A good camera will have a built-in G-Sensor which automatically records impacts and locks that file against overwriting.

The camera is larger than most and has a 3" screen, a size few others equal but the larger size makes it more difficult to mount the camera discreetly. The camera attaches to the windscreen with the supplied suction mount and in my tests, this worked well. Like most cameras this one has a built-in battery which is designed only to allow the device to power down safely and to give short-term coverage should the car power supply fail in the event of a crash. For normal operation, it should always be powered from the car power port or USB socket. The camera has a speaker and microphone which is useful for an incident if you have the presence of mind to observe and announce number plates or external events not captured by the camera. The dashcam has a G-sensor, a must for any dashcam, which will ensure that impacts or ..