Explain Halo Secure (Gravity 3.5.1), esp DashCam, to me

[Smorgasbord]

So, just got back from a road trip, but I guess I don't know how the DashCam feature works.

Apparently, hitting the round circle record icon on the Clearview Cockpit display starts recording then, continuing for a minute. It doesn't include any footage from BEFORE you hit the button. Is this right?

What about honking the horn? I have one video that's longer than a minute (1:53 to be exact), was that from a honk honk or something else (this is while driving).

I have no footage from any parked event, even though I know people have come up to the car while it was locked with Halo Secure On.

This is really unfortunate, as I had two events on this trip that I really wanted to have on video. But, all I have is the calm 1 minute afterwards.

Also, what is in the .bin files at the top directory - and why so many of them (many more than events recorded)?

 

[EVCar]

Has anyone looked at their recordings?
Any comments on the resolution, I.e. can you make out the license plates?

 

[mfdutra]

The resolution is 1280x720, but the cameras are wide angle, so the quality isn't great. You can't really the license plate of the car in front from a normal distance. You need to get really close.

The thing records 4 cameras. Front, rear and the side B pillars.

If you get a hit and run, you will only be able to prove it wasn't your fault.

 

[mfdutra]

It doesn't include any footage from BEFORE you hit the button. Is this right?

It records -30s +60s, from whatever triggered the recording.

 

[prgarg]

The resolution is 1280x720, but the cameras are wide angle, so the quality isn't great. You can't really the license plate of the car in front from a normal distance. You need to get really close.

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The thing records 4 cameras. Front, rear and the side B pillars.

If you get a hit and run, you will only be able to prove it wasn't your fault.

... and hope it happens during the day, night videos are just a dark screen

 

[Kairide]

The thing records 4 cameras. Front, rear and the side B pillars.

The side cameras are in the mirrors, not the B pillar on the Gravity.

 

[Smorgasbord]

It records -30s +60s, from whatever triggered the recording.

If that were true then my recordings would be longer than a minute, and 3 out of 4 are just about 1 minute.

 

[mfdutra]

The side cameras are in the mirrors, not the B pillar on the Gravity.

Yeah that looks correct: