Today we continue the theme Window Washer. These devices are now used by great popularity in Russia, they are sold out literally as hot cakes. Given the high demand, the manufacturers are trying to please the customers and produce devices for every taste – expensive and cheap, functional and not. Recently came across on the model AdvoCam-FD4 Profi-GPS. We have tested it and are willing to share their experiences.
Opening the box with AdvoCam-FD4 Profi-GPS, we find myself DVR, the suction cup mount on the windshield of a car, a microSD memory card of 4 GB, cable HDMI, cable USB-AV, cigarette lighter charger (cable length of 4 meters) and management user. In fact, more and want is nothing.
Externally AdvoCam-FD4 Profi-GPS reminded us handheld gaming console Sony PSP. Registrar little horizontal, the middle of the front panel is a display, and the left and right of it – control buttons. Screen device deserves special attention. First, he is one of the largest in this class of devices – 2.7-inch. And, secondly, it stands out of the total of its very good quality. The display is bright and contrasting. It is rare for DVRs, often these devices are equipped with low-cost, and are therefore not very high quality screens.
Even while driving you can easily enable or disable the desired function AdvoCam-FD4 Profi-GPS. This is facilitated by proprietary user interface One Touch (born – one touch). The keys are responsible for the following: protection of circular current movie dubbing; enable / disable audio recording, enable / disable the screen, enable / disable LED-backlight for night shooting, instant photo without interrupting video recording. Implemented recording start using the device. The build quality of the registrar no complaints there.
Now DVRs are not uncommon, in the description which the manufacturer claims that they record video in HD or Full HD format. In fact, it appears that the buyers, to say the cheating. Video is recorded in any VGA, and then programmatically stretched to HD or Full HD (interpolation). Naturally, the quality of the records are markedly affected. In AdvoCam-FD4 Profi-GPS is not used a similar technique, the receptionist says video is Full HD-format, that is, 1920 to 1080. Therefore, the recording quality is pretty good. Also note the angle of the camera, it is 120 degrees. Having some experience with DVRs, we say that this is the best angle – the shot misses and what is happening in front of the bonnet, and shoulders. If the angle is wider – the image will be up in a curve around the edges, heard about the effect of “fish-eye”? Here we say that the gadget can take photos at a resolution of 5 megapixels.
AdvoCam-FD4 Profi-GPS function now supports the popular loop recording fragments of 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 45 minutes (you can choose the length of the settings). This option eliminates the memory card is full and stop recording. When the free space on the card over, a new fragment overwrites the oldest, with no loss (in inexpensive models often the case that the rollers lost a few seconds of the recording.) In AdvoCam-FD4 Profi-GPS provides battery whose capacity is 900 mAh. No external power source, simply put, no power charger, the receptionist can work up to 2 hours, which is quite a good indicator.
AdvoCam-FD4 Profi-GPS equipped with GPS-module. This does not mean that the gadget acts as navigator, this module is used to determine vehicle speed and position, as well as a track record of movement. For example, if the machine runs an employee, you can follow, if he does not deviate from the set route. You will want to install the program on your computer (included), which will put the track on Google Maps. In addition, the receptionist has a G-sensor, which provides 10 levels of sensitivity (to eliminate false positives on rough roads). This sensor responds to attacks, sudden braking and turns, etc. Video, while recording is triggered G-sensor automatically saved, and it will not fade under cyclic rewriting. By the way, the data of the sensor, we can see in the above program.
Overall, AdvoCam-FD4 Profi-GPS left only pleasant experience: high-quality video in real Full HD-format, the optimal viewing angle, loop recording, without loss of time, a large display, GPS-module, G-sensor. Probably from the car recorder and want something more than nothing. As for the price, it is around 8000 rubles. Those users who do not need GPS-receiver and a G-sensor, can look at the model AdvoCam-FD4 Profi, it costs 6000 rubles.
