But the end user doesn't KNOW where they are in that recording cycle. This needs fixing. If I press the emergency button I want to record what happens PRIOR and AFTER that button push. You say its recorded but not locked, but the end user doesnt know that, and unless they stop and review the footage after each emergency press that footage gets over written in about an hour. The whole job of the dashcam is to record an incident, isn't that why you have loop recording. The old 119 seems like it locked the file prior if the button was pushed within 15 seconds of a new file starting.
Does pressing any button achieve this? It is impossible to see the buttons on the camera when in a normal driving position, as it is mounted behind the rear view mirror. Can you activate an emergency file lock by pressing any of the buttons?
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According to @viofo here and here, the ermergency lock on the A119, when operating in 1080p 60fps mode, will "duplicate a 35s file, 15s before and 20s after the press" and when in 1440p 30fps mode, it duplicates the entire video file, regardless of where you are in it. I don't like the idea...
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Dashcam/comments/78p4qm
This is the dashcams one job , and to lock the relevant files, not make the end user guess if they will be overwritten or stop on the side of the road and grab the footage via wifi just in case it decides to overwrite it later. Right now I have nothing to show my insurance company except what happened AFTER the accident.