The biggest original intention of installing a tachograph in a car is to avoid trouble caused by lack of evidence when encountering porcelain. At present, the tachographs on the market vary in appearance, performance, installation mode and other aspects, but the same aspect is that they all have the function of recording driving videos. However, most of the ways to view videos are to take out the built-in TF card and use the card reader to view them, which is very troublesome and inconvenient. This time, the Xplore C1+intelligent tachograph obtained from Lei Feng. com uses a completely different viewing method, which is simple and convenient. It is also easy to edit and share the videos and photos obtained, which is powerful and makes people look at it. Next, let's go and have a look.

C1+unpacking: simple packaging, safe and convenient

The packaging is very simple. The black hard paper box and black plastic cushion wrap all the accessories inside, ensuring the safety during transportation. The label Lei Feng tried, very familiar, very loving! There is a little gold label on the edge of the box, which is the logo of the product.

The back is the product parameters and manufacturer information.

All accessories in the inner package are placed neatly. All accessories include 3.5m power cord, integrated bracket, dual channel power adapter, Bluetooth flash button, C1+host.

C1+appearance: exquisite, small and elegant

The back of the C1+host is all the important interfaces. The top is a slot for TF card, which can support 32GB class 10 high-speed card at most; The left side is the work indicator light, the right side is the power indicator light, the small holes arranged in a triangle at the lower left corner are the positions of the microphone, and the round holes at the lower right corner are the reset holes. After all, smart products cannot be imagined without this key, hehe! The five rows of holes at the bottom are the cooling holes. I found that the temperature of the host has always been controlled very well during use. These cooling holes are very powerful!

On the left side of the lens is the on/off key. Press and hold for 2 seconds to start the machine; Press for more than 3 seconds to shut down; In the recording state, pressing the power key briefly is to take a picture and generate short videos, which can be edited and shared in the mobile phone APP.

The top of C1+is a six hole chip, which can power the host and charge the built-in battery.

The upper part of the side has a groove, which is used to install the C1+host onto the clip on the bracket. There is also a 45 degree diagonal pattern on the side of the host, which is estimated to be designed for anti-skid.

The lens of C1+recorder adopts real 2 million pixels, 1/2.7 inch industrial CMOS sensor, 1080p full HD professional video processing chip, wide angle 155 degree fixed focus lens, F1.8 aperture, six layer coated lenses (including two sets of aspherical lenses). The whole lens is a bit like an eye, with a pupil in the center, which is very beautiful.

So how big is C1+? I have just a few coins here for comparison.

The six one yuan coins are just half of the C1+host, and the small size is just average. The whole host part is square, with a volume of 27 cubic centimeters and a weight of 36 grams (about the weight of six one yuan coins). You can hardly feel the weight in your hand. It's really hard to see such a small tachograph on the market.

The bracket is also an important part of the tachograph. The bracket is fixed by adhesive instead of suction cup like other tachographs. The suction cup type can move easily, but I found that the suction cup type bracket often falls off for no reason, especially in summer, so I support the adhesive type bracket very much. There are 6 metal contacts on the top of the bracket, which are used to provide power guarantee for C1+, so that C1+can work normally.

Three important connection modes of C1+are also marked on the left side of the bracket: Bluetooth connection, GPS connection and WIFI connection. The three connection functions are different. The Bluetooth connection is used to connect the Bluetooth flash camera for taking photos; GPS connection is used to locate your photos and videos; WIFI connection is used to connect mobile APP.

The Bluetooth flash camera is the square logo marked with a big Bluetooth logo. Below the Bluetooth flash button is an indicator light, and the power switch is on the top of the flash camera. The back is the battery compartment cover. The purpose of setting the switch is to save power. You only need to turn it on before use, and you can turn it off at ordinary times. However, the use of the Bluetooth flash camera is not very convenient. I suggest that if you can set a strap to tie the Bluetooth flash camera to the steering wheel, it will be very convenient to use at any time.

C1+installation: easy to install and use

Originally, I wanted to install the bracket behind the rear-view mirror, but now there is ETC equipment, so it is installed next to ETC equipment. It's a little inconvenient here, a little biased, but it has little impact. After the power is connected, C1+starts to work. The yellow indicator light is the work preparation light, and the blue indicator light is the power indicator light. The host has a built-in battery, which can be used for about 20 minutes when fully charged and without external power supply.

The following is the most important wiring for installation. Of course, the wiring can go down the gap of the A-pillar, pass through the goods box, and then connect to the vehicle power supply; It can also be connected to the power supply under the passenger seat; You can also use a line card to connect it from the upper panel. I use the first method here. Of course, it is not convenient for me to install it. I asked a friend who specializes in this business to help me install it. It took only five minutes to complete the installation. It seems that I am really an expert!

Connect the charging head to the interface of the bracket, and then plug the wire into the gap above.

Continue to route along the gap of the rubber pad of the A-pillar, and finally enter the goods box.

The last wire is threaded out from the back of the goods box and connected to the vehicle power supply.

Turn on the car power supply, and the dual channel power supply will light up the blue indicator light. 2.1A current makes the charging efficiency very fast. In addition to using an interface, we also reserved a charging interface for other devices, which can charge mobile phones, tablets and other devices, as well as connect navigation devices and other devices.

The manufacturer gave a 32GB high-speed TF card as a gift and a free card reader.

Mobile APP: simple operation and powerful functions

The installation of mobile APP is naturally very simple, but there is no scanning download location on the box, so I found it in the application market myself. The name of the APP is "Enjoy Tribe".

After starting the APP, the entered page is the Xplore LOGO. Enter the home page of the APP, which is the device page of the product. When the mobile phone is connected to the APP, you can see the real-time pictures on the home page. Of course, to use the sharing function of Sharing Tribe, you must first register. Mobile phone registration is the most convenient.

The sharing tribe function is a place for video sharing, but this sharing is not only taken in the car. If you take C1+out to shoot, you can also share it. In fact, what we share is not only the scenery we see, but also the mood we see. Happiness or happiness, in short, life is just a scenery on the road.

To view photos and video files in C1+, you need to use the three modules on the home page. They are photography, video recording and documents. When the phone and device are connected, you can view the real-time video in the upper part of the home page.

The photographing function allows you to take photos through your mobile phone. In addition to taking photos through your mobile phone, you can also use the Bluetooth flash camera or press the power button briefly, and then you can view the local pictures, edit them, add filters, etc. Finally, you can share them with everyone through sharing. The video recording function is similar to the photographing function, but the photographing function here can only capture 10 seconds of short video for sharing. The file function is to browse the video files saved in the TF card, and click on the mobile phone to play them. One problem here is that a mobile phone I used before could not play the video data I viewed in any case. The reason is unknown.

All files can be viewed in the file, and the file name can be viewed in the computer. The file name of each video file starts with the time and indicates the longitude and latitude recorded by GPS. If it is played on the mobile phone, the matching Gaud map will display the coordinates and tracks of the video capture at the same time. At the same time, you can also find the corresponding video on the map and click to play it, which is very convenient. Each video is three minutes long, and the file size is about 170MB. Some of them are 10 second short videos, which are actually generated when you click the record button in the APP.

The captured video can be edited through various built-in filters. After editing, the edited video can be shared with the Sharing Blog and many netizens.

These two pictures were taken by C1+recorder and other recorders at the same location. It can be seen that there are obvious differences. The shooting angle of C1+is obviously larger and clearer.

Next, go directly to the video.

Daytime effect:

Evening effect:

Summary: powerful, but not stable enough

Xplore C1+intelligent tachograph is small in size and easy to install. It can be completed by itself without any professional technology. With a real pixel value of 2 million pixels, there is no problem in recording 1080P video, and the recording effect is very clear. The most convenient thing is that you can directly use the mobile phone APP to call video files on the mobile phone, download videos to the mobile phone, and edit and share videos on the network. Compared with traditional recorders, the C1+DASH CAM has changed a lot. In addition to recording the video data of driving, it can also record the scenery along the road at any time. It can take photos and short videos, which is very convenient for sharing to social networks. The recorded video also uses GPS to mark the longitude and latitude, and can even display the vehicle track synchronously with the map, which is very interesting. In addition, C1+also has a built-in battery, which can last about 20 minutes, so it is very convenient to take it off as a self timer or take pictures of scenery!

However, there are also some shortcomings. I generally summarize the following points:

1. The WIFI connection is not very stable, and sometimes there is a timeout problem;

2. When the recorder video is played through the mobile phone APP, the video needs to be blacked every second. It is not clear what causes it, but there is no problem when it is viewed on the computer. It seems that the stability of the APP still needs to be strengthened;

3. When recording video through the recorder, the sound effect is not very good and there is noise. I hope these minor problems can be solved after subsequent firmware updates;

On the whole, new products always have problems of one kind or another, but on the whole, the experience of Xplore C1+intelligent DASH CAM is very good, especially the emergence of the sharing community, which makes it more convenient for people like me to share, so let's give it a thumbs up!