In recent years, there have been more and more vehicle safety accidents. With the development of social customs, some idle "porcelain touch" people have emerged. They rely on certain parts of their bodies to deliberately hit the owner's car, and then blackmail and extort the owner by means of coercion, coercion, intimidation and other means, resulting in the loss of our owner's own property, When there is an emergency, they will pay for it to avoid unnecessary trouble, which will certainly form a bad social atmosphere, and have a certain impact on our car owners. But as friends of the car owners, the best solution is to add a dash cam to the car lovers to record the process of the event, so as to be effective, There is evidence to check, so that these criminals have no chance to take advantage of.

At present, most car owners will install some additional products according to the car shop and 4S store for simple installation and debugging when they buy a car. But most of them either make money for the car owner or the product itself has defects and is not easy to use. From time to time, it will crash and malfunction. When we really need it, the chain will fall off, It further affects the actual use experience of our car owners and the real role of the product itself.

Recently, Xiangpai Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. released an intelligent tachograph called Xiangpai Xplore M1. The main features of this tachograph are:, Built in 2 megapixel 1/2.7 "industrial CMOS sensor and 1080p full HD video processor, the lens supports 155 ° Wide Angle @ F1.8 (6 sets of multilayer coated lenses, including 2 sets of aspherical lenses) The recording can be started at a speed of 2 seconds, and the working temperature can support working in an environment from minus 20 ℃ to minus 70 ℃. This is very practical for young people in the north in winter, because only you can understand the cold weather in winter. Ha ha, and this type of DASH CAM also supports a 20 minute shot after power failure, and has a built-in 180mA lithium polymer battery, The actual size of the product is only two thirds of the size of a box of matches. It is really rare that these functions can be integrated into one and can be so small.

Let's take a look at this "hero".

▲ Product packaging and accessories ▲

The product is packaged in a paper box with a rectangular structure. The back of the box is marked with product parameters and the attached components. In addition, the color of the product is also marked. This tachograph should be in a multi-color configuration. After it is actually marketed, there should be at least three color options. It is known that there should be rose gold and black, because these are commonly used colors.

When the box is opened, the product is packaged with a soft foam pad, embedded in the concealed cell. The included product accessories include a Xplore M1 intelligent DASH CAM host, a data cable, a magnetic bracket, a Bluetooth flash button, a vehicle power adapter, plus product instructions and 3M stickers.

▲ Product details display ▲

After taking out the product, the actual size of this "enjoy taking" recorder is about two-thirds of the size of an old match box we commonly use. The overall thickness of the product is about 5cm. The overall metal material, plus color spraying, gives the first impression that it is very compact.

Its lens uses 155 ° Wide Angle @ F1.8 (6 sets of multilayer coated lenses, including 2 sets of aspheric lenses), and has a built-in 2 million pixel 1/2.7 "industrial CMOS sensor, which supports full HD 1080P shooting, thus ensuring a clear effect for road conditions shooting when we are users The overall workmanship of the DASH CAM is exquisite, and the metal polishing and polishing industry is also high, so there is no scratch feeling of metal burrs.

On the side of this recorder, there is a switch on button, through which the machine can be connected for use.

The other side of the product has a built-in magnetic snap type power connection interface.

At the bottom of the product, in the middle are the power indicator and SD card slot of the recorder, as well as the product reset reset button (reset button, which can be restarted only after the U-shaped pin is inserted) and microphone (details will be introduced later).

In the center of the magnetic suction base, there is a three-point contact power connection metal plate. The twice rectangular structure is a magnet, which is tightly attached to the host power connection base. On the outside, there are snap devices on the most two sides. After pressing with two fingers, it can be completed, and the overall adsorption installation for the host power interface is carried out.

At the bottom of the base, different from the common suction cup type base, 3M adhesive tape is used. As we all know, the general suction cup type base needs to completely extrude the internal air and press it on the front windshield before it can play a fixed role. However, due to the time, weather and interior temperature, This has affected the adsorption capacity of the product, which often falls off automatically before long, thus affecting our actual use experience as users. However, this "Enjoy Photography" DASH CAM adopts the form of 3M adhesive tape, which greatly enhances the adsorption capacity. If it is not under the action of human beings, the host will not fall off at all, Therefore, the design meets the needs of the public.

The preliminary power connection operation of the product is completed by connecting the magnetic snap base attached in the product package with the power snap interface of the product host itself.

The function of the Bluetooth flash camera attached to the product is to automatically connect the product host for pairing according to the built-in Bluetooth module after long pressing for three seconds. When pairing is completed, we can record and capture some emergencies during the driving process of our car owners. The distribution of this function is particularly important. In our daily driving process, the role of the Bluetooth flash camera, It allows me to maximize the application effect of this product. In addition, the adhesive sticker can be attached to the steering wheel or the air outlet in the car at will. If the Bluetooth indicator does not flash, it is very convenient to remove the back cover and replace the built-in button battery.

The attached data product power connection cable is connected to the vehicle power adapter with a USB interface at one end and the attached magnetic base with a Micro USB interface at the other end to complete the overall preparation for use.

Location of Micro USB interface.

Actual effect picture of Micro USB interface connecting data cable.

Figure 1 shows the connection between the host and the base.

Figure 2 shows the connection between the host and the base.

Figure 3 shows the connection between the host and the base.

Figure 1 shows the vertical effect.

Figure 2 shows the vertical effect.

Figure 3 shows the vertical effect.

Hanging display renderings.

Let's take a look at the attached on-board charging adapter, which is made of hard plastic. The standard on-board 12V-24V adaptive power supply supports dual plug in, that is, one 5V2.1A output and one 5V1A output. It can be used for charging mobile phones and flat panel light devices while using the "enjoy photography", or two tachographs can be plugged in at the same time for power supply. If, If the materials and workmanship of the adapter provided by the car owner friends are better than those of this adapter, they can also use the self purchased adapter.

Overall structure connection diagram of the product.

▲ Product installation and use ▲

install

Here, the author uses the vehicle power adapter produced by ORECO. The reason for choosing it is that the bottom of the socket of this adapter is a metal design of a safety hammer, and the overall product is of all metal structure. For emergencies, it can be directly used to break windows. In addition, the author is in charge of safety issues, so he is more concerned, This vehicle power adapter is used.

After the product is linked, the connecting data cable can be hidden inside the car body according to the car model, so as to avoid scratches caused by exposure, which affects the use of "Enjoy Photography". The specific installation steps in the car will not be introduced here.

to configure

It should be noted here that this "enjoy taking" DASH CAM needs to be used with a dedicated mobile phone APP. The manual here contains specific product QR code, which can be scanned and installed by you.

After the APP is installed, the initial password is 12345678 by connecting the product APP settings. After the basic connection is set, you can connect the WIFI configuration of this DASH CAM for use.

At this time, it is also worth noting that the SD card should be installed inside the host before use, because after the host is powered on, no matter how you pair it, all records are saved in the phone before the SD card is installed, because it will work through WIFI transmission, but the work indicator light at the bottom of the host will not glow and change color, Only the corona light on the right side emits blue light, so you'd better insert a Class 10 high-speed MicroSD card in the host, and the maximum "enjoy the shot" supports a 32G storage SD card. After all this is installed, the work indicator on the left side will turn green.

The working indicator and corona lamp light up the display diagram.

Let's continue to look at the APP application of this product.

In this app, we need to register the product before we can fully use its content, and this product app also supports online firmware update and offline map download, which is convenient for us to find the target location and positioning reference during specific driving.

The interface structure is a top and bottom option, with a video structure in the middle, and you can view some information shared by other friends.

In the channel, eight popular topics are also supported.

The choice of eight topic modes can help owners better share and exchange interesting stories during driving.

In addition, "Enjoy Video" also supports the real-time video transmission function. If you do not use an SD card, you can also use it, but you must connect it well before you can exit the software APP to record and transmit. If you add an SD card, you can easily record different contents for different videos, even the unique Bluetooth flash camera we introduced earlier, It is more convenient for our car owners to use flexibly when driving.

The road surface is photographed.

Effect picture 1 of live photo.

Effect picture 2 of live photos.

As you can see from the two live snapshots of driving on the road surface, the simple screenshots can be seen that the building structure in Figure 1 and Figure 2 in the photos has a slight graphic distortion effect. For the monitoring lens of the spherical section, this "enjoy shooting" tachograph basically meets our current needs, and the picture quality is relatively clear, For this graphic distortion effect, most of the tachographs have more or less existence. Because of the vehicle speed and its own hardware optimization and other reasons, it will take pictures at high speed, resulting in a certain spherical distortion effect, but it does not affect our daily actual use. In addition, it is difficult to see the distortion effect in the video recording. So, in general, The quality of the snapshot is still up to standard.

Video display of driving effect recorded by "Enjoy Shooting" DASH CAM:

▲ Product trial summary ▲

I believe that after reading the author's simple product description and use report, everyone has a simple idea about the product itself. This "enjoy taking" tachograph gives the author the impression that its appearance is small, its built-in is powerful, and its capture effect is ideal. In actual use, the temperature is slightly higher, and the author did not use a thermometer to test it, However, the temperature is no less than 40 degrees by hand. If the product is used for a long time, the specific heat dissipation of this product will not be known until the author further uses it. From the perspective of the product itself, it meets the basic needs of the current market in terms of appearance and configuration, but the author has some ideas about the problems existing in the product's adaptive APP, First, the product interface is relatively simple, and the shared content is divided into eight categories. Although the distinction is relatively detailed, the product can only share external links and videos in a single sharing operation, not all click sharing, and the shared video content is compressed and shared in another line, which has some impact on the user experience When the video and record of the DASH CAM are viewed in real time, the video cannot be viewed in full screen or viewed online in full screen. If the mobile phone's own screen flip is used, it can only be reflected in the form of a half screen structure. In this regard, the optimization of the product APP is slightly inadequate, and we hope to optimize and improve it. To sum up, this "enjoy taking" Xplore M1 intelligent DASH CAM, It is still able to fully meet the current user needs. I hope that the product project party can better improve the product for better service for users by focusing on the optimization content and specific configuration interface of the subsequent APP of the product.