![]() Perhaps it becomes easier with prolonged use. There are some foibles outlined above that take the edge off it slightly, most notably the confusing disconnect between the camera, your phone and that unlimited Nexar hub space. Overall, we’re pretty smitten with the Nexar Beam GPS dash cam. The settings let you tweak this a little, but by default we kept audio recording on, despite the fact that it captures the aimless witterings of the car’s occupants. The latter could even prove useful if there’s any dispute over where you had a turn signal on or not. ![]() The audio is reasonably impressive too, capturing everything from nonsensical in-car conversations through to the radio and even the tick-tock of turn signals. That’s why it might be a good idea to beef up the size of the standard card given how cheap microSD cards are these days. However, there’s a neat option for trimming any clips manually too, which is useful if you only want to showcase a particular part of any journey.įor added reassurance, footage is also stored on the microSD card inside the camera with older footage being overwritten by newer content once the media card is full. While clips are saved to your phone the camera also sends clips of any unusual road events to your unlimited cloud space. It’s possible to fine-tune settings for the camera via the app, such as having auto start and stop enabled, switching on audio recording and, interestingly, toggling a switch notifying the app that you drive an electric car. This menu also shows your unlimited cloud storage as well. This ranges from 20% then 50% (the default setting) and finally 80% of available storage space on your handset. The latter effectively allows you to tweak all of the core settings, most notably phone storage and how much space you want to allow on your phone for clips. There are three options at the foot of the screen: Activity, Drive and More. Using it in reality is a little different though. The layout of the app interface is, at face value, simplicity itself. This is certainly the case for footage, which is divided into ‘Clips’ and ‘Full Drives’. However, the instructions are a little vague when it comes to learning how and why the app ticks. After launching the software you’ll need to create an account, which requires a username, phone number for the confirmation setup code and an email address. We used the latter edition and, despite a few negative reviews, it installed without issue. In order to use the Nexar Beam GPS dash cam you’ll need to download the accompanying app, which is available for iOS and Android. Overall the setup and installation process was reasonably simple. After that, depending on how you’ve configured the settings in your app, you should be good to go. The other benefit with this is that it allows your phone to have its own storage freed up because video content can soon take its toll on any valuable spare space you might have.Two lights on the rear of the unit are worth noting the green one shows the camera is working while the blue one means its paired to your phone. It’s a reassuring back-up system that adds a lot of value to the package as a whole. This is very handy as you can dip back in if there’s an unforeseen event that comes to light after a journey. Content can be managed inside here, using a web browser from home for additional ease. ![]() All recorded content handily comes with date and time shown at the foot of the shot.Ī big benefit with the Nexar range is the cloud space you get as part of the deal. You can also use the app to keep selected clips or the video from an entire journey if needed. However, with setup complete, the camera combo basically gets on with the job, recording drives and other activity. This is also clearly explained in the literature that comes inside the box – full marks to Nexar for the clarity on display here.Ī spare USB socket in the power plug is useful as having the required Wi-Fi and Bluetooth controls enabled can tend to drain your phone battery. The small LEDs on the back of the unit indicate the status of the camera at any given time, and also highlight if its gone offline for any reason. Once you’ve installed both cameras, added the app to your smartphone (for iOS or Android) and set up a Nexar Cloud account, you’re good to go.
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