Everything the Ring Car Cam Can Do
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- The Ring Car Cam lets you view the inside & outside from home or afar.
Ring Car Cam: amzn.to/3Z2o4nI
00:00 Ring Car Cam Unboxing
02:15 Ring Protect Go
04:55 Car Cam App Setup
06:03 Installing Car Cam
08:47 Tuck in cable
09:44 Privacy Shutter
10:19 Motion Settings
11:18 Vehicle Battery Usage
12:16 Alexa Record
13:28 Live View
14:33 Audio Test
15:36 Light & Night Vision
17:38 Events
19:24 Traffic Stop
21:13 Full Car Cam Settings
21:13 Event History
26:13 Filter Events
27:55 Adjusting Settings
33:04 Vehicle Battery Usage
35:48 Final Thoughts
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I forgot to mention the Ring Protect Go subscription is only availbe in the US. Get your Ring Car Cam here: amzn.to/3Z2o4nI
Why would you even promote this ring cam if you are saying the cam doesn't work, after 30 or 60 minutes, when the car is turned off??? And why would you wait until the END of the video to tell us that? I was under the impression that the cam would activate from motion detection when the car is parked and turned OFF, despite battery setting from the app?
This guy asked my exact question, and you didn’t answer ?.. I’m also under the impression that this will detect motion all day and I will know if anyone is messing with the car, what’s the point if it is off line in 60 minutes?
@@SuperKane68 great question hopefully we get an answer.
John H., I spoke with Ring Cam directly and they claim that the camera does indeed begin recording after motion activation. However, the camera must be plugged into port and getting battery juice in order to be active, as stated in video. Even after the conversation with Ring Cam customer service, I still have speculations about this camera though. I would like to get more of a technical explanation from Tech with Brett, clarifying what he meant at the end of the video?
@@SuperKane68 ok thank you
Brett, can we get a 3 months later update on that?
I am definitely going to buy me one …. Thank you for sharing this product 👍🏻👍🏻
That center dash placement is going to cover your light/dimmer sensor right in the middle i think some vehicles use that for the rain sensor too
Thanks for reviewing this Dash Cam. I'm definitely interested.
Great video! Love how you show all major uses and functions of the device. Makes me want to get one now.
I'm glad it was helpful!
Great review, 👍 I like the simple design. Is there an attachment for backup cam?
Great question. From everything I can find, there is not. I was wondering if they might come out with something like that later because this would be hard to attach to the trunk.
You did a really good job explaining everything! Good job
Luckily I got my package today & come to study how to install & use. Thanks lot for the excellent video. 👍👍👍
I got mine yesterday. I pre ordered and save $50. Installation was easy. I subscribed and paid for the whole year. So far it’s good.
Can you tell me how long it stays on after you exit the vehicle?
Does it pick up license plates ?
Ya, you'll love it when Ring sells your data to your insurance company. And you even rigged it up to your OBD? Wow.
@@annalee5751 don’t be so paranoid
Thanks for reviewing / unboxing! Waiting on mine I preordered! This helped so much!! Love love love the videos man
I'm glad it helped you!
Hi great video one thing that no one mention or show on reviewing this dash cam is that can it read license play while you driving day time and night time?and what quality you get ? this will be the deal breaker for me to buy this camera or not. again great video is just missing more info about what the canera can do or not do.thanks anyways
I got mine in the mail from the pre-order and decided to watch the review first before I set it up tomorrow.
So I unclipped my OBD from it's mounting bracket so that I could have enough room to replace the OBD port cover, it was killing me with it being off. The OBD wiring seems rigid and bulky enough to stop it from flopping around but I'll see if I need to improvise some more.
Thank you for making this video. I really like the options of keeping track of what's going on in your car remotely. I'm personally not a fan of Alexa so I wish Google would come out with something similar.
You have to pay extra for that. I would not hook anything from any company thats been selling people's data to my OBD reader. Like the guy that rented a car for a week and got an $8 thousand dollar bill as the car rental company fined him every single time he broke the speed limit.
If your car is in your drive or access to Wifi, just buy the Wyze cam and stick a sd cars it in. Someone breaks in and the wifi sends you a notification and records everything without sending your data to your insurance company. The insurance compainies offered these spy cams for free, but no one wanted one, so now you have to pay and people line up?
@@annalee5751 I hear what you're saying. I didn't think about the extra information that can be used from the OBD port and like the thought of using a Wyze camera. Thank you!
You did the best review. Thank you.
Im a truck driver and have to leave my personal vehicle at the yard. i got this as what i thought was going to be an upgrade from my garmin Mini 2 but does the exact same thing, and it's cheaper than the ring.
1st problem, it won't notify me when there is motion OUTSIDE.
2nd problem it won't record outside movement only the inside, and that only happens when i go into my car.
And 3rd this thing should come with a memory card. I like the fact i can check up on my truck from out of state but what's the point if i don't get notified when a bum looks into my window or approaches my car to jack my antenna.
Ring has to go back to the drawing board with this one asap, which has lots of potential, but they decided to release it too soon just to go play outside.
So for now its Garbage.
Excellent information. Tks.
Nice dashcam and great review. Two gripes though. Ring needs an alternate power source (my OBDII port is already in use). I would prefer a rear view mirror mount, rather than on the dash. It could serve as a front AND rear camera if it had the height of the rear view mirror.
Get and odb splitter
Awesome video gonna order one right now!
Good luck with getting one, it will be months . I preorder mine and won't get it till 1-9 March. Will be about May-August for you as it's saying 3-6 months on their store.
@@Soljie1969 When did you pre-order?
Very very good review !!!
Got mine yesterday and watched this before my install. You might want to have your car battery checked mine stayed on and would record motion for a full 12hrs parked at work in default setting.
That's really good to hear yours lasted much longer. I'm curious, how long do you typically drive a day?
@@TechWithBrett Short commute 4miles. It is a new car a 2023 Kia Niro hybrid.
I’ve went 4 days so far with it still being on after the car shut off and that was on the lowest setting.
For 250$. What I really want to know is the video quality, can it pick up license plates ? That’s one of the most important things in my opinion and also where dash came fail the most.
For $250 you can get a Viofo A139 Pro and have a tested, trusted and widely recommended dash cam that is the industry leader in quality and able to pick up a lot of plates while in motion. Go with what's proven instead of paying to be a beta tester of an inferior product.
No, but I have a dedicated dashcam so not THAT import in my case. Supposed the ring cam could serve as a "back up" if for some reason my dashcam goes down.
I have one on order. Seems pretty good but one of the main reasons I ordered it was because I can monitor the car when I’m not with it. This may be a deal breaker for me
Thanks for the video. Big kluge of a mounting arm. Can the camera be detached from arm so i can use my 1/4-20 GoPro mount already on the dash? It would be nice if it could be disassembled with minor surgery. Not a very good resolution. Connector is on wrong side. Most odb are by driver.
Great Job
What car do you have? Is your battery good? Just curious. Thanks.
Right at the start LOL "inside and outside of the camera"
Is the "traffic stop" record function retrospective eg covers last few minutes / seconds of recording? If not its likely to be after the event.
For local videos, I wonder how the internal memory will last after being constantly overwritten, there is no SD card option so lifespan is my concern with this setup.
I thought it would stay in some type of low power mode unless it detects motion. An external battery is a great idea, maybe you can have a few easily interchangeable ones so it never dies on you.
If you break that muting camera blocking flip piece off, will it still work without voiding the warranty? Cause it won't be long before criminals flip that off. They should find away to embed that into the dashboard or rear view mirror. Criminals are going to break that off as soon as they jack the car. They are not going to be posing and smiling for the camera. These are just my thoughts. I'll get the 3rd or 4th generation of this. Great job Brett. 👏🏾
Doesn’t it cover the in car day-night sensor? It’s for ur auto dim rear view mirror and auto headlights features in most cars ??
Got mine on Friday the 17th. Installed it the next day. Installation and setup were easy. Would I would like to see if GPS coordination and mph can be a future firmware update?
That would be really cool. It might be possible one day.
Are you saying it doesn't have GPS?
@@Bryan-Hensley it has gps , but only for the location feature. It doesn’t overlay it on the video. Only date and time is overlayed on the video .
One thing I dont like about this is the fact that it is plugged in into your obd2 connector. First thing that comes to mind is, will this be tracking your vehicle speed? Any other dash cam uses the light swith plug.
Very nice. I have to get one. Great video.
My concern would be Texas heat.I noticed on the specs that the highest operating temperature was 113 Fahrenheit.
Yes it will actually bake in your car 🚨
Yeah I’m in Mississippi. During Spring/Summer, our heat indexes are 100+ all the town.
What lights are you doing for your studio backdrop? Looks amazing!
Thanks! They are actually these Novostella lights on a large piece of photography paper. czcams.com/video/hUynVzPODwM/video.html
@@TechWithBrett Thanks Brett! I really appreciate your answer. I went ahead and ordered 4 using your link. they were on good sale.
Is this matter/thread enabled? I missed it if you discussed. I don't want to add a subscription but am wondering if we may backdoor into iCloud HSV support over the next few months/years. I would consider replacing my Viofos with this if I could have a cloud storage option.
Is the protect go subscription completely different than their ring protect? Or will I be covered if I already have the pro protection for my home ring alarm system.
it is separate. $6.00 a month or $60 a year Ring Protect Go
Will this record automatically on a loop anytime you drive?
Instead of using ring connect go. Can I use my phone internet to have internet signal on the cam. Basically tethering. I have 40gb 5g internet tethering every month on my phone plan
I'm confused. I watched the whole video and towards the end you said, it only stays on a few minutes & it cuts off and you are no longer protected/ meaning its not recording anymore, but when you leave the vehicle, doesn't it start recording when it's in motion detection mode?
I just used mine today. Do you know how it somehow vanished the roof of my car and is seeing the outside of my car from the interior? Does that make sense? It’s crazy!
How is it with recording the back end when vehicles behind you
Is work 24 hrs ?.
Installed 2 one on wife’s vehicle and one on mine. On medium battery setting camera stayed on an additional 4 hours. So not sure why your is only 15 min? Great video by the way!
Oh that is great hear! I have owned 4 different Honda's and there seems to always be something weird with the battery so I'm wondering if that has to do with it. We also don't drive tol much so maybe that is the issue.
@@TechWithBrett i think it depends too if the vehicle uses an AGM battery or lead acid
Do you have to have Alexa in order to use this product
It would seem the placement is also the hottest spot in the Summer months. How does this stand up to heat?
That is a good question. It is still freezing outside so that will be hard to test for awhile.
I’ve been very curious since this device was announced. I’ve been trying to figure out what happens in a accident. Basically, in legal situations, you need to have an entire video, not 20 seconds clips. Is video recording all the time while driving or does it record sometimes?
Yes the video is recording all the time when driving and you can view the full video on the app. It only lets you download 20 seconds but you could screen record a long part of the video of you need to.
@@TechWithBrett what a trash system
They changed this with other dash cams .. black Vue is the same and you can't download the video ..
Does the local storage video gets uploaded to the cloud eventually or does it stay on the cam until it’s deleted?
Only the short Cloud Highlights get uploaded. The others stay on the Local Storage until it fills all the way up and deleted.
I’m having the same issues with the camera turning off quickly after the car has stopped. It’s stopped 39 minutes after the car stopped. My OwlCam in my other vehicle works for three days & then stops. Thanks.
How was the license plate readability at night and during the day?
Sadly I haven’t been able to make out any plate during the day, and most definitely not at night.
Excellent comprehensive review, thank you! One question though. If your traffic stop is longer than 15 minutes, can you just say "Alexa Record" to continue recording? I would imagine you'd have to turn the key on to do that but starting the car could PO the copper. LOL
Yes you should be able to do that as long as your Car Cam still has power. Which from the sounds of it, my car has an issue but others have been lasting 4 hours when you turn off the car.
Excellent evaluation and video. They need to fix the traffic stop to all uploaded as it happens, or to a hidden storage device. Thank you for the detailed instructions
I ended up sending mine back. Too many negative issues.
Can you plug the usb part of the cable into a portable battery bank?
For whatever reason this is not supported. I tried using different power supplies as well as a portable battery pack with USB C and not of them would power it on.
@@TechWithBrett It requires 12 volts. Most USB C battery packs only supply 5 volts
Can you just use a 12v to type c adapter? Or OBD2 is strictly needed
I we would like to know that to
Won't work as the ODB2 is a requirement, guess it checks to make sure it's plug in to ODB before you can complete the install process. This is why you have to check to make sure your car is compatible.
1. My understanding is the USB C port is not standard and a regular usb charger will not work. 2. It likely uses the ODB port to know when the engine is on and to start recordings.
Does amazon automatically send footage to the police? It would be very convenient to get tickets in the mail for every infraction instead of getting pulled over. Real time saver! 😍
33:28 Wait.. So it will turn itself off after a certain amount of time, but if accelerometer is "sensing" motion it won't turn itself on and alert you... ??
Weird placement choice by Ring as in most area/country it is not allowed to put anything in the windshield except the 3 to 5 inches at the top of it.
After Amazon bought RING it has turned into s*** products. They have no clue what they are doing!
It’s not really on the windshield. It’s wedged in between the windshield and the dash…just don’t tape it
The design team of Ring must have their own special taste. They seem prefer bulky, ugly and weird designs, compared to Nest. Even Wyze look 10 times better
Can you tether Wi-Fi from your phone?
Questions... what If I can hit work wifi on same network ...
The only downside I see with this camera is that tyou can't see the rear of the car when someone comes bumping into you from behind !
With regards to the battery 🔋 and the fact you can't have it recording all the time is because of the OBD where the car will cut power to OBD.
The downside that I see is when you leave your car in the sun 🌞 for too long due to its position .. will it melt ?
what's the camera you have in front of your mirror ? thanks
This one: czcams.com/video/Qhj1NQIhzh0/video.html
Great review , I’m kinda upset knowing the possibly the camera will not be able to be on all night or all day , than there’s actually no security 24/7 or be able to view anytime I want Thank you
How does this work or not work with Amazon auto
is it compatible with 2013 Honda Civic
When using Wi-Fi to connect Carplay, how do you connect Ring Cam? Wi-Fi cannot be used on two devices at the same time.
Is it possible to connect a 360 degree view?
can you power that ring car cam using an external power source like the jackery for example?
From my portable power supply I wasn't able to.
@@TechWithBrett thank you for that reply.
will the ring cam record when the car engine is off? or in park mode?
Yes, it will record events until until the camera has used enough of the car battery and then turns off to keep the battery safe. In some cars it might only be an hour or could be a day.
Wonder if you can hook it up to a external power brick and the brick to your car charger to keep it going all the time ?
I was searching the comments to see if anyone else was thinking this too...
@@RAMSEYBOYD why do we have to figure things out and ring makes the money ?
I tried using an external battery pack and it did not power the camera.
@@TechWithBrett wonder if it’s the software or power ? I’m still confused why it doesn’t stay on all the time for total surveillance why does it shut off in a couple of hours
@@emidiobosco7140 Limited by the cars battery capabilities. If it stayed on longer I can see it causing battery problems or even it could completely drain it. Hopefully they come out with some battery compatibility checker.
You can get something that’s magnetic and put it on your windshield and when you’re using it you could put it up and when you’re not using it you can take it down so that it won’t get really hot
One of the main selling points is to use this as a security camera when you're away from your vehicle. Removing it would effectively defeat that purpose.
There is one problem , if you use the privacy cover so the camera does not record the inside of the car , and you forget to flip the privacy cover off. And someone breaks into your car you will not see them on camera
Using the OBDII port is not a good idea. You can use the Vantrue hardwire kit to power this by the way.
The view out of the front of doesn’t look so great would you still recommend this?
Compared to the other dash cam I recorded the field of view isn't quite as big but I feel like it still looked really good. It would be nice to have a little more sharpness to see license plates but that is hard to do with distance and a 1080p camera.
@@TechWithBrett have you tested any higher resolution cameras?
I felt this review is more of an app review than dash cam, no spec no video resolution test etc 😂
12:00 just get a yellow top battery and set to high
The subscription kills it for me. Especially since I already pay for their ring alarm.
How much does it cost nothing service at the actual ring cam itself
Does anyone have this? Is this a good investment for a driver wanting to use dash cams?
I guess you could also use the LTE of your phone by using that as a wifi-access-point (tethering)
Yes you could. The sad part is you can only have it connect to one Wifi SSID, so just make your phone the same as your home network and that should work.
@@TechWithBrett nice !
Just received my Ring Car Cam. Went to install it and found out that it’s too big and impedes the driver’s vision. The blue light on the camera facing the driver is really bright and distracting. There should be alternate ways to install it such as from the top of the windshield. Returning this dash cam today.
I disagree, the camera is way smaller than expected and doesn't block anything. The light is also smaller than shown in pictures it's just a tiny dot that is barely visible.
Bah bah
How much of a privacy does it really have who also knows if everything is connected My problem is if your car gets stolen and the person wants to video they can just remove it throw it away and then it's useless I prefer just to get GPS on the vehicle than to have a camera and on that notion I don't like anything on my ODB port cuz in case my check engine light comes on I have to remove it and see what's wrong with it and then connecting it reconnecting it will even work
This looks like Ring can do what I need, which is to know what is happening while the car is parked and I have walked away. I need to see who gets close to the car since my car has been vandalized several times, or someone has scratched or deinflated the tires.
You might be better off with a Viofo A139 Pro or BlackVue DR970X because this Ring camera is the worst quality I've seen out of every dash cam there is. It's not even close.
I installed mine yesterday. Sadly the video is pretty grainy when driving so if someone hits you and you need to capture the license plate good luck as it will be too grainy to make it out.
Yes. The current workaround (which would be much better if we did not have to resort to this for the price) is to read out loud the driver's license asap, and make sure to clarify between b, d, v, t, g, and p (bravo, delta, victor, tango, etc... or whatever you want to use).
My Alexa record voice functio. DOesnt work, what am i doingwrong?
It will take 6 months if you don't read your email right away. They give you 45 minutes to cancel. After that, you have to wait 6 months to receive it, and then you can return it. They will tell you it can not be canceled by phone or chat.
6-9 months to receive it. the website told me and I'm in the States. Crazy.
I think this cam is too expensive $ 250.00 ! Plus $ 60.00 a year for the service 🥺 damn ! Pricey 💥 and it's missing like a SD card for storage.
Ok so u r limited to how much u can view or download on the lte network 👎 can u wake the camera up at anytime to request a live view even when the camera has powered off?
Great Video the only thing I don't like Is have to plunging into my OBD with some cars this is a potential can of worms,
Can you possibly use the wifi from wherever you are parked, if available? I know some stores or restaurants have available wifi to use
It can only store one Wifi so you would have to change it every time you got to the store and everytime you arrived home. You could use a phone hotspot with the same name and password as your one at home. That might work.
@@TechWithBrett so it is possible…and great idea on the hotspot as well, but you have to be close enough to the car to do so. Thank you for responding, will definitely get one now after this full detailed review! 😎👍🏼
@@TechWithBrett if you use the same wifi network name and password for both networks such as your hotspot and home wifi it would work as one network
Wait, I thought $6 x 12 is 72 per year. Do they give you a discount?
Thay is true, but when you pay for it yearly they give you a bit of a discount so it is only $60.
Yes, if you pre pay a year
The lte subscription only includes a measly 2GB a month. You can eat that up by using live view too much or having the device upload events. Explains why the video quality is so poor 😩
With multiple cameras
Why is it says my truck battery needs attention when im not driving? And now the only time I can see anything on my camera is when I'm in the truck because of this?
This because the camera is turned off because it has depleted what it can use from the car battery without completely draining the car battery. Most likely your batter is healthy but you could get it tested to see if it does have any issues.
Very unclear as to how 1080p is mentioned "up to 1080p Infrared Lights for Night Vision". But otherwise 540p? Also, I use front and rear cams on all my vehicles. This needs to be addressed for people that want full coverage.
Power needs to be on left hand side not the right
Us too lol lol I just need to get to
I have this car cam but my gps won’t update at all and ring don’t know how to fix it. So Iam waiting on some one else from right to contact me.
Interesting. Are you on Android or iOS? Have you checked your permission for the Ring in the app settings?
@@TechWithBrett IOS I think so but how would you do that ? I put it as always for location
First flaw if most of the vehicles have the computer port on the left side why do the put the connection port on the right side? 😒
I may have said something wrong there. If it is on the left side it is compatible. All other areas say it doesn't work.
Just make sure your front cam is off if your picking your nose.....especially when family has access....lol
Memphis auto breakins and car jacking are at 2400 for 2 months, a car stolen every 30 minutes. Something like that sticking up will increase breakins. In memphis they don't care if they're on a video.