Apeman C770 Dash Cam (Auto DVR) Video Review 2019

Normally I purchase dash cam's for under $100. I wanted a camera that overlaid the odometer on the video and this dash camera does that with the 'watermark' setting. It also offers to include a license plate on the overlay I'm guessing in the event the camera is to be used on commercial fleet of vehicles, an owner can quickly identify which video belongs to what car/driver. Hooking up the camera wasn't bad, this is my 5th camera but first with a rear camera. The rear camera is generic, I don't think it's built by Apeman therefore you don't have to use the red wire that comes out of the camera that is about 5 feet in length. This option is normally used for car stereo installations to activate the camera when the car is put in reverse. The rear camera comes with 20' of wire and i was able to neatly tuck the wires under the trims and A-Pilars and still had about 5 feet left of cable. The front camera also comes without enough wire to hide the wire under the trim with left over wire. The power connector is a micro USB connector. The C770 is missing the ability to flip video 180 vertically, I mounted the rear camera upside down the first time not knowing if it mattered. There is a 'Mirror' setting but I could only flip the rear camera horizontally. I didn't care too much about the rear camera, but it is a nice feature in the event someone hits you front behind or hits you in a parking lot, etc.. The rear camera also can't be mounted inside on the glass, it has to be mounted on the license plate or somewhere vertical. The swivel footing is flat and there's no way for it to mount on a slanted window. In a van for example it also can't be mounted on glass to face the outside, it would only work facing inside. This is why I think this is a generic backup cam and there's no instructions on the manual that tell you how to mount it or what the red wire is for (which is not needed in this application since the rear camera gets it's power from the 3.5mm jack that plugs into the main camera unit). The Camera seems to be well built with an overall nice design. The 3" screen is a bit big, but i guess needed for touch screen. I was able to install it up high on a black box on my car's windshield therefore the size didn't matter and I don't think it's in my line of sight. You can choose for the screen to go to sleep while driving from 1, 3 and 5 minute increments. The mounting tape is very strong. On another Apeman model I mistakenly placed the camera too close to the mirror and i could not pull off the mount. I had to use a razor blade to remove, but luckily that camera and this one come with an extra 3M double sided mount tape but I did not make the same mistake twice. I hooked up my camera to the radio's constant power wire (Yellow wire) in order to benefit from the parking monitoring. When i get to work or home I hold the power button to turn off the camera. The same when I start the car. But if I run errands the camera is always recording. When the camera is off, i hit the front window to test the G-Sensor and the camera did power up and a video was recorded and the video was locked. I couldn't fully test the motion detection because when I tried there were many trees that constantly moved and the camera never turned off. But it did turn off at night at home, therefore i believe it works ok. I'm not too interested in this feature because there's always something moving outside. But I do like the G-Shock because this summer someone hit my wife's car and took off and if i had this camera system i would have caught the person since it was hit in the back. I recommend this camera if you are looking for a dual camera system that shoots HD video. If you are looking for an affordable camera that shows the odometer on the camera and video output. The Wifi is a great tool, i was able to shoot a few videos and download them to my phone without the need of removing the SD card... This matters to me only because i always forget to bring the SD card back with me. When the Wi-Fi is connected, the setting's menu does not come up on the camera which is ok. The app can manage the camera remotely including start/stop recording and/or taking pictures. When I remove the camera from the mount it stays on. This is the first camera that I've owned that it stays on, but I don't know for how long. I don't normally use these as personal camera's but useful if you just got into an accident and can't find your phone because you dropped it when you were texting and caused the accident. Now you can bring the Apeman C770 camera outside and snap a few pictures of the accident to show others why texting and driving is bad. I did 3 videos for this camera, an unboxing video, installation video (2005 Subaru STI) and a review. The review goes over the settings and clips of me driving during the day, cloudy and night time.