{"id":14881,"date":"2025-09-11T18:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/14881\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:10:07","slug":"baseus-solar-powered-dash-cam-watches-your-car-for-up-to-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/14881\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseus\u2019 solar-powered dash cam watches your car for up to two weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Baseus has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/baseus-debuts-primetrip-vd1-pro-the-industrys-first-dash-cam-to-offer-true-hardwire-free-parking-monitoring-302543634.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced a new dash cam<\/a> that can continue capturing incidents even while your vehicle is turned off. The PrimeTrip VD1 Pro includes both a rechargeable battery and a high-efficiency solar panel it uses to record incidents when motion or impacts are detected for up to 14 days while your car is parked, without draining your vehicle\u2019s battery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FJ28QX2C?tag=theverge02-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available now through Amazon for $169.99<\/a> (discounted to $109.99 with a coupon that expires on October 1st) and while the VD1 Pro doesn\u2019t need to be hardwired to your vehicle\u2019s electrical system or fuse box during installation, it\u2019s definitely not a wireless solution. While you\u2019re driving the main unit draws power from your vehicle\u2019s auxiliary outlet so its 4K camera with a 170-degree wide-angle field of view can record continually, ensuring the events leading up to an incident are captured. Another cable, which you\u2019ll need to conceal in the seams of your car\u2019s trim panels, connects the main unit to a second 1080p rear camera with a 120-degree field of view for capturing what\u2019s happening behind your vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The VD1 Pro\u2019s solar panel is about as small as those used on calculators so the unit remains unobtrusive, but it only generates enough power to extend the dash cam\u2019s battery, not keep it charged indefinitely. As a result, you\u2019ll only get up to 14 days of what Baseus calls \u201cstandby parking monitoring.\u201d When motion around the vehicle or an impact is detected, the dash cam will wake and capture 30-second clips from the front and rear cameras up to a maximum of 20 incidents or 40 clips that are stored on a 32GB microSD card that can be upgraded. If you\u2019re parking someplace like an underground garage where the available lighting is limited, you can expect the battery life to be reduced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Other features include continuous loop recording that will automatically overwrite the oldest videos when the microSD card gets full, and hands-free voice controls. The VD1 Pro connects to the Baseus mobile app over Wi-Fi 6 for wirelessly downloading videos from the dashcam or uploading firmware updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baseus has announced a new dash cam that can continue capturing incidents even while your vehicle is turned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14166,203,61,60,43,80,4229],"class_list":{"0":"post-14881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-cameras","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-transportation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}