![]() The length of the cable is nice because you can string the cable around the edge of the windshield, passenger door, and under the dash and floor cover. Nexar also includes a nice, 3-meter long micro USB cable with a car charger, which you can plug into your car's cigarette lighter port. The mount slides into the top of the camera and clicks in place, so you know it's secure. ![]() With the Beam, it includes a suction cup mount that easily sticks to your windshield and locks in place. Along the left side of the camera is the power button, as well as a slot for a microSD card, which is included for free (32GB). Some minor tweaks by Nexar and this will be class-leading.There isn't anything on the back of the camera except the Nexar logo and two LED lights to indicate that it is recording (green) and paired to your smartphone (blue). Considering the asking price for the Nexar Beam GPS dash cam we’d say it has to be one of the best value models on the market, especially given its generous suite of features and functions. We’re also fans of the GPS functionality, which shows your route taken on the app. Aside from that though, the camera records excellent footage and very decent audio, which is really the bottom line with a device like this. We couldn’t work out how to alter basic stuff either, including changing from KPH to MPH, which seems like it should be an instant and obvious thing to do. 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. 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.
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