Does your dashcam icon show a red dot (recording) or a gray dot or X (not recording/fail)? If the latter, press and hold the dashcam icon to toggle recording. Does it change to a red dot?
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OK, Let me just ask a simple question:
I have sentry mode turned off.
If I don't honk the horn, or tap on the icon, does anything whatsoever get saved to the flash drive, that I can then eject, mount on my laptop, and copy over?
directly from the current Model 3 Owner's Manual, talking about the sub-folders on the flash drive:Sentry does not record video. Ever
directly from the current Model 3 Owner's Manual, talking about the sub-folders on the flash drive:
* Sentry Clips: Contains the last 10 minutes of footage
from all Sentry Mode events that have triggered an
Alert or Alarm state. The footage from each event is
labelled with a unique timestamp.
I only mentioned it to clarify the settings I was using for the dashcam recordings. The part that makes no sense to me is why they don't just leave the last hour's worth of driving footage on the device, until you start driving again. What is the point in erasing them simply because you're parked and not driving, since it doesn't record while parked ?
Look, I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here, or quibble over minor details, but I have now read that dashcam section carefully for a 3rd time. Note that it's only 3/4 page long (the remainder discusses the mechanics of the flash drive and USB ports), and it's at best rudimentary, and frequently ambiguous.it absolutely records when parked if the car is awake.
If dashcam is on, it always records if the car is awake.
Look, I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here, or quibble over minor details, but I have now read that dashcam section carefully for a 3rd time. Note that it's only 3/4 page long (the remainder discusses the mechanics of the flash drive and USB ports), and it's at best rudimentary, and frequently ambiguous.
Let's start with the first sentence in the "Retrieving Footage" paragraph:
"If equipped, you can review Dashcam and Sentry Mode video recordings on your vehicles touchscreen..."
Now I'm pretty sure that the average speaker of the english language would interpret this as saying that there are "dashcam" video recordings, and "Sentry Mode" video recordings, and that they are not one and the same.
I'm also curious where you are getting your information from.
There is another very confusing and ambiguous statement above that in the 2nd paragraph:
"Dashcam does not record video when your vehicle is powered off"
Now I'm pretty sure the vehicle is considered "powered off" when all passengers have left the car, and all doors are closed.
The assumption here is that once you park the car after driving for at least an hour, your hour's worth of recorded dashcam video starts getting erased, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NO LONGER RECORDING, and after one hour, is gone for good. I think that's what happens, but I could be mistaken.
I think this is a big mistake for the following reasons:
If you're in a serious accident, I doubt if the first thing on your mind is going to be to blow the horn, or retrieve the flash from the glovebox before it starts getting erased. You may not even be conscious.
Even worse, the glovebox no longer opens with a physical button -- it's dependent on the car being in sufficient working order to bring up the screen containing the control, which may not be the case after a serious accident.
LOL "NO" It now biffs you to anywhere but a human. "Use the service app" click."Tesla phone support"; they actually have that?
Which is EXACTLY the point I was trying to make (go ahead, bring on the thumbs down — just makes you look even stupiderLOL "NO" It now biffs you to anywhere but a human. "Use the service app" click.
FYI you have to honk twice on my 2020 M3 to get it to save footage 1 honk doesnt do it, found out the hard way today I lost the footage of a hit and run on my car. (Wife was driving and called me I told her to honk the horn to save the footage, I got there,, looked at it and thought "sweet" this will help me NOT have to pay out of pocket. Watche the videop then all of a sudden the footage was gone.
Dash cam/ sentry use and set up is pretty straight forward and if you can’t make it to work open service ticket. Arguing on internet and claiming that you are some kind of specialist make you look like a fool. You don’t make any points. The end.Which is EXACTLY the point I was trying to make (go ahead, bring on the thumbs down — just makes you look even stupider
Marking every one my posts thumbs down no matter what makes you look like a fool. I am a specialist: I did s/w engineering for 30 years. And I was good at it. But even I had bugs. All s/w has bugs. The post by dwtaylorpdx is exactly what I’m talking about. Why take a chance on some “feature” working perfectly when there’s a better way? Why not just make this “dashcam” work like every other dashcam on the market, and keep recording while you drive, replacing older clips as need? Why erase everything after an hour, EVEN WHEN YOU’RE NOT RECORDING ANYTHING? It makes no sense. And dwtaylorpdx just got burned by this silly implementation.Dash cam/ sentry use and set up is pretty straight forward and if you can’t make it to work open service ticket. Arguing on internet and claiming that you are some kind of specialist make you look like a fool. You don’t make any points. The end.
Of which your post is a terrific example. Instead of specifically stating what your objections are, and/or making a cogent argument for what you don’t agree with, you just post a snide remark.Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, this thread is an example of the Internet at its finest.
HUH? Is it against the rules here to criticize Tesla? Is it against the rules here to disagree with someone else on the forum? Just what the hell is going on here?Surprised this thread hasn’t been locked…
Just looks like a never-ending loop and it keeps popping up on new threads.HUH? Is it against the rules here to criticize Tesla? Is it against the rules here to disagree with someone else on the forum? Just what the hell is going on here?
That because there’s 2 jerks here who went and marked every single post I’ve left with a thumbs down, even the totally innocuous ones. I’ve already complained about this issue to the forum moderator. And you, like almost everyone else, still hasn’t answered my question, or even pretended to address the actual issues I’ve posted aboutJust looks like a never-ending loop and it keeps popping up on new threads.
Interesting take coming from a guy with -69 votes (nice).