Review on Black Xiaomi DDpai Mini3 Dash Cam by Akmal ᠌

Name: Black Xiaomi DDpai Mini3 Dash Cam
Item: Black Xiaomi DDpai Mini3 Dash Cam
Rating: 5

April 13, 2023

I definitely recommend buying, I didn't notice any disadvantages.

Actually, due to the fact that it was not possible to covertly and accurately lay the wire under the interior trim, I had to connect the power directly to the car's on-board network. Usually this is done by connecting the lighting cover to the power supply, but then it turned out to be an ambush: when everything was already done, neatly wrapped and twisted, it turned out that during the movement the registrar turns on and off by itself. The reason for this was the too low supply voltage supplied to the ceiling - about 12.5V, and the complete power adapter, as it turned out, needed 14.5V for normal operation. Therefore, I had to disassemble everything and connect to the power supply of the passenger compartment volume sensor - there was the right voltage.
But after that it turned out that after turning off by a 15-minute timer, the adapter itself no longer turns on, and therefore it was necessary to delve into the settings and set the transfer to Sleep mode after these 15 minutes without movement. After that, everything finally worked as it should - the recorder turns on itself after the start of movement and turns off after 15 minutes of parking, while no increased consumption of the car battery was noticed. Now it remains to be hoped that the registrar is made with high quality and will last for some long time without problems!
 The package and delivery set did not fit into the advantages - and they are very good! It’s not a shame to give the device to someone, and the kit will include everything you need, in particular, an antistatic film on the glass, a tool for prying up the car trim, an adapter for the cigarette lighter, and I’ll separately note a spare piece of double-sided tape (!). Respect to the manufacturer!
P. P. S. I draw your attention to the fact that the manufacturer also has a DDPAI MiniOne model - outwardly they look exactly the same, but judging by the characteristics, the MiniOne is a little worse - the shooting is in HD, not in 2160p, and the RAM is not 1 GB, but not 512 MB. According to reviews, this is also a good model, but it is important not to confuse and order what you want! Be careful!

Pros

- No screen. Today, when everyone already has a smartphone, the screen in the registrar is not needed; in addition, cheap screens used in recorders often fail after a couple of years of use. - As a result - small size, it is easy to fix the device so that it is not visible at all from the driver's seat. - Very good shooting quality - better than many registrars of a similar price category. It’s worse at night, but it’s also fine, it’s not for him to shoot TV shows. The numbers of the nearest cars are distinguishable - this is the most important thing. - Built-in memory - eliminates the need to look for a memory card. True, then the question arises about the reliability of this memory - but the manufacturer assures that everything is in order. - Fastening with double-sided tape, not with a suction cup. Personally, I was already tired of constantly putting back registrars on the suction cup falling from the glass, so I was very happy when I realized that there was no option for mounting through the suction cup at all - only double-sided tape. For those who do not want to spoil their windshield, there is an antistatic film in the kit - first it is glued to the glass, and then the registrar needs to be attached to it. I did just that, and so far nothing falls off, and no wonder - the registrar is light. - It is easily removed from the mount, if you need to connect the registrar to the computer, this is done in one motion, it is also easy to insert back. - A good application for setting up and watching videos, but there are nuances: a very crooked translation into 2022, which is why you have to use the English version of the application, but even there the description of functions leaves much to be desired, so if you, for example, need to somehow set up a parking lot in a special way mode, you have to experiment (see comment). - The recorder can be installed so that it can be removed from the mount both to the left and to the right, in the latter case, you will need to enable image reflection in the settings, and it will show normally. - A capacitor is used instead of a battery.

Cons

- Non-standard power connector - four-pin jack. If something happens to the standard wire, then you will have to order it from the manufacturer. It will not be possible to power the device from the Micro-USB connector for two reasons - firstly, it is in any case not available through the standard mount, and secondly, when connected through it, only the data transfer mode works in the recorder, recording does not turn on. - The power wire itself is quite thick and not very long, it’s impossible to hide it under the skin in the Skoda Rapid, and even if it did, it would still not be enough to the cigarette lighter. If you have any kind of crossover, you most likely will not have enough wires. - A short (albeit beautifully designed) instruction and a very poor translation of both the instruction itself and the application. If you do not know English, you will have to suffer a little, wondering what the Chinese had in mind. At the same time, there are no questions directly to the operation of the application - everything is fine. - There are certain nuances with connecting directly to the car's on-board network, in any case, if you use the supplied adapter in the cigarette lighter - see comment.