Kenwood – DRV-A601W 4K Dash Cam
Original price was: $249.99.$212.99Current price is: $212.99.
Last updated on September 4, 2024 2:10 am Details
Original price was: $249.99.$212.99Current price is: $212.99.
Louie –
Did take a little time to understand how it works in terms of viewing on phone and pc. Unless I missed it, I wish there was a way on the phone to stop recording so that it links automatically. I found the buttons on back of unit do not respond quickly – maybe they are just too small for my fingers.
Once linked you have all you need for phone viewing. For pc viewings you download an app and view it that way when you bring your microSD card to the pc.
The unit works fantastic and I do recommend to people.
KG01 –
Video quality is very nice. It creates videos of 3 mins and overwrites the oldest one once the memory is full. A video can be marked as protected so that it is never deleted or overwritten.
Only drawback is with the issue with syncing with mobile. It takes a long time to sync to mobile and then also the connections keep on dropping.
grappalover –
Although there’s not many reviews on the internet I was pleasantly surprised with the purchase. It has an impressive list of features that aren’t obvious on the box or in the store. Besides taking excellent video, my favorite feature is the included Kenwood Video player. The Windows 10 application is not just a video player — it includes location, GPS coordinates, current speed, average speed and actively tracks your whole route on the map! It is a great way to document your commute or collect evidence in case of accident or police stop. The unit was easy to install and the included mounts and cabling provided everything needed for a clean install. It includes 65GB of storage which is enough for 3 hours of recordings. I intend to purchase the rear camera as well.
Elijah –
I bought this dashcam hoping it would be a set it and forget it device but I soon found the opposite. As far as image quality goes, the dash cam performs great. However thats where the positives end. The mic quality is ok at best, but not amazing. The capacitive touch buttons do not work if the camera is hot which wouldn’t be a big issue if it turned on every time. I opted to not hard wire the camera to my fuse panel and instead used the 12v plug. This means the camera only gets power when the car is on. I expected the camera to turn on whenever it received power and start recording. However in reality it is about a 50/50 shot of it actually working on its own, requiring me to manually turn it on. Once on, it starts having issues again after recording for about 45 minutes. It will then start and stop recording until turned off. This is not the experience I was expecting for a camera at this price range.
Alex –
It overheats very easily in the summer, then switches to 1080p automatically, then shuts off 5 minutes later. in the winter, refuses to turn on.
ACP131 –
I have a lot of issues with unit. Power from magnetic mount to camera doesn’t work. Downloading clips via wifi is ungodly ridiculous slow and I can’t get the satellite signal to take. The pixels for reading license is clear, it’s a 4K so as expected. Not a lot of online chatter about problems so not a lot of direction from other users on experiences and fixes on the issues I have like power to camera from mount and satellite signal receiver.
GreenScreenOnVideoApp –
The video overall quality is good, but you sure can not see resolution at 30fps. Hooked up to my car’s power port, it turns on and off with the car as its supposed to. The worst problem I have with it is the downloaded app for viewing the video does not work – I get a green-screen on my computer and it’s a brand new 2021 computer. I’ve turned off my hardware graphics accelerator but still green screen. I have to watch videos in windows explorer so you can not view GPS at same time or speed up/slow down or zoom in using the Kenwood app. So certainly very poor software.
Kickstart –
Read the reviews before I purchased and there were a lot of sub 3 reviews which made me skeptical. I feel bad for the people who had a bad experience with this camera for whatever reason but my experience is awesome. Plug and Play! Yes you do have to set today’s date and your time zone but after that it does everything by itself. I installed the camera loosely because I didn’t know if I was going to keep it. My first road trip about 2 hours in I hit a pot hole and blew my tire out. A few days later I remembered I had the dash cam and went to review the footage. The loop files didn’t have anything but the secured files had recognized the impact and stored the few minutes before and after in a file so it wouldn’t write over it. Quality is excellent ( don’t forget to peel the lens plastic off).