Street Guardian in car camera

**weirdo** · 16-12-14, 06:48 PM

Have the new range of cameras been tested under high heat conditions?
My last camera buggered up from heat exhaustion, especially up here in QLD it gets pretty hot on the dash.

**jok11n** · 16-12-14, 07:57 PM

The SGZC12SG is good for 90c, don't think you'll find anything else comparable

**OSIRUS** · 16-12-14, 10:15 PM

I found this Street Guardian SG9665GM unboxing and mini-review.

Please advise if this video does not properly represent the Street Guardian Product being talked about on the Austech Forum

Please ignore the American references & settings in the Video .......

**jok11n** · 16-12-14, 10:26 PM

that's running an older firmware version, we've made some changes since, but otherwise the same

**OSIRUS** · 16-12-14, 10:51 PM

Street Guardian SG9665GM sample video (audio track removed)

By Street Guardian Australia

**OSIRUS** · 16-12-14, 10:54 PM

I also found this Panorama G (Street Guardian SGZC12SG) USA Edition unboxing and mini-review.

Again, Please advise if this video does not properly represent the Street Guardian Product being talked about on the Austech Forum

Please ignore the American references & settings in the Video .......

**jok11n** · 16-12-14, 11:01 PM

This one is a little different, it's the white box version of our product, same camera just without the retail accessories, no memory card, card reader etc that ours comes with

**OSIRUS** · 17-12-14, 12:12 AM

Last video ....... just gives us someone else's review/opinion ...... again American ...... please disregard American Prices & references

it gives advantages of the SG9665GM "formfactor"

& its nice to see it in action ...... Nice Camera .....

**jok11n** · 17-12-14, 08:33 AM

Yeah it's a lot smaller than it looks in photos

**admin** · 17-12-14, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by weirdo

Have the new range of cameras been tested under high heat conditions?
My last camera buggered up from heat exhaustion, especially up here in QLD it gets pretty hot on the dash.

Weirdo, I have the SGZC12SG but cant give you any feedback as I have only just got it but feel free to give me a yell in a couple of months if you want some feedback after a summer.

**admin** · 17-12-14, 10:09 AM

I had to LOL at myself trying to work the menu on it when I got it out of the box....fark where is the back button ????
Its touch screen

**gordon_s1942** · 17-12-14, 10:34 AM

A late thought but wasnt there a Law introduced in Victoria prohibiting the placing of things like GPS, cameras etc on the windscreen ?

**jok11n** · 17-12-14, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by gordon_s1942

A late thought but wasnt there a Law introduced in Victoria prohibiting the placing of things like GPS, cameras etc on the windscreen ?

there are rules about GPS, these don't come under the same category and the ideal location is behind the mirror where they can't be seen by the driver anyway

**admin** · 17-12-14, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by gordon_s1942

A late thought but wasnt there a Law introduced in Victoria prohibiting the placing of things like GPS, cameras etc on the windscreen ?

In that case using Eastlink and Citylink would be illegal due to etags, so I would say no

**Godzilla** · 17-12-14, 11:48 AM

Im pretty sure its just nothing over the coverage of the wiper blades as its your field of vision, but i could be wrong.

**gordon_s1942** · 17-12-14, 02:20 PM

In NSW we had a law that a crack ANYWHERE in a windscreen meant it had to be changed but that was later amended to be that so long as it wasnt impeding the Drivers vision it was no problem but I did think Victoria was at least proposing that nothing be stuck on the window but as you all point out, where do you put the Rear View mirror and those E-Tags along with your Rego sticker for those still using them???

Another bureaucratic smart idea that didnt stand up too well to scrutiny in the bright light of day !!!

In relation to the heat of Summer on the GPS devises, no matter where I park (except at home) I always put one of those foil steering wheel covers over both GPS to keep the heat off and to make it more difficult to see them in the car.
I put a full width but folded screen over the dash on the Passenger's side too even though there is definitely nothing there.
I rely on the principle that what they cant see means they may to waste time to try to break into the car with the possibility there is nothing under the cover to steal.

**JasonC** · 17-12-14, 03:09 PM

have a look at any taxi driver's dash - I'm pretty sure they can't see over it most of the time - there are so many things poking out all over the place!

**Godzilla** · 18-12-14, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by admin

I was reading that post the other day and your youtube video link is dead. Do you still have the footage ?

Its in Ricks hands now, he can post it or do as he wants with it, its fine by me.

**lsemmens** · 21-12-14, 06:12 PM

You don't have to look any furthere than the nearest cop car to see stuff that might distract the driver! Heck they all have a bloody touch screen computer mounted on their dash!

**jok11n** · 22-12-14, 05:38 PM

A couple of other things which might come in handy for those with the SG9665GPS (we have this links on the support page of our site but in case you missed it)

A more recent version of the user manual there is a newer one to come still, another week or so maybe for that, these get updated as the firmware gets updated

The playback software, Windows Mac

Config settings for the playback software to suit this model

How to export a section of video