Special thanks to 70mai for sending over their latest 70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ A500S Rear Cam Set for review.
70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ A500S technical specs:
• Processor: Novatek NT96580
• Sensor: Sony IMX335
• Lens: 2-layer glass, 4-layer plastic, 140° wide angle, F1.8 aperture
• Resolution: 2592×1944 30fps, 2560×1920 30fps, 1920×1440 30fps
• 3D Dynamic Noise Reduction & Wide Dynamic Range
• 2” IPS Screen 480×360
• Supports up to 128GB microSD card
• Built-in 500mAh Lithium Polymer
• Built-in Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz
• Built-in GPS
• Parking mode
• ADAS
RC06 rear camera Technical specs:
• Processor: Fullhan FH8536H
• Sensor: Galaxycore GC2053
• Resolution: 1920×1080 25fps
• Lens: 2-layer glass, 2-layer plastic, 130° wide angle, F2.0 aperture
The box
Open box
Contents
• 70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ A500S
• Tape mount
• 70mai rear camera RC06
• Dual USB car charger
• 90° angled micro USB cable 3.5m
• 90° angled rear cam cable 5.5m
• Pry tool
• Electrostatic sticker x4
• Spare mounting tape
• 70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ user manual
• 70mai rear camera RC06 user manual
70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ A500S
Tape mount
70mai rear camera RC06
Dual USB car charger
Micro USB cable
Rear cam cable
Pry tool
Electrostatic sticker x4
Spare mounting tape
70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ A500S user manual
70mai rear camera RC06 user manual
70mai hardwire kit
In order to use the 70mai parking surveillance mode, you’ll need to install the 70mai hardwire kit. You can’t enable parking surveillance mode without this hardwire kit installed now.
Contents
• 70mai hardwire kit
• User manual
70mai hardwire kit
User manual
Initial firmware out of the box
Test setup
Using a 128GB Samsung Evo Plus microSD for the recordings.
70mai app
Videos
70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ A500S recorded in H.265 2592×1944 30fps with an overall bitrate of 24.8 Mb/s.
70mai rear camera RC06 recorded in H.265 1920×1080 25fps with an overall bitrate of 10.3 Mb/s.
Final thoughts
This 70mai A500 series is an upgraded 70mai Dashcam Pro. Now the newer 70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ A500S has dual dashcam functionality with the RC06 rear cam.
The 70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ A500S now uses the Novatek NT96580 processor instead of the Huawei HiSilicon Hi3556 V200 processor in the 70mai Dashcam Pro Plus A500. I am liking the change to Novatek by 70mai. But I do hope in the future there will be a 70mai dashcam which will be using super-capacitors instead of lithium batteries.
The ADAS of the 70mai Dashcam Pro Plus+ A500S, I can say that is about 80+% accurate like my Thinkware U1000’s ADAS. 70mai’s parking mode will starts recording when there’s a trigger of the G-sensor.
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2 Comments
Freddy Kwong · August 30, 2021 at 6:31 pm
I had bought the A500s with the rear camera together with the hardware kit.
The accessories shop technical wireman advise me against using the hardware kid. Reason is, the battery will drain faster. Not worth to exchange for the price of a new battery.
What’s the truth about this?
Jeremy Wong · September 4, 2021 at 9:10 pm
Actually, all dashcams that have parking mode will drain the car battery when parked. But will have to see the dashcam’s car battery protection is how good. The current best is from Thinkware dashcams. A550S’ low voltage cutoff is 11.4v stated on the hardwire kit.
Another option is to install a battery pack for the dashcam to use when in parking mode but not cheap.