Frequently asked questions - technical support. Video recorder with a Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD radar detector: (do not) exceed the Optimal settings for highscreen black box radar plus
In 2011, you got acquainted with ours, and about a year later we published (it was presented in August 2012). Today we'll take a look at the flagship model.
This device is radically different from those recently reviewed and. This is not just a "box" that records video, but a whole set of devices in one small case. In the "black box" Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus housed a video recorder, a GPS receiver, and a radar detector.
I am glad that the market for video recorders is actively developing, and the developers of such devices not only chase after video quality, but also provide new functionality that is useful for the car owner. One of the interesting trends is hybrid devices that combine several functions in one body at once and, as a result, save space on the windshield of the car. But at the moment such "hybrids" are still exotic.
If the question of the need for video recording of the situation on the road has already become commonplace, then the use of radar detectors rather depends on the region of residence. In the bulk of the regions of Russia, only standard cameras are used, and fixing the speed of cars is limited only by rare traffic police crews in the bushes. But there are regions such as Tatarstan, where local authorities and the traffic police often drive the hunt for drivers to marasmus, for example, portable cameras are often installed every 300-500 meters.
Of course, this is a vast topic for discussion, one can declare the need to strictly adhere to the established speed limits, and I am not a supporter of creating dangerous situations on the road, but still I consider the presence of a radar detector a daily necessity. I bought my main radar detector 3 years ago, having “caught” two fines of 10,00 rubles on a suburban road with separate lanes, on which sections with a speed limit of 40 and 80 km / h alternated. The device quickly paid for itself.
Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus Availability
At the time of the test, the average cost Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus is 8,990 rubles. In general, a separate recorder and radar detector can be purchased for this price.
Competitors include the Conqueror Car Black BOX (7,800 rubles, a similar body shape), Street Storm CVR-90FHD-G (8,950 rubles), Avita SG 1010 (8,312 rubles) and DATAKAM GS-800 (10,200 rubles).
Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus complete set
In addition to the device itself, a charger with a USB plug, a USB-miniUSB cable, an AV cable with tulips, a suction cup (glass fastener), instructions and a warranty card were found inside.
Separately, I note the presence of a USB-input for the charger. With it, you can recharge your mobile phone in your car without the need for a splitter.
Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus design
Structurally, the video recorder with a radar detector is a monoblock with a hinged cover. Primary colors Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus - black and red.
The flip cover houses a 2.4-inch display. On the front of the lid there is a brand logo and model name.
The second display is located on the edge directed towards the passenger compartment. It displays a radar signal indicator, an electronic compass, a data indicator. The type of information displayed on the central part depends on the situation - speed, time, battery charge, name of the menu item.
The controls are located on the upper part of the case - four keys plus one central button. Unfortunately, it will be problematic to figure out what each button is responsible for without a detailed study of the instructions.
The front panel has a video recording button. She is also responsible for enabling and disabling Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus... With it, you can start recording protected video.
The main part of the DVR body is made of black soft-touch plastic, and the panels for displaying information are glossy.
The camera lens of the DVR is located on the left along with 4 infrared sensors.
On both side faces there are red corrugated inserts, they do not carry any functional load, but in general they make the design Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus more complete.
On the right is the microSD card slot and AV-out. The reason for the decision to use the microSD format is not very clear. Cards of this format are, albeit insignificantly, more expensive than full-fledged SD cards, and according to our previous tests, they live longer. With the AV-out, you can display the image on a TV or monitor. But, unfortunately, a regular video is displayed, the Google Maps map (about it below) is available only when viewed on a PC.
On the left is a miniUSB port, an input for a power adapter and a plug for an external GPS antenna cable.
In conclusion, I will note the fasteners for the windshield. Registrar Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus attaches to it on a kind of slide, until it clicks.
The fasteners hold onto the glass firmly due to a snug fit. No drops were noticed during testing.
Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus filling
The device records video in Full HD format with a resolution of 1920 * 1080 pixels, unlike the previous version, it is a real 1080p, not 720p. Diagonal viewing angle - 130 degrees.
You can set the length of time for loop recording (2, 5, 10 minutes). Supported cards up to 32GB allow you to store records for approximately 1 day of active driving. Important points can be protected with one click, such videos are not overwritten. The illumination system of four infrared diodes will allow night shooting or illuminate the face of a traffic police officer. Photography is also supported.
One of the main modules of the device is a radar detector. Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus notifies about cameras operating in the X, K, Ka, Ku band. Signals from the Strelka-ST complex are also recorded at a distance of 500-700 meters. It is possible to adjust the sensitivity. A useful functionality is the presence of a GPS module on board. In addition to the video, the route is recorded, which can be viewed on Google Maps when connected to a computer. This can help in disputable situations on the road when parsing in the traffic police, as well as fix the real speed during an accident.
There is also a G-sensor (acceleration sensor). It monitors the overload on three axes. In case of exceeding the threshold values \u200b\u200b(for example, hard braking), a minute recording starts in the indelible area on the memory card.
Acceleration diagram analysis software is supplied with the device.
The battery is a nice addition. On board is a 550 mAh battery. As a result, there is the possibility of autonomous shooting for about an hour.
Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus testing
The sample was tested by me for one week. During the active use, a general opinion was formed, pros and cons were identified. Everything in order.
I'll start with the radar detector function. The device was used in conjunction with Sho-Me (360 degree view). I managed to check how accurately it reacts Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus against the background of a conventional radar detector.
During use, a problem emerged: the test sample did not always launch the camera tracking function. I could not identify the reason, reconnection to the car's on-board network helped. Unfortunately, the indicators of the operation of this option in Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus not provided.
Against the background of Sho-Me, the Black Box has fewer false positives, but the fixing range is slightly shorter. This is all in the case of portable cameras, both devices see all standard radars the same way. In Kazan, the situation with radars is complicated, there are not just a lot of them, but a lot of them on the roads.
With such portable devices Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus copes a little worse, and he does not see cameras directed in the direction of travel (shooting in the back). I would not dare to completely abandon the usual radar detector. This part, I believe, can be considered as a necessity in the complete absence of a separate radar detector in the car.
Video recording
As for the video, there were no complaints, with this task Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus copes perfectly well. Recordings are made in high quality; car numbers can also be disassembled. A separate plus is the presence of a rotary mechanism in the mount, the device can be rotated around the axis and filmed an overview video, an example of a video:An example of a video in sunny weather with ideal lighting:
An example of a video at night (only car headlights):
Accident while driving (already consequences):
An example of a video recorded at home without connecting to a power source:
An example of a video using the program FH-118 Player with GPS map output:
Sample photo:
According to the instructions, this program should be on the memory card. I didn't have a microSD card in the kit, I used a third-party card. In such cases, the program can be downloaded from the Highscreen website.
Video is recorded in MOV format, using the H.264 video codec at 30 frames per second. There are no complaints about the videos.
Video review Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus
Outcome
Device Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus - interesting and noteworthy. A DVR with GPS and a radar detector are combined in one box. Summing up, I will note the pluses: Real Full HD 1090p at 30 m / s,
- quality of materials,
- reliable fastening,
- POI points and Strelka radar detection,
- G-sensor and GPS,
- battery,
- cost,
- the presence of USB in the car charger case. Of the minuses, I noted for myself problems with the radar detector in difficult conditions of use, periodic problems with connecting this module (it was recorded three times a week, it can probably be solved with a new firmware), and the sensor itself catches cameras aimed at the car (360 degrees review here would be). Another big question is setting Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus, to deal with it without studying the instructions is problematic.
In general, this sample deserves attention, the trend in the development of the functionality of DVRs is encouraging. We will continue to monitor the development of this area. Highscreen Black Box Radar Plus gets a solid four (minus for tuning).
Where can I update the device database?
You can update the device database following these instructions:.
How do I view a video on my device?
To view the video, you need to remove the memory card from the device, insert it into a card reader and view it using a computer.
Where can I get a player to play video?
It is enough to format the memory card in the DVR, after formatting the player's installation file will appear on the memory card. Or you can download. Sometimes, when watching a video recorded by the recorder Highscreen Black Box Radar plus with the PLAYER.EXE playback program, there is a problem with displaying MOV files. To solve this problem, download the archive file MOV_Decorder v1.11.0508.rar, unpack it on your computer and run the installer for the decoder MOV_Decoder_v1.11.0508.EXE. After installing the decoder, the playback problem will be resolved.
How often should the registrar databases be updated?
Enough once every two months.
I bought a device, but it won't turn on, why?
In order for the device to turn on, you need to insert a memory card into it.
When watching a video, the image slows down, why?
You can solve this problem by reducing the video recording resolution. In addition, the problem may be in the low communication speed between the device and the memory card. To work with HD images, it is recommended to use memory cards of at least class 6.
My registrar started to work incorrectly, what should I do?
It is necessary to reset to factory settings (through the device menu, not from the RESET button).
In the box with the inscription "Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD" we find the recorder itself, a bracket for mounting on glass, a car charger, a miniUSB-USB cable for connecting to a PC, and a 16 GB microSD card. With the exception of the card (and, moreover, such a capacious one!) The set of the device is absolutely standard. However, it is worth noting the car charger equipped with an on / off button, which allows you not to pull it out of the cigarette lighter every time.
The appearance of the Radar-HD is very brutal - to me it reminds me of the spirit of a Hummer SUV. And the dimensions to match: 125 x 62 x 35 mm when folded - most recorders have much smaller dimensions.
The case material (black plastic) outwardly seemed quite solid (they were not tested for resistance to falls). There are no complaints about the ergonomics of the buttons: the large silvery "keys" stand out well against a black background and have a fairly clear, tangible move.
But with the flip-up display, it's bad luck - when the recorder is installed on the bracket, the closed flip hangs noticeably. (Although, perhaps, this is a defect in a separate device or the merit of previous Moscow testers.)
As for the bracket, there are no questions to it - the standard system used in the Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD with a threaded connection to the body provides good rigidity of the fastening. We also managed to almost completely hide the bracket behind the salon mirror, due to which, despite the dimensions of the device, the whole structure turned out to be quite compact.
The Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD menu has a structure typical for car recorders in the form of a vertical list of items. The speed of work in the menu is quite comfortable - we did not find any annoying "brakes".
But unfortunately, in the video settings, we did not find an item where you can set the length of the tracks into which the recording will be "cut". (Note that even the simplest cheap recorders have such a setting.) According to our tests, "Radar" cuts video automatically, but the algorithm for "cutting" itself remained a mystery to us. With an almost unchanged mode of movement, we got rollers of very different lengths: sometimes at 2, then at 11, then 23 minutes ...
Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD is capable of shooting video in HD resolution (1280 by 720 pixels), which, if desired, can be reduced to VGA (640 by 480 pixels). The video is saved in the original player program, which is recorded on the supplied memory card. This software allows you to view the videos themselves, a graph of accelerations from a gyroscope sensor (G-sensor), as well as, using data from the built-in GPS receiver, trace the route on Google maps (unfortunately, we lost this screenshot). If necessary, the track can be easily extracted from the program and saved in any folder on the PC in AVI format, after which the video can be watched without any problems in the standard Windows media player.
As you can see from the tracks we recorded, the camera coverage angle of the Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD is really wide and corresponds to the declared 120 degrees. Here, even on a wide road, the left and right sidewalks (sidewalks) fall into the lens, which allows you to "catch" the beginning of the "event" earlier.
But the quality of the video itself leaves much to be desired - the picture turns out to be somewhat "blurry", which is especially evident when shooting at night. Probably, this registrar uses so-called technology. "Interpolation" - software "stretching" the image to the desired size.
But as a radar detector Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD performed very well, even unexpectedly for a "hybrid" device. Note that recorders with a GPS-receiver are often positioned as having the function of "warning about speed cameras", but this is achieved due to the CCS coordinate base registered in the memory. HighScreen also has such a base and includes, as stated, about 100,000 objects. But at the same time, Radar-HD is also equipped with a real hardware radar detector, which, according to the instructions, supports all the most common frequency bands of mobile (hand-held) traffic police radars and KS cameras - the X, K, Ku and Ka bands.
The Radar-HD we are testing has passed the tests on the route "St. Petersburg - Pskov - Pärnu - Tartu" and back, during which there was only one single "puncture". On the way from Pskov to St. Petersburg, the device missed the KS camera, which for some reason did not “surface” from the coordinate base (or it was not there at all). Moreover, the hardware detector lit up, but late (KKS stand, as a rule, almost at right angles to the road and it is already pointless to slow down.) Otherwise, the whole route went perfectly: all KS cameras in Russia and Estonia Radar-HD knew, informing about them soon approaching by a female voice in Russian. In addition, in Estonia, the detector spotted police officers with hand-held radars in time.
Highscreen Black Box Radar-HD: instead of a resume
With a retail price of 7,990 rubles, the Radar-HD somewhat outperforms many similar devices, which have similar functionality - a video recorder, a GPS receiver with a KKS base and a hardware radar detector, for which they ask from 7 to 12 thousand. It is also worth noting that the choice is small here - the number of such models on the Russian market is very small compared to others. And, like its few “classmates”, Radar-HD turns out to be a “device for a big fan” - someone who for some reason wants just such a “multifunctional” recorder ...
Time is inexorably moving forward, and what seemed like something from the realm of fantasy yesterday, now no longer surprises anyone and is considered commonplace. Mobile communications and satellite navigation have become part of everyday life, and are considered integral parts of our reality. Something similar is happening with DVRs, which are gradually becoming as familiar and in demand as the above devices. But only if three or four years ago this type of equipment had a very low recording quality and functionality, now high-definition video recording in Full HD format (1920 × 1080 pixels) is becoming the standard, and the set of additional functions has expanded significantly.
Following the latest trends in this area, Wobis Computer brings to your attention a new generation video recorder - Highscreen Black Box Radar plus.
During the trip, the device will record with a high degree of detail in Full HD format everything that comes into the field of view of the DVR camera. As befits a "black box", Black Box Radar plus synchronously with video and audio recording, the device will record the coordinates of the route, the speed of your movement and the readings of the three-dimensional acceleration sensor.
A distinctive feature of the device is the presence of a highly sensitive radar detector, which confidently receives signals from the vast majority of traffic police radars used in Russia. The Strelka-ST complex is no exception. Black Box Radar plus can pick up the signal from this complex from 500 - 700 meters away, while most radar detectors do not respond to this signal.
The built-in radar detector allows you to notify you in advance about the approach to the traffic police camera and draw your attention to the passage of this section of the road in compliance with the speed limit. It should be noted that the device will not bother you with its messages about approaching the DPS camera if you move at a speed not exceeding the speed specified in the settings (for example, 60 km / h).
When driving, the device compares your current location with the coordinates of objects stored in memory. From time to time, it will warn you about approaching dangerous areas, posts and traffic police cameras, about possible exceeding the speed on this section of the road, thus increasing your attention, and, as a consequence, the safety of your movement in heavy traffic.
While driving, the digital display of the device displays the current speed of the vehicle, determined by signals from the GPS satellite system, or the distance to the traffic police camera, object or dangerous area located in the direction of travel and entered into the device database. When stopped, the device displays the exact current time. Each time, when determining coordinates, the device synchronizes the internal real-time clock with the clock of the satellite navigation system. That is why absolutely exact current time is superimposed on the video or photo.
The device does not require preliminary adjustment and painstaking study of the Operating Instructions. It is ready for operation immediately after purchase, since the optimal parameters are set at the factory. It is enough to install the card, connect the power cable, and fasten the device to the windshield. Information recording will start automatically as soon as you turn on the ignition.
Video footage recorded by the device can be viewed directly in the car on the built-in LCD display, which can be rotated at different angles. It often happens that watching a video at the scene of an accident is enough to resolve conflict situations that, from time to time, arise on the roads. In this case, the information recorded by the device may be your only proof that the incident occurred through no fault of yours. Having such a record can also further simplify your communication with the insurance company.
The device is equipped with a compact and convenient holder that does not take up much space on the windshield of the car and allows you to fix the recorder at almost any convenient angle.
The scope of delivery also includes a universal charger with a switch and a USB connector. Thus, during the trip, you can, for example, recharge a device such as the iPAD, since the USB interface is capable of delivering current up to 2A.
It should be noted that the device has the ability to record not only video, but also to take photos with high resolution. Moreover, both devices can be performed not only inside the car, but also outside it, since the device is equipped with a built-in battery, which provides the possibility of autonomous operation up to 45 minutes. In addition, the presence of a built-in LED light will allow you to shoot even in pitch darkness. This, of course, is not about shooting during a trip, since in this case the use of the backlight will only lead to a deterioration in the recording quality.
