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Got this Xiaomi Mijia dashcam for review from GearBest


Xiaomi product page: Mijia dashcam

Specifications and features list:
• Mstar MSC8328P processor
• Sony Exmor IMX323 sensor
• 3.0 inch TFT HD LCD screen
• F1.8 large aperture, 160° wide-angle lens, 2.19 megapixels
• Resolution: 1920 x 1080
• Support up to 64GB microSD card.
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n
• Built-in 240 mAh battery
• Capacitive touch button

The box



Open box


Contents

• Mijia dashcam
• 90° angled micro USB Cable
• USB Car Charger
• Pry bar
• Mount with double sided tape
• Spare double sided tape
• 2 x Electrostatic films
• Manual in Chinese

Mijia dashcam




Mount


Mijia with mount



Electrostatic films

You stick the electrostatic films onto your windscreen first before sticking the Mijia dashcam on to it. This to protect the tint you have on your windscreen.
USB car charger

90° angled micro USB Cable


Pry bar


Manual in Chinese


Menu screens translated to English (more translated menu pictures in my review blog)


Initial firmware on the Mijia dashcam and latest firmware in Mi Home App


English firmware v1.0.13.En
Please use the Mi Dash Cam app to update your Mijia dashcam with 1.0.13.En which is in English. Mi Home will update 1.0.13 which is in Chinese.

Also, you can't update using the Mi Dash Cam app after updating from the Mi Home app as it will detect that it is the latest firmware.

The only way is to manual flash update the firmware.

Download 1.0.13.En from my Dropbox.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/373k4i57tn6rwkl/1.0.13en.rar?dl=0

Unzip the file > copy the SD_CarDV.bin file to the microSD card root folder > insert to the Mijia dashcam > power on and wait for it to update > will auto reboot into English interface.


Videos
















Yi dashcam vs Mijia dashcam




Yi Dashcam 1080p 60fps vs Mijia Dashcam 1080p 30fps

The Mijia dashcam looks clearer in the video but the video is darker. The Yi dashcam can see more details in darker areas (Hopefully Mi can fix this in a future firmware?)

Xiaomi Mijia Dashcam vs 360 J511C Dashcam


This post has been edited by blurjoey: Feb 8 2018, 02:48 PM

Hi bro how would u rate this with Viofo A199/A199S? Which one will you recommend... I bought 1 Mijia already, thinking of getting another Mijia or Viofo A199S..

Bro by the way, I cant really see the side parking car number plate during night recording while you car is moving.. Can you read the number in your original video file?

A119 & A119S is currently my daily dashcams now in my car... At the moment, they are the best for below rm400 dashcam range...

No dashcams in the world can't see clearly at night while the car is moving...

Thanks bro..!! Btw A199S is more than rm400 nearly rm500 with gps

Yeah A119S is more expensive as it's newer than A119... Try searching in Aliexpress as they are having their 7th Anniversary sale in a few days time...

How this stand compared to xiaoyi? I see like quite clear compared xiaoyi... Xiaoyi even noon sometimes when fast can't see the plate number

Still looks good to me now... Here's some photos with Yi dashcam...


This post has been edited by blurjoey: Mar 25 2017, 09:30 PM

seem not bad...thanks for the review

Sorry, I mean how is the quality of the video recording Haha... I thinking is it worth to upgrade my current xiaoyi

Let me see if I can do a VS or not... Need to change a new dashcam for my wife's first from this Yi dashcam...

Okie.. Waiting your nice review. Thanks in advance

Hmm.. I would also like to find out. Xiaoyi is considered not bad already. How much is this ?
If same price and better, I am changing to this.

Around 300

not bad. really really not bad
how is quality if compare with yii cam?
i think i need one since i uber driver now

I know everyone want to see a VS between Mijia and Yi

I need time to setup and learn how to do a video with 2 videos in it...

Specs wise I like the Sony Exmor sensor on the Mijia and the A12 (Novatek) chip on the Yi...

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Mar 28 2017, 12:21 AM

not expensive but not cheap either
but the quality consider not bad, image good, but i hope more than tat lar, since dun have belakang camera
orange langgar bonet pun tak tau siapa

You cannot get a good dual dashcam for RM300 ler... This is better than those local sellers are selling for the same price but lower specs dashcams.

Also, the bonet is at the front, why "orange langgar bonet pun tak tau siapa?"

Looks good at this moment, thanks for sharing I was looking for this

Actually there is a comparision video between mijia and yi on the you tube.. Find yourself, coz i dont wan to hijack TS thread hehe...

From the video, mijia is much more clearer than yi.. day or night mijia still a clear winner..

I think I got share that video in the dashcam thread in fast and furious section... I know some want to see latest and local vid comparisons...

So do it!!! haha.. hope you post it asap
I also wanna see the vs

What video resolution do you guys usually set for everyday driving? I watched some videos here and only the 720p gives clear and sharp video quality. 360p is not clear and rather blurry.

Minimum nowadays is 1080p... 720p was long time ago... Anyway minia dashcam only have 1080p 30fps resolution...

I see. But 1080p will take up considerably more storage. Usually a full storage of video will last how many days before they have to be deleted for new videos? Assuming you are on the road for 3 hours average a day. With 1080p video, how many days will it take for the storage to reach full capacity? If it is 9 hours, then by 3 days the old videos will have to be deleted to make way for new videos.

To calculate on how long a sd card can store is depends on the sd card size and the bit rate of the video...

To calculate, take the sd card capacity in GB, divide it by the bit rate, and multiply the result by 2. The result is 10% less than the actual recording time as this is a quick formula.

Mijia dashcam has an overall bit rate of 16.3 Mb/s.

32gb roughly about 4 hours & 64gb about 9 hours...

Most dashcams can only use 32gb but only a handful of newer dashcams can use 64gb or 128gb sd cards...

Right, thanks. So for this Mijia, if the SD card in the Mijia is 32GB, when recording in 1080p the SD card can only fit 4 hours of video? That means the card will have to re-write the videos in every 2 days assuming that the driver is on the road for an average 2 hours a day.

yes the card will auto rewrite every 2 days base on your situation... Just buy a good SD card to avoid SD card premature damage... Avoid Sandisk Ultra...

Hi I've just got my Mijia.

However, can anyone let me know where can I get the password to login to the cam using Mi Home app?

BTW, are there any third party portable mount for two-car usage?

This post has been edited by weilik: Apr 5 2017, 06:03 PM

use the wifi password in the setting....

This post has been edited by t3n: Apr 6 2017, 08:06 AM

blurjoey is there anyway to fully utilize the sd card for normal recording only? Right now i have around 20GB for normal recording and 10 GB for emergency recording... So theoretically I only have 20 GB space for recording which is too little...

This post has been edited by t3n: Apr 6 2017, 08:09 AM

hi i just got mine yesterday, is there anyone connect it with iphone which apps did you ppl use to connect i download the one in it user manual but i didn see the mijia dashcam in the apps..

y avoid sandisk ultra? is it no gooding? warranty 10yrs maa. last time I use 4gb for 2yrs on cheap dvr. after 2yrs it's spoiled, claim warranty but sandisk Malaysia no more 4gb card, they gimme 8gb (twice capacity) for replacement. now using 32gb for my eken h9r, so far so gooding for me. as long as u keep the receipt for 10yrs, u r good to go with sandisk. usually, after I buy something, I quickly snap picture of the receipt then email it to myself. that way, I can just throw away the receipt. if want to claim, just search inside my email. hehe

they accept softcopy receipt?

This post has been edited by t3n: Apr 6 2017, 10:00 AM

Here you go! It's in the wifi settings screen. FYI - The wifi password will change after update firmware.

Got more screenshot of the translated menus in my blog


https://jwtechsite.wordpress.com/2017/03/22...-mijia-dashcam/

At the moment, the mounting hole looks proprietary...

Don't think can as all the settings in the Mijia and the MiHome app is limited...

Search for Mi Home in the App store

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mi-home-xia...d957323480?mt=8


Sandisk Ultra can't last long when used in dashcams. Too much writing to the card.

When you're using your Eken H9R, it's only recording the video when you asked it to and stop when you asked it to.

Dashcam is recording when you start your car until you off your car in 1/3/5 minutes files until the card is full. Then overwrite the older files when full. If you use your Eken H9R as a dashcam, your sandisk ultra will eventually die also.

Eventhough both is cameras but the 2 is different types of cameras.

I have 2 Sandisk Ultra 32gb and 64gb died when used in my dashcams. Was working fine on my phones before cause less read and write.

Anyway, now Sandisk doesn't cover warranty when their cards is used in dashcam or any surveillance cam...

I stopped buying Sandisk d... Now use mostly Samsung Evo+ and Netac cards...

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Apr 6 2017, 11:27 AM

I somehow felt mijia cam is overated compare to xiaoyi.. spec by spec the xiaoyi offer more, angle shot xiaoyi is wider, mijia is much contrast compare to xiaoyi, at the same parking lot, mijia always very dark 1, but xiaoyi u can see clearer... then the notification light at mijia is at the side, very difficult to see whether it is recording or not.. there was 1 time it hang up for a good 1hr only found out when wife notify why screen dark but light got backlight.. then tekan tekan all no response.. need to reset. if xiaoyi at least u as driver u directly can see infront there is two diode notifying us.. but it was just my 2 cent after having these two dash cam.. mijia is also much more expensive than xiaoyi youth edition.

The darker video could be due to the firmware... Think mi need to tweak the firmware more...

Mine haven't hang yet though... Have you update the firmware of the mijia?

But 11street selling the mijia for rm230 now which is almost same as yi dashcam...

This weekend, I'll take the yi dashcam from my wife's car to do a day/night comparisons...

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Apr 6 2017, 04:35 PM

yea update to version 1.08... got any further new version kah? the app from android hor... if download from google play is different 1... have to download from the qr code 1.. I have issue detecting the mijia cam if using the mijia app from google play...

You need the Mihome app for China... The 1 from playstore is for outside of China...

I use mi app store to download mine...


This post has been edited by blurjoey: Apr 6 2017, 10:44 PM

parking for awesome thread

I downloaded Mi Home from Play Store... Just choose the region to China and you can use the app already...

Bought RM 214 from Lazada after discount

Found out it's actually the same version... Hahaha... But Mi app store have lastest version than Playstore by 2 versions...

Heard Mijia runs hotter compared to Yi? That might be an issue with our weather?

I wish they run on cap instead of a (pseudo) battery..

Feels warm to the touch only...

The mijia is for China market... Anyway still trying to find out if it is lithium ion or lithium polymer battery in the Mijia... Polymer can tahan heat better than ion...

plan to buy this model. Any suggestion where to buy is cheaper? or how much u guy bought?

Lazada got sell rm239.. if use citibank credit card can buy at rm214..

Testing... Hm...

thanks t3n, bought it with RM215.10 at Lazada (only able to grab the 10% discount)

I using 1 year plus already seems OK for SanDisk
Your SanDisk died after how long using? Btw if it dies how SanDisk know what we used it for? Current price SanDisk cheapest to get rite.? Rm30+- can get 32gb card

When the Sandisk damage, it will goes into write protected mode which means u can't delete or write any new files anymore but you still can see what is in the micro sd card..

Is it safe to stick the camera on the black dot dot on the windscreen? I used to stick the plastic protector on the black dot dot but after few days the whole thing fell off.. now i just direct stick the mount onto the black dot..

Anyone knows if this model have lane assist and distance warning like the previous XiaoMi dashcam?

Following

If remember correctly, less than a year in my S3 and Note3 then a few months in dashcams before it died...


Mine totally cannot read at all... Windows says unable detect...


Actually can stick if using tape mount. Suction mount will fall off as in there have spaces under the tint... In the got sun, the air expand so there is a not a very flat surface for the suction mount to grip on...

Nope... It doesn't... Anyway the lane assist and distance warning only good when highway driving... City driving, it gives false warnings...

hi guys,

can't decide between Mijia and Xiaoyi dash cam. any reco? Since price is almost the same.

Also, I've been looking around and found out that there is many version of Xiaoyi (power, international). What's the difference other than the interface language? From some descriptions on the selling pages I see, the Power has lower fps rate than the international? Also I found out that the older version of the Xiaoyi is clearer than the newer ones? Does this have anything to do with firmware updates? I've been researching all night but still kelam kabut.

Wait TS do comparision video between mijia and xiaoyi.. coming soon..

Here you go...



All the day and night videos are recorded... Now got to learn how to do a side by side video first... Paiseh... Any video editing sifu can guide?

Is the 3m or suction cup better?

Format?

Uploaded Yi vs Mijia dashcam night video on post 1

The Mijia looks more clear .

Error during format

Mijia more clear... TS please upload day comparison and then give your thought..!!

Btw, I notice xiaoyi has some frame drop.. is that normal?

This post has been edited by t3n: Apr 10 2017, 08:32 AM

I'll encode the day video tonight... I think it's because I joined the videos maybe... Individual videos is fine...

Thinking of doing Yi 60fps vs Mijia 30fps too...

If you park your car outside in the hot sun more, 3m mount is better as suction mount will fall down more due to the heat...

But some ppl don't like 3m mount as it might ruin their tint when want to remove... But the mijia dashcam comes with some films which you stick on the windscreen first then stick the dashcam on it, can do the same with other dashcams too...

Hi can I know what is the use of a Gsensor? And also what's the function for emergency recording?

Always in the midst of recording, suddenly a loading bar in red (with mandarin) appear at the bottom of LCD, can I know why is it there?

Lastly, possible to set the duration of recording for one video file before the program creates several files say 5 mins long?

Gsensor is a censor that trigger emergency recording if it detect a sudden shock or high vibration... mostly use if u meet an accident but sometimes it will auto trigger if u drive over the speedbump... If u dont like it, u can disable the function too..

In your SD card, it will separate into normal recording and emergency recording where each of them have their own space allocated... If it start to record a emergency video, u are unlikely to accidentally overwrite those videos when your sd card is full..

Files only 2 mins, cant change...

This post has been edited by t3n: Apr 10 2017, 11:48 AM

The gsensor is only used to automatically lock files in the case of an event triggering the gsensor...

Emergency recording, is manually activate recording in the emergency folder... Dashcam don't overwrite the video files in the emergency folder...

The red bar means the gsensor is triggered and moving the video file to the emergency folder... Try changing to low sensitivity if frequent trigger the gsensor...

Nope. Can't change the 2 minutes video file as there is no settings to do so...

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Apr 10 2017, 11:56 AM

Gsensor to detect car collision (car accident for example), emergency recording when you want to manual record something urgently in case your Gsensor can't detect the car accident.

the 2 questions let other owner reply you, I don't owned this.

hi, for the language option can be change to english?

is any T&C stated will be void if change language to english?

Chinese only atm... Unless mi release an english firmware...

thanks.

i wanna buy, but it difficult to me to refer to this thread for translation every time need change something

Thank you to t3n, blurjoey & NightFelix for the prompt reply!

However, I went thru the saved files and noticed that it does not always record everything from the moment the dash cam is on to the moment I switched off the engine.

Is it normal?

BTW, what app you guys recommend for stitching up the 2 min files into one video?

Did u trigger the emergency recording in between your drive? If yes then the files will be located in other folder..

Thanks for the heads-up will look in the other folder. Could be the case.

The settings is set 1 time and forget... Until today, I never open the menu after setting up...

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Apr 10 2017, 02:13 PM

Look in the other folders too...

I'm using Filmora to join the videos together... Can also look at Format Factory which can join video files too...

pm pls

okay,

so how to setting record on, when the engine is start and turn off recording when the engine stop.

or need to press manually the button record start/stop each time driving.

No need to press anything when engine start and off, it's automatic. This is not dashcams from 3+ years ago

Even the overwrite old files when sd card is full is automatic...

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Apr 10 2017, 02:33 PM

prime minister?

just plug and play to car 12V socket?

Yes, plug the USB charger into the car's 12V socket only...

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thanks for the explanation.

tonite will proceed buy mijia dashcam

any suggestion good sd card?

i prefer either sandisk pro extreme/lexar 633x both for 32GB version

...

This post has been edited by xperiaVuser: Feb 2 2018, 08:05 AM

Haven't done 60fps on the Yi dashcam yet... Hahaha... Thinking should I do or not...

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Apr 10 2017, 03:41 PM

It is automatic (with the microSD inside). No pause recording if I am not mistaken.

cool