Stock Dash Cam Warning - image quality not good enough to pick up license plates

[Obs]

So I was driving home from vacation on Friday night, and while changing lanes, got side swiped with a mirror from the car in this picture. The stock camera does not do any kind of job picking up the license plate. Cant decide if it's a camera or a headlight problem. I guess I'm switching it out for either the @Wolfbox or Viofo cameras.

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[2025 Big Red]

I just installed a Viofo A229 Pro 2 channel and love it. I got the dongle to get power from rear view mirror and ran wire for rear. Love it. Only challenge will be mounting rear camera. I have design already. Will use aluminum bar stock. It will hang down a bit to make sure camera is in area that window wiper clears.

 

[J_Royal_Oak]

its also a good idea to read the license plate out loud so it'll get picked up by the microphone.

 

[2025 Big Red]

Great idea.

 

[outdoorCO]

its also a good idea to read the license plate out loud so it'll get picked up by the microphone.

Does the stock camera turn on the mic when it detects an incident?

 

[J_Royal_Oak]

Does the stock camera turn on the mic when it detects an incident?

I dont have the OEM one, I got a Viofo A119, but from everything I'm seeing online, it should be recording sound all the time.

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