A front-facing dash cam records the one thing you were already looking at. The damage that ends up in an argument usually comes from the side: the car that cuts across you on a roundabout, the door that swings into your panel in a shopping centre carpark, the trailer that clips your quarter at the servo. With no footage it is your word against theirs.
That is the case for a four-channel dash cam. This guide covers the one we sell, the XUOIB i9pro-WB: what it records, how parking mode really works, and where it falls short.
What a Four-Channel Dash Cam Actually Records
The i9pro-WB runs four cameras at once: front, left, right and rear, all writing to the one memory card. The left and right lenses swivel and the rear camera rotates 180°, so you can aim each one at what you want covered instead of what the bracket happens to point at.
- Front: 2K 1440p with all four channels running.
- Left, Right and Rear: 1080p each.
- 4K: only when the front camera records on its own. We do not sell this as a four-camera 4K kit, because with all four running it is not one.
Built-in GPS logs location, speed and time with the video, so a clip has a where and a when attached. A hard enough knock locks the current clip so loop recording cannot write over it, and you can lock a clip by hand too.
Parking Mode: How it Works, and Where it Stops
Parked up, a 5.8 GHz radar sensor watches the front, sides and rear and wakes the recorder when something moves near the vehicle. The supplier publishes no detection distance, so treat it as a bubble close to the vehicle, not a driveway-wide alarm.
It Needs the Fuse Box, Not the Cigarette Socket. Most sockets go dead with the ignition, so the camera would sleep with the car. The P7 hardwire kit in the box takes 12 V or 24 V off a fuse that stays live and steps it down to 5 V. If wiring into the fuse box is not your thing, an auto electrician will sort it.
"24-Hour Monitoring" Is Not Forever. Parked recording runs off your vehicle battery. The hardwire kit cuts out below the voltage you set (11.8 V, 12.0 V or 12.2 V), so on a long swing or a week at the airport the camera will reach that cutoff and stop before you are back. A tired battery reaches it sooner.
Night Footage
Each side camera has four infrared LEDs, and the unit uses WDR and HDR processing, so the side views stay usable after dark instead of turning into a black rectangle where the kerb should be.
Getting Footage Off it
The unit has a 4-inch touch screen for setting up and checking clips. It also connects to the free Viidure phone app over Wi-Fi, but only at 3 to 5 metres by the supplier's figure. There is no 4G or cloud service, so you walk up to the vehicle to pull footage rather than checking it from the kitchen.
Which Card Size?
The card sets how much you keep before the oldest footage is written over. By the supplier's chart, with all four cameras recording:
| Card | Recording Before it Loops |
|---|---|
| 64 GB (in the box, 64 GB option) | About 6 hours |
| 128 GB (in the box, 128 GB option) | About 12 hours |
| 256 GB (your own card, the largest it takes) | About 26 hours |
Before you Buy: The Straight Version
- Measure your Cable Run: the rear camera lead is 5 m and the hardwire lead is 3 m. On a long dual cab with a canopy, 5 m goes quickly.
- The CPL Filter is Not in the Box: it shows up in the supplier's photos, but it is a separate purchase.
- No Australian Approval Marking: CE, FCC and RoHS marks appear on the hardwire kit label. We have not sighted a certificate for the camera itself.
- It Records Video, That is All: whether an insurer or a court accepts a clip is their call. No dash cam can promise you a claim outcome, and we won't either.
Delivery
Free Standard Delivery. Allow 5 to 10 working days from the day you order. Allow 1–2 days for fulfilment.
Full specifications, what is in the box and the two card options are on the XUOIB i9pro-WB product page.