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Can I use my rear camera as a passenger camera instead?Updated a year ago

Absolutely. By simply placing the You can use the rear camera as a passenger camera, but it won't have IR capabilities, meaning that your footage at night will be difficult to watch properly. IR dash cams have little lights positioned around the outer edge of the camera lens. These little lights are call infrared LEDs and they are responsible for giving the dash cam its “night vision.” Regular dash cams are not fitted with infrared LEDs.

To learn more about IR dash cams, please read our IR Dash Cams: Explained and Compared blog.

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