Dashcam Dashcam About Dashcam • Use a flash drive with as much available storage as possible, since video footage Note: Dashcam is a BETA feature. takes up a large amount of space (Tesla In addition to supporting Autopilot features, recommends using a flash drive with at the cameras can record and store video least 32 GB of storage). Some personal footage on a USB flash drive. This can be computer operating systems may not be convenient in situations where you want a able to format flash drives larger than 32 video recording of a particular incident, such GB as FAT 32. Consider using a third party as a collision. You can pause, resume, or save application to format flash drives larger video recordings directly from your vehicle‡s than 32 GB. touchscreen. • The flash drive must have a sustained Note: Dashcam only works when Model X is write speed of at least 4 MB/s. A powered on (see Starting and Powering Off on sustained write speed is different from the page 54). Dashcam does not record video peak write speed. Check the product when your vehicle is powered off. details of your flash drive for more information. • The flash drive must be USB 2.0 Using Dashcam compatible. If using a USB 3.0 flash drive, Dashcam requires the use of a properly it must be able to support USB 2.0. formatted USB flash drive to store and retrieve • Use a dedicated flash drive exclusively for footage (see USB Flash Drive Requirements saving footage for your vehicle. for Videos and Recording on page 162). Once • The flash drive must be properly a properly formatted USB flash drive has been formatted (see Formatting the USB Flash inserted into one of your vehicle's front USB Drive on page 162). ports, a dashcam icon appears at the top of the touchscreen. Touch the dashcam icon to Formatting the USB Flash Drive control dashcam: To correctly save and retrieve video footage, RECORDING. Tap the dashcam your vehicle requires a properly formatted icon, when dashcam is paused, to USB flash drive containing a base-level folder start recording video on the flash called “TeslaCam” (without quotation marks). drive. In addition, the flash drive must be formatted as FAT 32 (for Windows), MS-DOS FAT (for PAUSED. Press and hold the Mac), ext3, or ext4 in order to save videos. dashcam icon, when recording, to NTFS and exFAT are not currently supported. pause recording. Ensure that dashcam is paused before For MacOS: removing the flash drive to avoid 1. Insert the USB flash drive into your losing camera footage. personal computer. SAVED. Tap the dashcam icon, 2. Navigate to Utilities > Disk Utility (or you when recording, to archive the can conduct a Spotlight Search for this). most recent ten minutes of video. 3. Select your flash drive in the left menu. These saved video recordings are 4. Navigate to Erase in the top menu ribbon. not overwritten by new recordings. 5. In the pop-up menu, select the correct format (MS-DOS FAT) and click Erase. Note: Dashcam automatically begins recording Note: Selecting Erase completely erases when you insert a properly configured USB all content on your flash drive. If you have flash drive into one of the front USB ports. other content stored on the flash drive, migrate it to a different device before USB Flash Drive Requirements for erasing it. Videos and Recording 6. Once the flash drive is successfully erased, navigate to Finder and select your USB Flash drives used to store video from your flash drive from the left menu. The flash vehicle's cameras must meet these drive should not contain any files. requirements: 7. Right-click in the empty space of the flash drive and select New Folder. A folder appears in your flash drive space. Driving 83