Dashcam and Sentry Mode

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Depending on market region, vehicle configuration, options purchased, and software version, your vehicle may non be equipped with Dashcam or Sentry Mode or the features may not operate exactly as described. Please note it is your sole responsibleness to consult and comply with all local regulations and property restrictions regarding the employ of cameras.

In addition to supporting Autopilot, the outside cameras can record and shop video footage of the vehicle's surround on a USB wink drive. This tin be user-friendly in situations where you want a video recording of a item incident. If set to Motorcar, Dashcam saves video recordings of collisions when driving. On the other hand, if enabled, Sentry Style is the alert system that monitors the surround around your vehicle when it is locked and in Park. Later an incident is detected, Scout Manner responds according to the level of threat detected.

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For saving Sentry Manner and Dashcam footage, Tesla recommends using the USB port located in the glovebox. Doing so increases security and minimizes ability consumption.

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Yous can use the glovebox USB port to store a combination of dashcam, Sentry Mode, and Rail Mode content in addition to audio files.

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Dashcam and Sentry Mode will not record video when Dashcam is OFF.

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To protect your privacy, video recordings are saved locally to onboard memory or the USB flash bulldoze. Recordings are not sent to Tesla.

Using Dashcam

Dashcam records footage of your vehicle's surroundings but when Model Ten is powered on (see Starting and Powering Off). Dashcam does non tape video when your vehicle is powered off. Utilise Dashcam to record driving incidents, such as a collision.

Dashcam requires a properly formatted USB flash bulldoze, inserted into a front end USB port (preferably in the glovebox) in order to store and retrieve footage (see USB Bulldoze Requirements for Recording Videos).

Enable Dashcam by going to and choose:

  • Automobile: Dashcam automatically saves a recording to the USB flash drive in situations where Model X detects a safety upshot, such every bit a standoff or airbag deployment. When Auto is selected, detection tin can vary and is subject to your vehicle'due south power, sleep, and Autopilot state.
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    Several factors determine whether or not Dashcam automatically saves a recording of a safety event (for example, amount of force, whether or not airbags deployed, etc.). Do non rely on Dashcam to automatically tape video of all safety events.

  • Transmission: You lot must touch the Dashcam icon to save a recording of the near recent x minutes of driving to the USB flash drive.
  • On Honk: When yous press the horn, Dashcam saves a recording of the most recent 10 minutes of driving to the USB flash drive.

Once enabled, you tin can manually salvage clips past touching:

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The Dashcam icon in the app launcher while the vehicle is in Drive (you can add the Dashcam app to My Apps at the lesser of the touchscreen for easy access, see Customizing My Apps). The touchscreen displays a message confirming if the footage is saved. When Model Ten is in Park, touching the Dashcam icon brings up the Viewer.

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The Dashcam icon on the Controls screen.

The Dashcam controls are:

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RECORDING: Shows that Dashcam is recording. To relieve video footage, bear on the icon. To pause recording, press and concur the icon.

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PAUSED: Shows that Dashcam is paused. To resume recording, touch the icon. To avoid losing video footage, pause Dashcam earlier removing the flash drive.

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SAVED: Shows that footage is saved. Y'all tin likewise save dashcam clips past touching the Dashcam icon in the app launcher while Driving.

To view Dashcam footage, see Viewing Video Recordings.

Using Sentry Style

When Lookout Manner is turned on, the cameras and sensors remain powered on and ready to tape suspicious activity around your vehicle when Model X is locked and in Park.

To store and call back Lookout Mode footage, ensure that Dashcam is on and a properly formatted USB flash drive is inserted into a front end USB port (preferably in the glovebox) (see Using Dashcam).

If you lot desire Picket Mode to automatically turn on every time you leave your vehicle, touch . There are three boosted settings for customization:

  • Exclude Dwelling: Sentry Mode does not operate at the location you set as Habitation in your favorites listing (meet Home, Work, and Favorite Destinations), but operates at any other parking location.
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    To set upwards your Abode location, touch Navigate and agree down Home, then enter your address. Bear on Relieve as Home.

  • Exclude Work: Scout Mode does not operate at the location y'all set as Piece of work in your Favorites list, but operates at whatever other parking location. Set your Work location the same way you fix your Home location.
  • Exclude Favorites: Sentry Fashion does not operate at any location in your Favorites list, but activates at any other parking location.
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    To recognize a location listed as Abode, Work, or a Favorite, Model 10 must be parked inside 32 feet (10 meters) of the saved location.

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Sentry Mode will not record video when Dashcam is OFF.

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To manually turn Sentry Mode on or off, touch .

Manually turning Lookout Style on or off using the touchscreen or the mobile app overrides your Home, Piece of work, or Favorite exclusion preferences until the next time you drive.

Alternatively, you can use voice commands or the Tesla mobile app. To enable Sentry Mode using vocalism commands, say "Keep Tesla rubber," "Keep my motorcar rubber," "Sentry on," or "Enable Sentry" (meet Voice Commands).

Spotter Style requires your Battery to be at least twenty% charged. If the Battery falls below 20%, Sentry Mode turns off and the mobile app sends you lot a notification. Power consumption may increase when Lookout Manner is active.

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Software updates cannot be installed when Sentry Mode is turned on.

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Do not rely on Spotter Manner to protect Model X from all possible security threats. While information technology may assistance deter some threats, no security arrangement can preclude all attacks.

To view Sentry Mode footage, meet Viewing Video Recordings.

Standby, Alert, and Warning States

While in Scout Manner, Model X may shift through three states equally a response to its surround—Standby, Alert, and Alarm:

  • Standby. Model 10 is automatically "on standby" when y'all activate Spotter Mode. The cameras constantly monitor the surrounding area for possible security threats.
  • Alert. If Lookout man Style detects a possible threat, such every bit someone very close to, or leaning on, Model Ten , Sentry Manner switches to the Alert country, where:
    • Headlights briefly flicker.
    • The touchscreen displays a message indicating that cameras are recording.
    • Watch Mode saves the well-nigh recent x minutes of footage prior to the triggered issue to the USB flash drive (if bachelor and installed).
  • Warning. For major threats, Lookout man Way:
    • Activates the security alarm and the sound system generates a loud and unexpected audio.
    • Sends an alert to the mobile app on phones that are paired to Model X to inform y'all that the alarm land is triggered.
    • Saves the nearly recent 10 minutes of footage prior to the triggered event to the USB flash drive (if available and installed).
    • Returns to the Standby state after 30 seconds.
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    Caution

    Scout Mode may non activate the security warning in all situations involving damage to the vehicle. Picket Mode uses many factors to decide whether to actuate the security alarm—all impacts may not be detected and the alarm may non activate in all situations.

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When the internal storage reaches full capacity, new recordings from Alert and Alarm events overwrite the older recordings.

Lookout Style - View Live Camera

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View Live Camera requires premium connectivity. It likewise requires that version 4.two.1 (or newer) of the Tesla mobile app is installed on a telephone that has been paired as a fundamental to Model X .

When Sentinel Mode is enabled, you lot can use the mobile app to remotely view the area surrounding Model X as seen through the exterior cameras.

To enable, touch on the Model 10 touchscreen. One time enabled, ensure there are no occupants in the vehicle and all doors are closed. Then, on the Tesla mobile app, go to and touch View Alive Camera to run across a live video feed of your vehicle'south surroundings.

In improver, if Model X is equipped with a pedestrian alarm speaker (see Pedestrian Alert System), yous can press and agree the microphone button on the mobile app to transmit your voice through this speaker.

When View Alive Photographic camera is actively beingness used, Model Ten may periodically flash its exterior lights and display a message on the touchscreen to notify others that the surface area surrounding the vehicle is being viewed through the cameras.

View Live Photographic camera is limited to approximately ane hour (or 15 minutes for some regions) of cumulative usage per day.

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Video and audio quality tin can vary depending on network connectivity.

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The live photographic camera feed is fully encrypted and cannot be accessed by Tesla.

Viewing Video Recordings

You can view recorded footage on the touchscreen when Model X is in Park. Affect the Dashcam icon located in the app launcher or the Dashcam icon on the Controls screen. Bear upon the menu icon in the top corner of the screen. The tabs display a listing of all video clips, organized past location and timestamp. Suspension, rewind, fast forward, and delete video recordings equally needed. Yous can also navigate to to delete all dashcam and Lookout Mode footage, including contempo and saved clips.

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Dashcam recording pauses when you launch the Viewer.

You can also view video footage by removing and inserting the USB flash bulldoze into a reckoner and navigating to the TeslaCam (if equipped) folder.

The TeslaCam folder contains three sub-folders:

  • Recent Clips: When recording, Dashcam continuously saves footage to Recent Clips in 60-infinitesimal cycles. Footage is overwritten every hour unless yous manually relieve it. Four videos are recorded for each clip, one from each camera (front, rear, left, and correct).
  • Saved Clips: Contains all recordings that are saved using Dashcam.
  • Sentry Clips: Contains the concluding 10 minutes of footage from all Sentry Fashion events that triggered an Alert or Warning state. If storage space on the USB flash drive becomes express, the oldest Watch Clips are deleted to provide infinite for new ones. Once deleted, you cannot recall them.

When the USB flash bulldoze runs out of storage space, video footage can no longer be saved. To prevent the flash bulldoze from getting total, regularly move saved videos to another device and delete them from the flash drive.