Kenwood DRV-N520 High Definition Dashboard Camera

Kenwood DRV-N520 Drive Recorder for select Kenwood video receivers

Add the Kenwood DRV-N520 Drive Recorder assistant and dash camera to select Kenwood multimedia receivers to enhance your driving experience. When it's connected to the receiver's front camera input, you'll gain an in-dash view of whatever this dash cam records, plus departure delay warnings, collision alerts, and more. When connected to select Kenwood touchscreen receivers, you'll receive warnings like this to help you drive more safely.

Kenwood keeps you alert

 This dash cam provides two key features that'll help you drive more safely: Collision Avoidance Warning provides you with audible alerts if you're traveling too close to the vehicle ahead of you. Departure Delay Warning gives you a heads up when you're stopped if traffic in front of you has started to move again.

Everything you'd expect from a dash cam

The Kenwood DRV-N520's fully automated camera will start recording once the engine is turned on and stop when the engine is turned off. When you're driving, this camera records a high-resolution, Full HD, wide-angle view of the road to keep a record of anything unexpected. High Dynamic Range technology compensates for sudden lighting changes to ensure you're always recording the best picture possible.

If you're in accident...

If you're involved in an accident, this device's built-in G-Sensor will detect hard braking or a collision, then save the last, current, and next recordings, preserving a complete record of the event. Video is saved to the included microSD™ card for playback, using the Kenwood Drive Reviewer PC software. You can also set the DRV-N520 to record when the ignition is off — a built-in motion sensor will activate when triggered and record whatever (or whomever) is on the other side of the windshield.

Connects to compatible KENWOOD Multimedia receivers

Dash Cam ready receivers are compatible with the DRV-N520 Dash Camera. The camera records in full HD video capturing every event that occurs on the road ahead, and also provides safety features such as collision avoidance. 

Linking Video and Position

Able to display driving footage, as well as direction and position of vehicle on the map when replaying video recordings. Records not only video but also map-linked data, by integrating highly-accurate positional data from the navigation system in the drive recorder. *This function is available for DNX995S and DNX875S. 

Touch Control

DRV-N520 Recorded videos can be displayed on the large screen, and operated from the touch panel.

GPS Function

Using the receivers GPS more accurate location information is sent from the receiver and integrated as part of the dashboard camera video content. 

3 Megapixel Recording

3 Megapixel Recording provides higher resolution than Full HD (1920 x 1080). 

HDR (High Dynamic Range) for Backlighting

Easily records clear images in dark or well lit environments without underexposing or overexposing the image.

Equipped with wide-angle lens

The wide-angle lens (horizontal: approx. 117°; vertical: approx. 63°) captures video from a broad viewing perspective. 

Accident Avoidance Features for Safer Driving

Equipped with the latest in accident avoidance sensor technology.

Collision Warning

DRV-N520 Sensors detect the distance between your car and the vehicle ahead of you, and if a safe distance is not maintained a warning will sound. Collision Avoidance works at 20 MPH and up.

Departure Delay Warning

When your vehicle is at a full stop and the car in front of you starts to move forward, the departure delay warning sounds if your car fails to move forward. The system will also provide warning if your vehicle starts to move backward. (The accident avoidance features are for providing safety support to drivers and in no way, shape or form is meant to substitute a drivers full attention to the responsibilities of driving. The features do not provide notification of all hazards encountered on the road. * Some locations, such as tunnels or cityscapes with tall buildings, may encounter loss of GPS signals * In some cases the shape of a vehicle, or color of paint may prevent. The sensors from detecting a vehicle.

Super Capacitor

Prevents the recorded video file from being corrupted due to lost power, as it provides enough power to allow the video file to close properly.

Kenwood DRV-N520 4 types of recording mode

Recording starts as soon as the vehicle starts. In continuous recording mode. The oldest files are deleted when storage capacity has been exceeded.  Pressing the Rec button on the device takes the camera out of continuous record mode. The recording time of manual recording is 10 seconds before the manual recording button was pressed plus the time set for "Manual Recording Time." When an event such as a collision occurs during continuous recording "Event Recording" automatically starts record of the event. The recording time of event recording is 10 seconds before the event was detected plus the time set for "Event Recording Time." When the vehicle is parked and turned off, parking recording mode becomes active. If the vehicle is subject to a collision, or similar event, power is supplied to the camera and parking recording starts. When recording ends, parking record status resumes.

Built-in G-Sensor

When the G-Sensor detects any sudden motion, DRV-N520 will automatically save and lock the recording to protect it from being deleted. The integrated 3-axis sensor records G-force which shows the direction and the strength of possible impact.