![]() How Much Storage Space Does Sentry Mode Need? (Most video clips will be people walking by your car.) If you buy something cheap, you’ll probably find yourself having to replace it sooner rather than later. This is especially true if you do a lot of driving and even more so if you’re doing so in a city where your car will be in a lot of close quarters. Whatever you’re using to record your video clips will be getting quite a bit of use – much more than your average hard drive. Obviously, you don’t need to use the same hard drive I am, but I advise getting a quality hard drive or flash drive. I’m using a 2TB Seagate External Hard Drive that you can pick up on Amazon for relatively cheap. A third option is to go with an SD card (like what is used in a camera) with a USB adapter. Having said that I’ve had no issues with my HDD thus far. Basically, an SSD is faster and more durable than an HDD. The most popular drive to get is an SSD Drive (which is different than an HDD drive). What Kind of Flashdrive / External Hard Drive Do You Need? Let’s look first at what kind of flash drive or external hard drive you need to get and then I’ll walk you through how to connect it to your Tesla. How To Set Up A Flashdrive / External Hard Drive for Sentry Mode You’ll need to properly set up your hard drive, including clearing it out and creating a TeslaCam folder, then connect it to your Tesla and finally make sure all the Sentry Mode controls are set up correctly. This is a ‘Bring Your Own External Hard Drive’ Situation. What I’m trying to say is Tesla has no such internal storage. Well, either your Tesla is a pre-2021 model and it didn’t or you bought your Tesla used and the previous owner decided to keep the memory stick. One would assume (at least I did) that a 50k car would come equipped with its own internal memory storage that would store the video clips taken by Sentry Mode. If you buy something using these links I may earn a commission. ![]() I’m going to show you what you need to do to get Sentry Mode to start recording and how you can then view it. If that sounds familiar then this quick guide is for you. However, when I would try to click the Sentry Mode notifcation… nothing would happen. I was able to use the Live Cam feature on the app, but occasionally when I would get into my car I would get Sentry Mode Notifications. I turned on Sentry Mode in both the car and on the app. I bought my Tesla Model 3 used a few months ago.
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