A ilensi yedashcamluhlobo lwelensi yekhamera eyenzelwe ukusetyenziswa nekhamera yedeshibhodi okanye "i-dashcam". Ilensi yedeshibhodi idla ngokuba yi-engile ebanzi, evumela ukuba ibambe indawo enkulu yombono kwideshibhodi okanye kwi-windshield yemoto. Oku kubalulekile kuba ideshibhodi yenzelwe ukurekhoda yonke into eyenzekayo ngelixa uqhuba, kuquka naziphi na iingozi, iziganeko, okanye ezinye iziganeko ezinokwenzeka endleleni. Ngokukodwa, i-DVR yebhokisi emnyama yemoto inokufota imifanekiso yeemeko zendlela, iipatheni zendlela, kunye nokuziphatha komqhubi, kubandakanya isantya, ukukhawulezisa, kunye nokubhuleka. Olu lwazi lungasetyenziselwa ukumisela ukuba ngubani owenze ingozi, okanye ukuchonga unobangela wezinye iziganeko endleleni. Ukongeza ekunikezeni ubungqina xa kwenzeka ingozi okanye isiganeko, i-DVR yebhokisi emnyama yemoto ingasetyenziselwa ukujonga nokuphucula ukuziphatha kokuqhuba. Ezinye iimodeli ziquka izinto ezifana nokulandelela i-GPS, ezinokusetyenziselwa ukulandelela indawo kunye nesantya sesithuthi, kunye nokwazisa abaqhubi malunga nokuziphatha kokuqhuba okuyingozi.
Umgangatho welensi yedashcam unokwahluka ngokuxhomekeke kumenzi kunye nomzekelo wekhamera. Ezinye iidashcam zisebenzisa iilensi ezikumgangatho ophezulu ezenzelwe ukuvelisa imifanekiso ecacileyo nebukhali nakwiimeko zokukhanya okuphantsi, ngelixa ezinye zinokusebenzisa iilensi ezikumgangatho ophantsi ezivelisa imifanekiso engacacanga okanye ehlanjululweyo.
Ukuba ufuna ikhamera yedeshibhodi, kubalulekile ukuqwalasela umgangatho welensi xa ukhetha. Khangela ikhamera esebenzisa ilensi yomgangatho ophezulu enombono obanzi ukuqinisekisa ukuba uthatha yonke into eyenzekayo ngelixa useluhambeni.