I bought an 0801 last year. It had the usual problems with switching off when the card was half full. I tried different firmwares but none sorted it until the Decemnber 2013 release. Unfortunately, that firmware covered the screen (and the recording) with a pink overlay.
Eventually e-prance (who I'd bought it from) agreed to replace it. I sent it off to them on 21/12/2013.
The say it reached them on 10/01/2014 but despite saying they would send a replacement "next week" the replacement didn't reach me till 17/02/2014 and was posted in the UK two days earlier.
The new 0801 has the 20131230 firmware and seems to work just fine, but now it does not detect the GPS mount in the car.
The mount has been stuck to the windscreen all through the camera's trip to China, and not powered up, so it has hardly been subjected to a lot of use or abuse.
I emailed e-prance about this and they have the nerve to ask me to pay $16 for a replacement GPS mount!
So the moral of this story is that you should only buy from Amazon, don't take any crap about the supplier wanting to help you and fix a problem: just return anything that isn't perfect for a full immediate refund and buy another one.
Me, I'm sticking with the Mobius - better, neater, cheaper and MUCH more reliable. Its only downside is the lack of GPS, but my 0801 has no GPS now either!
Eventually e-prance (who I'd bought it from) agreed to replace it. I sent it off to them on 21/12/2013.
The say it reached them on 10/01/2014 but despite saying they would send a replacement "next week" the replacement didn't reach me till 17/02/2014 and was posted in the UK two days earlier.
The new 0801 has the 20131230 firmware and seems to work just fine, but now it does not detect the GPS mount in the car.
The mount has been stuck to the windscreen all through the camera's trip to China, and not powered up, so it has hardly been subjected to a lot of use or abuse.
I emailed e-prance about this and they have the nerve to ask me to pay $16 for a replacement GPS mount!
So the moral of this story is that you should only buy from Amazon, don't take any crap about the supplier wanting to help you and fix a problem: just return anything that isn't perfect for a full immediate refund and buy another one.
Me, I'm sticking with the Mobius - better, neater, cheaper and MUCH more reliable. Its only downside is the lack of GPS, but my 0801 has no GPS now either!