jbeale
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I've had an Mini 0805 on my rear window for several years. I suspected that the GPS connection may have caused the occasional turn-off-by-itself problem, so I turned off GPS and had the USB cable connected direct to the 0805 body.
So today, the car behind me didn't stop in time and I had a very minor rear impact, less than hitting a pothole but I pulled off the road and checked anyway. No mark. Shrug. Other car drove off. Came back to my car and found the car would not start (my battery had been weak, leaving the headlights on while I walked around apparently was the last straw.) Car gave a few weak cranks, dash meters fluttering, clearly battery dead. Got home after a jump start from roadside assistance truck. Went to check dashcam and found it had worked perfectly recording everything before & after collision but that one critical file was missing, and there was no missing file number.!
AMBA0089.MOV ends with me still tooling down the highway, and AMBA0090.MOV starts with me on the shoulder; the other car already gone. I assume there was some glitch due voltage fluctuations as the low battery tried to crank the engine , so the file was overwritten. Anyway, if you want to save the accident file, better unplug the camera before trying to restart the car!
So today, the car behind me didn't stop in time and I had a very minor rear impact, less than hitting a pothole but I pulled off the road and checked anyway. No mark. Shrug. Other car drove off. Came back to my car and found the car would not start (my battery had been weak, leaving the headlights on while I walked around apparently was the last straw.) Car gave a few weak cranks, dash meters fluttering, clearly battery dead. Got home after a jump start from roadside assistance truck. Went to check dashcam and found it had worked perfectly recording everything before & after collision but that one critical file was missing, and there was no missing file number.!
AMBA0089.MOV ends with me still tooling down the highway, and AMBA0090.MOV starts with me on the shoulder; the other car already gone. I assume there was some glitch due voltage fluctuations as the low battery tried to crank the engine , so the file was overwritten. Anyway, if you want to save the accident file, better unplug the camera before trying to restart the car!