I recently picked up this dash cam for my 2006 Civic Hybrid, and it mostly seems to work great, except for this one very annoying problem.
If the camera is connected to the car's power when I start the car, the camera freezes up and just has the red charging light on. Cycling the power or trying to long-press reset it doesn't seem to work. It seems to be directly related to the act of starting the engine.
Fortunately, I seem to be able to get it working again after some combination of removing the camera from the mount, plugging it into my PC for a while, and long-pressing the power button for about 10 seconds. It seems to work better if I leave it plugged into the PC for several minutes. I have done this at least five times already, but I'm not sure how much I want to risk killing the camera permanently by experimenting more.
I'm just using the cigarette lighter adapter that came with the camera. Other devices I have plugged in this way always lose power as the car is being started, but there seems to be something else going on with the camera. The battery is OK, flicking the power on and off doesn't matter, it's something with the actual act of starting the engine. I'm suspecting there is some sort of power surge or short happening when I start the car that the adapter can't handle.
I see some people have mentioned similar problems. I just wanted to put the data point out there that starting the car with the camera plugged in might be a problem. If you did get a red light / freeze on your camera, were you using the stock power adapter that came with the camera?
If the camera is connected to the car's power when I start the car, the camera freezes up and just has the red charging light on. Cycling the power or trying to long-press reset it doesn't seem to work. It seems to be directly related to the act of starting the engine.
Fortunately, I seem to be able to get it working again after some combination of removing the camera from the mount, plugging it into my PC for a while, and long-pressing the power button for about 10 seconds. It seems to work better if I leave it plugged into the PC for several minutes. I have done this at least five times already, but I'm not sure how much I want to risk killing the camera permanently by experimenting more.
I'm just using the cigarette lighter adapter that came with the camera. Other devices I have plugged in this way always lose power as the car is being started, but there seems to be something else going on with the camera. The battery is OK, flicking the power on and off doesn't matter, it's something with the actual act of starting the engine. I'm suspecting there is some sort of power surge or short happening when I start the car that the adapter can't handle.
I see some people have mentioned similar problems. I just wanted to put the data point out there that starting the car with the camera plugged in might be a problem. If you did get a red light / freeze on your camera, were you using the stock power adapter that came with the camera?