Camera stopped working (though all 3 LEDs were on)

[egonvdv]

I only noticed because the camera stopped giving voice messages (“Parking mode off”, etc.), because all 3 LEDs (REC/GPS/ACC) were on!

The manual recording button did not work, neither did Wi-Fi.

If I switched the camera off, it would immediately switch itself back on again.

Unplugging it completely from power did not help either. - It also seems the camera does not have a reset button...???

I then checked the footage.
It correctly stored the last image, then simply stopped working during a drive (so the last file was not corrupt).

The SD card was full, but of course the camera should automatically overwrite older footage.

I formatted the card with the PC software, and when I put it back into the camera, the camera formatted it again automatically.

After that, the camera started working again.

I'm on the latest firmware, updated about a week ago.

Has anyone had similar issues?

The only reason I had the sound enabled was because the camera is fairly new and I wanted to make sure everything was working properly.

If the sound had been off, I probably never would have noticed the camera had stopped working.

This absolutely makes me lose faith in it.

 

[Dan-UK1415]

That sounds like an SD card issue. Possible corrupt card, comparability issue - or just a one off glitch.

What card are you using?

 

[egonvdv]

sandisk extreme 512gb, so this should be ok ?

i have the same in my SECOND elite 10 which i use as rear cam
(the 2 rear cams from both units are on the sides of my car)

 

[Dan-UK1415]

That is a compatible card, but any card can cause random issues with dashcams.

Try swapping the two cards between your two cameras and see if the issue switches to the other camera - which will identify it being the card.
If the issue stays on the same camera with the swapped card, then it's a camera issue.

 

[egonvdv]

ok will do. i'll test an report back (might take a while, but will definitely give feedback at some point!)

 

[egonvdv]

formatted the card and kept it in the same camera.

Been driving around since the 10th of may and today the oldest clip is from the 18th.
i drive roughly 2hrs each day during the week and last weekend i did a round trip of 2x5 hrs
so the card has been overwritten multiple times, but the problem has not reoccurred.

I now doubt it's the card, also because when i initially took it out (after the problem occurred) it was working fine and i could read all files.

This would mean its a bug in the camera and the only way to notice this is to keep the sound of the camera on (something that i don't like or want)