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Mine has a horrible sound quality as well. Buying these cameras is basically gambling: you may be lucky and get a good one, or end up getting one like mine. That's my fourth cheap Chinese dashcam, so I guess its my fault this time. I should know better by now. I contacted the seller, but...

I just found this link, for a SJ1000_EN_131218.zip file: link. I thought about buying this camera, but with the firmware problems mentioned here, the camera is unusable. I think I'll wait a little more for comments on this firmware update.

Yes, please. Can you please explain how did you open it and fix the focus?

And they finally arrived, three months after purchase. Good thing I bought both. The one I first intended to buy is not much smaller than the original mount. Maybe 1 cm (< 1/2 inch) less then the original. The other one, without the suction cup (and currently sold out at DX), is much smaller -...

My A8 arrived in the mail yesterday, after a month on its trip from Hong Kong to Brazil. Unfortunately the video is out of focus and the sound quality is horrible (not as important as the image quality). I'm also not sure if the camera is reliable. I had to format the card in the camera to get...

Some info here. Take a look at the whole thread.

Thanks. I'm happy to share.

I have some class 4 cards that I bought for my old fake SD camera. The cards were cheap and the camera didn't create noticeable gaps between files when the cards were empty, but the DVR-027 does not behave like this - gaps between files is the main problem of this camera. It seems that the 207...

Shouldn't it be 64 kB sectors, like mentioned on the review? On my DVR-027, the bigger the sector, the smaller the gap between the files. I get 3 to 4 seconds between files with 64 kB sectors on a class 4 card.

Looking for a tiny mount, I ordered this one a few days ago, which may be the same from the link, but a little cheaper. A tiny mount with quick release would be perfect.

That's correct.

The mount that comes with the DVR 027 is too big IMO, which makes it hard to hide the camera. I covered the useless IR LEDs with electrical tape and mounted the camera like this: I ordered smaller mounts (comments on another thread) to try to make the camera less visible. I'll post my...

Does anyone know what is this sensor on the upper side of the DVR 027? (By the way, the IR LEDs are covered with electrical tape so the camera is less noticeable from outside.)

Looking for really tiny mounts, I ordered this one and this one. I'll post my comments when they arrive.

When turning at an intersection, I expect a 120 degree camera to cover both lanes of that intersection, which usually are at an 90 degree angle. All cameras I saw seem to cover only about 90 degrees horizontally. This is what I mean: A 120 degree field of view for a car turning right at an...

My DVR 027 arrived couple of days ago (got this one from DX). I also bought an A8 from estore009 at eBay and want to compare both too. Edit: Just noticed that Techmoan has reviewed the A8 version: link.

And these are the instructions that come with the "Black Hero" (the non H.264 version that you should avoid): http://oi49.tinypic.com/2efkwh0.jpg Edit: fixed image link.

There are fakes everywhere. The AVI OUT plug, lack of HDMI port and price below $50 tell that this one is a fake (source). But I wish I knew that before buying TWO fakes in the past! :oops: Hopefully you won't waste more money on this one.

I destroyed mine trying to open it, and it's the other model, but with a very similar case. On mine, once you remove the ring around the pause button (the only one on the side), which is glued to camera, you can see the four screws that hold the camera. Remove the screws and the rest is simple...

Do resetting and/or restoring to factory settings help in any way?