monkfish
New Member
Hi all. New user here.
Have had a 622 with a rear window cam since mid August - it's my first camera system and I had it fitted at Halfords who did a pretty good job. When I asked, the guy fitting it knew about looping the rear cable so as not to suffer interference with DAB and to be fair I haven't noticed any problems at all. Installation was all neat and tidy with no problems. As soon as I switched it on it downloaded and installed the latest firmware.
THE GOOD
THE BAD
Cheers.
Have had a 622 with a rear window cam since mid August - it's my first camera system and I had it fitted at Halfords who did a pretty good job. When I asked, the guy fitting it knew about looping the rear cable so as not to suffer interference with DAB and to be fair I haven't noticed any problems at all. Installation was all neat and tidy with no problems. As soon as I switched it on it downloaded and installed the latest firmware.
THE GOOD
- I think the footage quality is pretty good although I haven't spent ages going through it. Whenever I have looked at it, it has been fine. In comparison, my dad had a car pull out of a junction and pass him on the wrong side of the road and his camera couldn't even make out the offending vehicle's number plate despite it being so close. We could just about work out it was an Aston Martin.
- The ability to turn audio recording off was a must - no-one want to hear my wife singing.
- The screen saver stops the whole car being lit up at night.
- It's still quite discreet despite its size.
- Alexa can be turned off
THE BAD
- A few days after fitting we experienced a lock up of the 622 whereby it switches itself on with the engine but the screen stays frozen. It seems this is related to the memory card being full. It can happen mid-journey too if the car switches itself off at traffic lights, for example. I bought a 128Gb Samsung U3 rated card which should be fine. The card shows it's full but at this point cannot be formatted by the camera. I have to wait until I am able to connect the phone app to it and then I can sometimes format the card. Sometimes this doesn't work and I have to format the card using my computer. Once formatted, the camera works fine. In the intervening 6 weeks I have had this problem continually to the point where I decided to spend an extortionate amount on a Nextbase card - twice the price for half the storage. Let's see how this behaves...
- The parking mode seems to be a waste of time as whenever I start the engine the camera never seems to have any charge. There's never any recording so it's not as if it's been active. After driving around, the battery shows it's charged but then it's flat again by the next day.
- Not specific to the 622 (unless it's a weight issue) - The sticky pad holding the camera mount to the screen is useless. After about a month, the camera slowly begins its bid for freedom, sometime stopping halfway and sitting at an angle, or dropping completely, often pulling the wires from the headlining with it. I've replace the pads but have had the same situation. Would be interested hearing if anyone has a recommendation for fixing this. Just to confirm - the pad is well and truly stuck to the glass. It's the other side that is coming loose.
Cheers.