MichaelCh
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Hello all,
I have the 512GW + rear cam bundle from Halfords, hardwired fitting too.
Pretty good except for a few small niggles that I'm hoping some forum members could help me understand?
1) For a bundled 16GB card, 8GB is already taken up by protected files. I'm reviewing them now but I have observed that each time I enter the car, the unit kicks into life and protects that file. I suspect it's due to the Parking Mode feeling that the car door has opened and shut as well as me sitting into driving seat. I've already set the G-Sensor to LOW sensitivity., but that doesn't seem to offer any help. Will I always have to stop the recording to delete that protected file before I drive off? Otherwise the card will fill up with relentless protected files and eventually have no more unprotected files to overwrite.
2) Another side issue of the Parking Mode is that I park at London Underground station car parks. I think fast trains going past would shock the car into thinking a recording is required. Any ideas how to enable Parking Mode recording, without this trigger-happy sensor? As with above, G-Sensor sensitivity is already on LOW setting.
3) I thought that being hard-wired means that the 512GW can run off the car battery, and last at least a day. However, there are times when I've got into the car and been greeted with the screen warning "Low Battery Please connect car charger". I understand that there are some safeguards that prevent the dash cams from draining the car battery... but I find it difficult to believe that a low-powered dash cam could possible pull so much charge anywhere between 6-12hrs that it already reaches that threshold?
4) Somewhat aligned to Q3, is the battery indicator on the 512GW. I drove for an hour, with hardwiring, so car battery is of course fully operational and charged up the dash cam. I unplug it and it IMMEDIATELY shows the battery level as 2/3rds charged. This is a brand new unit. Is this expected behaviour?
Hope someone can give me some advice and tips on how to set things up properly, and avoid the above issues?
Many thanks!!!!
Michael
I have the 512GW + rear cam bundle from Halfords, hardwired fitting too.
Pretty good except for a few small niggles that I'm hoping some forum members could help me understand?
1) For a bundled 16GB card, 8GB is already taken up by protected files. I'm reviewing them now but I have observed that each time I enter the car, the unit kicks into life and protects that file. I suspect it's due to the Parking Mode feeling that the car door has opened and shut as well as me sitting into driving seat. I've already set the G-Sensor to LOW sensitivity., but that doesn't seem to offer any help. Will I always have to stop the recording to delete that protected file before I drive off? Otherwise the card will fill up with relentless protected files and eventually have no more unprotected files to overwrite.
2) Another side issue of the Parking Mode is that I park at London Underground station car parks. I think fast trains going past would shock the car into thinking a recording is required. Any ideas how to enable Parking Mode recording, without this trigger-happy sensor? As with above, G-Sensor sensitivity is already on LOW setting.
3) I thought that being hard-wired means that the 512GW can run off the car battery, and last at least a day. However, there are times when I've got into the car and been greeted with the screen warning "Low Battery Please connect car charger". I understand that there are some safeguards that prevent the dash cams from draining the car battery... but I find it difficult to believe that a low-powered dash cam could possible pull so much charge anywhere between 6-12hrs that it already reaches that threshold?
4) Somewhat aligned to Q3, is the battery indicator on the 512GW. I drove for an hour, with hardwiring, so car battery is of course fully operational and charged up the dash cam. I unplug it and it IMMEDIATELY shows the battery level as 2/3rds charged. This is a brand new unit. Is this expected behaviour?
Hope someone can give me some advice and tips on how to set things up properly, and avoid the above issues?
Many thanks!!!!
Michael