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- Jun 23, 2014
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- Dash Cam
- A118C
Does the A118C have a little lithium battery, the button-cell type, to maintain its internal clock? My clock reset itself a month ago, after I was out of town for 5 days.
The backstory:
I just pulled the latest files off my A118C, expecting to find the last several hours of driving (there was an odd incident between a cyclist and motorcyclist that I wanted to review). But the last few hours of driving were completely missing!
In fact, it looked like everything from the last month was missing. Strangely enough, though, there were files from January, 2015 on the camera. What on earth???????
As it turns out, about a month ago, it looks like my dashcam lost track of time, starting about a month ago, when I returned from a 5-day work trip. So the "newest" files were saved as 2015-January. And any unlocked driving since my work trip has, of course, been overwritten because it's the "oldest" footage on the camera. My poor SD card has probably had the same 3-minute segment overwritten many many many times each day. At least the shock sensor was reset, so it accidentally locked files every time I went over a pothole. That probably saved the card from a lot of wear.
The backstory:
I just pulled the latest files off my A118C, expecting to find the last several hours of driving (there was an odd incident between a cyclist and motorcyclist that I wanted to review). But the last few hours of driving were completely missing!
In fact, it looked like everything from the last month was missing. Strangely enough, though, there were files from January, 2015 on the camera. What on earth???????
As it turns out, about a month ago, it looks like my dashcam lost track of time, starting about a month ago, when I returned from a 5-day work trip. So the "newest" files were saved as 2015-January. And any unlocked driving since my work trip has, of course, been overwritten because it's the "oldest" footage on the camera. My poor SD card has probably had the same 3-minute segment overwritten many many many times each day. At least the shock sensor was reset, so it accidentally locked files every time I went over a pothole. That probably saved the card from a lot of wear.
. Hoping someone will have another solution?
