Hi everyone.
I am new to the world of DVR and have just found your forums. So much great information, which I wish I'd seen before purchasing a DVR.
I recently bought an A118 battery version mail order. And it is great. I bought it as a first camera to test in both our vehicles before buying more. I have used it with an auxillary power cord from the cigarette lighter in one of my cars and by use of a hard wired power supply from the fuse box in our second car and it works great in both cars. We've been swapping the unit between cars. It runs fine starts automatically and shuts down after a short while about 8 seconds when power is switched off. I have been very happy and impressed with it.
After 9 days usage it paid for itself when someone reversed into the front of my car causing much damage. without the camera it would have been hard to prove I was not at fault. So it has easily paid for itself within 9 days.
Based on this I bought a second A118, having decided it was good value, good image quality well priced, compared to local stores less than half the price and seemingly reliable. I decided to buy the A118C.
Now I have a problem with the A118C which does not exist with the earlier battery version. The camera comes on automatically in both cars with the ignition and starts recording. But when I crank the starter motor to start the engine, the camera powers off and stays off. This is happening in both vehicles hard wired or via accessory power supply. It is as if a slight dip in voltage during enginge starting is making the A118C think it is time to power down. To make the camera power back on I have to either push the units power switch or switch of the car ignition entirely and switch back on, although this second method is no good as when I then crank the engine a second time the camera will again shut down. The camera shuts down very fast when power is removed when compared to the battery version. The A118c shuts down in a second or less, almost instant shutdown, and all files seem to be saved, no corrupt ones, which i have seen mentioned in other threads. The battery one shuts down fine too but takes about 8 seconds.
Is there something wrong with my A118C ? Could it be the firmware which is listed as B40C20160718.001 or have I bought a dud? I am awaiting an answer from the vendor.
I hope that is not too long winded but I wanted to fully describe my issue. Thank in advance for any assistance.
I am new to the world of DVR and have just found your forums. So much great information, which I wish I'd seen before purchasing a DVR.
I recently bought an A118 battery version mail order. And it is great. I bought it as a first camera to test in both our vehicles before buying more. I have used it with an auxillary power cord from the cigarette lighter in one of my cars and by use of a hard wired power supply from the fuse box in our second car and it works great in both cars. We've been swapping the unit between cars. It runs fine starts automatically and shuts down after a short while about 8 seconds when power is switched off. I have been very happy and impressed with it.
After 9 days usage it paid for itself when someone reversed into the front of my car causing much damage. without the camera it would have been hard to prove I was not at fault. So it has easily paid for itself within 9 days.
Based on this I bought a second A118, having decided it was good value, good image quality well priced, compared to local stores less than half the price and seemingly reliable. I decided to buy the A118C.
Now I have a problem with the A118C which does not exist with the earlier battery version. The camera comes on automatically in both cars with the ignition and starts recording. But when I crank the starter motor to start the engine, the camera powers off and stays off. This is happening in both vehicles hard wired or via accessory power supply. It is as if a slight dip in voltage during enginge starting is making the A118C think it is time to power down. To make the camera power back on I have to either push the units power switch or switch of the car ignition entirely and switch back on, although this second method is no good as when I then crank the engine a second time the camera will again shut down. The camera shuts down very fast when power is removed when compared to the battery version. The A118c shuts down in a second or less, almost instant shutdown, and all files seem to be saved, no corrupt ones, which i have seen mentioned in other threads. The battery one shuts down fine too but takes about 8 seconds.
Is there something wrong with my A118C ? Could it be the firmware which is listed as B40C20160718.001 or have I bought a dud? I am awaiting an answer from the vendor.
I hope that is not too long winded but I wanted to fully describe my issue. Thank in advance for any assistance.
