BOOT UP TIME
While gathering test footage with 5 different cameras on my test rig I found it annoying some cameras booted up, and started recording much faster than others.
While taking screenshots I noticed that some cameras started recording around 20 seconds faster than the slowest one.
I remember reading a post about a user thought his camera was defective because it took much longer to start recording than his previous camera.
Since I had the cameras on my desk I figured why not have a race.
I spent over an hour conducting speed tests in different channel configurations, and different capacity SD Cards.
I learned some useless, but interesting things I never thought about.
I won’t bore you with what I did for over an hour, so I will boil it down as much as I can.
I will limit this post to the original A229, A229 Plus, and A229 Pro, (all 1-CH configuration).
I used the same Viofo 64GB SD Card, (formatted in each camera before performing test), and the same power cable & power supply in an effort to reduce inconsistencies.
I performed this test by pointing the camera at a clock, and turning on the power supply at the top of the minute, (see attached screenshots).
Here are the boot up times;
A229 1-CH……………9.4 Seconds
A229 Plus 1-CH……..15.1 Seconds
A229 Pro 1-CH………15.0 Seconds
Interesting note: When I put the A229 Pro & A229 Plus in 3-CH configuration, and used a Viofo 512GB SD Card the boot up time increased to approximately 33 seconds.