308GTS
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So I bought a 2 channel U1000 from Ryda.com in Australia in November last year. I paid the extra for 3 year warranty.
About a week after it arrived I finally had a chance to wire it in so I was super careful and spent about 5 hours on just the front camera.
The result was nothing ! ........ I checked everything and found there was a very consistent 3 volts at the plug where it goes into the dash cam. The car definitely has 12 volts where it supplies power. So the retailer says I'm doing it all wrong , , I check again and there is only 2 volts now ....... during the process of filming what is happening the connection goes to 0 volts. I checked the fuses and there was continuity to the far side of both fuses but nothing at the plug.
The retailer says send back the front camera, wiring harness and rear camera for replacement. The retailer says its all working fine but will send a replacement. I have video of the failed wiring harness being checked.
The replacement arrives in January this year.
So I put the whole thing in with exactly the same connections (including the rear camera this time) and everything works ............... for 2 weeks.
Now it is lucky to run for long enough for the start up message to complete saying "continuous recording" and the sound stops , lights go out and a loud click sound can be heard coming from the dash cam itself. It will try to restart after 20 seconds or so then the same thing happens. After about 3 kms of driving it no longer does anything ,, , no lights or sounds come from the dash cam. It's impossible to connect wirelessly. I'm using the original Thinkware micro SD card.
Ryda.com are not answering requests for assistance any more it seems.
So what is a reliable brand and who is a good retailer in Australia ? Obviously not Thinkware ...... definitely not from Ryda either.
About a week after it arrived I finally had a chance to wire it in so I was super careful and spent about 5 hours on just the front camera.
The result was nothing ! ........ I checked everything and found there was a very consistent 3 volts at the plug where it goes into the dash cam. The car definitely has 12 volts where it supplies power. So the retailer says I'm doing it all wrong , , I check again and there is only 2 volts now ....... during the process of filming what is happening the connection goes to 0 volts. I checked the fuses and there was continuity to the far side of both fuses but nothing at the plug.
The retailer says send back the front camera, wiring harness and rear camera for replacement. The retailer says its all working fine but will send a replacement. I have video of the failed wiring harness being checked.
The replacement arrives in January this year.
So I put the whole thing in with exactly the same connections (including the rear camera this time) and everything works ............... for 2 weeks.
Now it is lucky to run for long enough for the start up message to complete saying "continuous recording" and the sound stops , lights go out and a loud click sound can be heard coming from the dash cam itself. It will try to restart after 20 seconds or so then the same thing happens. After about 3 kms of driving it no longer does anything ,, , no lights or sounds come from the dash cam. It's impossible to connect wirelessly. I'm using the original Thinkware micro SD card.
Ryda.com are not answering requests for assistance any more it seems.
So what is a reliable brand and who is a good retailer in Australia ? Obviously not Thinkware ...... definitely not from Ryda either.