Background noise

[David Abel]

Just fitted my new Mini 0803 yesterday & had the dreaded locked off with continuous sound however it reset its self after the battery went flat & it seems ok now. My other problem is that when recording even when out of the car & operating on the battery I get a continuous noise a bit like a motor running is this normal?

 

[Nigel]

I think that is probably normal, however it should be completely drowned out by the foreground noise - car engine and road noise, I had to turn the volume up to hear anything. Have you tried it in the car yet?

 

[David Abel]

Thanks Nigel, yes I have used it in the car & thought it must be some electrical interference thats why I tried it in the house using it on the battery. But if thats normal I can live with it.

 

[Nigel]

I think it is electrical noise generated by the processor/sensor chips. They seem to have avoided putting a decent power supply capacitor in the camera, probably for reliability reasons since it gets too hot for normal electrolytic capacitors.

 

[BlackBoxed.ca]

It shouldn't interfer with the Mini 0803's ability to record accidents and like Nigel said, it'll most likely be drowned out from road noise.

Kelvin