Hi
This is my first post here so please bear with me
I received my Blacvue DR400G-HD II today , I got a 32Gb class 10 MSD card and installed the original software as per the instructions. It was in English
I then proceeded to mount the cam on the back of my rear vision mirror. However, a couple of hours later it just fell off
So now I have it on my windshield, seems happier there ...
Now the fun began, I decided to check out the software etc... so I pulled out the MSD and booted up my PC.
Little did I realise that it doesnt work on an Apple Mac .... Hmmm luckily I have Windows on bootcamp
pheww...
So, I managed to install the software and had a look around, it seemed quite good, I love the Mapview part ..
All good until I decided to try do an update to the firmware. I formatted my MSD using the suggested formatter, took ages.
Then I went to the Blackvue site and downloaded the latest DR400G HD firmware.
But when I put it into the cam it kept repeating something about a model version is wrong or different or something ike that
So I pulled out the card and got back online.
I checked that I had downloaded the right file, yep, no prob. I checked I had correctly loaded it onto the MSD, yep, no prob there either.
Nonetheless I did it again, just to be sure. But the same thing happened
OK, so now I got onto some forums and read a whole bunch of stuff about different firmwre versions having issues etc... BUT nothing I read addressed my problem.
UNtil I found this site.... I followed the instructions regarding firmware for the series II, which is the one I have. It appears that the latest 1.040 version of firmware for the original DR400GHD wont work on the series II... SO Blackvues website was useless
Nothing there I could find about firmware update for the series II.
I couldnt even find original firmware for it on their own website?? Maybe it is there, but I couldnt find it..
Anyway, I tried and tried over and over to get the HDII Korean firmware to work but still the same issues kept happening...
By this time I was ready to pack it back up....then I followed a link to a Russian version of the HD2 firmware.
I downloaded it, guessed what buttons to select (since I dont read Russian) but I finally got it to install on my PC. And also onto the cam.
BUt I have a couple of questions:
1/ From what I have read on here about the Russian firmware for the HD2, its in Russian...and yet mine speaks English?
2/ For some weird reason my PC software has now turned into an Asian version for HD2 which is useless to me as I dont read Korean/Chinese or whatever either
So where can I get English software for the HD-II ?
and
Am I the only one with an English speking Russian firmware ?
Thanks heaps for reading and I look forward to your replies
Cheers from Australia
Pookie