Auld Reekie
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Why Does my Garmin 55+ switch itself off while driving then turn itself back on a minute later. outside temp' 18c in car cooler due to A/C being on.
I bought this 55+ a week ago, had it hard wired by Halfords fitter to my 2019 Fiesta, also parking mode cable installed too. SD card is a Transcend High Endurance Card 64GB.
Now while driving the car the camera is switching itself off only to reboot again with the annoying beep. Once it starts up again it will last about 30 seconds then it beeps again with the message "Camera will turn off in 5 seconds then stop recording" once it has powered off it will switch back on in less than a 1 minute then repeat the message "Camera will turn off in 5 seconds then stop recording" a few seconds later. I've disabled Auto Start/Stop thinking it might have something to do with it, Start/stop makes no difference.
I've tried disabling parking mode, event detection, record audio, lane assist, alerts etc but it still shuts down and restarts, the beep every minute is a PIA.
Looking through the files some video file-sizes range from 122.400KB, 102.400KB, 20.480 KB & 40.960, I assume the smaller file-size is where the camera is rebooting.
Car is currently parked up (without dashcam connected) car battery is showing 12.36v on multi-meter.
Battery cut-off box jumper is set on 12.7v. I assume while engine is running power is coming is above 12.7v .
Interesting thing is when idling at traffic lights for example it is ok.
Is my Garmin 55+ broken?
Do I need to take it back to Halfords or am I missing something.
I bought this 55+ a week ago, had it hard wired by Halfords fitter to my 2019 Fiesta, also parking mode cable installed too. SD card is a Transcend High Endurance Card 64GB.
Now while driving the car the camera is switching itself off only to reboot again with the annoying beep. Once it starts up again it will last about 30 seconds then it beeps again with the message "Camera will turn off in 5 seconds then stop recording" once it has powered off it will switch back on in less than a 1 minute then repeat the message "Camera will turn off in 5 seconds then stop recording" a few seconds later. I've disabled Auto Start/Stop thinking it might have something to do with it, Start/stop makes no difference.
I've tried disabling parking mode, event detection, record audio, lane assist, alerts etc but it still shuts down and restarts, the beep every minute is a PIA.
Looking through the files some video file-sizes range from 122.400KB, 102.400KB, 20.480 KB & 40.960, I assume the smaller file-size is where the camera is rebooting.
Car is currently parked up (without dashcam connected) car battery is showing 12.36v on multi-meter.
Battery cut-off box jumper is set on 12.7v. I assume while engine is running power is coming is above 12.7v .
Interesting thing is when idling at traffic lights for example it is ok.
Is my Garmin 55+ broken?
Do I need to take it back to Halfords or am I missing something.
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