Re: Custom Firmware Thread: *RELEASED* Ver 1.1.1aE [DR500GW-
Hillbilly said:
dashuser said:
Does someone know why the camera is getting so warm/hot? Is it the cpu? Or maybe the voltage converter from 12-24v to Xv?
My old camera (rollei 110) was also a bit warm but a much less then the 500 does.
The camera runs on 12 volt and does get warm but not so hot you cant touch it. Generally anything over about 60C feels too hot to touch but in the scheme of things isnt that hot really.
I had two cameras before and they were not that warm/hot.
I know that 60°C are not extremely much. But for example a modern cpu from intel (core i5) has an specification of 72,6°C.
And the gab between 60 and 72 isnt that big.
I only what to know what part of the camera is causing the heat. My Samsung S3 has a quite good cpu and never gets so warm. Tough it has no ventilations holes.
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Here are my suggestions for pittasoft about the dr500:
- the ring around the lens should be black (attracting attention is unwanted)
- the wide angle is too wide. thats too just to much. One quarter of the image is my dashboard and another quarter is the above sky.
- try to make the camera more efficient without producing so much heat (my two old cams (Aiptek X3, Rollei 110) were much cooler), the dr400 has a bad reputation because these problems.
- higher the bitrate! (a lot of people are complaining about the poor video quality, see amazon comments and other reviews at youtube and so on; there
IS a reason why someone is making his own firmware) Try to learn from that.
- support sd-cards with higher capacity (in 2013 there should be no 32gb limit)
- license plates are hard to read (because the extrem wide angle?)
I can not understand why you set the bitrate to only 7,5 kbits. You know what people see:
They see that the video quality is very poor and will never buy a blackvue camera again. (Also they do not recommend your products and write negative reviews.)
Pittasoft can benefit from the users suggestions. Because they are the users (and they also buy your products).