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I bought my father in law an A119 for Christmas and installed it for him. He has the one with the GPS module. Firmware updated to the latest. Every time he starts his car, we are getting a "Format Card" warning. He's formatted in the camera numerous times and has the same issue with several cards. He has the format warning every 30 days set in options.
I think I have narrowed it down to a date and time problem. It seems that when he is connected to the Gps module in his vehicle the time is being reset to default (1/1/16 00:00:00) each time he powers the unit. I believe this is triggering the 30day warning.
Resetting the time works when not connected to the gps, but then gets cleared out when the gps is used again.
Is there something I can try that I am missing or is this perhaps a faulty gps module?
UPDATE: I now think it may be a connection issue with the gps module. I just got in his car and it was still acting up. I noticed the display was also flickering. Date was also reset. We pulled the a119 off the gps mount and to look at the pins. During this process the display stopped flickering and the time updated. So far multiple restarts and it's holding the time and no flicker.
Now I need to figure out what it is that's causing a poor connection. It could be that my father in law wasn't pushing it completely onto the mount... but I'll keep a watch on it. Leaving this post in case here are other people with similar troubles or if anyone has any more info for us.
Thanks!
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I think I have narrowed it down to a date and time problem. It seems that when he is connected to the Gps module in his vehicle the time is being reset to default (1/1/16 00:00:00) each time he powers the unit. I believe this is triggering the 30day warning.
Resetting the time works when not connected to the gps, but then gets cleared out when the gps is used again.
Is there something I can try that I am missing or is this perhaps a faulty gps module?
UPDATE: I now think it may be a connection issue with the gps module. I just got in his car and it was still acting up. I noticed the display was also flickering. Date was also reset. We pulled the a119 off the gps mount and to look at the pins. During this process the display stopped flickering and the time updated. So far multiple restarts and it's holding the time and no flicker.
Now I need to figure out what it is that's causing a poor connection. It could be that my father in law wasn't pushing it completely onto the mount... but I'll keep a watch on it. Leaving this post in case here are other people with similar troubles or if anyone has any more info for us.
Thanks!
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