DR650 Date woes

[Musashi]

Hi Guys... I've been lurking on the site and finally decided to get a DR650 2ch system, but I am having an issue with it losing/changing the date and time. When I format the SD card in the camera, the date is fine but when the car has been switched off for a while (+/- 8hrs) the date is all wrong again. It changes the year, month, day and time. It doesn't help to do a time sync either. I live in South Africa and the time zone is set to Africa/Johannesburg.
Is there any way to fix this, or is the unit faulty?

 

[Alan-GTC-]

Sounds like the unit is faulty. Chances are there is a small battery in the unit that will be used exclusively for keeping the time when the power is off. It could be a bad battery or a genuine fault with the IC for the time keeping. I would contact the seller and ask for a replacement.

 

[tooshy]

I'm not sure, but maybe you should plug your SDcard into your PC and use the PC software to set the timezone. Once you do that, you have a config file on the SDcard which is what the camera will fall back to when it wants to know what timezone to use.
I actually never formatted the card in the camera. Always do it on PC and make sure that the settings file is still there.

 

[alexsoll]

perhaps the problem with the battery, check
SEIKO 3V RECHARGEABLE BATTERY MS621F

 

[Musashi]

Hi Guys... just an update... I tried formatting it in my PC and did the date file thing, but it still did the same. I contacted the supplier I bought it from and he has sent to Back to Blackvue to be repaired... It's been 2 weeks but I am waiting patiently...