tenthousandfeet
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I've been playing with my DVR 207 GS for a few days, and I've got some things to say about it! I bought from futuretrend01 on ebay for $50. It arrived way faster than expected! The video quality is as expected, though perhaps it's a bit harder to make out licence plates than I would like. See the sample video (through a slightly dirty windshield) below.
There are a few problems I am experiencing:
1. It will not start recording automatically when the charger is powered up. UNLESS motion detection is on, but... see my next problem...
2. Motion detection is TERRIBLE. It will sometimes not activate at all, and will sometimes stop recording when there is clearly motion on the screen.
3. Setting video length to any setting other than "OFF" means the camera stops recording after that length of time. Just stops recording - it doesn't start a new file with the same video length. With the "OFF" setting, I get neat, continuous, sequential 800mb files with little to no gap between. If motion detection worked properly I think it would start a new video after the first one ended.
4. It will not automatically erase older videos and overwrite when my 16gb SD card is full. Instead, I get a big red "F" on the screen until I reformat the card or delete files. Perhaps if it is set to a finite video length it would overwrite older videos...?
Other notes:
UPDATE: problems solved. Read two posts down for the resolution.
There are a few problems I am experiencing:
1. It will not start recording automatically when the charger is powered up. UNLESS motion detection is on, but... see my next problem...
2. Motion detection is TERRIBLE. It will sometimes not activate at all, and will sometimes stop recording when there is clearly motion on the screen.
3. Setting video length to any setting other than "OFF" means the camera stops recording after that length of time. Just stops recording - it doesn't start a new file with the same video length. With the "OFF" setting, I get neat, continuous, sequential 800mb files with little to no gap between. If motion detection worked properly I think it would start a new video after the first one ended.
4. It will not automatically erase older videos and overwrite when my 16gb SD card is full. Instead, I get a big red "F" on the screen until I reformat the card or delete files. Perhaps if it is set to a finite video length it would overwrite older videos...?
Other notes:
- I haven't noticed any FM radio interference, but I don't use an FM transmitter.
- The mount is really sturdy, but hangs the camera pretty low. It takes up a lot of windshield space.
- I was having problems getting it to boot up with my SD card installed, until I did a full card format in Windows.
- Supposedly, the G-sensor exists to lock a video file after it senses an impact (car crash) to prevent overwriting or deletion. There is a menu option to set the sensitivity of the G-sensor. It took me a while to figure out what purpose this feature serves.
- The view angle is great! You can see most of the cars around you, but it does create the illusion that they're much farther away than they really are.
UPDATE: problems solved. Read two posts down for the resolution.
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