F750 Degrading Video Quality

[WilsonWilson]

I have been using an F750 for over a year now.

At first I used the cigarette lighter for power and had no issues. After a few months, especially at night, I noticed horizontal lines that would only appear if there is a light source (street light, etc). Eventually, I hardwired the dashcam and added the rear camera. The lines went away. Somehow the fix was adding the rear camera. I don't know why and can verify that the lines return after I unplug the rear cam.

Fast forward a year or so and now my front camera is blurry with a purplish haze on the outer edge of the bottom half of the recording. I no longer can see license plates as everything is blurry. The camera lens has no artifacts and is clean. My rear cam quality is as perfect as the day I bought it.

Has anyone experienced this? If so, what was your fix? If not, what is a good resolution?

 

[jokiin]

do you use parking mode?

 

[WilsonWilson]

Yes I do.

 

[jokiin]

can you upload some sample screenshots that show the problem?

 

[WilsonWilson]

I uploaded a screenshot of the earliest recording I can find and a screenshot of a recording from the other day

 

[jokiin]

looks like a hardware fault, you should talk to wherever you bought it from about getting it replaced

 

[WilsonWilson]

I was afraid of that. I was hoping there was something I could do myself. I bought it in late 2015 so I doubt Best Buy would exchange it after all this time. I'll ask though. Thanks for the help!

 

[jokiin]

looks like it has been heat affected, parking mode can cause that to happen

 

[WilsonWilson]

That actually makes sense. I do recall that this all started around the same time that we experienced a really hot summer and I wasn't able to park my car in the garage for a couple of weeks.

 

[jokiin]

Hot weather can kill a camera real quick

 

[Maddog1974]

My feeling is it won't be heat related (as we're in the UK!) but i have seen one other camera with a very similar issue. As said it was hardware related but i think it was an unlucky general failure.