rayseawa said:To format the SD card in the Blackvue 500 the instructions are to hold the WiFi button on the unit for 10 seconds. This feature has never worked for me. Has anyone had this feature work? Or, not work?
rayseawa said:Thank you for the replies. I have only tried this when the camera announces, "Please check the SD card." I press and hold the WiFi button and nothing happens. This button does turn on the WiFi, however, as it is supposed to.
rayseawa said:Thank you for the replies. I have only tried this when the camera announces, "Please check the SD card." I press and hold the WiFi button and nothing happens. This button does turn on the WiFi, however, as it is supposed to.
rayseawa said:Thank you for the suggestions.
To follow up on the responders suggestions I have completed some testing.
1) When I pushed and held the WiFi button for about 15 seconds there was a momentary beep followed by "Formatting the SD card," or something similar to these words. So the format function works when there is no SD card error message being spoken.
2) After a couple hours of driving on two days with no problems, and successfully using the format function several times, the message "Please check the SD card" started after power up this morning. Now when I pushed and held the WiFi button, nothing happened. The "Please check the SD card" error message kept repeating. I tried using the WiFi button to format the card several times. Each time there was no response to the formatting attempt. I tried several power cycles, adjusting the timing of the WiFi button format function to catch the system before the error message occurred with no success. The camera didn't format, and the error message kept repeating.
3) I reseated the SD card once (with power off) and this did not resolve the SD Card error message. However, in the distant past this did work for me once or twice. Most of the time I have tried this, it did not help.
4) When the DR500GW has the SD card error, it repeats the message many times, then restarts as if it was power cycled, even though the power remains applied the entire time. If the SD card error is still present, the error message starts again and repeats, then restarts, and so on. Today, after the third restart the "Please check the SD card" message didn't come back and the operation appeared normal.
5) After this recovery, I pressed and held the WiFi button to format the card and it succeeded in doing so.
My conclusion from this testing is the WiFi button works to format the card when there are no errors. But it doesn't work when I need it most, e.g. "Please check the SD card."
The SD card is SanDisk Ultra, 32 GB. According to the SanDisk website this is a class 10 card good for 30 MB/second. There is not enough room on the card to print the class number so I referred to their website.
My other conclusion is the DR500GW firmware "fumbles" its file writing to the SD card now and then, which creates the "Please check the SD card" error message. When I check the card on my iMac using the disk utility, it confirms there is an error on the card and corrects it.
mollydog said:Lately I'm also experiencing the same problems as you state, more or less word for word, the only difference is I'm using a Sandisk ultra 64gig card formatted to FAT32, but its been OK for about 3 weeks with this card so not sure what the problem is
rayseawa said:Thank you for the suggestions.
To follow up on the responders suggestions I have completed some testing.
1) When I pushed and held the WiFi button for about 15 seconds there was a momentary beep followed by "Formatting the SD card," or something similar to these words. So the format function works when there is no SD card error message being spoken.
2) After a couple hours of driving on two days with no problems, and successfully using the format function several times, the message "Please check the SD card" started after power up this morning. Now when I pushed and held the WiFi button, nothing happened. The "Please check the SD card" error message kept repeating. I tried using the WiFi button to format the card several times. Each time there was no response to the formatting attempt. I tried several power cycles, adjusting the timing of the WiFi button format function to catch the system before the error message occurred with no success. The camera didn't format, and the error message kept repeating.
3) I reseated the SD card once (with power off) and this did not resolve the SD Card error message. However, in the distant past this did work for me once or twice. Most of the time I have tried this, it did not help.
4) When the DR500GW has the SD card error, it repeats the message many times, then restarts as if it was power cycled, even though the power remains applied the entire time. If the SD card error is still present, the error message starts again and repeats, then restarts, and so on. Today, after the third restart the "Please check the SD card" message didn't come back and the operation appeared normal.
5) After this recovery, I pressed and held the WiFi button to format the card and it succeeded in doing so.
My conclusion from this testing is the WiFi button works to format the card when there are no errors. But it doesn't work when I need it most, e.g. "Please check the SD card."
The SD card is SanDisk Ultra, 32 GB. According to the SanDisk website this is a class 10 card good for 30 MB/second. There is not enough room on the card to print the class number so I referred to their website.
My other conclusion is the DR500GW firmware "fumbles" its file writing to the SD card now and then, which creates the "Please check the SD card" error message. When I check the card on my iMac using the disk utility, it confirms there is an error on the card and corrects it.
rayseawa said:I bought the SanDisk card in a high-end camera shop. The microSD card was in the usual SanDisk packaging with SD adapter. If the counterfeiters have exactly duplicated the packaging also, then I'm not sure how to tell the difference. The microSD card under a 10X magnifying glass looks the same as the SanDisk website.
I have never tried to format the card in the camera when upgrading. I always have removed the card and used the official formatting program using Windows 8 in VMWare Fusion on my iMac. Besides, the card has to be attached to the computer to load the new firmware. I format the card, then run the ...setup,exe program. Just did this tonight for v1.008E, and the camera works okay. I will test the new firmware tomorrow in the wild.
egonvdv said:Hello.
just got mine delivered.
But can someone clarify how formatting on device itself works?
since it erases everything , what happens to the settings & (eventual) firmware upgrades?
IE; does the device return to factory settings after the format...?
egonvdv said:thanks reply!
but what I mean to say is, IF I format with the device I lose all settings & newer firware right?
after format, it will re-load the original firmware from the camera, and I will have to reset all the settings?
Basically formatting with the device itself should only be used for "emergencies"...?
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