David Chesler
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I've had my G1W-C from GearBest for a couple of months. (They sent me a replacement at "cost" because the first was eating memory cards, same cost to me as mailing mine to China and I have a spare.) It generally works, but it seems that after it has been on for about 20 minutes (longer than my typical commute) it goes into a power cycle where every minute or 30 seconds it turns off and cycles back on, playing those chimes. I haven't checked (should!) if there are short video clips for those times.
This happens when my defroster is not on, so it's not overheating from external causes (and ambient temperature if low.)
Is this a known failure mode? Anything I can do about it?
I've been happy with the quality of recording etc. but as we know a dashcam has to be reliable, otherwise Murphy's Law says when you need it it won't be working (already happened with the last one.) I like having it. Is there another model at up to twice the price that is as good and is rock-solid reliable?
This happens when my defroster is not on, so it's not overheating from external causes (and ambient temperature if low.)
Is this a known failure mode? Anything I can do about it?
I've been happy with the quality of recording etc. but as we know a dashcam has to be reliable, otherwise Murphy's Law says when you need it it won't be working (already happened with the last one.) I like having it. Is there another model at up to twice the price that is as good and is rock-solid reliable?