The camera is really amazing. It looks beautiful, works well, great video and audio quality, all my friends were impressed.
The biggest problem is that it's not reliable. I hardwired it to my car to be able to have the camera on motion detect 24/7. It just won't record all the time. For some periods it does and for some periods it doesn't.
Sometimes I'm driving to work, it records for 1-2 hours and then something happens. The light still flashes as though it's recording but it doesn't. I come back to my car after 8-10 hours, the light is flashing as if recording. I try to pause the recording and it doesn't work. It's because it's not recording. Can't even power it off. It just kind of gets stuck with the light flashing and there's nothing you can do. The only thing that helps is to press the reset button.
I think the problem is that it's too hot. It's right under the windshield where the sun shines directly, in addition to the hotness inside the car on a summer day. If I'm driving and the camera is on, it's so hot I can't touch it for more than 2 seconds. The max operating temperature says 60 degree. I don't know if it gets that hot in my car but I guess it's possible on a hot day. I think the camera just overheats and goes into this limbo of flashing light and not recording anything.
Yesterday for some reason the buttons got stuck, I couldn't press nothing. I thought something melted inside and took it apart, but everything seems fine inside. My last hope is to remove the battery and try using it without the battery and without the case. I guess a lot of heat is generated by the battery and the fact that the camera in enclosed inside a tiny metal black box, which must exacerbate the heat. I think INNOVV should've added a small heat sink with a fan instead of the battery. Who runs it on the battery anyway...
Another little annoying problem is that you cannot enable motion detect and g-sensor at the same time. And without the g-sensor, the camera films everything upside down. So I have to mount it buttons of the camera facing up, not down. This makes for a very difficult removal and maybe that's why my buttons got stuck.
The biggest problem is of course that it just won't record reliably. Does ANYONE here have this camera hardwired to the car and working 24/7?
I will probably try using it today without the case and without the battery to see if it changes anything. If I still run into the same issue, I guess I'll just throw it away and will look for something more heat-resistant.
The biggest problem is that it's not reliable. I hardwired it to my car to be able to have the camera on motion detect 24/7. It just won't record all the time. For some periods it does and for some periods it doesn't.
Sometimes I'm driving to work, it records for 1-2 hours and then something happens. The light still flashes as though it's recording but it doesn't. I come back to my car after 8-10 hours, the light is flashing as if recording. I try to pause the recording and it doesn't work. It's because it's not recording. Can't even power it off. It just kind of gets stuck with the light flashing and there's nothing you can do. The only thing that helps is to press the reset button.
I think the problem is that it's too hot. It's right under the windshield where the sun shines directly, in addition to the hotness inside the car on a summer day. If I'm driving and the camera is on, it's so hot I can't touch it for more than 2 seconds. The max operating temperature says 60 degree. I don't know if it gets that hot in my car but I guess it's possible on a hot day. I think the camera just overheats and goes into this limbo of flashing light and not recording anything.
Yesterday for some reason the buttons got stuck, I couldn't press nothing. I thought something melted inside and took it apart, but everything seems fine inside. My last hope is to remove the battery and try using it without the battery and without the case. I guess a lot of heat is generated by the battery and the fact that the camera in enclosed inside a tiny metal black box, which must exacerbate the heat. I think INNOVV should've added a small heat sink with a fan instead of the battery. Who runs it on the battery anyway...
Another little annoying problem is that you cannot enable motion detect and g-sensor at the same time. And without the g-sensor, the camera films everything upside down. So I have to mount it buttons of the camera facing up, not down. This makes for a very difficult removal and maybe that's why my buttons got stuck.
The biggest problem is of course that it just won't record reliably. Does ANYONE here have this camera hardwired to the car and working 24/7?
I will probably try using it today without the case and without the battery to see if it changes anything. If I still run into the same issue, I guess I'll just throw it away and will look for something more heat-resistant.
