I bought a Mini 0805 from Foxoffer and the camera has been great since February when I bought it.
However in the last week it has been playing the "power off" tone randomly while driving. Seems to be anywhere between 5 and 20 minutes of driving.
I unplug the charger from the cigarette lighter outlet and plug it back in, and the "power on" tone plays.
I can also unplug the cable from the mount and back in and it comes back on.
The camera then stays on for sometimes the rest of my drive (up to an hour) or it can be under 10 minutes.
The green light is always on the charger cable, even after the power off tone sounds.
I have tried cleaning all the contacts of the charger/camera/GPS mount, no changes.
Does this sound like a battery issue or a charger cable issue?
Would resetting the camera help?
It has a Samsung 32GB class 10 MicroSD installed if that makes any difference.
Edit: Checked again this morning while driving, this time it turned off within 2 minutes.
When it did, there is no blue or red light showing, just off.
As the camera is connected directly to the battery and alternator, shouldn't it just keep running if the battery is flat?
However in the last week it has been playing the "power off" tone randomly while driving. Seems to be anywhere between 5 and 20 minutes of driving.
I unplug the charger from the cigarette lighter outlet and plug it back in, and the "power on" tone plays.
I can also unplug the cable from the mount and back in and it comes back on.
The camera then stays on for sometimes the rest of my drive (up to an hour) or it can be under 10 minutes.
The green light is always on the charger cable, even after the power off tone sounds.
I have tried cleaning all the contacts of the charger/camera/GPS mount, no changes.
Does this sound like a battery issue or a charger cable issue?
Would resetting the camera help?
It has a Samsung 32GB class 10 MicroSD installed if that makes any difference.
Edit: Checked again this morning while driving, this time it turned off within 2 minutes.
When it did, there is no blue or red light showing, just off.
As the camera is connected directly to the battery and alternator, shouldn't it just keep running if the battery is flat?
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