dougk9
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Ladies & Gentlemen,
I've been reading this forum with some amusement, having concluded that I possessed the only functioning Mini0806 in the world! Until now. I got mine in September 2015, mounted it, and began running it off my cigar lighter. After alot of aggravation, I finally figured out where/how to access the files on my computer. With the exception of having to manually turn the camera and recorder on and off at the beginning and end of every trip, everything worked just fine for about 2 weeks. That's when I paid a mechanic to hardwire it to the fuse box, using the kit suggested on the Mini web sites thru Amazon. That was yesterday. Last night all was well. It was even coming on and off with a turn of the ignition! This morning, suddenly, it started freezing up for no reason! Blank screen, solid red & blue lights (I run it upside down), no response on any of the buttons. Only a 20 sec. button press will reboot it. I've tried switching back to the cigar lighter, and have tried both the mount power jack and the camera jack. No matter what I do, once it starts recording, after a bit it just freezes up! The only unusual thing I've noticed is the camera battery won't keep a charge. Its almost like it draws power from the source to charge the battery, but won't run off that same source. Its like it runs off the battery until gone (usually like 1-2 minutes). The camera also stays unusually warm after I remove it and bring it inside. Cold outside at 35F. Was using two Sony 64gb class 10 SD's, then switched to just one, reformatted them, A slot, then B slot, etc., NOTHING! Please, please....help! I love this cam, the quality of the video, audio, EVERYTHING! Except this.
I've been reading this forum with some amusement, having concluded that I possessed the only functioning Mini0806 in the world! Until now. I got mine in September 2015, mounted it, and began running it off my cigar lighter. After alot of aggravation, I finally figured out where/how to access the files on my computer. With the exception of having to manually turn the camera and recorder on and off at the beginning and end of every trip, everything worked just fine for about 2 weeks. That's when I paid a mechanic to hardwire it to the fuse box, using the kit suggested on the Mini web sites thru Amazon. That was yesterday. Last night all was well. It was even coming on and off with a turn of the ignition! This morning, suddenly, it started freezing up for no reason! Blank screen, solid red & blue lights (I run it upside down), no response on any of the buttons. Only a 20 sec. button press will reboot it. I've tried switching back to the cigar lighter, and have tried both the mount power jack and the camera jack. No matter what I do, once it starts recording, after a bit it just freezes up! The only unusual thing I've noticed is the camera battery won't keep a charge. Its almost like it draws power from the source to charge the battery, but won't run off that same source. Its like it runs off the battery until gone (usually like 1-2 minutes). The camera also stays unusually warm after I remove it and bring it inside. Cold outside at 35F. Was using two Sony 64gb class 10 SD's, then switched to just one, reformatted them, A slot, then B slot, etc., NOTHING! Please, please....help! I love this cam, the quality of the video, audio, EVERYTHING! Except this.
