When I was reviewing video files today from the included Transcend 32GB memory card in my GC, I found that some video wasn't recorded today when it should have been in use. There was no video recorded from the time the car left my house, and the first recording video started about 10 minutes into the drive. I'm baffled what caused this. I wasn't in the car and the person driving was unaware of any issue and doesn't generally pay attention to the dashcam.
I'm using the included 12V DC power supply (my 12V socket is only powered when the car's electrical system is on) and it seemed to be secure in the outlet. I have the SG20150926.V2 firmware and pretty much use all the default settings on it (only changed some menu options to use NTSC and 60Hz).
I did notice the memory card was almost full (about 500MB free space) and thought maybe the dashcam overwrote the wrong files (i.e. it overwrote newer files from today instead of older files). Tested this theory by hooking up the dashcam to a USB powerbank and had it record for awhile. I found that older files got overwritten so this theory doesn't seem valid. (Also, just a side observation, there always seems to be a buffer of 500-700MB free space on the memory card no matter how much is recorded.)
I checked for the presence of hidden files on the memory card and didn't find any.
Anything else I can check? Only thing I can think of is that maybe the power supply wasn't secure in the socket before and later somehow became secure when the first recording today started. The car is pretty new though and doesn't have loose 12V sockets that I've seen can be a problem on older cars where the connection might not be that good.
I'm going to keep a close eye on this, but I don't generally drive the car where the dashcam is used that much. So the only thing I can do is check the memory card afterwards to see if it has the expected recordings.
I'm using the included 12V DC power supply (my 12V socket is only powered when the car's electrical system is on) and it seemed to be secure in the outlet. I have the SG20150926.V2 firmware and pretty much use all the default settings on it (only changed some menu options to use NTSC and 60Hz).
I did notice the memory card was almost full (about 500MB free space) and thought maybe the dashcam overwrote the wrong files (i.e. it overwrote newer files from today instead of older files). Tested this theory by hooking up the dashcam to a USB powerbank and had it record for awhile. I found that older files got overwritten so this theory doesn't seem valid. (Also, just a side observation, there always seems to be a buffer of 500-700MB free space on the memory card no matter how much is recorded.)
I checked for the presence of hidden files on the memory card and didn't find any.
Anything else I can check? Only thing I can think of is that maybe the power supply wasn't secure in the socket before and later somehow became secure when the first recording today started. The car is pretty new though and doesn't have loose 12V sockets that I've seen can be a problem on older cars where the connection might not be that good.
I'm going to keep a close eye on this, but I don't generally drive the car where the dashcam is used that much. So the only thing I can do is check the memory card afterwards to see if it has the expected recordings.
