My first 0806 problem

[RavenManiac]

For those of you having this problem, could you post your memory card brand, model, and size?

 

[SCM PROP MAINT]

PNY (purchased from PC World)
Class 10 UHS-I
32GB

 

[Nigel]

I'm also having this problem where the 806 makes a noise (DING DING DING) before stopping recording then 30seconds + will start recording again 🙁

If it makes a loud noise when it stops then it is usually a card fault, give it a test with h2testw.exe. If I remember correctly yours gets a lot of use since you leave it recording when parked, I wouldn't be surprised if you have worn the card out if it is reasonably cheap card.

http://www.heise.de/download/h2testw.html

 

[Nigel]

It also stops if I stop the car, wait for 5 minutes and then start again.

It's very frustrating, and I think I had better go back to the dusty Mobius.

I use a decent Sandisk (checked and swapped for another and formatted in the camera) and the supplied 12V cig-lighter plug and cable.

There have been a few people that have had that problem and solved it by fitting a hardwire kit, it seems that some of the cig-lighter adaptors create voltages that the camera doesn't like when the battery voltage drops while starting the engine.

 

[RavenManiac]

There have been a few people that have had that problem and solved it by fitting a hardwire kit, it seems that some of the cig-lighter adaptors create voltages that the camera doesn't like when the battery voltage drops while starting the engine.

Nigel, I had not heard this before. How can you identify cigarette lighter adapters that may be suspect?

 

[Nigel]

I only format the card in the camera so I know that is not the source of the problem, only the temporary solution until it eventually happens again.

If it is a 32GB card then I would format it in your computer, I think there is a bug in the camera formatting of 32GB cards. Might be worth trying a computer format anyway.

There have been a few battery problems, but they normally fail in the first week or two. They can be replaced fairly cheaply but I guess you are better off returning it, since the battery is not user replaceable without DIY it should have a 1 year warrantee.

 

[Nigel]

Nigel, I had not heard this before. How can you identify cigarette lighter adapters that may be suspect?

No idea, don't know how many types there are, but it also depends on the car, it normally is only a problem if the battery is fully charged - ie recently used. Maybe "normally" is the wrong word there since I can only remember a few reports of this.