Hi all
New member here, this is my first post.
I bought the 900 a few weeks ago and while it's currently winter where I live, I have been following these 'overheating' threads with interest as summer here has really intense sunlight, and where I regularly park for work has little to no shade.
Of course I want to use parking mode while away from the vehicle.
For the various tests that people have been doing over the last week or so, changing resolution etc, one thing that has been missing is the statement of the parking mode settings being used e.g. is motion detection on or not, or is just the G-sensor being used.
Does anyone know if you turn motion detection off, whether there is less processing going on, as the unit isn't constantly comparing what it sees now with what it saw a moment ago? Or is image comparison actually always happening even if you turn motion detection off?
I know that the unit is always buffering an image, but is it always comparing images or not.
My thinking is if using the G-sensors only can lower the processing load on the unit, then maybe this will lower the temperature a bit?
Not an ideal solution if your use case requires using motion detection, but it would still mean some level of protection while parked.
Can anyone comment on this - ranova - you got time to test this?
Cheers!
Tony
PS Another thought I've had, is has anyone tried to provide some 'shade' for their camera? e.g. a small strip of very dark window tint film installed directly above the camera on the windshield, obviously positioned to provide shade from above, but not to block the view of the camera? My thinking is if the unit itself isn't in direct sunlight, then again I would expect this to lower the temp.