Bought Panorama X2 from Pier28 last month, installed it last weekend. Using Samsung Pro 64GB memory cards that I bought for GoPro over a year ago.
Using 5 minute loop per video mode.
Using 12.1V parking power down mode, battery is 12.5/12.6V at the fuse box, there might be a voltage drop through the long cable resulting in the camera shutting off if I use the 12.4V powerdown setting, but I'm OK with this.
Had a problem 2 days ago where the dashcam said Please Insert Rear Card, plugged it into a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phone and the phone said the card is corrupted, reformated in the phone and dashcam worked fine after that. One microSD cards worked great for over a year of constant use in a GoPro used as a dashcam, over 4TB written to it, the other card was also used but not as often and I'm not sure which card threw a glitch, or maybe it was Panorama X2's glitch.
Checked out the clarity of the video for license plate recognition and it's not looking too good. Can only recognize the license plate if it's 15 feet or closer, which either means bumper to bumper (not possible on freeways) or beside the car, which makes the video a bit worse because of the wide angle lens and reduced resolution of the plate.
A constant problem and a big inconvenience that is my only gripe about this dashcam is that whenever I start the car, the switch from parking mode to driving record mode sometimes doesn't happen. I've waited for over 1 minute, maybe 2, and it wouldn't start.
Maybe the card is full and it's deleting files for recording, but it should take this long and it should start recording right after it deletes them, but it doesn't.
I never waited long enough for the dashcam to start recording when this issue arose, and instead I've accessed the Settings, clicked on Play, then return, return, and the recording would turn on.
The clock at the top during this issue would continue to count, but the circle indicating recording or not would stay green, meaning NOT recording.
I also bought 2 Samsung EVO 64GB microSD cards, so if I have issues I could try these new cards.
Not 100% sure, but my firmware is either 1.03.03 or 1.02.03, most likely the latter.
Tid bit: Got pulled over by the cops a few days ago for swerving at 1AM, well I swerved to avoid 2 pot holes spaced 1 foot apart, they did a 4 minute stop and determined that I wasn't under the influence and let me go, quick stop, no ticket and no warning (kind of silly to consider a warning for avoiding "debri/potholes" on the road), professional. Reviewed the rear camera footage after and most of it was good, the bright light from their movable light though blinded over half the sensor.
