"Please insert the sd card"

[hpdad]

Lately, the unit is acting up (about a year of owning).

I park the car out side. When power up in the morning to go to work, 7:30 am (cold, but not crazy cold in S.Cal), the unit shows "please insert the sd card". I have to un-plug/re-plug to fix the problem. Leave work, 5:00 pm, is fine.

Is the unit or the card?

 

[dash riposki]

Can you try another card?

 

[Module 79L]

Lately, the unit is acting up (about a year of owning).

I park the car out side. When power up in the morning to go to work, 7:30 am (cold, but not crazy cold in S.Cal), the unit shows "please insert the sd card". I have to un-plug/re-plug to fix the problem. Leave work, 5:00 pm, is fine.

Is the unit or the card?

Don't leave the card inside the camera overnight and you'll be fine.

 

[hpdad]

Don't leave the card inside the camera overnight and you'll be fine.

Oh, what I meant unplug/replug is the power, not the sd card itself.

Remove the card everyday seems too much.

Don't have another card to test it out.

 

[Module 79L]

Oh, what I meant unplug/replug is the power, not the sd card itself.

Remove the card everyday seems too much.

Don't have another card to test it out.

I understood you were talking about the power, not the card, but leaving the card in the camera is what might be causing the "no card" error, hence the advice. During the first week when I started using the G1W, back in February 2015, temperatures overnight dropped to around 4-5ºC (39-41ºF). I left the card in the camera the first two days and each morning the camera displayed that message. The next day I bought a USB card reader, which also protects the card and prevents losing it, and since then I take the card out every night. Suffice it to say the problem never appeared again. 🙂