Reboot during startup

[Raysee]

Firstly, I want to thank everyone on this forum. After reading all your posts, I found the confidence to hardwire my A118c on my '15 Escape.

Ford's 12V is always "on", hardwiring was the only way to start/stop and auto record.

Since, I've noticed that the A118c had to reboot 4 times before engaging record mode during startup.

Is this due to the fact that the capacitor was drain during shut down / auto save the last file?

If so, why does it reboot about 4 times before engaging? It's all automatic but it does mean that my A118c won't record till after 2 - 3 mins of driving.

Is this normal? Is this a ford fuse problem (fuse slot 87)? More importantly, is there a way to shorten / improve this?

Thanks.

 

[jokiin]

take the memory card out, (it will throw an error) does it still keep restarting?

 

[Raysee]

Thanks for the tip. Yes, I removed the SD and the reboot problem occurs. I've also tried to keep the ignition in "ON" to charge the cam, for 5 seconds, before turning the engine on but that didn't work as well. Any other tips.

 

[jokiin]

if it's still rebooting with no card in it's a hardware problem, faulty power supply if you're lucky but probably more likely it's a camera fault