Q-BiC
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Received my SG9665GC V3 today and just spend some time removing my old Mini 0801 and installing the Street Guardian.
Didn't do a test drive yet, but I have some questions/remarks in the meantime:
1) Seems well built, and well packaged. Ordered with 64GB card from hiniko, turned out to be Transcend 400x, as I suspected, which is nice.
2) Piece of string in the box for removing existing adhesive pads is, well.. strong. I wrecked my Mini 0801 GPS mount with it
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/6sghzyws32homtf/IMG_20170111_222049.jpg
3) There a single small screw in the box inside a plastic bag. What's it for?
4) I've read that the GPS for the V3 was "flipped" vs V2 and that it can now be mounted on the windshield out-of-the-box, meaning the sensor is on the sticky side. However in the quick start guide it still says: "the GPS should be mounted with the adhesive side down so that the antenna is oriented correctly."
5) On https://streetguardian.info/support I'm trying to see if there's new firmware available. Still have to see what firmware the SG came installed with, but if I go ahead and download the V3 file on that site, I'm getting a V2 package. Same firmware for both?
6) I can't seem to be able to keep the SG off when plugged in. Is this normal? I don't think it's going to be an issue for me, just something I noticed: when plugged in and starting the car, the SG starts recording. If I stop recording and power it down (long press power), the SG switches off but automatically starts back up after a couple of seconds.
7) Can the GPS be mounted on the "black" parts of the windshield or will this block the signal?
Example: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/newfmp3/cam3_zpsf07f6030.jpg
This isn't my pic, but you can see the dotted black part and the solid black part. In my car the rear view mirror housing is much smaller than on this pic, but the solid black part is larger. I'm wondering if the GPS would be fine mounted behind the solid black part.
Didn't do a test drive yet, but I have some questions/remarks in the meantime:
1) Seems well built, and well packaged. Ordered with 64GB card from hiniko, turned out to be Transcend 400x, as I suspected, which is nice.
2) Piece of string in the box for removing existing adhesive pads is, well.. strong. I wrecked my Mini 0801 GPS mount with it
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
3) There a single small screw in the box inside a plastic bag. What's it for?
4) I've read that the GPS for the V3 was "flipped" vs V2 and that it can now be mounted on the windshield out-of-the-box, meaning the sensor is on the sticky side. However in the quick start guide it still says: "the GPS should be mounted with the adhesive side down so that the antenna is oriented correctly."
5) On https://streetguardian.info/support I'm trying to see if there's new firmware available. Still have to see what firmware the SG came installed with, but if I go ahead and download the V3 file on that site, I'm getting a V2 package. Same firmware for both?
6) I can't seem to be able to keep the SG off when plugged in. Is this normal? I don't think it's going to be an issue for me, just something I noticed: when plugged in and starting the car, the SG starts recording. If I stop recording and power it down (long press power), the SG switches off but automatically starts back up after a couple of seconds.
7) Can the GPS be mounted on the "black" parts of the windshield or will this block the signal?
Example: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/newfmp3/cam3_zpsf07f6030.jpg
This isn't my pic, but you can see the dotted black part and the solid black part. In my car the rear view mirror housing is much smaller than on this pic, but the solid black part is larger. I'm wondering if the GPS would be fine mounted behind the solid black part.