Street Guardian SG9663DC Dual Channel 5 years later

[Hay]

I've been using the SG9663DC for 5 years now. using two usb packs, two SD cards an a 4 channel relay for parking mode 5 frs per second 24 hours almost every day.The dash cam has been excellent
small hiccups here and there. A week after fitting car was damaged by a bin lorry that done a runner £400. About two years later hit and run managed to get reg and it was at night. the bill to the other insurance company must have been at least a couple a thousand with car hire and taking longer to prepare. Then January this year another bin lorry £663.00. No cost to me just the inconvenience.

Now recently the cam has been acting up, date/time going back to default, intermittent no recording in parking mode. seems to be fine with normal recording.

Question? The tiny battery that's soldered inside I presume is rechargeable . does anyone have the spec, voltage type etc or changed the battery before. I opened the cam, just had a quick look and took a picture, you can see the shrink rap on the capacitors has started to split . Was hoping to keep it longer as hoping to change car.

Thanks, any info welcome

 

[kamkar]

Welcome to the forum hay.

That little button cell is the RTC battery, it is a small lipo battery as i recall, maybe one of the official SG guys can chime in with the specs of it.

5 years with almost constant use, thats pretty damn good if you ask me, i expect sort of the same but i only use my camera for 15 minutes a day on average.

 

[Street Guardian USA]

@niko might be able to help since you’re in the UK

RTC button battery going out would explain the date not holding and the camera not being able to loop properly

 

[niko]

RTC battery is spot welded and unfortunately it's not "plug and play" replacement.
Try to find local repair shop who specialises in small electronics equipment repair. They can de-solder on the spot. They even may have those batteries in stock or at least they can see the specs of that battery so it can be ordered.

 

[Hay]

RTC battery is spot welded and unfortunately it's not "plug and play" replacement.
Try to find local repair shop who specialises in small electronics equipment repair. They can de-solder on the spot. They even may have those batteries in stock or at least they can see the specs of that battery so it can be ordered.

Hi niko

I purchased the unit from your web side if it's the same company . I'm damned if I could remember till now. I could probably solder it myself if I could find the speck of the battery.

Thanks for all the replies