Skmoejoe
New Member
I recently installed a B1M camera on my bike and I had a few annoying issues that I was able to work through. I wasn't really able to find answers or directions to help me figure it out. Here's a few things I found that might be worth something to someone going through the install process.
- Unit powers up, does not beep and the Wi-Fi doesn’t work: LED 1 only light on
- Most likely cause was the SD card was not formatted properly in FAT32. I was using a 128g card. To format a card of this size, there’s a specific way to do it and plenty of “How to” tutorials out there.
- Formatted to FAT32 and Wi-Fi finally worked
- Unit powers up, Wi-Fi LED1 illuminates, unit beeps continuously
- Reformatted SD card in FAT32 again, (still beeped)
- Found a camera cable pulled loose when I put parts back on the bike
- Connect to Wi-Fi with phone and no picture, unit beeping
- Found loose cable connector on camera.
- When connecting the camera cables, I was cautious about using too much force. When the connections were finally tight, the connectors “snapped” into place.
- My tips for successful install
- Use the USB supplied cable with a 110-power cube to energize the unit before installation and test all the functions
- Make sure the SD card is formatted in FAT32
- Make sure the cable connections are secure
- Other comments
- No problems connecting to the DVR unit once the Wi-Fi was up, phone in airplane mode
- There is a lot of cable—almost too much. I wish there were a way to shorten it.
- I wired my ACC (yellow wire) into a taillight using a multimeter to find the wire with power when the ignition was on; red went to battery.
- Initial video looks pretty good but not up to GoPro standards.