Tourman40
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- Dash Cam
- Thinkware F750, plus rear camera; H50 Thinkware
My US-purchased F750 came with a puny 16GB card and I wanted to swap in a (suitably fast) larger 3rd-party 32GB card instead. The dashcam complained about memory card errors just like you said when I attempted to start it up with the pre-formatted card fresh from the card's packaging.
I just got off the phone with ThinkWare tech support and discovered the secret to using a 3rd party MicroSD card with the unit. Format the new card using Windows (don't know about Mac options) and select the "exFAT" format and the 128kb allocation unit size. I did that on my PC, then put the newly-formatted card in the DashCam and it started up normally. Upon successful startup, I used the dashcam's "Format" button to ensure that the card was ready to use, and then browsed/adjusted all my settings to ensure that it was still they way I liked it. Done.
I wish it was that simple. I did all that and still no go. There's something else going on that has to do with the technicalities of the particular card itself. I'm not going to spend any more money on cards until Thinkware start selling their own. Then if they don't work, there won't be any guessing...it's back to you Thinkware for an answer