New camera time
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Hmmm... Closest I can immediately find to an MD80 is this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ricco-Digit...2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1259659134&sr=1-2
Is that it Mag?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ricco-Digit...2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1259659134&sr=1-2
Is that it Mag?
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
magnatom said:If your looking to keep costs down get the Muvi (or do as I did and get a copy, i.e. the MD80 which is even cheaper). Very good for the money, so you could get two!
HOLD ON.
my Muvi is playing up (after only a month)
Three issues:
1. It just turns off when running (after a few minutes and for no reason), so you loose confidence that it is ever recording when you "need it"
2. Video Files (that it does capture) are becomming corrupted (probably a symptom of it turning off halfway through filming)
3.Battery life is now 35-40 mins TOPS! the cold really effects these and it is killing the run time on mine.
I have had all of these faults over the last 4 days and have not had a chance to sit down with the manual and see if it is user error... Once I've satisfied myself that I'm not doing something wrong, I'll be sending this back to Veho...I would expect more than a months use for my cash.
thomas
the tank engine
- Location
- Woking/Norwich
jonny jeez said:
Oh no!!
Don't blame me!! I emailed veho the other day and got a quick response! I'll try taking mine out in a cold day to see if any of what you said happens to mine too.Cab...my signature has a review of it!
semislickstick
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
1. turn off the 'vox' setting if you had it on. My cheap ebay one has been doing a strange 1min59second recordings, though didn't have this on the muvi.
2. Are you turning it off with the switch while the green light is flashing? Use the top button, it'll go to the blue light.
3. Battery life and cold weather, not had this but I notice those things get warm while on, maybe wrapping and insulating it might help a little.
Try formatting the card.
The people at Veho, seem helpful if you think its buggered.
Go to the website contacts, think there was an address via their direct shop.
2. Are you turning it off with the switch while the green light is flashing? Use the top button, it'll go to the blue light.
3. Battery life and cold weather, not had this but I notice those things get warm while on, maybe wrapping and insulating it might help a little.
Try formatting the card.
The people at Veho, seem helpful if you think its buggered.
Go to the website contacts, think there was an address via their direct shop.
jonny jeez said:
semislickstick
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
Cab said:
The Veho direct website had the camera and sports pack, free postage all for £60. Some other offers too.
semislickstick
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
magnatom said:
I got the really cheap ebay cam too (under £13 posted from Hong Kong with push buttons rather than switches like veho and md80) It's fine during the day, hard to get the on screen date stamp on the right date though, not great at night, same low light picture but it looks very slow, like the frame rate is really low.
semislickstick
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire
magnatom said:
Don't think its on the md80 or veho types, the next lot of veho 'pro' cameras that say they are 30fps seem to have it, and there clones. I think mine must be a cheapo clone of that.
But to get the date stamp to work you have to sync it with the computer each time you use it! You update a little 'TAG' notepad file and drop it in the root folder. So, mine goes to default most of the time which is 2008!
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
thomas said:Oh no!!Don't blame me!!
Cab...my signature has a review of it!
LOL, never would
semislickstick said:
Thanks SS. I was planning a format to try and solve the corruption bit.
As far as the 1.59 recordings go, that sounds just like my issue, I switch on the power (blue light), switch on the vox the light starts to flash green, so off i go.
Then later I find that all the lights are out and the cam has just stopped...for no reason (sometimes with a solid green light, which I think indicates a full card...it's empty)
I then turn the power and vox off, then power back on (get a blue light), then pop the vox on and off she goes flashing green for 30 minutes and then again automatically until the battery fails (at about a further 40 minutes...as it has wasted some battery power already)...odd
The battery thing is something I am sure I can live with and will look at insulating the cam as it does get really, really cold especially on the motorbike which is when the battery lasts the least...(kinda obvious I guess , although it does fit inside my crash helmet so you would think it was a little warmer)
On Chitty, the battery lasts just over the hour so I catch all of my commute in, but never all of it home (my commute takes 1.20 going home and 1.05 coming in).
all of the above happens more on the motorbike than when on Chitty, so perhaps its something to do with the vox not picking up enough sound (tucked inside my crash helmet).
I'm going to speak to veho rather than try to drudge through the manual understanding all the lights and running a fault finder. I am happy for them to rell me if I am doing something wrong or if I have broken it by riding outdoors with it, if so I will inform you all.
