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<blockquote data-quote="-Pjackso" data-source="post: 3529814" data-attributes="member: 8119"><p>I've got a dash cam and I like it.</p><p>The SD card is supposed to over-writes the oldest stuff when it gets full - of course, unless the files are locked.</p><p></p><p></p><p>For you dash-cam guys - a word of caution: </p><p>Like yours - my dash cam will automatically protect some files - due to the G-sensor thinking an event occurred (false event). </p><p>One day I had to check my SD card for a clip and found my entire SD card (64gigs) was 100% full with protected files (false events). There was NO free room for recording anything. The last clip recorded was weeks old. NO WARNINGS - NO ERROR MESSAGES - NO SIGNS. </p><p>Luckily I didn't need the clip I was searching for.</p><p></p><p>Pull your dash cam SD card and check the memory. </p><p>How much memory is 'Locked'? How much memory is 'free space'? </p><p>You might be surprised or shocked. FYI, check it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ever since then - I set my dash cam settings for:</p><p>1) Use the shortest video clips setting available - i.e. use 1 minute clips, not 3 minute clips (If a false event occurs, it's a smaller file size)</p><p>and 2) I manually format the SD card every time I fill the gas tank. (or pick any other regular time frame)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="-Pjackso, post: 3529814, member: 8119"] I've got a dash cam and I like it. The SD card is supposed to over-writes the oldest stuff when it gets full - of course, unless the files are locked. For you dash-cam guys - a word of caution: Like yours - my dash cam will automatically protect some files - due to the G-sensor thinking an event occurred (false event). One day I had to check my SD card for a clip and found my entire SD card (64gigs) was 100% full with protected files (false events). There was NO free room for recording anything. The last clip recorded was weeks old. NO WARNINGS - NO ERROR MESSAGES - NO SIGNS. Luckily I didn't need the clip I was searching for. Pull your dash cam SD card and check the memory. How much memory is 'Locked'? How much memory is 'free space'? You might be surprised or shocked. FYI, check it. Ever since then - I set my dash cam settings for: 1) Use the shortest video clips setting available - i.e. use 1 minute clips, not 3 minute clips (If a false event occurs, it's a smaller file size) and 2) I manually format the SD card every time I fill the gas tank. (or pick any other regular time frame) [/QUOTE]
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