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Uncle Phil

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I am trying to get the video small enough to load. Any help would be appreciated! ;-) I wonder if the audio is part of the problem.
**EDIT - I've tried dropping the audio and I still get big AVI or WMV files at 1 1/2 minutes. I must have missed class that day ... :confused:
**EDIT - Finally shortened it enough and removed the sound to get it an acceptable size.
 
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Out of interest: is such CCTV footage admissible in insurance claims and curt, or must that be a model that also records the vehicle's telemetry and GPS data?
 

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Is the battery replaceable? Is there a memory size limit? How long does the battery last under normal use? My GoPro uses AAA and they last about an hour or two and create huge video files. This thing is almost disposable for the price. I can buy 10 for the price of a GoPro. But I doubt it's waterproof...
 

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It appears that the battery is 'built in' but it comes with a cigar lighter plug adapter so you could wire it directly to the bike power if you wished. I don't know how long the battery lasts as I have only tried it once. Getting the movies off is as easy as plugging in the standard USB cord and using windows file explorer (the camera looks like any other disk drive). From the instructions, the memory limit seems to be a 32 GB SD card (that's what I have in mine - silly card costs almost as much as the camera!) ;-) 15 minutes of AVI video with live sound was about .75 GB, so I'm guessing 1 sd card (assuming my math is right and some loss of space), around 10 hours of AVIs (32GB /.75GB = 42.6 * 15 minutes = 640 minutes / 60 minutes). I'm still trying to post part of the video as it is surprisingly good quality. The audio picked up my Peaklife GPS talking as I did not have the Bluetooth hooked up.
**NOTE: Finally squeezed the video short enough to post it in my original post.
 
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ouch... that shifting action at the stop sign did hurt my teeth :-D Needs some mods to muffle the wind noise, but astonishing good picture quality.
 
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I also bought a 808#11. I do not understand the directions. After I start the bike and power to the camera, do I press the power button once or twice to start video recording?? I'll keep trying. Also, I can only view the files by removing the mini SD card, inserting it into an adapter and plugging into my computer. I thought since they included two wires, I'll leave one on the bike to power the camera and I could load the files to my computer via the other USB connection wire. Can anyone help?
 
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video shows up great on firefox on my computer... great video! Cant wait to do this early this summer. I have the 808 #16 on its way... already got the 32 gig card for it.
 
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Finally got the DV51 mounted to the bike. Here's 15 minutes of soundless video for you to get an idea of the bouncing and quality of the video. Camera was mounted to a 2 inch RAM arm behind the wind screen in the center of the dash.

[video=youtube_share;tRuJ7DhRTPc]http://youtu.be/tRuJ7DhRTPc[/video]
 
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I'm still struggling with the 808#11. I plug it into the bike power, it starts charging, red light. It will not operate while charging. Is that right?
 
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I'm still struggling with the 808#11. I plug it into the bike power, it starts charging, red light. It will not operate while charging. Is that right?
I'm not sure about that. I haven't tried it that way yet. I would be curious to know, too.
 
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I charge mine from the USB on computer and it works fine that way. Have learned that the 12 v. bike power "apparently" does not fully replace the charge the video uses as the camera battery will run down after estimated 30-40 hours.

Jim
 
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