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- Nov 20, 2005
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- Cedar City, Utah
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- 12/04 ST 1300s
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- 000420
- STOC #
- 5901
To start off with, I have a INNOVV K1 that I really liked, except it would quit recording and you would hear "Recording Stopped" over and over again, until you pulled the battery out of the unit, so I was a little skeptical on picking up a INNOVV K2.
But when I went to the SoCal Motorcycle show in Long Beach, the INNOVV guys were there with a deal I couldn't resist! The normal price of the unit is $340 from the company. The show price was $300. And when I told them I had a the K1 model and experienced what most did about the recording stopped issue, they told me since I was a previous customer, they would sell me the K2 for $260.
Okay, for $260, I would give it a shot.
Hooking up the the unit is much easier than the old unit, there is less to it, plus they changed from the mini usb to type C usb connectors and they have thumb screws to secure them to the DVR. Also, you now have a App on you cell phone to setup and view the DVR. The old DVR had a small screen on it, the new one does not.
When hooking up the unit to the bike, you need one hot wire going to the battery (on all the time) and then one to a "switch on", which I connected to my fuseblock. Of course there is a ground wire to attach. You then need to mount the GPS antenna and the two cameras. These cameras are round, instead of the K1 which were cubes. I found that there was plenty of cable coming from each camera (almost too much) to reach from under the right front headlight and the rear left reflector. I mounted each attached to screws and not mounting tape.
I'll provide pictures of my mounts later.
I have been riding around with them now for several weeks. I put a 128GB micro SD chip in the unit (be careful putting the chip in, the first time I did I missed the mount and had to open up the unit to retrieve it!) Currently I have it set for 5 minutes for each file. I think I'll change that to 10 minutes, since trying to download to your phone takes too long anyway (which you can do through the App, but that requires you to have the bike on to do so. to me, that's one draw back.) I pulled the chip out and viewed several of the segments through my computer, and I think they look pretty good. I didn't notice any bouncing or anything but clear video (just clean the front lens once in a while.)
Overall I'm quit pleased with this unit. While still a little pricey, it is much better than the original K1 unit and with being able to view it from your cell phone app, means you don't have to dig for the DVR out of the tail section of your bike.
There are a number of features that this unit has, but I'll refer you to their website for that. INNOVV K2
I'll throw some of my video on to Youtube and provide a link, later...
But when I went to the SoCal Motorcycle show in Long Beach, the INNOVV guys were there with a deal I couldn't resist! The normal price of the unit is $340 from the company. The show price was $300. And when I told them I had a the K1 model and experienced what most did about the recording stopped issue, they told me since I was a previous customer, they would sell me the K2 for $260.
Okay, for $260, I would give it a shot.
Hooking up the the unit is much easier than the old unit, there is less to it, plus they changed from the mini usb to type C usb connectors and they have thumb screws to secure them to the DVR. Also, you now have a App on you cell phone to setup and view the DVR. The old DVR had a small screen on it, the new one does not.
When hooking up the unit to the bike, you need one hot wire going to the battery (on all the time) and then one to a "switch on", which I connected to my fuseblock. Of course there is a ground wire to attach. You then need to mount the GPS antenna and the two cameras. These cameras are round, instead of the K1 which were cubes. I found that there was plenty of cable coming from each camera (almost too much) to reach from under the right front headlight and the rear left reflector. I mounted each attached to screws and not mounting tape.
I'll provide pictures of my mounts later.
I have been riding around with them now for several weeks. I put a 128GB micro SD chip in the unit (be careful putting the chip in, the first time I did I missed the mount and had to open up the unit to retrieve it!) Currently I have it set for 5 minutes for each file. I think I'll change that to 10 minutes, since trying to download to your phone takes too long anyway (which you can do through the App, but that requires you to have the bike on to do so. to me, that's one draw back.) I pulled the chip out and viewed several of the segments through my computer, and I think they look pretty good. I didn't notice any bouncing or anything but clear video (just clean the front lens once in a while.)
Overall I'm quit pleased with this unit. While still a little pricey, it is much better than the original K1 unit and with being able to view it from your cell phone app, means you don't have to dig for the DVR out of the tail section of your bike.
There are a number of features that this unit has, but I'll refer you to their website for that. INNOVV K2
I'll throw some of my video on to Youtube and provide a link, later...
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