Hey all,
Been a happy camper with my sg9665gc v2 for almost 5 years now. Unfortunately, I was in an accident earlier this week, and when I went to pull the video I discovered a full cards worth of drives, that stopped December 27 That was the last time I drove in 2020. No videos at all from 2021.
The last time I pulled video off the card was in November.
I deleted the old videos, and ran the hardware test on the card and it passed. I plugged the card back into the camera and it started recording. The only 'odd' thing I noticed is that the date on the camera had reverted to 2015. I don't know when that happened, since there were videos spanning november-december 2020 on the card.
I admit to not being super familiar with the operation of the camera, it's been "set it and forget it" for the most part, and I can't even see it from the drivers seat. I pull random videos from it a few times a year, and never had an issue. After the accident, I checked the lights and thought it looked OK, except I recall the record light being solidly lit, which I now know should have been flashing. I am not sure what a solid light meant.
Obviously, what's done is done, I'm just looking for ideas on what I should do to prevent it from happening again. If the card is ok, and it's recording now, could it have been the date that caused it to stop overwriting old files? And if so what can cause the date to revert? Does the solid record light provide any clue? Something else I am overlooking? I formatted the card in the camera after correcting the date, and it seems to be working as usual. Should I replace the card anyway?
Been a happy camper with my sg9665gc v2 for almost 5 years now. Unfortunately, I was in an accident earlier this week, and when I went to pull the video I discovered a full cards worth of drives, that stopped December 27 That was the last time I drove in 2020. No videos at all from 2021.
The last time I pulled video off the card was in November.
I deleted the old videos, and ran the hardware test on the card and it passed. I plugged the card back into the camera and it started recording. The only 'odd' thing I noticed is that the date on the camera had reverted to 2015. I don't know when that happened, since there were videos spanning november-december 2020 on the card.
I admit to not being super familiar with the operation of the camera, it's been "set it and forget it" for the most part, and I can't even see it from the drivers seat. I pull random videos from it a few times a year, and never had an issue. After the accident, I checked the lights and thought it looked OK, except I recall the record light being solidly lit, which I now know should have been flashing. I am not sure what a solid light meant.
Obviously, what's done is done, I'm just looking for ideas on what I should do to prevent it from happening again. If the card is ok, and it's recording now, could it have been the date that caused it to stop overwriting old files? And if so what can cause the date to revert? Does the solid record light provide any clue? Something else I am overlooking? I formatted the card in the camera after correcting the date, and it seems to be working as usual. Should I replace the card anyway?