Recent content by dctguy

My GS1000 stopped powering on by itself after about 2 years of use. It worked, but I had to hit the power button to get it going and didn't power down gracefully (it died immediately when i turned off the car) anymore. I cracked it open, found the 612338 battery doing an impression of a jiffy...

Awesome, thanks for the explanations! I knew that file rollover gap was an issue, but hadn't associated with large file sizes before. Writing a 15 minute file to slow flash takes time, and some data might be lost while the camera OS is busy with this task. Great point, I'm glad you called that...

Thanks to the guidance I've gotten here at dashcamtalk, I ordered an orange menu GS1000 recently. It finally showed up today. Things were a little rocky at first - when I powered it up, whether from my laptop (a Mac running parallels) or a USB power adapter, the screen just displayed "USB...

What's the deal with all of the accessory lighting on the front of cars in the video? at 0:45 3 at 0:51 seconds at 1:22 at 1:36 at 3:32 You live in a neighborhood full of rally car drivers or something?

I wound up ordering this orange menu GS1000 based on its inclusion in the FAQ here, and also based on the photo showing its firmware version. Now I settle in for the long wait for delivery :)

Interesting. I'd assumed it would be an improvement over the gs1000, but it sounds like that may be naive? In that case, you'd recommend an orange-menu gs1000 over the gs5000?

I'm really looking forward to the GS5000 detailed FAQ. Any progress on this? I'm about to pull the trigger on a GS5000 from that big auction site - I hope it's early enough in their lifecycle that I don't wind up with a knockoff.