End of battery - save file or lose file? Anyone know, with this recording once the batteries run dry does this save the file or do you lose the file when it powers down?
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I've only gotten to that point once and the file was saved. And, especially for an extended "field recording", I can confirm using 32GB HCSD cards successfully. Hope this not only answers your question but provides further encouragement for your pursuits!
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I believe the recording remains as long as it's not recorded-over on purpose, and the circuitry is in a functional state (i.e not broken or suffering from some sort of failure). As I recall, even removing the battery doesn't wipe out the recording.
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Am I understanding that you want to glue the Record button down, to effectually just thePower button to start recording.Short answer maybe not. I have these units and It seems that recording either starts or stopsOnce you release the button.
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When the camera is connected to a computer, it is recognized on both sides as an external storage device.When the camera is hooked to a (3rd party?) USB charger it is probably doing auto-shut down, etc and no longer recieving a charge-that would be my guess. I think it is possible to turn off the auto shut down/power save feature, it's worth a try
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I have only had mine for a couple of months and have not seen that kind of behavior from it at this point. Is it possible that it was in your pocket and the stop button got bumped accidentally thereby initiating a pause, and then (again accidentally) the record button got bumped thereby re-starting the record operation from that pause?
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I have the same problem. If you are recording continuously for more than 15 minutes, the camera heats up and begins to say that you're running out of power. At 20 minutes, it shuts off. The batteries aren't out of power - the camera is just not designed for continuous shooting.
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I have changed my battery many times without any data loss. I have two batteries which I sometime have to change in the middle of a recording and only looses the time from satellite disconnect to reconnect.
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Hi Harry. The device will reset to the beginning of the file if you turn the power off. However, if you pause the recording and keep the power on, it will remain where you paused it. If your files are smaller, it will be easier to navigate using fast forward and rewind. Hope this was helpful. Mark
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I have several of these types of units. When power is turned off, or the unit is removed from power, when it is powered back up it starts the last song played. There is limited memory.
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I just tested the recorder by removing the batteries for 2 minutes and the settings were not reset, so it would take a longer time without power than just changing the batteries for the settings to reset. I misplaced one for over 3 months and although the batteries lost their power and the settings eventually reset, my recordings were intact. Hope this helps.
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it has no saving option. If you write something on it will be their until the battery dies or you hit erase button.
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You know I went on vacation early November to PR and I have to say I survived ALL DAY on one battery. But, I don't use flash, and I don't chimp. I just shot jpg+raw, with a few short videos, under a minute. I would only charge the battery back at the hotel overnight. I was there three days, and returned with about 1300 images. No problems running out of juice.If I were to get another battery I would swap them out each charge. I would not let either the original battery, or the replacement sitting idle. I would run one down, then swap it out, let the worn battery charge...
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Alex,Let me just say that I have recorded very long sessions while turning it on and off repeatedly and never really though, "oh this battery life stinks!" It's simply amazing. Also, I purchsed the 64GB card for it. Basically, I have TONS of movies i have recorded since purchasing it over 2 years ago and STILL haven't pulled them off the card. Good luck.... Case
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I recorded for 30 minutes straight. It turned off due to low power. I plugged it immidiately into the computer and it wouldn't charge. Freaking out I then learned that there is a temperature sensor for safety reasons. Typically a battery heats up before it explodes, so if your flip is really hot like it is after recording for thirty minutes it has to cool off before it can then be 'allowed' to charge. This is because if it exploded they would have their socks sued off. So we are stuck with safety redundicies that frustrate us. Wait for it to cool off and then it should charge normally, unless the temperature sensor is broke, in which case you are out of luck. I recorded for 30 minutes straight. It turned off due to low power. I plugged it immidiately into the computer and it wouldn't charge. Freaking out I then learned that there is a temperature sensor for safety reasons. Typically a battery heats up before it explodes, so if your flip is really hot like it is after recording for thirty minutes it has to cool off before it can then be 'allowed' to charge. This is because if it exploded they would have their socks sued off. So we are stuck with safety redundicies that frustrate us. Wait for it to cool off and then it should charge normally,... » Read More I recorded for 30 minutes straight. It turned off due to low power. I plugged it immidiately into the computer and it wouldn't charge. Freaking out I then learned that there is a temperature sensor for safety reasons. Typically a battery heats up before it explodes, so if your flip is really hot like it is after recording for thirty minutes it has to cool off before it can then be 'allowed' to charge. This is because if it exploded they would have their socks sued off. So we are stuck with safety redundicies that frustrate us. Wait for it to cool off and then it should charge normally, unless the temperature sensor is broke, in which case you are out of luck. « Show Less
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Personally I think it preserves the battery if you store it emptied. If you were to store it full, the battery would eventually drain anyways.
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Mine does not seem to disk over write once full. I recently had to erase all to free space as it appeared to have stopped recording. Since then Ive been careful to erase once in a while and haven't let it go to full again so I dont know if it was an isolated incident or if not over writing is the rule. For the rest, it works very well.
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I ran a test and timed it for almost 2 hours before depleting the battery charge. Using a 16GB Micro SD memory card it recorded about 10GB of VGA mode video during the test. If you use the original SD card that comes with the camera you will use up all the storage space before the battery runs down.