Cleared Problem But Still ...
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Cleared Problem But Still ...
I valeted my C8 tonight and it went fine. But when I got home I went to check my PDR recordings. The PDR screen said I didn't have an SD card. I know that SD cards should be reformatted periodically and I hadn't done that in a year so I wasn't really worried. I took it out and put it in my laptop. It looked fine but the last recording was 07/29/23. I recall taking it out and offloading some recordings around that time so maybe I just didn't get it seated right.
Regardless, I took it back to the C8 to reformat it. This time the PDR saw the SD card and began recording.
BUT then the touch screen wouldn't accept ANY input. It wouldn't even respond to the Home button. I went through all the things I could think of to wake it up, e.g., turning the car off and restarting, putting it in gear, even driving around the block. When I returned home and prepared to drive in the garage, the front cameras wouldn't present.
Remembering that there was some trick to clear the cache, I turned the C8 off and came back to my laptop. I found that the trick is to turn the car off and leave the door open for 90 seconds.
I returned to the car and cranked it to prepare for this process. THE TOUCH SCREEN WORKED! I turned it off and walked away.
WTF?
Action Items:
1) Don't valet again.
2) Reformat the SD card regularly.
3) Train myself to watch for the "PDR recording" message.
4) Pray to the C8 electronics gods.
Regardless, I took it back to the C8 to reformat it. This time the PDR saw the SD card and began recording.
BUT then the touch screen wouldn't accept ANY input. It wouldn't even respond to the Home button. I went through all the things I could think of to wake it up, e.g., turning the car off and restarting, putting it in gear, even driving around the block. When I returned home and prepared to drive in the garage, the front cameras wouldn't present.
Remembering that there was some trick to clear the cache, I turned the C8 off and came back to my laptop. I found that the trick is to turn the car off and leave the door open for 90 seconds.
I returned to the car and cranked it to prepare for this process. THE TOUCH SCREEN WORKED! I turned it off and walked away.
WTF?
Action Items:
1) Don't valet again.
2) Reformat the SD card regularly.
3) Train myself to watch for the "PDR recording" message.
4) Pray to the C8 electronics gods.
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This is from the C8 owner's manual:
But "Do as I say, not as I do." I don't format my cards unless they corrupt.
Last edited by fastoy; Aug 19, 2023 at 11:59 PM.
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A while back I noticed my recordings were getting glitchy. Also intermittent popping on audio.
Copied the files to my pc and the issues were indeed on the files.
Then I formatted the card and all went back to normal.
So I will do it occasionally from now on, especially before any track events.
Copied the files to my pc and the issues were indeed on the files.
Then I formatted the card and all went back to normal.
So I will do it occasionally from now on, especially before any track events.
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Good to know about the reformatting periodically.
