I'm at a slight disadvantage, as my bike is still in a container ship, travelling back to the US, but I'll see if I can make my point clearly enough. I've been told that if I connect to the K2, using WiFi, and the K2 App on my cell phone, that the time would be correctly set within the K2. I'm afraid that this is not correct, at least it's not correct under a few sets of circumstances. First of all, in certain parts of the world, you need to set your phone to override the current time, and set it manually. For instance, all of China uses a single timezone (Beijing time), but my iPhone got confused, and thought that there were multiple time zones, and so, I had to override the time setting. As a result, although I connected my iPhone to the K2WiFi, and then enabled the IOS app, and selected settings, I still ended up with a situation where the time on the K2 was at least 1 hour different from the time on my phone. Throughout my trip, I often tried to get the time of the K2 to be properly set, and I think that I achieved it only once. In all other cases, it was between 1 and 2 hours off. So, my question is, why don't you allow me to set the time, or select the time zone within the K2, rather than relying on using the Phone? As IOS versions on the phone change, it is likely that they'll handle time zones differently, perhaps forcing you to make odd choices in some cases, but if I was able to manually set the time zone in the K2, we eliminate any chance that the system will have the wrong time. The outcome, if you want to set the time, connect to the K2 over WiFi, set the time, and exit. It's just about perfect, and it addresses all of the possible irregularities that exist as we travel around the world. Thoughts?
Is the DVR getting hot from it's proximity to the engine and/or air flow (The bike), or is it getting hot from it's internal circuitry/charging/battery. If it's internal then wrapping the DVR will only exacerbate the problem. To check, turn the DVR on for awhile without engine running to see if it heats up. And Yes, like all electronics, to much heat will damage the unit, Not sure how hot the DVR should get under normal operating conditions, but. operating specs states the range is -20C - 70C (-4F-158F)...
Pretty sure the heat is from the engine not the DVR battery but your post on the temperature range is helpful as I'm sure it's not greater than the 158 (F) range. I think I may go with a insulated wrap just to be safe. -JEP-
Just to be safe, It's an easy check,..Wrapping the unit might be detrimental to the system if the heat is not engine related...
Yes, the DVR does run hot, in fact, very hot. I stuck 2 pieces of foam on the side of the back plate just so that there's some ventilation above and under the dvr.
DVR was made of Aluminum case, that is for heat release as it is waterproof.
Please remove the foam which is easy to case the DVR overheating.
@Rock Liu I have tried every method to cool down the DVR. If there is no foam, the DVR will bounced and when you playback, all you here is the DVR mic picking up noise.
i only place a bit of foam to lift it off the bike to get some airflow.
From my experience, I can tell you that the DVR is running much cooler.