First Few days....

Bob,

Welcome to the forum. I've had my K2 for about 6 months now. Not an expert by any means, but will offer a few thoughts on your issues from my experience with K2 on my Harley Street Glide.

1. Did you take the protective covers off both front and rear lenses? That's the only thing I can think of unless you got a bad camera, unless there's some sort of blockage near lens.

2. My recording starts at pretty much the same time the DVR starts, so say 10-15 seconds after application of power. If I can connect to DVR with wifi, then I can see recordings. It sounds like maybe your DVR might be waiting for GPS signal lock, but I don't think that will inhibit recording.

3. File transfer via wifi is a recognized non-starter. I use a large capacity microSD card (256 GB) so I don't have to remove it so often, but I do file transfer by removing SD. That means I typically leave the protective cover off the DVR where the card goes (which probably eliminates it from being waterproof), but I have DVR mounted in a readily accessible Kuryakyn bag on my lower front engine guard so I can observe the DVR lights and get at card easily.

I would advise reviewing some of the other posts on this forum, but your issues sound problematic, like maybe you have a bad DVR, camera, or both. Hopefully Rock Liu or Frosty will chime in with advice - they seem like some of the most knowledgeable folks on the forum.

Good luck!

Thanks for your reply.

Ok for point 2, I connected and see loads of videos in the Incident folder. All the first couple of recordings seem to go in there, I have no idea why, and can’t seem to move them either.

I managed to download one 3 minute clip, loop is set was 290mb. I had to leave the bike running and it took just over 14 minutes to download!!!!!

Does anyone know where they end up on an iPhone? I can’t seem to find the clip anywhere.

I may have to look at mounting the DVR in a more accessible place, but that won’t be easy, as it’s currently under my rear seat, and the way the cables are routed, and DVR is facing, I will have to disconnect then to get to the SD card slot. But to be honest I wasn’t expecting to have to remove the SD card to pull a clip each time.... My last camera, downloaded 10 minute clips on no time, Just it was battery powered, and kept forgetting to keep it charged etc, the Innovvv being hard wired, transfer through WiFi, seemed perfect.....

The plastic has been removed from the lens, it did occur to me that they may have been left on, but I did remove them. I will take a look to ensure the lens is clean tomorrow.

 2 - I start my bike, put helmet, gloves on, ride off, but recording doesn't start until I am a few miles away, has to be at least 5 minutes after setting off, and maybe 6 minutes after starting the bike. An I supposed to wais 6 minutes before setting off? 

Keep the motorcycle stationary, take off the seat, turn ignition on, you can see WiFi & Recording LED on DVR is flashing after 10 seconds power on delay, and then try to access the camera via WiFi.

Later turn on/off for few cycles and check if it is working properly. If not, just take a short video and upload to the dropbox link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/request/BHTZKE1soMAZwVtU1Znx

 3 - I have to do something with how I transfer the files, WiFi just doesn't cut it. My bike (R1250GS Adventure) automatically powers off after X minutes, not sure exactly how many, to preserve the battery, the WiFi hasn't managed to transfer a 3 minute file before the bike powers off. I cant view from the bike, stream, as it doesn't stream, it just jitters from frame to frame. I have an iPhone XS Max if that makes any difference.  

If you are able to reach DVR, find a USB cable and plug it to the micro USB port and link to computer, that will be even faster.

Hi Rock

Point 2, I managed to work out, all the first few go into the incident folder. When I start up, and the next couple of clips for some reason. I have no idea why, how do I move them?

Point 3, I did try that, however my PC couldn’t see the DVR. It’s not easily accessible either, I have to take the DVR off the velcro and use tweezers to remove the rubber, then again to remove the SD card. Very fiddly.

I have an SD card extension that may help me, but being able to use the USB would be great.

Ok, I did some testing this afternoon...

After reading through other posts, I reformatted my SD to exFat through the app. I can now see the DVR through my laptop, BUT only if the rear camera is disconnected 🤷‍♂️ if as usual, both cameras, power and GPS are connected, I cant see the DVR on my laptop.

Once the rear camera is disconnecte, and I transfer MP4’s, I disconnect the USB, the DVR doesn’t power off!!! I disconnected for 20-25 minutes, came back and the DVR was still on. I powered the bike up for 10 seconds, and shortly after i turned the power off on the bike the DVR went off.

So basically using a USB to take files (after disconnecting the rear camera🤦‍♂️) the DVR seems to get confused and doesn’t power off unless you “re-power“ it and off with the bike.

The K2 is so buggy, and has numerous niggles that really need sorting out. I mean why does the rear camera need to be disconnected to be able to read the DVR.... When the DVR is in its place, I can’t easily get to the rear camera thumb screw, and disconnect it. I have to remove the DVR, cables etc.

Can this be looked into, it should work very simply, but ”just doesn’t“ 😡