microSD card

Ok got it figured out. had to take it off the bike to see down in the slot. The writing goes toward the back and now it is firmly down in the DVR

do you push in till it bottoms out with a little spring action at the bottom, if so that should be correct. If it is standard SD Card holder it should spring lock in and spring lock release and should not go in more than half way if it's backwards., may have to push it a little further into the slot with finger nail or such...

Does the microSD card go into the DVR with the contacts facing the back of the unit with the wording facing the front. I push mine in but it doesnt seem to want to seat.

Card reader is the best way as the wifi is simply too slow and then you have it on your phone and have to transfer. I got a cheap Merkury card reader at Best Buy ($10-12) and it works great.

Yes you can. If you want to save any pieces of individual files, I've been using AVIDemux portable to cut them out, it's very fast.