Has anyone tried to black out the recording lights with a permanent marker? Did it work?
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I covered it with electrical tape which really didn't look right. I never tried to paint it out because I need to know when the blue light is on and I am recording. Maybe if you blacked it out but then picked just the tiniest spot of paint off, leaving a very tiny amount of the blue light coming through so you will know when you are recording, might work. Hope this was helpful!
158037
There is a small recording light on the side (not on the front) when it is recording. It can be covered with a small piece of tape.
295832
I'm just curious if you've tried recording something on the video setting and playing it back on your computer to see if the sound comes out. The "speaker" or playback on the cameras are piss poor, not that they should be anything great, but it might be possible that you can't hear it on the camera but the sound pics up on video and you can hear it on playback. Hope that made some sense. I hope it works out for you.
214312
I'm not sure. I have never been able to find a setting that would turn it on during video recording and now we don't use it more than once a year so the battery is dead. It would make sense that there should be a setting that would let you turn on the light during video; maybe the company's website has the user manual PDF download...? Good luck
409515
Sorry No. The 4 IR LEDs are at the corners of the lens. They are not very bright, a dim dull red color. If you hold your hand close to the lens it does have a effect, illuminating objects in total darkness only up to a foot away. They are no help when recording at night. I tried everything through the menu to turn them off with no luck, my solution was black electrical tape over the four LEDs
2157656
I used a piece of tape. If your tape bleeds too much light, put a piece of foil in between. Easy enough
1040293
I keep mine plugged in and it still records. Try starting the recording and then plugging it in.
1922395
Mine has options in the menu for loop recording ("off", "3 min", "5 min", and "10 min"). I have it set to "off". When full it displays an icon that indicates that it's recording over the old footage, but when I go to play back the latest recording it isn't available. I pulled the card to check it on my laptop and
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Mine is ok at night because any motion that triggered the recording feature also triggered my motion light in the area of camera focus. I have mine set to the ultimate focus for the area it covers,but I don't believe you can alter the focus once it has been recorded.
1970078
There is an indicator light on the front that comes on when recording. I put black electrical tape over it so it is not seen.
1200736
Hi, If the Tiny little red light is on it is recording, Make sure you have it set to one minute in recording options not five Minutes. Files will be to large to load. This video should help.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-dfvPX0dOs
1817856
It depends what setting you have it on. We have ours set so the light only comes on at night, but it records all the time.
1130930
No - I tried this too, it goes down very dim and only shows straight on, but will not turn off.Great sound, good value, easy to use.
407449
I did some experimenting. After dark, the ceiling lights and lamps were off in the living room. So the only light was coming from the television. I took several photos, without the flash and they look great!
1898515
Aside from maybe putting black tape over the light, it seems there is no real solution to this problem which it equally annoying for me as well. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
1294487
Hi Robert, Thank you for asking! The lights on the Dash Cam are infrared lights which help you record video in low light settings. They will not be visible to the naked eye when lit, however, there is an image of a yellow moon that will indicate you are using night mode and the infrared lights are in use. Thanks again for writing in!
1554987
According to the timer on the screen, it appears to be recording even when the room is dark and there is no one there but I'm not sure because I usually stop looking at the recording when the timer is still going and there is nothing but darkness on thescreen.