Gopro question

[jimrankin]

Anyone else have a problem with their Gopro turning itself off and on while being used on track? I thought it might be the remote device and I was getting someone else's signal. Took off the remote and went back to all manual but it still just starts and stops all by itself about half the time I'm on track. Using Gopros help line is about the same as looking for quality American tools at Harbor Freight,ain't no use.

[Croc]

Try wrapping a loop of electrical tape around the battery. Sometimes the batteries can vibrate against the connections. I have a similar problem on one of my GoPros

[jimrankin]

I'll give it a try. Was on track at Sonoma and at Thunder Hill in the pat week and both times did it again. Batteries fit so tight they have to be slapped out but who knows. Has a couple of cars do some spectacular dust cloud offs right in front of me and both times the camera wasn't recording. Bummer. Going back to TH on Thursday so will check it out (yeah, I know, I'm a track whore ;-))

[Croc]

Well if it is not the battery like mine was then my bet would be at the on/off switch being faulty. You could try to do a firmware upgrade to the latest available from GoPro in case it is a software issue.

[jimrankin]

did an upgrade on it when I downloaded the Gopro movie maker (which being a computer illiterate I don't use). I got two complete track session from my turn on to my turn off and several other sessions where it went on/off at random. Does the beep when I turn it on but obviously its got its own thing going. May be time for a Hero 3 as the main camera and stick the Hero 2 somewhere else on the car.

Only bothered with the 2 because it had the outside "stereo" mic port. Still have never heard from Gopro on how it's "stereo" since their Cineform and my Windows Movie maker only sees mono from my stereo mics. Does eliminate the wind noise problem from using the camera mic so it was worth it.