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I need Gopro help.

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B.Pol
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It is posted in the Gopro cult, but I need a somewhat quick answer.

So we had our closest thing to a pow day here in MI, and we were so stoked to get the footage of it. We plug the card into the comp and all we got was about 45, 2 second clips. I have no idea what is happening. It was in film mode in the settings and on the LCD screen. I have a friend that tells me if it blinks red, to know if it is recording. It blinks and then just goes away. AHHHHHHHHHH idk someone help me out here, or I am going to flip a shit on Gopro, its only 2 days old!

P.s. Its not teh HD, its just the wide angle standard. And we had 9in. of fresh we even hiked for it!!!!!

Also I don't think it is the card because I used it 1 time before with the same card and it worked fine.

Feb 14 2010 3:39PM
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Lemuel
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Try taking the battery out and putting it back in.  Mine was acting up one day and that fixed it.  I know some people have been losing like half of each clip, that happened to one of my clips when I uploaded it.  I don't know what is up with that...
Feb 14 2010 4:02PM
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ferrariowner123
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i've heard alot of people saying its the type of card your using (atleast for the HD)

 go here

here is a list of cards that dont work with the HD,

 http://www.facebook.com/board.php?uid=50043151918&f=2&start=30&hash=22c3cdc099947c5df9b7a6686c3bbab7#!/topic.php?uid=50043151918&topic=11792

and here is a list of cards that do work with the HD,

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=50043151918&topic=11791 

Now i know you said that you have the Wide, but it could be the same issue, but i highly recomend getting the cards that Gopro sell on there online store, because those are the same cards they test with, so they are garunteed (cant spell it, but i dont care)  to work.

Ferrari

Feb 14 2010 6:04PM
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B.Pol
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Ok so it seems that I have figured it out, it was actaully the batteries. I put it in the freezer with them in there, and it was doing the same thing. So my next question is, is what batteries do you guys use. I tried the energizer lithium ion AAA and those worked great but they died after a day. And the ones that don't work are the rechargable Ni-mh ones. So what do you guys use and are they recheargable?
Feb 14 2010 6:27PM
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hsavage
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the one thats made for it. go on a sight that sells the go pro and find in accesories the battery and buy it. works great for mine and i have nt experienced any of these problems

Feb 15 2010 3:06AM
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B.Pol
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I need batteries, they just sell the battery pack.
Feb 15 2010 8:13AM
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ferrariowner123
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i havent heard anyone having problems with batteries. so your saying the gopro isnt getting enough power? but you have tried lithium and NiMh? huh thats really werid, i would almost be tempted to call gopro on this one.
Feb 15 2010 5:17PM
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B.Pol
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The batteries work they just don't last, they last the night but not for another trip.
Feb 15 2010 10:27PM
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