I cant get this to record longer than two or three hours!! It appears fully charged. I have it set to long VOR any suggestions
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Batteries can be fickle even with expensive recorders. I bought a recorder that was $200+ and this little recorder kicks tail over it and can throw it away and buy another one when the battery dies. So far mine has lasted weeks on 1charge, and far exceeds expectations. My sister saw it and bought 2 for herself. I'm not sure, but I always charge my new device before using it. By the way, I have found this recorder to be best operated with the factory defaults. I was messing around with all the settings, and got terrible things happening like screaching high squeals, and almost threw it away. Luckily my sis had one and I reset back to factory. Very happy with it now. (Just a friendly suggest ion) Batteries can be fickle even with expensive recorders. I bought a recorder that was $200+ and this little recorder kicks tail over it and can throw it away and buy another one when the battery dies. So far mine has lasted weeks on 1charge, and far exceeds expectations. My sister saw it and bought 2 for herself. I'm not sure, but I always charge my new device before using it. By the way, I have found this recorder to be best operated with the factory defaults. I was messing around with all the settings, and got terrible things happening like screaching high squeals, and almost threw it away.... » Read More Batteries can be fickle even with expensive recorders. I bought a recorder that was $200+ and this little recorder kicks tail over it and can throw it away and buy another one when the battery dies. So far mine has lasted weeks on 1charge, and far exceeds expectations. My sister saw it and bought 2 for herself. I'm not sure, but I always charge my new device before using it. By the way, I have found this recorder to be best operated with the factory defaults. I was messing around with all the settings, and got terrible things happening like screaching high squeals, and almost threw it away. Luckily my sis had one and I reset back to factory. Very happy with it now. (Just a friendly suggest ion) « Show Less
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i don't really do long recording cause it can't cut like the one i had before however i suggest you make sure you battery is always fully charge and use the mode for the best quality recording which is the shortest mode and use something to store your recording on and delete it from the recorder
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Batteries can be fickle even with expensive recorders. I bought a recorder that was $200+ and this little recorder kicks tail over it and can throw it away and buy another one when the battery dies. So far mine has lasted weeks on 1charge, and far exceeds expectations. My sister saw it and bought 2 for herself. I'm not sure, but I always charge my new device before using it. By the way, I have found this recorder to be best operated with the factory defaults. I was messing around with all the settings, and got terrible things happening like screaching high squeals, and almost threw it away. Luckily my sis had one and I reset back to factory. Very happy with it now. (Just a friendly suggest ion)
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I have never had a reason to try to record when charging. Short answer is "I don't know". I could be wrong, but I don't think it will. But then again I have had no reason to try it.
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I actually do not know. Mine records all the time when power applied. I have it set to record for 3 minutes and then start over for another 3 minute clip. Check your settings and the micro chip you installed. Is it still powered up when it stops recording? You could also have a malfunctioning unit.
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Hi, I think theres something wrong whith your battery Or maybe the source from where you charge, the product manual says: [Note: Some low-power USB ports may not be able to provide enough charge power.]. I got mine for christmas too and battery works great, It gave me about 10 or more hours whith music/photo and video playback, Exelent Player!
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Hi you have to go to setting and select dual recording to shoot continuously until the memory cards(A & B fill up. and keep your battery full. you will be able to record a video for 2 hours.hope this help.
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This was the exact same problem I was having. I charged it overnight, still no juice. Also, let me guess, it only has about 13 minutes of HD recording storage? Such a rip-off. I returned mine and amazon was really good about it.
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When you press the menu button (M) Longer than three seconds, The LED light (green) Is lit up or flashing. If it's flashing it is set on VOS. If you press the stop button the VOS will be off. If you press the button again it will flash meaning it's back on VOS. I have had a lot of trouble with this. I've also tried to change the recording mode so that it will record for a longer period of time but the quality is not as good. I have trouble with that as well. The pen works well if You want to record what you are saying at that time But I've had trouble with the VOS. I have only used the pen two or three times in the past year. One time I was able to record with the VOS and the other time I could Not get it to work correctly.
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About 2 hours. It may be depend on how do you record. If you want more time, you need to use USB for charging Battery.
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I'm not sure about that. I couldn't find a setting for that, just make sure the "Loop Recording" is not set to "Off". Other than that I don't know what the issue might be, sorry.
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I charged my for an hour.Use for a couple hours a day .Sounds great no problem yet.Sorry for your misfortune .Maybe you got a defected one.Send it back!Get another one.Dont wait to long.
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Mine appears to already be fully charged, so I can't tell yet. I'd have to run it down a while, I guess. Does yours not record anymore? I'm also not sure how it indicates when it is in the charging mode. If I learn more I'll get back to you.
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Thanks very much. I am hoping it gets at least 30 minutes of recording time with a full battery charge.
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That is very normal your camera is set to one minute, if you want it to stay on longer the next setting is 5 minutes, but it will still go black, it is recording at all times until you shut off the power to the camera.Ron
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I would send it back. Mine turned on and charged fine. However, sometimes it records and sometimes it does not.
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Alex, Let me just say that I have recorded very long sessions while turning it on and off repeatedly and never really though, "oh this battery life stinks!" It's simply amazing. Also, I purchsed the 64GB card for it. Basically, I have TONS of movies i have recorded since purchasing it over 2 years ago and STILL haven't pulled them off the card. Good luck.... Case
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When I used the Vado HD 8 GB with new, good batteries, I was able to record up to two hours, I think. The problem was that the batteries became so unreliable that sometimes I'd think I was set up to record a two hour show then the Vado would die after ten minutes. This happened several times even after I bought completely new batteries. I tried to make this work, but in the end, the lack of reliability caused me to stop using the Vado altogether. Very poor customer support by the mfr.
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I get about 30 to 35 mins. Its funny how they make a product with the recording time of so long but fall shot on battery life to even come close to that amount of time. Guess its a trade off for the small form factor.