Can you recharge this while is recording your track. i.e If I'm recording my track while backpacking with a portable solar panel.
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Yes you an with a simple USB cord... A tiny one was included....the battery last quite a while tho
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Sure, if your solar setup has a USB output and can provide the 5V that this device needs!
1467131
I wouldnt leave it charged all the time. Could effect the life of the rechargeable battery.
514990
Yes,you can record while the charger is connected. I checked it a moment ago.
570285
I have experienced this. Left it running and it died. When I plugged it back in, it had a 9 hour audio file from the time it was recording until battery gone.
425861
You can recharge the battery at any time. It doesn't have to completely run out. I do it when i expect to take pictures for a while.
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i have it plugged in for my dash cam in my car and it records while plugged it. i have not tried to stream it to my phone or to my computer while it is plugged in but yes it records when charging
289170
Yes you can. The battery cam be recharged via wall socket as well. Works great!
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Yes, I have charged my GoPro camera during the day. Essentially there is a battery pack connected to the solar panel. As long as you only charge things from the battery pack in full sunlight you are okay. In my experience you never want the battery pack to lose it's charge (like by charging something overnight). Once the battery pack has lost it's charge you have to plug it in to a power source. Again, that's my experience. I've never left it out multiple days to see if it will charge back up. Overall I've been happy with the backpack.
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I do not know for certain, but i belive you might be able to do that , but it would most likely keep the power pack on a low battery until you let it charge without draining it at the same time. I hope that helps
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Yes you can, as long as the charging cable is NOT connected to a computer. So if it is connected to an external battery pack (like a Trent Powerpak) it will use the power from the external source, when/if that source runs out of power it will then use the drift battery. I have used this feature myself and that was one of the first features I wanted and tested when buying an action camera, the guy saying that you cannot probably only tried it with it connected to a computer.
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This receiver doesn't charge your microphones, the green light is only on when you turn on your microphone. You have two microphones with this system and two green lights are on when you turn both of them, BUT this isn't charge your battery in the microphone. The green light should stay on during microphone is in used. You should be able to hear your voice coming out on speakers, if not then you have problem with this unit. Hope this answer your questions.
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Try using Giff Gaff ,it's the cheapest one I found in the uk,you can recharge it at many places.
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I haven't recorded any longer than about 3.5 hours at a time, but that length was no problem for the battery. You'll want to put your phone in airplane mode though and turn off wifi, blue tooth, etc. so that iXY gets full resources and optimum battery usage. It sucks when the recording stops because the system was interrupted by something, and there's no indication from the app, it just cuts off in that case as if you had hit stop.
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I have not used the time lapse function but I am sure that you cannot power the device via USB while actually recording. It is battery or nothing. I reduce the quality of my video and my battery is good for 2.5 to 3.0 hours. If that works for you, than this is a good buy. If not, than there are better options for your purpose.
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Not true on my unit. As soon as I plug in the USB power supply, it stops recording. I've contacted Garmin for clarification but no response yet.
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I recently recorded a video of a 45 minute hike in AZ. I recorded other videos that day also and did not run out of battery. It was fully charged when I started.
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yes you can run it with power supply (but not from PC via usb! auto detection will privent charging! With power bank no problem) Remember that you have 4Gb max size video file limit, device will stop recording on reaching this limit, and you'll need to start new recording manually. With mid. resolution you have around 1,5 hours from one battery. If you are student, buy some more extra batteries (not original) they will cover your needs.