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saynothing Thursday, April 16, 2009 1:19 AM Reply
My 4GB spypen will only record for a few minutes before switching off.

The battery appears to be charged, cos if I hit record again it'll record once more but once again, only for a few minutes.

It used to record for up to an hour at one stage, now it doesn't.

It was working fine until a week ago (week ago when I 'formatted' the pen - I use windows XP)
Is there anyway to fix it? please help I'm desperate.
Do you think updating the firmware will sort it out? where can I download the firmware?

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Gibsy Friday, April 17, 2009 3:12 AM Reply
Assuming your battery is still good and fully charged, then it might be caused by the profile.dat file in the second drive under the "system" folder. This file is modified each time you're using the pencam.
I will suggest to format ONLY the second AND the third drive (after saving your avi files of course). Be sure to keep your first drive intact (the one with the bin files). Then proceed to safe disconnection of usb drive without physically disconnecting it. Then Windows will detect the drive again and brand new files in the second and third drive will be recreated.
Hope it helps. Please post your results.

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saynothing Friday, April 17, 2009 3:25 AM Reply
What happens if I've already formatted the whole pen? is there anyway of recovering the lost information?

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Gibsy Saturday, April 18, 2009 4:47 AM Reply
Yes, but you will have to remember which bin files you had. Was there 6 of them or 4 or maybe only two, also when did you purchase the pencam.
I will upload them for you. Keep in mind that these are no upgrades, only the original bin files.

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euromuflon Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:35 AM Reply
try format it to FAT or press reset button

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familyforvendas Friday, October 09, 2009 1:52 PM Reply
Hi,
The blue light of my spy pen does not turn on, the yellow light stays lit all the time.

May you help me?

Regards,



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Gibsy Sunday, October 11, 2009 9:16 PM Reply
Do you have to reset it in order to turn off the yellow light or it turn of by itself after a while ?

Please give as much details as possible.

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malyaniolek Monday, November 02, 2009 6:58 AM Reply
Hi, i got exactly the same problem as familyforvendas, blue led never light.

Pen isn't seen by windows, and i have to reset it to turn of the yellow led.
Is there any thing i can do to make it work again ?
thx

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Gibsy Wednesday, November 04, 2009 2:30 PM Reply
Have you tried to get into the three drives.

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JTatMSN Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:18 PM Reply
I have lost my files also is there any way you could get me a copy? It would be appreciated!

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