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Plugging in a card is all that's needed to enable it. But... most (all?) of us are having some difficulty or another. Honestly... has anybody had the camera work correctly and consistently since it was introduced? I can't tell because all we hear are the complaints... and the guesses at a fix.Any troubleshooting advice? I formatted using an older HP USB tool - set to FAT32, and created a TeslaCam folder. But i get that beloved X on the icon. Do you need to enable it somewhere, or should it recognize the drive and just start recording?
I'm happy for you.... and yet... I had mine working too. For one day. Then for two days. Then for a week. And now for another day following that week. Sadly it has stopped working all those times between. Until we really know what's wrong, it's gonna be tough to claim that we've gotten it working.OKay I finally got mine to work.. first I used command line format in windows. Worked for a few minutes and died. then Explorer DOES let you format FAT32 (basically because that's the existing format). and instead of a quick format, I did a long one. I thinkit took two long formats before it actually started working. fingers crossed!
Bottom line seems to be... you get what you pay for....
I was in a 4-car pileup on 10.30.2018 in my 2018 MX 100D ... I did not have my USB stick ready (....
I recently chased a hit and run driver, i spoke with tesla about video download and i understood them to say that onboard video is stored indefinitely in my X and available with a subpoena .
Picking up my Model 3 in a few days. Any change since this thread was started? Still format FAT 32 and then create a base level folder named TeslaCam?
When I formatted my 16GB thumb drive on my Mac (Mojave OS) for Tesla's dashcam, I selected:
Name: TESLA
Format: MS-DOS (FAT)
Scheme: Master Boot Record
Then I created a folder at the root named "TeslaCam" to store the videos.
I also put several FLAC files on the drive to see if the car could play them while recording video, but they don't show up in the music player.
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All videos are 1-minute in length. I have to manually tell the car so save the last 10 minutes of videos to the USB; it doesn't do it automatically (which is dumb, IMHO).
As as been previously mentioned you need to set up a second partition in order to use one USB stick for both music and Tesla Cam.When I formatted my 16GB thumb drive on my Mac (Mojave OS) for Tesla's dashcam, I selected:
Name: TESLA
Format: MS-DOS (FAT)
Scheme: Master Boot Record
Then I created a folder at the root named "TeslaCam" to store the videos.
I also put several FLAC files on the drive to see if the car could play them while recording video, but they don't show up in the music player. Video quality is passable, but not nearly as good as my WheelWitness dashcam. All videos are 1-minute in length. I have to manually tell the car so save the last 10 minutes of videos to the USB; it doesn't do it automatically (which is dumb, IMHO).
As at least one other poster has mentioned constant writing of video files to a USB drive is not good for the drive and will cause problems that regular formatting can help with. There are lots of articles out there on why dash cameras and security cameras cannot reliably use standard solid state memory and last very long. There are SD cards made for this purpose but not USB sticks.
I used https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07B984HJ5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and an adapter similar to this one https://smile.amazon.com/Rocketek-Aluminum-Portable-Memory-Adapter/dp/B06XTQZS4F/ref=sr_1_9?crid=156OP0EAYI5M3&keywords=usb+sd+card+adapter&qid=1554649498&s=electronics&sprefix=USB+sd,electronics,216&sr=1-9
I also use high endurance in my Blackvue cameras.
Does the thumb drive goes into one of the phone charging ports under the middle console? Haven’t used the cam yet and getting my thumb drive this week.