[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by intocarss

If you want to run another Gopro, I have one here that you're welcome to use, it's an older model

Thanks JD. Wouldn't that be funny if the earlier version had better sound?

Originally Posted by G4CERAT

Hey Ron,

I hope something works out for you. (I'm sure I'm not the only one waiting for for that vid ;-) It's funny how no one has come out with a direct solution for that same problem we all face. I would expect GP or any camera company that creates products specifically geared toward Motorsports, or any any related events, would have a solid tried and true solution by now.

From experience my buddies and I have found that attaching the mic to the rear bumper /rear valence seems to be one of the better locations. A close friend of mine first tried it at Buttonwillow and ran it for few laps with good results. I wonder if you could squeeze that by tech inspection on some of of the events you you attend. I would think that if the mic was attached as sturdy as anything else that it should be allowed. Logically it would be no different than say, a side view mirror... Right? At least, I personally, would argue that with a tech. Wait, do they make you take off side view mirrors? Haha.

As soon as the mic and adapter gets here I'll test different locations. There's gotta be a solution!

Originally Posted by Sieg

Ron - One thing I've noticed in the AMA Motocross series is none of the riders are using the waterproof case on their helmet mounted cameras. I'm guessing that's to improve audio performance though I haven't tried using the frame mount yet: http://shop.gopro.com/mounts/the-fra....html#/start=1

The skeleton case helps to some degree but I still think the only way to get halfway decent audio is utilizing a remote mic interior mounted.

You also might try performing another firmware upgrade as a form of reboot. I doubt the camera corrupts itself but........?

No more firmware updates. On your original suggestion I did that with no positive effect. Oh it gets worse...the firmware instructions on the website and linked youtube vid don't work for the 3+ series on up! The SD card is write protected when the camera is plugged directly into the computer. And I see they've updated their website now that I had to F with it for an hour. That was one of my questions during the tech call. Apparently they changed the way the micro SD card works and you need to put it in an adapter then into your PC to transfer files. Yeah, it'd help if they had publicized that somewhere??

Anyway Scotty I'm not buying another case. It's a mic issue and that's gonna be my fix one way or another. I am on strike with their $%^(*+ accessories.