Nov 28

Early VAT Price Reductions

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Why wait till Monday to enjoy the lower VAT rates!?
Action Cameras has already lowered the prices today so you can forget the credit crunch and enjoy the cheaper prices now!

Nov 27

YouKart.co.uk at Kart Mania this Weekend

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YouKart.co.uk calls themselves the YouTube of the karting world. Anyone interested in watching any karting videos and chatting to others that also love their karting should already know about website. ActionCameras has worked with YouKart to provide them with a POV.1 in the past for a terrific review that they wrote for Karting Magazine in September.
This weekend they will have a stand at the Kart Mania show up in Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, Warwickshire.

If you are into karting and see yourself as the next Lewis Hamilton or even if you are just looking for something to do over the weekend then you should get yourself to the show and make sure to meet up with the guys from YouKart. Make sure to ask them to see the POV.1 that they’ve been using to get a load of karting footage for their site.

Enjoy the show!

Nov 21

VIO POV.1 Tutorials

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Everything you need to know from initial set up to troubleshooting.

Out Of The Box

Mounting & Filming Tips

Battery Recommendation

Care and Maintenance

Common User Errors

H2O Troubleshooting

Nov 21

Action Cameras At The Mondial du Ski and Snowboard

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End of october and beginning of November the French Action Cameras team was down in the Alps, les deux Alpes, for the Mondial du Ski and the following week-end for the Mondial du Snowboard.

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The event was a huge success, we did a lot of testing on the glacier, contact with the press and – we must admit – enjoyed seeing the snow and the sun !
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On the saturday night, we’ve been to the awesome freestyle demo,
check a few photos :
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Unfortunately we didn’t had the same for the Snowboard as it’s was rainy and windy, however we manage to get some footage (using the POV.1) from Mathieu Crepel Double Big Air and Halfpipe world champion.
Here is the footage :

Nov 07

Action Cameras NEW WEBSITE!

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We are proud to announce that we have just launched our brand new website on Friday the 7th of November!
We hope that you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed creating it, after all, it has been designed for you :)
Click here to go through to see what we are so excited about!

Nov 06

POV.1 Firmware Upgrade: 4GB & 8GB SDHC Card

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PC (For Mac directions see below)

Directions:
- Please view this video first
- Click to Download Upgrade

  • This will take you a new page that will prompt you to ”Run” or ”Save” the file.

    • pc1

  • Make sure to save the .ELF file to the desktop.

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  • Format 1GB or 2GB SD card on the POV.1. IMPORTANT! – Be sure to back up all files on the SD card as this will erase the card. SD cards larger the 2GB will not work.
  • Connect your POV.1 to your PC via the USB cable, and make sure the unit has powered on and the POV.1 screen reads USB MODE.
  • Open ”Computer” (Vista) or ”My Computer” (XP) in the Start menu.
  • Drag and Drop the provided upgrade ELF file onto the drive labeled POV.1.
  • Power down the POV.1 unit. Disconnect the POV.1 from the USB cable.
  • Remove the SD Card from the POV.1 and Lock the SD card, using the lock tab on the left side of the card. (Pins and label facing up).
  • Re-Insert the locked SD Card into the POV.1.

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  • Hold down the Settings button on the recorder and press the Power button on the recorder simultaneously. Release once the LED status indicator begins to strobe red.
  • The LED status indicator will strobe red repeatedly and then stop.
  • There will be two brief faint strobes after the indicator light has gone off for a few seconds. Once the two faint strobes are done, the firmware has been updated.
  • Power-on the recorder and check Firmware version on the INFO SCREEN, which is in the SETTINGS menu to confirm update success (FW Version 1.3).

MAC

Directions:
- Please view this video first
- Click to Download Upgrade

  • This will take you a new page that will prompt you to Save the file.

mac

  • Safari will save the file in the Downloads folder by default. If the file is saved in the Download folder please be sure to move the .Elf file to the desktop.
  • Format a 1GB or 2GB SD card using the POV.1.
  • IMPORTANT! – Be sure to back up all files on the SD card as this will erase the card. SD cards larger the 2GB will not work.
  • Connect your POV.1 to your Mac via the USB cable, and make sure the unit has powered on and the POV.1 screen reads USB MODE.
  • A removable media drive will appear on the desktop labeled ”Untitled”. This is the POV.1.
  • Drag and Drop the provided upgrade ELF file onto the drive labeled Untitled.
  • Power down the POV.1 unit. Disconnect the POV.1 from the USB cable.
  • Remove the SD Card from the POV.1 and Lock the SD card, using the lock tab on the left side of the card. (Pins and label facing up).
  • Re-Insert the locked SD Card into the POV.1.

    • pov1

  • Hold down the Settings button on the recorder and press the Power button on the recorder simultaneously. Release once the LED status indicator begins to strobe red.
  • The LED status indicator will strobe red repeatedly and then stop.
  • There will be two brief faint strobes after the indicator light has gone off for a few seconds. Once the two faint strobes are done, the firmware has been updated.
  • Power-on the recorder and check Firmware version on the INFO SCREEN, which is in the SETTINGS menu to confirm update success (FW Version 1.3).

Nov 04

London to China with a POV.1

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One of our very loyal and very brave customers attempted the daunting journey of London to China on a BMW1200. Bob and his mates wanted to record their accomplishments and so they took a POV.1 along for the ride.

They will be creating a number of video clips of their adventure, you can see the first clip of many at this link on YouTube.

Thanks to Bob and the rest of the “2008 BMW R1200 GS Adventure” team for sharing this with us.