bigone5500
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I plug my battery in but the camera will not power. No lights on the vtx. I plug the USB and I get lights. Any suggestions where to start?
VTX Runcam Split 2 Issue
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Tony
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Um, what product are you asking about?
I'm just a little confused here.
This is clearly the fpv camera, but you don't plug the battery into the camera.
Now we are on the video transmitter.
and now we are on the flight controller.
I'm just a little confused here.
bigone5500
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Nvm. It's one or the other...
bigone5500
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It seems the vtx is toast. I inserted a micro sd with updated firmware on it and plugged in a charging cable as instructed. After about a minute I touched the board and it was blazing hot. I guess that's what you get for $80...
D.O.G.
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I'm not sure what VTX you have that cost $80.00 but sorry that it went bad Jared. I use one that's less then 1/2 the one you bought and til this day on, it works marvelous and I have no problems with it. Check it out Lumenier TX5G6R Mini 600mW 5.8GHz FPV Transmitter with Raceband
bigone5500
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The one I'm talking about is in the description. It's the Runcam Swift 2. I have looked in the manual and online for troubleshooting tips and the only thing I can come up with is I over powered the vtx (dvr???).... The part that the camera connects to. It's supposed to handle up to 17 volts which is good as I'm running 4s. I'm almost ready to just get rid of all this fpv stuff. Too much crap going on here.
bigone5500
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I have to apologize. For some reason I was putting 'Swift' instead of 'Split' for the product name. This is the Runcam Split 2.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Tony
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now that you say split, I had the exact same issue with one of them. Burnt it right up. They sent me a second one, and it's still in frankenquad and I have never used it (I don't think, been a minute). Kind of lost passion for that project after the issues I had with the company.
bigone5500
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Ivan what camera do you run on your quad?
bigone5500
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I'm down in the dumps with this quad in regards to this camera. I just soldered the board to the FC 5v and nothing. I get 4.88v at the dvr and no led lights up on the board. However, when I plug in the usb charger, I am able to iron my shirts quite well.
bigone5500
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This is the area where the large diode looking this is. The component has 'XR' on it.
bigone5500
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Oh, so I tried plugging both battery and usb and I got a camera image. ???? WTF??? So is the board bad or not? I still think something is burned out.
bigone5500
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Good place for it.
RandyDSok
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Sounds like a diode ( or two ) is burned out on the battery side of the circuit since it powers up when you plug in the usb connection.
bigone5500
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I don't know. I'm not good enough to fix a board like that.
The trash photo is really a joke. No way I'd throw that much money in the garbage. I'll end up getting a cheap camera to replace that one.
Any suggestions?
The trash photo is really a joke. No way I'd throw that much money in the garbage. I'll end up getting a cheap camera to replace that one.
Any suggestions?
RandyDSok
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Tony
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You can send me that board and I can see if I can find the issue. Kind of like I did on the flight controllers. I think I have one of these doing just what yours is doing, but without knowing the exact component that is getting hot, I can't say for sure. Hell I don't even know what is getting hot on mine, that was before I was interested in component level repair.
but I run a pretty simple setup. I will see if I can find the specs of the one that I really like. It's a runcam camera with a 200mw vtx then just use your goggles.
but I run a pretty simple setup. I will see if I can find the specs of the one that I really like. It's a runcam camera with a 200mw vtx then just use your goggles.