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26 UCW FEBRUARY 10-16, 2016 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM JIM JONES, Motorcycle Enthusiast, Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com. 910.484.6200 APRIL 23 • 2016 HOGS & RAGS MOROTCYCLE RALLY Visit Hogs&Rags.com for more information. APRIL 23 • NC BUFFALO SOLDIERS M/C OF FAYETTEVILLE 6TH ANNUAL PONY EXPRESS CHARTY RIDE at Fort Bragg Harley Davidson. This is a charity motorcycle ride, police escorted, to raise funds to benefit the community. Registration 9:30 a.m. Kickstands-up 10:30 a.m. $15/ riders and $5 passenger. For more information call 494-4513. MAY 7 • ALS CHARITY MOTORCYCLE RIDE in Sanford. Registration at 9:30 or online at www.Alscharityride.com. Lunch, DJ music, People's Choice Bike Show, silent suction, 50/50 raffle and more. Benefiting the ALS Association Jim Catfish Hunter Chapter www. Alscharityride.com Brian Weaver Dreamweaver8@embarqmail.com 919.542.6102. PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS The Patriot Guard Riders is a diverse group of patriots from every state that come together to honor fallen soldiers at funeral services across the country. Visit www.patriotguard.org for more information about the group. Now online! Flip our pages for news, views art and entertainment! www.upandcomingweekly.com Call and ask one of our marketing representatives to help you grow your business. 484-6200 Santa was very nice to me this year. I don't know why, but he was, or so the story goes. One of the gifts was the Sena 10c, a new video camera made for motorcyclists. After the fanfare of Christmas was over, I opened the box and was ready to get it mounted on my helmet. I am no stranger to the Sena products because I have had a Sena SHM for years and love it as an intercom and Bluetooth device for my phone and GPS. When I first got the 10c, I wanted to see if there were updates available. I downloaded the software to do the update. The instructions said I needed to insert the SD card, at a particular part during the download sequence. I went to Best Buy and purchased a nice 128 gigabyte (GB) SD card. I followed the directions and at 15 percent, it stopped downloading with no error message to tell me what had happened. Frustrated, I tried a different computer with the same result. The user's manual was nothing more than a 10 page booklet with nothing but pictures of how to install and use the device and basic features. I thought I might have a problem with the SD card. A few years ago, I got a new Garmin GPS for my trip to Alaska. I discovered an issue when trying to play audio books from audible.com. After much frustration and research, I discovered that the SD card came formatted as exFAT. My research led me to believe that I needed to have the SD card formatted to FAT32 to run audio books. It worked. Nowhere was there anything published from the company. That little piece of knowledge took me about two weeks of research to figure out. I also knew from dealing with various GPS devices that some devices are limited to the memory size (the GB size). Continuing on with my download efforts, I made sure the SD card was the right format, then I started wondering if I had too much storage. I finally changed the SD card down from 128GB to 64GB and then to 32GB, and then I was able to complete the download. It only took me about 20 minutes to mount the device in my helmet. I spent a little time to make sure that it was aimed properly, and then I was out the door and on the road. Unlike the very popular GoPro cameras, the Sena 10c works as an intercom with other Sena devices. It has a built in FM radio and still synchs with my phone and GPS. It is easy to find the record button, and I can narrate my ride. It also announces through the headset that the device is recording. I can press the record button while it is recording, and it will take a picture at that moment. As I drove, I narrated my trip. I wasn't sure how things would turn out. When I got home, the video quality was great at 1020 megapixels. The audio was really good. Naturally as my speed increased, so did the wind noise. At one point, while riding, I received a phone call. With the push of a button, I was able to answer it. When I played it back, I could hear my side of the conversation. I also could hear my FM radio. Strangely, I could not hear my iTunes music playing through the Bluetooth. One last thing, I discovered was that after I used the 32GB card to update the software, I was able to put back the 128GB card and it worked just fine. However, be very careful when filming something on a bike. There is a saying around motorcyclists that says, "The easiest way to video a wreck is to video your ride." I will tell you from my own experience that I can see how that happens. Whether it is videotaping your own ride or just around the house, a video camera makes us do some crazy stuff (how else do we get all of those funny clips for America's Funniest Home Videos). So if you are videotaping your ride, please be mindful that you may push yourself out of the safe zone. If there is a topic that you would like to discuss you can contact me at motorcycle4fun@aol.com. Me and My Sena 10c by JIM JONES While mounted video devices are a lot of fun, they can also be dangerous to use while driv- ing.