Recent content by Charles Ames

  1. Charles Ames

    Max altitude reduced

    Update again: It's been a few weeks since I returned my Powerextra batteries and bought a DJI OEM battery. What I've noticed is when I change batteries I have to log out and back in to lift the flight altitude and distance restrictions of 98 ft. Fortunately I don't have to log out then power...
  2. Charles Ames

    Max altitude reduced

    Yes another update: Since I returned the Powerextra batteries and bought an OEM DJI battery I haven't had the problem. What I DID notice when I put my new DJI battery in the 'copter I immediately got the prompt that I needed to update my firmware, which I did. I didn't get that message with the...
  3. Charles Ames

    Max altitude reduced

    Another update: After doing some reading of other threads about batteries, software, firmware, etc. My altitude problem might be due to my use of Powerextra batteries. Because the OEM DJI batteries being "Smart Batteries", and possibly the Powerextra batteries are not a close enough match...
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    Max altitude reduced

    Update: As I wrote yesterday it worked for me. Today I flew my P3S and I had it out to ca. 2,000 feet and about 350 feet altitude. I landed it turned it off and replaced the battery and it started all over AGAIN max 98 feet, both altitude and distance. I went through my procedure I wrote about...
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    Max altitude reduced

    Good morning. I found something that, so far, has worked for me. After numerous uninstalls/reinstalls, logout/login attempts, etc., here's what worked for me [knock on wood]. On the DJI GO App I logged out, and while still on the screen that prompted me to login, I powered off my iPhone. Then I...
  6. Charles Ames

    Max altitude reduced

    Thanks for your responses. I intentionally put it into beginner mode, made a quick flight then put it back into regular mode, but still no luck. I even adjusted the max altitude little lower but still the same issue. It's still stuck on ca. 98 feet max. Arrghh!
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    Max altitude reduced

    Greetings! All was fine with my P3S with height and distance until two days ago when my max altitude and distance were reduced to ca. 98 feet. I recalibrated my compass and IMU [Just in case], signed out and IN of my DJI account, reinstalled the most recent GO APP, which I had anyway. I still...
  8. Charles Ames

    Losing video signal - again

    I live in northern Maine and we live surrounded by pine trees and my video signal has not dropped out. It only dropped out when I went into the video recording mode - still images were okay. I've since solved the problem by using an iPAD. Apparently my Samsung Galaxy Lite did not have enough...
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    Losing video signal - again

    Hi, Just my video signal is lost. The SD card records my video fine. Telemetry is good with altitude, battery info, etc, etc. The 'copter responds to all my commands - and it works fine when using the still image mode.
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    Losing video signal - again

    Perhaps using "again" was a little misleading. Since I try it/fly it about every day and it doesn't work I thought "again" was appropriate. There is no problem with still images and no signal loss.
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    Losing video signal - again

    Yes I have the antenna oriented and the same orientation when I am taking still images which, so far, has been working without issue.
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    Losing video signal - again

    We live way out in the country here in northern Maine USA, and just a single powerline about 200 ft. away. No other sources of interference and no other homes. Our nearest neighbor is about 1/3 mile away. The video signal drops when it is very close ca. 50 ft. or less with no obstructions...
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    Losing video signal - again

    Hello all, My P3S is losing the video signal "Signal Lost", but only when I switch to video. When take still images it works fine - no issues. I even bought a new 32 gb micro SD card, just in case, but it still drops out. I've contacted DJI telephone support. Their tech person suggest [a] I...
  14. Charles Ames

    No Image Transmission message...?

    Hi, I had the same issue on my P3S. One thing I tried, just today, was to take out the micro SD card and reinsert it. I flew it for 20+ minutes and no video signal loss. One thing I did notice on previous days was the housing behind the camera lens became very hot, but today it was a normal...
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    anybody in maine?

    Hi I am in Grand Isle, Maine along the US/Canada border. P3S.