Front LED,s not on

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I took the drone out to film some fireworks tonight and when I started it up the front red Let’s came on for a couple of seconds then went out. I took off hovered about 10 ft off the ground but still the reds won’t flash so brought it back down as I needed all the help I could get for my first night flight.

When I looked at the settings there is no option to turn them on or off now. I know it used to be there but it’s not there now.

Now I know the last time I powered it up in the house to adjust settings they worked cause the wife was complaining about the flashing. All I have done since the last power up is update the app and calibrate the IMU.

Anyone else noticed this or am I just being really thick and looking in the wrong place. Needless to say I didn’t get any firework footage tonight

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What model of drone were you flying?

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You’ve got me wondering now @GrahameRob…

I’m pretty sure mine turn off as soon as I take off? :thinking:

So yes, they’ll always be on while doing configure stuff on the kitchen table. As you do :wink:

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Mavic Pro I’m talking about by the way :+1:

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Mavic Pro

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I think the Mavic Air ones turn off once you start video recording.
Would not like to swear to that without checking !. I am sure there is a on/off switch in the settings, as I turned them off last Friday to do the Firework Challenge Video!.

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Mine don’t.

They turn off when videoing, and there’s a setting for them to turn off for photos.

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I always start recording right before I take off - that explains it then :+1:

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Checking a list of settings that I have, there’s a possibility they are turned off all the time.

Main Controller Settings → Advanced Settings → Other → Turn on Head LEDs (On/Off)

That’s in addition to the one under photo settings that turns them off whilst a photo is being taken.

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It’s even possible to set either/both (why would you) C1/C2 to switch them on/off.

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Tried power up in the house and still the same, come on for a couple of seconds then go out. Just looked on YouTube and it shows option to turn them on or off but I haven’t got this option

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My layout is totally different

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You could try setting C1 or C2 to switch them on/off?

Then when they are back on again set C1/C2 back to how you like it.

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Incidentally, out of interest, which version of Go4 are you on?

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Version 4.3.0

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You could uninstall, download the ,.apk for an earlier version and install it.
For various reasons I’ve not gone past 4.2.21 … and that setting appeared last time I looked. I’ll double check for you if you decide to go that route.

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Iv just looked and there is a new update so will see if this one sorts it and if not I think I might use an earlier one :+1:

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All the earlier ones are available on https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/dji-technology-co-ltd/dji-go-4/

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Hmmm …. just checked 4.2.21 and 4.2.16 is like yours.

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The easy way … just done it, without uninstalling/reinstalling … is to temporarily change what either C1 or C2 do.
Takes seconds.

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Of course - that doesn’t explain how they ended up being switched off … unless one of those buttons is already set to switch them on/off, and you accidentally caught it.

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@chrisjohnbaker The Mavic air does indeed turn off once you set to record