careh
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- Viofo A129 Pro Duo with HK3 hardwire kit
I have the above setup and (so far) cannot get parking mode to work. I had the whole thing installed by a shop & they set the HK3 dip switch to 12.2 volts and connected power to the camera (not the GPS mount). Both front and rear cameras work fine - video and audio is great. I'm using a Samsung High Endurance U1 128GB SD card. Wifi is turned off. Firmware is 1.1 and has been reflashed onto the camera.
I went into the camera and turned on parking mode - advanced parking mode - motion detection... no go...
The issue appears to be no power getting to the camera when I turn the ignition key off. If I have the camera screen turned on when I turn the key to 'off' - the camera screen immediately goes blank & the 2 red LED's for REC and MIC glow for about 2 seconds before going out. After the LED's go out - there is nothing showing on the camera and no buttons respond....and no videos get recorded while the key is turned off.
I had the shop check the wiring & they initially said they had miswired the red 'constant 12v' and yellow 'Acc' wires (reversing their position) - so they re-wired them...but no change on the parking mode.
I then thought it could be low battery voltage - so I charged my battery overnight to 13.2 volts - and in the morning - no change.
I also tried unplugging the rear camera - and swapping out the Samsung SD card with a Thinkware SD card..no change.
Next step will be changing the dip switch setting on the HK3 - and testing that the yellow 'Acc' wire really is getting switched power.
But a nagging thought I have is 'what if' no one has gotten parking mode working on a A129 PRO Duo (there *are* posts/videos that I can find showing the A129 in parking mode - but not the A129 *PRO*). So I thought I would ask here if anyone has done parking mode successfully on an A129 PRO.
I went into the camera and turned on parking mode - advanced parking mode - motion detection... no go...
The issue appears to be no power getting to the camera when I turn the ignition key off. If I have the camera screen turned on when I turn the key to 'off' - the camera screen immediately goes blank & the 2 red LED's for REC and MIC glow for about 2 seconds before going out. After the LED's go out - there is nothing showing on the camera and no buttons respond....and no videos get recorded while the key is turned off.
I had the shop check the wiring & they initially said they had miswired the red 'constant 12v' and yellow 'Acc' wires (reversing their position) - so they re-wired them...but no change on the parking mode.
I then thought it could be low battery voltage - so I charged my battery overnight to 13.2 volts - and in the morning - no change.
I also tried unplugging the rear camera - and swapping out the Samsung SD card with a Thinkware SD card..no change.
Next step will be changing the dip switch setting on the HK3 - and testing that the yellow 'Acc' wire really is getting switched power.
But a nagging thought I have is 'what if' no one has gotten parking mode working on a A129 PRO Duo (there *are* posts/videos that I can find showing the A129 in parking mode - but not the A129 *PRO*). So I thought I would ask here if anyone has done parking mode successfully on an A129 PRO.