I've had this issue with a constant repeating pulsing sound on my A119 dashcam audio and I was wondering if anyone has been experiencing the same thing. I have both an A119 and an A119S and the issue is present with both of them.
Here are the conditions for the pulsing sound to occur:
- The GPS mount must be attached
- The speakers must NOT have played any sounds since the camera powered on. As long as startup sounds are off and no beeps have been played due to button presses, the pulsing occurs. The pulsing stops as soon as a sound is played.
Other observations:
- The pulsing stops as soon as a sound is played and remains so until the camera is powered off. If startup sounds are on, no pulsing sounds occur.
- GPS setting can be on or off, pulsing occurs anyway
- Power cable can be plugged in either location, pulsing occurs anyway as long as GPS module is attached
I would much prefer to have all sounds off. The only current option to circumvent the pulsing issue is to have the startup sound enabled, and I'm not a big fan of the little tune.
I'm fairly certain it's a widespread issue. I've seen a couple other posts/videos about it and their issue is identical. Perhaps most people leave the startup sound on and don't experience it at all.
I submitted this to a Viofo support ticket and unfortunately they don't understand English very well, asking me questions I already answered in the original ticket. They even sent me a replacement GPS mount which didn't help. Surely this could be solved with a firmware fix?
Here's my video demonstrating the issue.
Here are the conditions for the pulsing sound to occur:
- The GPS mount must be attached
- The speakers must NOT have played any sounds since the camera powered on. As long as startup sounds are off and no beeps have been played due to button presses, the pulsing occurs. The pulsing stops as soon as a sound is played.
Other observations:
- The pulsing stops as soon as a sound is played and remains so until the camera is powered off. If startup sounds are on, no pulsing sounds occur.
- GPS setting can be on or off, pulsing occurs anyway
- Power cable can be plugged in either location, pulsing occurs anyway as long as GPS module is attached
I would much prefer to have all sounds off. The only current option to circumvent the pulsing issue is to have the startup sound enabled, and I'm not a big fan of the little tune.
I'm fairly certain it's a widespread issue. I've seen a couple other posts/videos about it and their issue is identical. Perhaps most people leave the startup sound on and don't experience it at all.
I submitted this to a Viofo support ticket and unfortunately they don't understand English very well, asking me questions I already answered in the original ticket. They even sent me a replacement GPS mount which didn't help. Surely this could be solved with a firmware fix?
Here's my video demonstrating the issue.
