New to DashCam Talk and its forums. I am based in and around London, UK.
I'm not new to dashcams but am one of these plug and go users, install, hope the cam' works and gives me the results I want without much tweaking by me.
My first two dashcams were real cheapos but they did a job just not well, then 3 years ago I purchased a NextBase 402G and I was amazed, set up, video quality was better than anything I had experienced.
The first 402g only lasted two months and went up in smoke, ( internal battery fault ), NextBase replaced it, no quibble and the replacement ran good for about 15 months but the battery gave up again, so NextBase replaced the battery, ( so unit no longer the bargain it was ), but have been running it ever since without issue until the other day and the battery gave up again, time for a rethink on dashcams.
The bottom line is I have just purchased my first dashcam fitted with capacitors, the A119V2, non-GPS via Amazon UK.
I did a fair amount of reading, which is what brought me to DashCam Talk, did a fair amount of reading of the forums before joining.
That my history with dashcams in brief but I have some questions about the A119V2. I've done a little to much reading of the A119 forums and got myself a bit lost with taking in all the info.
Along with the camera I purchased a Viofo suction cup screen mount for the A119 and a genuine Viofo CPL filter from another retailer.
One of the first things I did out of the box was update the firmware from 180730-V3.91 to V4.01 via Viofo using the how to video on this site, that all has gone smoothly.
1) I noted there are further modified firmware upgrades to tweak official firmware, do I need to install this or does V4 contain this tweaking?
2), I have always used suction cup mounts for my dashcams, am I best to use a suction cup with this camera or the adhesive mounts, ( I'm thinking about reflections )?? It took me reading some of the posts before realising what the string was for that came with the camera.
3) The Viofo CPL filter, which is top and bottom or does it matter?
I've been reading post which suggests possibly rotating the filter to improve results if need be but there doesn't appear to be a way of doing this with the filter I have.
4), This feels like a stupid question but what exactly does a hard wire kit do?
With all my dash cams I have just plugged them in to a car lighter type socket and powered them that way with no issues.
About a year or so ago I did purchase a NextBase HW kit for the 402G but never installed it, will this kit do for the A119 or should I purchase the official Viofo HW kit?
Both the above kits are a 2 wire system but I have been reading about 3 wire kits, what's the difference as far as camera operation is concerned?
Sorry for the first long post but I have got lost a bit.
I'm not new to dashcams but am one of these plug and go users, install, hope the cam' works and gives me the results I want without much tweaking by me.
My first two dashcams were real cheapos but they did a job just not well, then 3 years ago I purchased a NextBase 402G and I was amazed, set up, video quality was better than anything I had experienced.
The first 402g only lasted two months and went up in smoke, ( internal battery fault ), NextBase replaced it, no quibble and the replacement ran good for about 15 months but the battery gave up again, so NextBase replaced the battery, ( so unit no longer the bargain it was ), but have been running it ever since without issue until the other day and the battery gave up again, time for a rethink on dashcams.
The bottom line is I have just purchased my first dashcam fitted with capacitors, the A119V2, non-GPS via Amazon UK.
I did a fair amount of reading, which is what brought me to DashCam Talk, did a fair amount of reading of the forums before joining.
That my history with dashcams in brief but I have some questions about the A119V2. I've done a little to much reading of the A119 forums and got myself a bit lost with taking in all the info.
Along with the camera I purchased a Viofo suction cup screen mount for the A119 and a genuine Viofo CPL filter from another retailer.
One of the first things I did out of the box was update the firmware from 180730-V3.91 to V4.01 via Viofo using the how to video on this site, that all has gone smoothly.
1) I noted there are further modified firmware upgrades to tweak official firmware, do I need to install this or does V4 contain this tweaking?
2), I have always used suction cup mounts for my dashcams, am I best to use a suction cup with this camera or the adhesive mounts, ( I'm thinking about reflections )?? It took me reading some of the posts before realising what the string was for that came with the camera.
3) The Viofo CPL filter, which is top and bottom or does it matter?
I've been reading post which suggests possibly rotating the filter to improve results if need be but there doesn't appear to be a way of doing this with the filter I have.
4), This feels like a stupid question but what exactly does a hard wire kit do?
With all my dash cams I have just plugged them in to a car lighter type socket and powered them that way with no issues.
About a year or so ago I did purchase a NextBase HW kit for the 402G but never installed it, will this kit do for the A119 or should I purchase the official Viofo HW kit?
Both the above kits are a 2 wire system but I have been reading about 3 wire kits, what's the difference as far as camera operation is concerned?
Sorry for the first long post but I have got lost a bit.