I’m on my second day of driving with mine and it looks like like overheated and shut down while driving too.
I still have to check the actual footage, but it was very hot to the touch after being parked in the sun for a few hours. I changed some settings and started driving, but it looks like it shut off at some point during the drive even with the AC going. Temps are in the low 90’s today.
So I guess you’re not the online one…
The A119 Mini that shutdown during normal mode recording also had an internal speaker problem. Early this week, I returned it to Amazon. VIOFO sent me a new review sample (production unit) which I installed late last week. It survived last week's somewhat moderate outside temps during my multi hour weekly shopping trip route. It was configured to record 2560x1440p 30fps with a bitrate of high.
I decided I wanted to try an experiment to see if I could help shield the A119 Mini from some of the direct sunlight coming through the windshield. I purchased a small roll of perforated mesh privacy window film. Windshields have an enamel coating baked onto them where it attaches to the vehicle and many times that material extends into the visible window glass area on the top of the windshield to act as a solar shade (aka as window frits). My idea was to add a small amount of film to the window glass with small holes in it (like the window frits) that would help block some of the direct sunlight reaching the A119 Mini to see if that could help reduce the amount absorbed heat from direct sunlight exposure.
Last Monday, I ran an experiment in my driveway measuring the temps of an A119 Mini which started off at room temp and then I checked it after 10 mins, 20 mins and 30 mins. The GPS mount had reached its max temp being directly exposed to the sun before attaching the A119 Mini. I did not power the A119 Minis (I had two for this test) because I wanted to see just what the temp the A119 Mini would reach solely based on direct sunlight exposure.
The first test was without the film installed and the second test was with the film installed. The outside temp during the 30 minute test one (without film) was 92F/33.3C and during test two (with film) was 98F/36.6C. The temps at the 30 minute mark were about 5F lower with the film installed. Not a large amount of temperature reduction, but it did reduce it a bit.
Looking at the temps I gathered during last week's shopping trip route at the hottest part of the trip (parking mode #3), the temps from this week were down between 5F and 20F with the film installed. The other dash cameras in the car (without any film on the windshield) had temps similar to last week's temps, only the A119 Mini showed somewhat lower temps. This week, I was able to run the A119 Mini at 2560x1440p 60fps with a bitrate of high which is the first time I've been able to get that configuration to work during this weekly shopping trip route. The outside temps during the hottest part of the route (parking mode #3) were 87F/30.6C last week and 81F/27.2C this week. Even though this week's outside temp was 6F/3.3C degrees cooler, the other non A119 Mini dash cameras had similar case temps both weeks.
The addition of the film didn't help quite as much as I would have hoped, but it did seem to help reduce the A119 Mini's case temps and every degree of reduction helps.