After all my doubts I bought one!... DavidUK's A119 odyssey
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You know I'm only pulling your leg. But getting serious if you want a good comparison I think @jokiin may have a comparison to post to you. I own both dash cams and the SG is far superior in every way.
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I bought the SG first, The playback of the SG on my laptop has such vivid colors. The playback of the A119 is ok for what it is needed for. But if you are fussy about the screen colors the SG is much better. It is compared to colors on a top brand flat screen tv.
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I plugged it into my Mac indoors last night and had a fiddle.
Only things I'm not sure of (at the moment!) are:
BTW, instruction booklet has very feint printing of diagrams and button symbols. Almost as bad as on their web site where these are invisible!: http://www.viofo.com/download/VIOFO A119 User Manual.pdf
Only things I'm not sure of (at the moment!) are:
- how to view on my Macbook, via USB cable, where it's pointing to set it up (A119 screen too small I think). I.e. what software? Mac has Windows 7 on it too.
- which software to use to view clips when microSD inserted into Macbook (iOS or Windows software. iOS preferred.) Samsung 32GB card.
BTW, instruction booklet has very feint printing of diagrams and button symbols. Almost as bad as on their web site where these are invisible!: http://www.viofo.com/download/VIOFO A119 User Manual.pdf
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VLC and QuickTime work well for viewing with OSX. QuickTime has the trim feature too, for snapshots VLC suffices.
Use the AV out to connect to a monitor or TV if you need a bigger view.
Use the AV out to connect to a monitor or TV if you need a bigger view.
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In instructions it says:
If I connect in this way, A119 turns on, but that's it. Is that because the supplied mini-USB cable is just a power cable and doesn't contain data wiring?
UPDATE: Yes. Now found a digital camera mini-USB-to-USB cable and using this entered mass storage mode. Files appear on PC.
I was thinking it would be another way of viewing whilst setting up.
Also...
If I press this button whilst in record mode (what is "video mode"), I just save a file. How do I access the playlist on the device itself?
If I connect in this way, A119 turns on, but that's it. Is that because the supplied mini-USB cable is just a power cable and doesn't contain data wiring?
UPDATE: Yes. Now found a digital camera mini-USB-to-USB cable and using this entered mass storage mode. Files appear on PC.
I was thinking it would be another way of viewing whilst setting up.
Also...
If I press this button whilst in record mode (what is "video mode"), I just save a file. How do I access the playlist on the device itself?
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This is handy... I found my Samsung S7 micro-USB-to-USB adapter. Used the video cable I found and this to plug the A119 into my S7 and immediately it went into mass storage mode and all the files appeared on my S7. I just tap one to see it play on the S7's screen. When installing the cam I'll just record a clip then unplug the power cable, plug in the video cable and my S7 and I can check alignment. Easier with an "AV Out" cable, but I don't have one right now.
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Thanks. Installed both on MacBook and both work, either from data cable to A119 or with microSD removed and plugged into Mac.
I'll decide which I prefer to use when I have more time.
At some stage I'll need to know how to transfer a clip from SD card to show it on the forum. What's the simplest way? Thanks.
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To share a video clip you can upload it to one of the supported websites then insert a link here. YouTube seems to be the most popular. I use Vimeo as I already had an account there.
If you want to share the original data file, you can upload and share with sites like Google drive or Mega.
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Thanks @TonyM
One thing I worked out was that when I switched the format message off...
it still showed on start up...
...so I guessed I had to format it one last time before the "format warning OFF" would apply and actually turn off. Once formatted it disappeared on start up.
Is it wise to set the format warning to a certain period, and if I do will I need to format once again for that period setting to apply?
I've test fitted the cam using a small bit of double sided tape on the 3M backing and I know where to permanently fix it now. The grey 3M tape is going to show up so I'll replace like @Cainor has with some tape I have already, as here: http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/c...esives-tapes-sealants/tape/?BARB621&0&cc5_144
Used this for a number plate and it dropped off, so not sure how it'll do.
I wonder if anyone has sourced some grey/black 3M pads, or if Viofo are going to make them available cheaply. Postage will be the killer I guess?
This stuff is great, but it's WHITE!!!...
Permanent fitting tomorrow... hopefully.
One thing I worked out was that when I switched the format message off...
it still showed on start up...
...so I guessed I had to format it one last time before the "format warning OFF" would apply and actually turn off. Once formatted it disappeared on start up.
Is it wise to set the format warning to a certain period, and if I do will I need to format once again for that period setting to apply?
I've test fitted the cam using a small bit of double sided tape on the 3M backing and I know where to permanently fix it now. The grey 3M tape is going to show up so I'll replace like @Cainor has with some tape I have already, as here: http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/c...esives-tapes-sealants/tape/?BARB621&0&cc5_144
Used this for a number plate and it dropped off, so not sure how it'll do.
I wonder if anyone has sourced some grey/black 3M pads, or if Viofo are going to make them available cheaply. Postage will be the killer I guess?
This stuff is great, but it's WHITE!!!...
Permanent fitting tomorrow... hopefully.
All 3M pars are grey... I abandoned your thought once I seen only grey 3M parts on other types of products.
Just use Bison
https://www.ebay.com/itm/222284442591
Just use Bison
https://www.ebay.com/itm/222284442591
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You mean the old thick grey Viofo pad or the new thin black one?
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The new thin black is 5952. First time was used by Street Guardian after users requests. Now Viofo buyers asked the same thing and now they are offering black tape too.
enjoy,
Mtz
enjoy,
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