alamsas
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I've had my A129 for a couple weeks now but I've been only using it with the 12V plug since I haven't had the chance to hardwire it till yesterday. I believe I have installed the wires the correct way. I have tested the fuse ports and made sure one is always on and one is powered only when the car goes ACC or ON.
I'm kind of confused as to how it should act when the engine is off now that it's using the hardwire kit. I've read that if I use the hardwire kit, I should connect the power cord to the cam (USB port?? Same as PC connection?) directly and not the mount. I've done this and still have this issue.
I have also updated the firmware of the cam to V1.8 linked here: https://support.viofo.com/support/solutions/articles/19000087812-viofo-a129-duo-dash-cam-firmware. Even though the physical manual that came with the product linked me here: https://support.viofo.com/support/s...097350-viofo-a129-duo-ir-dash-camera-firmware. Is that a wrong link? I don't think I got the IR version so I just used the first link.
So here's my issue: it doesn't seem to turn off when I turn off the engine. Even when I try and plug it in while the car is off, the camera turns on right away. And I notice that the settings I set don't get saved after I remove it and plug it back in. (i.e. I turned parking mode to Auto Event Detection and when I noticed it wasn't turning off when the engine was off, I unplugged it and plugged it back in and noticed that parking mode was set to OFF again)
Other issues that came up while troubleshooting this: When this happened I tested my connections to the fusebox. I removed the fuses and checked the voltage of the ports im connected to. They were reading 12.02V. After I plugged the fuses back in, the REC and MIC light were still on even though I have the kit set to 12.4V (highest setting).
Apologies on the buttload of questions. I'm new to the dashcam scene and it seems like there's such a steep learning curve with installing this thing. I'm really not sure what's wrong. Is it the hardwire kit? The dashcam itself? The app? The car?
P.S. If anyone could link a legend for all the extra icons in the display that's not shown in the manual, that'd be awesome! The manual that came with the product is very vague when it comes to the features of the display screen since half of the icons aren't even described.
Can provide pictures if needed.
Thanks!
I'm kind of confused as to how it should act when the engine is off now that it's using the hardwire kit. I've read that if I use the hardwire kit, I should connect the power cord to the cam (USB port?? Same as PC connection?) directly and not the mount. I've done this and still have this issue.
I have also updated the firmware of the cam to V1.8 linked here: https://support.viofo.com/support/solutions/articles/19000087812-viofo-a129-duo-dash-cam-firmware. Even though the physical manual that came with the product linked me here: https://support.viofo.com/support/s...097350-viofo-a129-duo-ir-dash-camera-firmware. Is that a wrong link? I don't think I got the IR version so I just used the first link.
So here's my issue: it doesn't seem to turn off when I turn off the engine. Even when I try and plug it in while the car is off, the camera turns on right away. And I notice that the settings I set don't get saved after I remove it and plug it back in. (i.e. I turned parking mode to Auto Event Detection and when I noticed it wasn't turning off when the engine was off, I unplugged it and plugged it back in and noticed that parking mode was set to OFF again)
Other issues that came up while troubleshooting this: When this happened I tested my connections to the fusebox. I removed the fuses and checked the voltage of the ports im connected to. They were reading 12.02V. After I plugged the fuses back in, the REC and MIC light were still on even though I have the kit set to 12.4V (highest setting).
Apologies on the buttload of questions. I'm new to the dashcam scene and it seems like there's such a steep learning curve with installing this thing. I'm really not sure what's wrong. Is it the hardwire kit? The dashcam itself? The app? The car?
P.S. If anyone could link a legend for all the extra icons in the display that's not shown in the manual, that'd be awesome! The manual that came with the product is very vague when it comes to the features of the display screen since half of the icons aren't even described.
Can provide pictures if needed.
Thanks!