YosemiteSam
New Member
Hello,
I purchased an A139 direct from Viofo's website in March and hardwired it in April. I updated the firmware but these two bugs still haunt me.
The unit is hardwired correctly and the dial is set to the highest voltage so my battery doesn't drain. When I power off my car, the camera says "Parking mode" and then just records until the battery is low enough for it to shut down. I have it set to auto event detection with the motion sensor on low and g-sensor also on low. There's no way to turn the motion sensor completely off. The videos show up in parking files so I know the mode is working properly but it isn't shutting off and only recording when motion is detected. I typically get about 2 hours of recordings before the camera shuts off due to battery drain. I don't need to record 24/7 while parked hence why I bought a webcam that was supposed to have motion detection.
Every time I start my car, the camera says "Recording 2 channel started video protected". I can connect via WiFi and see all the protected videos from when I first start my car. It never says "video protected" at any other time while driving so I don't think it's a defective g-sensor. I've just taken to going in every few weeks and formatting the video card to purge those videos. I don't want the memory card filling up with a bunch of garbage videos.
Is it possible my camera is defective and needs to be replaced by Viofo?
Thank you for reading.
I purchased an A139 direct from Viofo's website in March and hardwired it in April. I updated the firmware but these two bugs still haunt me.
The unit is hardwired correctly and the dial is set to the highest voltage so my battery doesn't drain. When I power off my car, the camera says "Parking mode" and then just records until the battery is low enough for it to shut down. I have it set to auto event detection with the motion sensor on low and g-sensor also on low. There's no way to turn the motion sensor completely off. The videos show up in parking files so I know the mode is working properly but it isn't shutting off and only recording when motion is detected. I typically get about 2 hours of recordings before the camera shuts off due to battery drain. I don't need to record 24/7 while parked hence why I bought a webcam that was supposed to have motion detection.
Every time I start my car, the camera says "Recording 2 channel started video protected". I can connect via WiFi and see all the protected videos from when I first start my car. It never says "video protected" at any other time while driving so I don't think it's a defective g-sensor. I've just taken to going in every few weeks and formatting the video card to purge those videos. I don't want the memory card filling up with a bunch of garbage videos.
Is it possible my camera is defective and needs to be replaced by Viofo?
Thank you for reading.