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no connection whatsoeverI think Viofo is owner or a subsidy of a Blackvue.
no connection whatsoeverI think Viofo is owner or a subsidy of a Blackvue.
I totally agree with you these cameras aren’t fit for purpose! i bought my camera 14 months ago and have been waiting for the advertised Motion Detection facilit to work! month after month i’ve been told by Viofo we’re are working on it just try this and try that, You only have to read what other guys have tried to see it’s never going to happen!So what, for some is it time to return these cameras to the retailer, clearly not fit for purpose?
Today running v2.0 my A129 Duo (front camera only) skipped around 5mins of driving footage, no auditable beeps. This following a hit and run crash last October is not why I made my purchase, deeply disappointed in the level of support and ongoing bugs. Much speculation regarding quality of SD card, cable fragility, etc. and yet other brands appear to work with more consistency and with better customer service.
Running with a Samsung Evo Plus 256 myself, formatted to ExFAT (good perf report, no issues reported).
I am relatively tolerant, but with the announcement of another (potentially superseding) product I'm about to call time on this vendor. World events aside, many of these issues predate that gnarliness and therefore should have been addressed ages ago, presuming that were feasible.
@VIOFO-Support Please advise, is this product a dead duck, should we look to another product range?
Yes, anything after V1.9 is currently a beta.Thought firmware v2 was Beta?
Still running v1.9 and it works fine for me. I don't like the Auto Detect mode for parking though, and use the low bitrate mode for parking.
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Thought firmware v2 was Beta?
Still running v1.9 and it works fine for me. I don't like the Auto Detect mode for parking though, and use the low bitrate mode for parking.
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Did you try low bitrate parking mode in V1.9?I got tired of waiting for a good stable firmware from this vendor. After living a few months with v1.9 and realizing it's buggy, freezing or simply stops recording during parking mode, giving random beeps and feeling so sluggish, I returned to 1.5.
I wish I could use the buffered parking mode, but I simply don't trust it anymore. I'll stay with 1.5 & low bitrate recording until the time will come to replace it with something else. Not sure I'll choose the same brand though.
Yes, it works, but I still find the dashcam frozen every now and then. Also, the menus are really slow ever since I installed v 1.9.Did you try low bitrate parking mode in V1.9?
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Yes, found the dashcam frozen on multiple occasions. I start driving and when I look at the screen, it shows a static image from the parking place while I'm driving, so I have to reboot it.Just to understand, the parking mode in low bitrate mode is also buggy with the v1.9? I didn't try it, but I thought it was working only in this mode...
Also, the menus are really slow ever since I installed v 1.9.
Seems to only be slow with rear camera connected. Doesn’t appear to happen all the time either. A freshly formatted card seems to help at times too.Lol, I thought A129 menu is "that slow" by design because my wife's unit arrived with V1.9. That was one of the main reason why I choose to buy A129 Pro for my car. With higher CPU speed, the A129 Pro current beta firmwares are also causing the menu to be as slow as A129. Duh...
Yes, the slow down in A129 Pro is not all the time, but when it did, it is not that responsive.Seems to only be slow with rear camera connected. Doesn’t appear to happen all the time either. A freshly formatted card seems to help at times too.
On the Pro, Using the latest beta, are you able to manually power down the camera while the car is still running? For me, while I’m using the 3-wire kit, I cannot power off the camera while car is running. The camera just restarts.
holiday this week, I wouldn't expect any replies before MondayNot a peep from Viofo. Very telling of their intent.