I have an external battery source under the drivers seat that I will plug the Dashcam into. Does anyone know if there is a provision in the 139pro software under parking mode that will allow the Dashcam to record when motion is seen? I am concerned that the camera would be recording unnecessarily while powered on or until the external battery loses its power source….
Recording While On Ext Battery
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The A139 Pro has three parking modes. Auto Event Detection, Time-Lapse and Low Bitrate. Auto Event Detection (AED) is a motion based buffered parking mode. The VIOFO implementation of AED parking mode causes the A139 Pro to consume a large amount of power with or without motion within the field of view. Any of the cameras can detect motion. When the A139 Pro detection motion, it will create a buffered video with 15 seconds before the motion event and 30 seconds after the motion event.
The parking mode with the lowest overall power consumption is Time-Lapse (tested at 10 fps). The downside of time-lapse is there is no audio recorded.
The parking mode with the lowest overall power consumption is Time-Lapse (tested at 10 fps). The downside of time-lapse is there is no audio recorded.
- A139 Pro
- AED Parking Mode Power Consumption
- 3-channel: Front + Interior + Rear
- 728 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 9.17 Watts
- 2-channel: Front + Interior
- 529 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 6.67 Watts
- 2-channel: Front + Rear
- 443 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 5.58 Watts
- 1-channel: Front Only
- 271 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 3.41 Watts
- 3-channel: Front + Interior + Rear
- Time-Lapse (tested at 10 fps)
- 3-channel: Front + Interior + Rear
- 665 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 8.38 Watts
- 2-channel: Front + Interior
- 474 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 5.97 Watts
- 2-channel: Front + Rear
- 396 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 4.99 Watts
- 1-channel: Front Only
- 245 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 3.09 Watts
- 3-channel: Front + Interior + Rear
- Low Bitrate
- 3-channel: Front + Interior + Rear
- 713 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 8.98 Watts
- 2-channel: Front + Interior
- 512 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 6.45 Watts
- 2-channel: Front + Rear
- 439 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 5.53 Watts
- 1-channel: Front Only
- 265 mA @ 12.6 Volts / 3.34 Watts
- 3-channel: Front + Interior + Rear
- AED Parking Mode Power Consumption
SPL15
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Auto Event Detection is supposed to do what you want; however, in my experience, the motion detection is really flaky / doesn’t function properly.
Regardless of what sensitivity setting I have parking mode motion set to, the dashcam basically records 24/7, even in my garage where there’s nothing happening
Regardless of what sensitivity setting I have parking mode motion set to, the dashcam basically records 24/7, even in my garage where there’s nothing happening
Thanks, This is very helpful....
Do you know if this has been reported to Viofo?