Sandisk High Endurance card

[mollydog]

Any opinions on the Sandisk 128GB High endurance microSDXC UHS-I Class 10, U3, V30?

I plan on using it on my Viofo A129 Duo, I had been using the similar card but the 64GB one and thought I’d go for one capable of recording longer

In passing, I’ve transferred this Viofo A129 Duo dashcam from our old car and placed it in to our new car we bought the other day. While this Dashcam was in the other car as it worked fine, coming on and going off as it should, we never had any reason to look at the captured clips, just formatted the card in camera every 6 or so weeks

While fitting it in our new car and setting up the front camera, I noticed in the bottom right corner of the screen not seen before text, “No GPS” I do have the GPS module, and power the camera from the USB mini socket on the module, the camera settings was set to capture GPS and show the captured data, speed, location Coordinates, Time and Date on the captured clips

But nothing, I’ve used a can of electrical contact cleaner spray on the contacts but still no luck, any opinions or just use it without the GPS features?

 

[lufa6977]

Since you put the GPS in the new car and it failed, there may be an issue with the windshield. Take the cam and gps and power it outside of the car with the cigarette lighter adapter. If the GPS syncs up, the issue is the windshield.

Does your car have a heated windshield? If so there are tiny elements in it that block the GPS signal. However, usually immediately around the rear-view mirror there is usually an area where you can get reception.

 

[jsmith]

Any opinions on the Sandisk 128GB High endurance microSDXC UHS-I Class 10, U3, V30?

I plan on using it on my Viofo A129 Duo, I had been using the similar card but the 64GB one and thought I’d go for one capable of recording longer

In passing, I’ve transferred this Viofo A129 Duo dashcam from our old car and placed it in to our new car we bought the other day. While this Dashcam was in the other car as it worked fine, coming on and going off as it should, we never had any reason to look at the captured clips, just formatted the card in camera every 6 or so weeks

While fitting it in our new car and setting up the front camera, I noticed in the bottom right corner of the screen not seen before text, “No GPS” I do have the GPS module, and power the camera from the USB mini socket on the module, the camera settings was set to capture GPS and show the captured data, speed, location Coordinates, Time and Date on the captured clips

But nothing, I’ve used a can of electrical contact cleaner spray on the contacts but still no luck, any opinions or just use it without the GPS features?

Make sure the GPS is enabled in Settings first on the A129 Duo. Check that the camera is securely mounted on the module. Do a factory reset. If no go, you can also try a bench test and try camera indoors with mount.

If all else fails, the 129 duo is a very old camera. It's possible the GPS module died. I had that happen on an 139 Pro You can try to purchase another module but it's likely time to upgrade.

 

[DesertBike]

Yes, the 128 GB card is the only one in the SanDisk High Endurance lineup that approaches being a reasonable deal. Still absurdly overpriced, but at a sweet spot with regard to $ (or £) per gigabyte, vs overall cost.

I used SanDisk High Endurance 256 GB in an A129 Duo for several years. Still using it in my newer dashcam.

 

[mollydog]

Thank you for the comments, I spent the afternoon fitting the cameras in the car, a Ford Fiesta new to me but is 9 years old and will be our daily drive

Yes our new (to me) car has heated front windscreen it never crossed my mind that the heated screen could interfere with the GPS, well I watched a few YouTube videos of fitting a Dashcam to our model of Fiesta Mk 7.5, the funny thing is the old car the Viofo out of and being replaced is (we still have it on our driveway) the Mk 6 Fiesta that also had heated front windscreen and the one maybe two times (maybe 6 years or more ago) I took out the card to view some footage, GPS data was saved on the card

Before fitted the cameras to the car, a few days before I connected the front & rear camera to a power pack and as both cameras were working I didn’t take much notice of the small icons on the screen, I left the camera(s) running off the power pack for a couple of hours and everything looked fine, it had been so long since I set up the camera settings that I had to download a PDF file for the instructions

I started from the back of the car (ending up fitting the front camera last) fixing the rear camera to the rear windscreen and with the front camera held in my hand and powered with a power pack, looking at the small screen to be sure the rear camera was facing somewhere in the right direction,

Once it was fixed then I started on the cable threading it to the front, unlike what I did on my old Fiesta, this time I threaded the cable from the rear camera through the wiring gaiter which looked easy on YouTube but took ages and a RPITA, I used silicon spray to help slip the cable through the gaiter





(I’ll pop over to our local auto store and pick up a small tube of black silicon to go over the slit the rear camera wire go’s in the the gaiter)

Once that was done I concentrated on routing the cable from the rear hatch running along the internal trimmings, but not under the roof lining but along the floor under the plastic side moulds till I came to the A pillar then the cable went along the door seal up to the roof lining and to the mirror

At this point I went to our old Fiesta to take off/out the GPS module, with some fishing line I got from my next door friend I used the fishing line in a saw action till the sticky pad on the GPS module had been cut from the windscreen, cleaned any residue from the sticky pad and stuck a new pad on the module, Viofo supplied 3 large pads with the dash-cam when I bought it

All lovely fitted and only a few moments later I was cutting this sticky pad out too


It was at this point when all three items came together (rear camera, front camera and the GPS module) I notices that even after setting the GPS to ON a half a dozen times the “No GPS” still popped up

Even though the pad had been fixed to the screen for a mater of minutes it wasn’t going to be easy to get off, at this point I took the remaining fishing line and spent another good 20 minutes cutting off the pad from the new Fiesta to take out the module and test it out in the open with no cars roof or trees anywhere near me

Well it made no difference, the “No GPS” text came back and the Viofo captured no GPS data, as it’s our daily drive I though it best to fit it back in the car and have a working Dashcam than non at all, and get advice first, later this evening I’ll do a reset, it never crossed my mind to try the reset, might not work but not lost anything

 

[lufa6977]

I will guess your GPS module has been bad for quite some time. The failure date in the original car is unknown; the new car and outdoor testing also failed. The unit is reasonably simple on the inside. The GPS module/board, a 4-pin wire/connector, and the board that has the pins that go into the dashcam. As I recall. Of course, the board inside the dashcam could be bad. A new GPS module is around 13 GBP. A reset and firmware reflash may help, but I sort of doubt it.

When I mount a dashcam, I usually leave the middle third of the adhesive covered. That makes it easier to remove the module, and I haven't had any issues with the dashcam detaching from the glass.

 

[jsmith]

I will guess your GPS module has been bad for quite some time. The failure date in the original car is unknown; the new car and outdoor testing also failed. The unit is reasonably simple on the inside. The GPS module/board, a 4-pin wire/connector, and the board that has the pins that go into the dashcam. As I recall. Of course, the board inside the dashcam could be bad. A new GPS module is around 13 GBP. A reset and firmware reflash may help, but I sort of doubt it.

When I mount a dashcam, I usually leave the middle third of the adhesive covered. That makes it easier to remove the module, and I haven't had any issues with the dashcam detaching from the glass.

The A129 Duo is such an old product now, too. I have one in my mother's vehicle that use to be mine, but it is coupled with 2 other Vantrue Dashcams. I had a GPS mount die on a Viofo A139, so they definitely do go bad.

I would agree his unit is faulty after troubleshooting. Not end of the world, camera still works, just without speed / coordinates.

 

[mollydog]

thank you for this good advice, I'll keep it as is for now I'm not keen of having to cut the sticky pad off so soon after the other two times, the module is cheap enough to just buy another one, I've seen Viofo (UK) had one in stock, testing out the A129 yesterday and looking on the captured clips, its good enough for now, next year maybe time to upgrade

 

[lufa6977]

thank you for this good advice, I'll keep it as is for now I'm not keen of having to cut the sticky pad off so soon after the other two times, the module is cheap enough to just buy another one, I've seen Viofo (UK) had one in stock, testing out the A129 yesterday and looking on the captured clips, its good enough for now, next year maybe time to upgrade

The A129 is still a very good dashcam, so keep right on using it. It still provides an excellent image, with the necessary features, and is reliable. My A129 GPS module is still good; however, I have replaced the GPS module on my A229 Pro.

I think I may have caused the A229 Pro GPS module failure when removing the A229 Pro from it while the GPS was still powered. The struggle to get the slots to match up may have shorted a pin or two and caused the GPS failure.