From my side, issues I have experienced recently (FW 1.7):
- overheating and shutdowns already from 25 deg C / 77 F outside
- main until randomly not responding to buttons, freezing and not recording (realized there is a 2-day gap when I wanted to check recordings)
- issues with buffered parking mode (already mentioned in the other thread)
- lack of response from Viofo - reported twice a few weeks ago via email and still no feedback...
Thank you for being very specific in outlining you issues. I also see your previous posts and threads as well, and they were also specific.
I have no doubt that your concerns are legitimate. It is my hope that Viofo would remedy your issues.
The only thing I would add is that be sure to tag
@viofo and
@VIOFO-Support in any of your forum posts with issues.
I always prefer written(ex: email, or forum post with tagging) communication as long as it is fast over a phone call any day of the week because that also removes any "he said", "she said" nonsense scenario and creates some type of accountability to show between both parties and anyone else that could be present in the room(which would be us if it was a public forum post).
In my research last year, buffered parking mode was either very unreliable or not sensitive enough(door dents/dings on parking lots) among all manufacturers that I permanently stick to recording everything in low bitrate mode regardless of manufacturer, along with having a big enough MicroSD card(256GB or more) to save recordings.
Interesting that what you're experiencing still validates my conclusion.
Some people have complained about firmware v1.7 removing Park Geofencing(which was still in Beta and never advertised as a standard feature of the product) and some other things.
I would downgrade to v1.6 and see what happens since it doesn't look like v1.7 added or fixed much.