Make sure you fully lifted the black secure bar when inserting the ribbon cable. I would remove it and try again. Freezing on the splash screen is a symptom of a poorly seated cable.
Verify ribbon cable was inserted fully and straight before reassembly.
The VIOFO production line has random quality control, I was fuming as well, with holder issues, I'd be raging with missing parts. It could rattle lose in the vehicle, possibly a good warning to everyone with newer A119S and metal base to check for missing screws then create Support Ticket and get them shipped to you today.Here's a picture of mine. I just decided to take it apart out of boredom.
This is the newest version with the A129 lens. Yes, it is a metal base. There is some QC issues as my lens was not even screwed into the housing! It was just attached on to the 2 small alignment pegs next to the screw holes, but no screws to fasten it in... As soon as I popped the lens housing open, the whole lens just fell out.
Verify ribbon cable was inserted fully and straight before reassembly.
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VERIFY TINY SURFACE MOUNTED COMPONENTS WERE NOT DAMAGED outside the white holder outline.
View my Disassemble video for complete procedure.
Until someone finds a perfect holder size to fit our sensor board without touching the components, the only option to getting replacement holders is ask VIOFO to reveal its source or buy from them directly. It would be very nice to have the updated A129 Len, holder & sensor module in my old A119S. Some DVRs use standard Lens & holders and not as limited in placement as the Sony sensor circuit board packed with surface components on both sides plus inside the holder near the sensor chip. The A119S Lens holder must be a proprietary design.
Good eyes to see that broken ribbon trace. The cable is best asked for from VIOFO for shortest length but yes it can be ordered from eBay and Amazon and else where. Let me check the specs, its single sided and 28 contacts if I remember correctly, always get the flex cable. As a last resort you can take that cable into an electronics shop for measuring the center-to-center contact pitch, contact width, edge spacer, must be perfect, type A or insulation tab ends. Its not a standard cable but if you have no options there are ways. I have a few links to sellers but all are currently out of stock.I think I found the issue...
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The ribbon cable cracked a tiny bit on the lens side just as it meets the connector.
anyone know where i can get a replacement ribbon?
You need this cable think its 3 or 4 inch original part but since its custom length will end up ordering longer one, just get shortest.
ribbon cable is not a problem of defocusing! Because video is recorded in you, the ribbon cable is in perfect order, otherwise, the signal from the matrix has not passed to the processor.
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Typical Prairie rain storm, that footage is going in the World Tour. I'm always impressed with the quality of v1.01 at night, in the rain its unbelievable, great work getting the sound of the rain smashing the vehicle and background lightning.A cpl filter would have been really useful here! I still haven't picked one up yet. I did remount the camera though, now on the drivers side of the rear view mirror, and lower by about 2 inches to avoid any of the dots lining the top of the windshield affecting the picture, and to be a little further forward. Haven't played with the angle yet, but the couple of extra inches helps
I was just going for a quick drive to drop something off, and the weather went from light drizzle to insanity almost instantaneously.
MOD7K v1.01 + 27Mpbs + IQ
Settings: 1080p@60fps + WDR off + EV 0 + Frequenzy 60Hz
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1xxF4PQmYuZet6HYaCSwraU4l6LpFBL0U
This was pretty neat just as I was leaving my place. Drizzle, light flash, downpour.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19b-gCiq6CVBKjkk2MzihRJgQlIfrxBoZ
Rain in full swing, with fat rain drops. The camera picked up the drops pretty clearly on the road as well as when passing under the street lights.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fTlVvGpz3KlY79hkRfCTIx2jOn5RCilC
Camera got punished here. Combination of low light, heavy rain, splashing, blowing trees, wipers, etc. resulted in several areas with framerate drop.
I haven't used this MOD during the day, but just this short night drive impressed me. The picture just looks natural. So far I prefer the settings of 1.01.
