Looks like 2019 Viofo A129 uses Novatek NT96670 chipset.

And the new firmware now support High Efficiency Video Coding H.265 HEVC compression.

My chipset is the NT96663 unit. Hopefully it's able to support H.265 as well.

Got rumors that there will be a new A129 variant coming soon

not sure if it's worth upgrading from existing A129 or not.

But so far so good on unit.

Not sure yet but have to wait for my early sample unit first.

I've got few issues with my unit. Will update here in the next few days.

What's the issues?

Firmware or hardware issues?

Would like to know what issues you're facing. I may have come across it too.

I've document down in detail, will reply here next week as I'm away now

Viofo got new model?
A129 Duo IR Front and Interior Dual Dash Cam 5GHz Wi-Fi Full HD 1080P Buffered Parking Mode for Uber Lyft Taxi

https://www.viofo.com/home/137-111-a129-duo...module-included

Yes, IR (infrared) cam for internal cabin recording. Great for Grab drivers. Don't have the rear cam.

Waiting for my review unit to arrive soon.

There is another new model, A129 Pro, coming soon also but in the testing stage now.

This post has been edited by blurjoey: May 31 2019, 10:28 AM

As promised my report. It's a very disappointing unit IMO, as I paid 1k, which is still not cheap. I don't mind some issues, but I've great concern when no recording but beep sound not working. This defeats the purpose of dash cam, I could easily missed some critical footage.

I'm not sure how to claim for warranty or repair, because issues happen occasionally, so it's very hard to prove my claim.

Imagine the recent "Abong Botak" case happened, and thought everything recorded but it was not. Or worst, maybe hit someone who breaks red light, causing serious injury or death, but notice it was not recorded, hence unable to prove innocence.

1) Failed to record (once)
- parking mode on with 1fps
- first parked my car, everything recorded
- then drove the car, driving footage all recorded too
- parked at another location, this time the parking footage was not recorded (parking mode still on)
- started engine, then realised recording light was blinking. No beep sound.
- screen was black, unable to turn on screen, pressed all keys (long press, short press etc) but no response from unit at all. Connect wifi to phone, wifi connection successful, but unable to "connect to camera" from the app.
- drove back, reached home, unplug all cables and plug everything again, then it's working again

2) Failed to record (twice)
- parking mode on with 5fps
- parked my car, stop engine, unit turned on with both lights stable (which means recording in parking mode activated)
- after work, start engine and drove back (didn't check the recording)
- when reached home, only realised red light blinking. Checked back recording, both parking and journey home was not recorded.
- no beep sound to indicate that recording was not done during driving
- bought a new memory card, and it happened again, similar scenario

3) Unit hang (twice)
- unit hang, unable to press any button
- then only realise can restart unit, then after restart back to normal

This post has been edited by msa9696: Jun 1 2019, 02:50 PM

Can you to test with the parking mode off and see? Seems like the parking mode causing the issue here.

Also, where did you buy the A129? If you have bought the A129 from Sicurez, you can report to them and they will help you troubleshoot on the issue.

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Jun 1 2019, 11:51 PM

Suspect parking mode too, but doesn't always happen so not sure how long I will need to test without having mode.

Bought from Sicurez, yeah probably will check with them when have time, only concern very troublesome, have to send back to them, not sure if have to leave my unit there and how long they will take to find out the problem. That will leave me without any dash cam.

I would say software still so buggy, not sure if others face the same problem.

Wondering about the same thing.

Does touchscreen for A129 practically help?

Hi, can you snap shot me your list of your video clip using the apps?
And your firmware version.

Where is your location? Not recording beeping alert sound can be disable through the setting. You might have turned it off.

I used to have the same exact issue. Parking mode recording not working only to realized it hangs my camera when I try to download my recording.

What I did was to re-download the firmware and reset default twice. reconfigure again and test for 24 hours. Working ever since.

Cannot guarantee if it works for you but least you could try the solution I did.

This post has been edited by Keatsan: Jun 2 2019, 01:02 PM

Should be firmware. Need to check if there is an update firmware or not.

Anyway Viofo A129 parking mode is some what working but not to Korean dashcam level yet but it's getting there.

A129 no touchscreen

Another way update/flash the firmware and factory reset the a129 duo and set it again.

https://support.viofo.com/support/solutions...sh-cam-firmware

V1.5 firmware is latest


Sicurez said they'll give a temporary unit for you to use while they troubleshoot your unit.

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Jun 2 2019, 02:36 PM

Kintos is correct. Suspect might be the settings issue.