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Review Viofo A129, The highly anticipated dual dashcam

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Keatsan
post Jun 18 2018, 06:51 PM

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AliEx selling for RM700 below. Thinking to get this or not. Hmmmmm

Alternative would be mini0906
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post Jun 18 2018, 09:51 PM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ Jun 18 2018, 08:02 PM)
Market price is about there. Even from Viofo website.

A129 is much better than 0906.
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Waiting for good deals on A129 before striking! *Standby wallet*

Lol
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post Jun 18 2018, 10:31 PM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ Jun 18 2018, 09:56 PM)
Hahahaha... Viofo control price jor... Not like A119 time d...
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Will have to see Gearbest or maybe Fourth of July sales.
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post Jul 3 2018, 08:07 PM

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Just a question out of the blues, I'm wondering why Mini USB is preferred over Micro USB for A129?

Any specification differences between the cable design?
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post Jul 4 2018, 03:55 PM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ Jul 3 2018, 11:20 PM)

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That's interesting. 10 pin is needed. That's quite a lot of pins compare to standard 5.
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post Jul 4 2018, 09:02 PM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ Jul 4 2018, 04:06 PM)
That's one of the reason I found laugh.gif  laugh.gif  laugh.gif
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I've gotten my A129 unit. Will be fixing together with Vicovation. Phew, lots of wiring!
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post Jul 5 2018, 07:13 PM

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I gave up installing on my own. My own car is tough because of the tight panels. I gotta find installer liao to help me on this.
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post Jul 6 2018, 02:16 PM

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The beeps on A129 is rather loud. As for the Wi-Fi app, I hope they let us change the settings without the need of stop recording. Hence the loud beeping to annoyingly reminds you that it's not recording.

*beep beep* *beep beep* *beep beep* *beep beep*

sh.......now it's stuck in my head....
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post Jul 24 2018, 08:15 PM

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QUOTE(lkhdungeon @ Jul 24 2018, 05:57 PM)
Does anyone know in kl/pj area any reliable shop/people can help to do the installation for it?
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I've given you some recommendation in your inbox.
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post Dec 6 2018, 03:17 PM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ Dec 6 2018, 11:03 AM)
15fps good for space saving.

Motion detection bad for heavily congested place.

Anyway I prefer motion detection.

My 3 wires hardwire kit and CPL is here. But not sure why the box says for A119 or A118c

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I was just wondering, is it possible to get some adapter to use merge with my existing setup.

Currently I'm using normal fuse piggyback with cigarette lighter extension. If I were to use this 3 wires hardware kit, I'll have to re-wiring everything again, which is something I am trying to avoid.

Any suggestion to merge the 3 wire kit and continue onto the cigar-USB cable setup?
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post May 23 2019, 10:22 AM

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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.
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post May 23 2019, 10:38 AM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ May 23 2019, 10:35 AM)
Got rumors that there will be a new A129 variant coming soon innocent.gif  innocent.gif  innocent.gif
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brows.gif not sure if it's worth upgrading from existing A129 or not.

But so far so good on unit. laugh.gif
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post May 23 2019, 02:17 PM

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QUOTE(msa9696 @ May 23 2019, 12:37 PM)
I've got few issues with my unit. Will update here in the next few days.
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Firmware or hardware issues?

Would like to know what issues you're facing. I may have come across it too.
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post Jun 2 2019, 12:59 PM

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QUOTE(msa9696 @ Jun 2 2019, 02:31 AM)
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.
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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.

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post Jun 11 2019, 03:58 PM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ Jun 11 2019, 11:23 AM)
For owners using the A129 Duo's parking mode, turn off the wifi when not in use and not leave it on always. It will burn the wifi module very fast.
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Their WiFi module isn't the good type to begin with. File transfer with 2.4ghz and 5ghz no speed difference. I may as well stick to 2.4ghz. Peak at 72mbps transfer speed, and that's a very poor bandwidth.

QUOTE(msa9696 @ Jun 11 2019, 03:11 PM)
But warranty only 1 year right? After 1 year koyak liao very troublesome

I mentiond before that I keep turning on and off wifi (to enable and disable parking mode) as I posted earlier due to wanting to "save" the car battery when park at home (gated). Now with this risk of damaging the wifi, I really wonder, shall I just keep the parking mode running round the clock, and will it really shorten my car battery a lot
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If you're using the Viofo parking 3 wire kit, it should cut off upon detecting the low voltage of your battery. Well, that's the safety cut off to begin with. hmm.gif
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post Jun 11 2019, 04:57 PM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ Jun 11 2019, 04:55 PM)
Sicurez told me to set the cut off at 12.4V just to be safe.

Also, I prefer to take out the micro SD card and use an OTG card reader that I store in my car to watch on my phone. Wifi too slow and sometimes the stream quality is not that clear.
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Agree on the 12.4v as well. The higher the better, lower risk of draining the car battery to lower Voltage.

The WiFi module for A129 has room for improvement on hardware level. I guess that's the downside of the WiFi stability of A129.
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post Jun 25 2019, 05:47 AM

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QUOTE(couk @ Jun 24 2019, 03:31 PM)
Hi! I read some reviews suggested that the WDR should be turned OFF. May i know why? I thought this function is good to be turned ON?

May i know what are the recommended settings for G-Sensor and Boot Delay?
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WDR is a double edge sword feature. On some condition, it's providing too much contrast or over-brightness of your recording.

Hence you may need to evaluate and review the recording a few times to suit your taste. For my case I leave it on, since I'm happy with the results recorded since Day 1 purchase.

My G-sensor is on low due to pot holes / bumpers / uneven roads in Klang Valley area. (I know right?) Wouldn't want too many false alarm recording and beepings......

Boot delay - 0 seconds.
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post Jun 25 2019, 10:34 AM

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QUOTE(KIntos @ Jun 25 2019, 09:23 AM)
My A129 setting is default on g-sensor. Why your car so bumpy ?conti car use stiffer absorber kot 😀
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I tried using default medium but sometimes pot holes itself trigger it. So I just leave it low.

As long as the G-sensor is on. Haha
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post Jun 26 2019, 10:32 AM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ Jun 25 2019, 08:51 PM)
Very weird. I thought only Korean dashcam was sensitive even at low sensitivity.
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Perhaps the body of my vehicle transfer the vibration all the way to it's dashcam G-sensor.

Haha
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post Jun 26 2019, 04:50 PM

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QUOTE(blurjoey @ Jun 26 2019, 12:22 PM)
Maybe your A129 is a Korean dashcam in disguise laugh.gif  laugh.gif  laugh.gif
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Perhaps it had some Korean DNA in it.

QUOTE(lizzam @ Jun 26 2019, 04:27 PM)
Hi all,

Just got my A129 (bought with hardwire kit) to replace my A119 in May but just managed to install it a couple weeks back. Talked to my serrvice center guys, they said fuse-tapping will void warranty, so not sure if I should continue hardwiring it. a friend suggested using portable battery instead but with our heat I don't think that's a good idea.

So, my question is:
A) does your car's warranty void if you hardwire it, even using fusetaps?
B) any alternative suggestion for parking mode other than hardwire?
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Technically fuse tapping will void the car warranty upon on SC standards. It's a gray line area.

A - yes it does but most car manufacturer. But I'm not sure on BMW since they have their OEM dashcam installed as optional.
B - powerbank but you've gotta be hardworking to remind yourself on charging / replacing it from time to time.


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