LAKKS
Member
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2014
- Messages
- 68
- Reaction score
- 25
- Location
- Southern California
- Country
- United States
- Dash Cam
- G1W-C (2014), Viofo A118C2 (2018), Viofo A129 Pro Duo (2021)
I purchased the cam on Oct 2021 and had initial issues with a bad extra long rear cable and the unit not pairing with the remote button. The vendor Captureyouraction was great and solved the issues by replacing the cable and unit.
After 2 years, the unit stopped recording and I accidentally found the problem was the power plug is not working if the power cord is fully seated. I glued an o-ring between the plug and cam to keep the plug pulled out enough to restore power. Not great for my confidence though. After 3 months, I noticed the camera didn’t record an entire road trip, so I checked the connection and saw that the cover plate was popped out slightly at the power plug location. Snapping it back in restored the field fix, but it isn’t great for the confidence level again.
The other glitch is that the memory card has pages of clips taken from parking mode, but I have parking mode turned off. I’ve turned off parking mode and any other related settings a few times. Before I installed the o-ring on the power plug, I noticed that the camera would sometimes be on when I turned off the ignition. The o-ring fixed the power problem but I then noticed that parking mode was enabled!
I can live with parking mode on, but the cam not recording reliably while driving is now a concern.
After 2 years, the unit stopped recording and I accidentally found the problem was the power plug is not working if the power cord is fully seated. I glued an o-ring between the plug and cam to keep the plug pulled out enough to restore power. Not great for my confidence though. After 3 months, I noticed the camera didn’t record an entire road trip, so I checked the connection and saw that the cover plate was popped out slightly at the power plug location. Snapping it back in restored the field fix, but it isn’t great for the confidence level again.
The other glitch is that the memory card has pages of clips taken from parking mode, but I have parking mode turned off. I’ve turned off parking mode and any other related settings a few times. Before I installed the o-ring on the power plug, I noticed that the camera would sometimes be on when I turned off the ignition. The o-ring fixed the power problem but I then noticed that parking mode was enabled!
I can live with parking mode on, but the cam not recording reliably while driving is now a concern.