Dashmellow
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3 different vehicles, 3 different hardwire kits (all Viofo), 3 different socket power cords (also all Viofo), a dozen different SD cards (several of them explicitly approved by Viofo, various brands, various sizes, etc.) ... It's not like my experience is an isolated one either. There are over 100 similar complaints on Amazon alone about similar problems and quite a few here as well. That's 100+ people with 100+ vehicles, 100+ SD cards of varying makes, models, sizes, etc. The vast majority are probably using the cigarette lighter adapter for whatever that's worth. The only common denominator in any of these scenarios is the Viofo A139.
I have also been at this with Viofo for over a month. They ask me a question and I answer it - right in the support ticket. They ask me the same question again the next day. I answer it again. They ask it again 2 days later. Over 1 month in and today they asked me to send them a video of the camera connected to wifi in the app .... Um, hello?? That is either grossly incompetent or intentionally designed to frustrate consumers into going away.
As far as my installation, of course I make mistakes like everyone else. However, these are very simple, straightforward installations for people that have done this type of thing before, I always check my work several times over and there is absolutely no logical wiring scenario in which the camera (mostly) works fine for 10 months and then suddenly has these issues? The wires are hooked up to the same circuits they were on day one. Nothing has been added to or removed from the car. The wires were inspected for physical damage and there was none. The fuses were checked; nothing of concern there. Nothing burned or blown. I was open to the possibly of voltage fluctuations and I absolutely did consider that the hardwiring kit could be kit. As such, I promptly followed the advice to switch power to the Viofo-supplied socket adapter several posts ago. So yes, we can 100% definitely rule out my wiring and the hardwire kit since both were entirely removed from the equation several posts ago.
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I believe you missed the point I was trying to make but sorry for your frustration. It is understandable.
Good luck with your cameras.
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