Your "how to" video is outstanding! You don't mess around with details that don't matter and explain things so clearly. This little dashcam is so simple yet has lots of cool features. Thanks for the extra effort and the "outtakes" you had in the beginning and in the middle! Love the humor.

I just installed my Pro Duo this week, and became tremendously frustrated at a few things. So here's a pro tip this video glosses over, which is immensely important: After turning Wifi ON, you MUST exit out of the option menus and return to home screen before Wifi actually turns ON. Not knowing this led to quite a few minutes of frustration the first time I setup my DashCam.

I kept thinking you were saying beautiful dash cam, not viofo dash cam. I just thought you loved dash cams so much you called them beautiful. It works either way. Great video!!

3 Years since you made this video - and it has helped me tons ! Thanks for simplifying and explaining it so well - just got this installed a day ago and trying to get my head around it....

Two years after publish I saw this video after getting my own Viofo A129. This video was perfect for easily explaining the features I need to know about. Thanks for the outstanding production!

I thank you from my beautiful ipad for your beautiful explanation of the beautiful viofo on this beautiful day, also from my beautiful wife from a beautiful Holland.

Kind of interesting how you have the live feed with Cellular radio on. Plenty of folks on the forums have been commenting how you need to have it off in order to view the feed on the app. On another note, VIOFO support rep stated they know about this and said it's only affecting iOS users, with no plans on a fix in the near future.

Great video, very clear and detailed. The instruction manual is a bit lacking, so the info here is much appreciated.

You produced and posted an outstanding video my friend! I just ordered this dash cam earlier today and your video was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing it as it is much appreciated!

Fantastic "help" video. The User Manual is not helpful - your video says it all. You had me up-and-running in

Thanks for an excellent video. I certainly needed this to set up my A129 Pro Duo. The manual isn't a lot of use. You have a new subscriber. Have a nice day.

Great walk through! My advice is to flash any needed firmware update FIRST before changing any settings. Otherwise you're just going to have to do them all over again.

Thank you for the very fine video to set up the VIOFO 129 dash cam. Your directions are very helpful.

Thanks taking the time to make this video. That noise is truly stupid!!! What were they thinking? Good product, but horrible decision.

Best dash cam video ever

I'm so glad to find this video ! I was having NO luck getting my files to play back. Just got a flood of still images. Now with the corrected settings, my "beautiful camera" seems to be functioning "beautifully" !

Your videos really did help me with a ton of information and helped me decide on a dashcam. I got a 129. Apart from all the good things and short comings covered here, I felt a couple of things were missing and which were important for me. I wanted to have a 4 side coverage. Since there are none such around (at least I could not find it), I decided to go for 2 dashcams with a dual (front & rear) cameras. So in all 4 different views from 2 different dashcams (front & rear twice). Here is where I ran into a couple of issues that were important for me. 1.I cannot connect 2 different Viofo Dashcams to my Viofo App on my mobile app simultaneously. This is the case even if both were Viofo Dashcams. I will have to decide which of the two I want to connect my mobile to. Alternatively, I will have to buy myself another mobile phone connection and then have both the Dashcam recordings in two separate mobiles. 2. The second is that I cannot connect a single A 129 to two different mobiles simultaneously (the 2nd being my backup mobile). Imaginary/ Hypothetical ? Not really. I actually have this on a GPS tracker that I use. 2 different devices (like 2 different dashcams). Their mobile App can store (and therefore track) multiple devices to a single app. Additionally, I have this on 2 different mobiles (not sure if it can be added on more…I did not need it on more though). Not that I am in any way connected to it nor am I being sponsored to say so, but OneLap Go is one such (there could be more) where I live in India….So I am speaking from the experience of using multiple trackers on a single mobile app and the use of tracking on different set of mobiles simultaneously. My plan is to travel a lot across different regions that speak different languages …..communication issues could come up…hence…. So now I have to decide how I wish to go about the 2nd Dashcam to ensure 4 side coverage - any dashcam other than a Viofo or to live with 2 mobiles each capturing one set of dashcams. I am still learning many of the features of the Dashcam….

This was a big help. Thank you. I would like a video showing what to do if you need to play back a video after a car accident, like roadside.

An excellent video, thankyou, , I was having issues with playback on Mac so I can now rest. You have been thorough with the processes required for easy set up of my Viofo 4k. Awesome!

Great video, thanks for posting. I just ordered the Viofo A129 Pro Duo. Looking forward to getting it all setup.

Thank you so much for making this video! I got this same exact one for my wife. You really took some time to make this video and it shows, keep up the good work!

60fps is always better than 30fps to CLEARLY capture details like a moving vehicles license plate! I would pick 2k @ 60fp over 4k @ 30fps every time!

setting start at 6:35

Excellent video I will order one immediately just because this video answered all my questions

I have this same cam. Recently, it’s built-in WiFi loses connection with my iPhone. Cam still records. Can you help me determine is it the camera or my 3yro iPhone? Delete the app and then reinstall? Firmware update? I don’t know where to begin. Thanks, Tony A.

Once the WiFi is enabled on the camera it doesn’t seem to be picking up on my iPhone 15? Help please!

Why when you try to view your recorded videos it doesn't show your rear camera? It only shows your front camera

I follow the way you connect the dash cam and iPhone, but there’s no live feed on my iPhone it’s just a blank screen.

Excellent review Bro Tnx for that I learned more from your review…it’s very useful to us…VIOFO A129 plus w Sony Starvis sensor..,Super night vision,w GPS logger..

Thank you for this video! Well-done! Looking forward to receiving our Viofo A129 4K Pro!

I noticed the settings of Viofo T-130 is different than the rest of the models, would you please make a video explaining it thoroughly?

it's March 2023 and the App settings have a few more options now - can you update and cover those, maybe just doing a pinned announcement above? thanks! one thing not covered is the Password for the camera network --- I had a HECK of a time finding that, thinking it might be in the documentation with the camera, but no!. You might at least mention that it's on the camera itself. .

I believe in the video you indicated the parking modes should always be set as "on". I thought I read they should be turned off when regular video recording is in use. ??

I have a Samsung Galaxy s10e and I can't see the wifi signal from my brand new Viofo A29 pro duo are they not compatible? And I did purchase it from you.

Can you lock the camera files without downloading to you phone?.. thought there was an option to lock a file in the menu but can't seem to find it . Please clarify if you have any information on that... only option I see when I select files it to delete or download. No lock option.

You recommend the Low Bitrate Recording setting in order to capture video when parked. Why do you not recommend Auto Event Detection? It seems to me that less SD card space and less power would be needed if using Auto Event Detection, yet any "incidents" while parked would still be recorded. Right? Also for those who do use Auto Event Detection, would you suggest any other setting changes (e.g Parking G-Sensor or Parking Motion Detection)?

I have set up the date on the Viofo 119 V3 - no WiFi.. My problem is the 'Time Stamp' which is out of sync when I checked it the following day. I'm in Southern California. Can you let me know which one to select so it's always sync to SoCal time? I have selected 24 HRS instead of 12 HRS

What we should do if the record light blinking sence it in parkmode and not recording anything or not respond with the motion

I have the A129Plus Duo. I turned OFF the parking mode because I don't want to wake up with a dead battery on my car and with that Parking sensor sensor should be off right? What is the settings if I want my files protected when or if I get in to an accident?

I just got the A129plus duo. I have figured out just about everything except for one thing and I don't know if it's my phone or the Viofo. Every time I start the car, I have to manually connect my phone to the camera. Even though my Samsung S21 says connect automatically or just this time. I hit Connect automatically. Yet the next time I start the car, I have to go through the same procedure. Why is that ?

Thanks for all the cool information it should save us a lot of time. If I want to use the rear camera as a backup camera is that possible and can I hook it up to an IPad Pro for a larger screen?

You said you can view the rear cam on your phone through the app. Can you see the rear camera on the dash cam led? To use as a reversing camera?

Hi! I'm Mar from Philippines, I'm using Viofo A119, is there a cable attach/connect to the side of Viofo that goes directly to my cellphone in order to watch bigger than Viofo Camera.

Question please? I have the A129 Plus and there are 2 firmware files available. FWA129SN and FWA129S. How do i know which to use please? Thanks.

This helped a lot thank you I had to watch the whole video in 1.5x though. pond water.

i have had the a129 pro duo for about 2 yrs. and have some small issues with it and never was able to get in contact with anyone in tech support, and now for the past 2- 3 weeks it is not working at all, is there any way you could help me with some support, because when it is working correctly it is great dash cam.

I recently installed a Viofo A129 pro in my car. I also downloaded the Dashcam Viewer to my Windows 10 PC so I can view them on a larger screen and use a better interface. When I viewed my videos on Dashcam Viewer using the included Viofo USB/Micro SD adapter for my Sandisk High Endurance 256 GB Micro SD card, the video stuttered throughout. I then used the SD/Micro SD adapter that was included with the Micro SD card and plugged it into an SD reader slot on my PC. The stuttering stopped, but straight lines are still showing "jaggies". However, I find that if I play back the same video in VLC Media Player it is virtually perfect and much clearer. The downside is that I don't get speed, GPS and mapping. I'm thinking there might be a problem regarding the video codec setting on the Viofo camera itself. It would be great if you could do a video explaining how to change that setting in the camera, as it doesn't appear in the menu. Well done video. Thanks!

I recently installed an a129 and it was working well. Now, I can't see the live video image on my iphone. I can still control everything else on my phone, i just can't see any image. It worked fine when I installed it. I have deleted everything, done resets, etc and still can't figure it out. Any suggestion on how to fix this?

Hi I recently bought viofo a129 and thinkware pro200, which one do you think is a better between these two?

I think there is no need to update the firmware at the end of this video unless the one wants it to be hardwired

@4:45 when I click Connect To Camera it does not go to Live View. It takes me back through the whole connection process again , in other words it keeps taking me around in a circle . This is with Apple App. Can you tell me how to fix this. Thanks !

after i put in the 6 digits after the a12p, the connect button remains greyed out? What am I missing?

Is the rear camera night vision because mine doesn't show I only get front night vision

Great video. Thanks 🙏 liked and subscribed

Thanks for putting this together! One question: I noticed that my rear camera sometimes does not record. Your video shows you have more "F" files than "R" ones too; do you know why this happens? Also, can you please post a link on how to fix a bricked Viofo dashcam?

Hey there! Just got my new Viofo dashcam. This video was very helpful. Thank you! Just one question... Once the front dashcam is mounted to the windshield, how do you physically connect the camera to a computer via USB? You included this as an option, but it’s not clear to me how to accomplish this. Seems like removing the micro sod card would be the only option after mounting to the windshield. I’ll link for another video in case this is covered elsewhere.

I just bought a viofo pro duo, had it installed by professional With the app on my mobile phone, if I want to look at footage, it's very glitchy, kind of freezing all the time, is this normal on mobile devices, ( or cell phone in your country) I don't have a laptop, which is 1 of the reasons for buying this model because of the app Thanks,any information appreciated..

How far is the wifi/WLAN reach? My parking spot is 35 meters away from my router/phone/home and I need to catch a vandalist at night.

For some reason my camera on my phone is black but when I save the video and recording it doesn’t do it. The live view for some reason is not working

So I installed the a129 pro duo and after it powers on, it will record for about 30 seconds the record button will flash a few times and come back on solid, then about 10 seconds after that it will just keep flashing until I physically hit the record button on the camera to make it record again. I've formatted the SD card as well. Any ideas on this situation?

When talking about rear camera mirror you say some people install the cameras backwards when I think you mean upside down.

I wish to pair multiple remotes to my A129 Plus but it seems to only pair with one. Is that a limitation? It would be nice to swap out just the camera between cars but keep the remotes taped in place.

Hi is it essential to have a seperate SD card? My New phone doesn't have a SD card

For some reason, I kept hearing “your beautiful dash cam” 🤣🤣🤣

Can the dashcam pick up sound/conversation in the car ? Does one need to activate a setting ? Or does one need to buy an external mic and connect it to the dashcam ?

How do i see in the app the camara if im not close to the car?

Can you review your recordings by placing the SD card into a Memory Card Camera Reader that plugs into your iPhone?

very important for ❤

I’ve got this dash cam and all the parking files are locked files and I don’t know how to fix it

Great Video... U mentioned taking off my dash cam and plugging it directly to the computer. Is the cam able to be taken off the windshield without destroying the stickem on the back of it... I want to be able to take it off and put it back on the windshield with out problems... JohnCat

Thanks for sharing this video, where did you plug to power the unit while you’re pairing to wifi? Thanks!

Very informative.

Quick question everything is set but I can't see live video I have to load the video for me to see what I've been recording.. Any suggestions why live is just black out on both cameras

Is there a way to zoom in on the app? I’m sure I did it once but I can’t get it to work.

I have A129 DUO dash cam and im put in 128GB sd card but it allways requesting to format sd card .every time car start it's requsting and stop recoding untill format sd card .why ?

So Professional thank you

Very helpful - thanks! I do have a question regarding parking mode - how quickly does it run down the battery? I have my car in my garage overnight - is it draining the battery when there is no motion? Also, can I not drive for several days or longer with my car in the garage without depleting the car battery? Finally, what if I leave my car at the airport for a week or two while I travel (...someday in the future), will this run my battery out? I really want to have parking mode active, but I fear coming back to a dead battery. What advice do you have?

So I have looked through countless places trying to find an answer to, "how to stop from auto-recording". Do you have any tips on how this can be done? I have the 256G card but I am away from home all week and the camera fills up (because I forget to turn "record" off) when I have nothing to record worth saving. I generally record when I approach the next shipper or consignee for my work.

How to operate this cam with voice commands?

Just connected my dash cam WiFi to my phone, and it says “No Internet Connection” and I cannot see the live video on my app. Any tips?

what is G sensor and motion are they the same?

Very well done!!!!!

Will this cam protect my vehicle from a catalytic converter theft or record that theft

Just installed it. Why this brand doesn't have a dedicated PC app? I tried dashcam viewer but meh. I have the Thinkware player and I like how it's organized, there's a separate folder for each mode and not messy like this one. Also why I can't view live feed without putting my phone on airplane mode? I can't even play recorded files on my phone, tried lots of them and all of it says 'Failed to load'.

My phone's wifi wrestles between the wireless Android Auto and the Viofo wifi when im in the car. I have to take the Viofo out of the car and connect inside my house. Any thoughts?

I'm looking for a solution that would let me use a rear dash cam to connect to an android tablet that is being used as a head unit. It can't be a wifi cam as the tablet is connecting to the cellphone for internet access for Spotify, phonecalls, navigation, etc. The USB port on the tablet is taken up by a charging cable. Currently using agama launcher.

How to turn the footage from rare camera ?

great video: i bought a sandisk 128gb sd card. prior to powering up the dashcam how would I re-format the sd card to ensure it will work in my a129? the sd card is brand new

I am very impressive with your guiding video. I cannot reconnect to viofo a129 since I changed my phone from Samsung S7 edge to Oppo reno 5. Can you give me any recommendation. Your recommendation is highly appreciated.

What happens when you save a file. How many files are being locked - I guess my question is - with a file size of for example 5 minutes and something happens at 4:50 and the file is saved at 5:01 - will the file with the action be locked? Thanks in advance :)

Hi. Do I always have to connect to WiFi each time I open the app? I can't just open the Viofo app and it automatically connects to the dash cam?

does upgrading new firmware reset all option?

I love this video, but I'm looking to reset my password - since it's been forever, and it does not connect with any of the passwords I have tried. How would I do that? (And, if I missed the explanation, please point me to it!!) - Thanks!

I cannot get my camera to stop saying ap mode, connection failed Retry WiFi off. And I cannot figure it out.

Just wondering why I can not views videos from my app. I turn off record, go to recordings and wait for it to download. As soon as the videos populate, the camera starts recording again and the videos disappear

Can you turn off the display while driving?

On the VIOFO app it’s not letting me access the camera settings & also not able to play back any video footage when I click on them. The cam is updated to the latest firmware & WiFi is on 5gh

Does anyone know if the Viofo A129 turns itself off even with "always on cigarette lighter" when not recording? Or does it continue to draw current even when not recording?

I installed VIOFO A129 at the Car Stereo Shop and I noticed that tech installed it via Hotwire. I assumed that recordings continue during the parking. Q1) I wonder if battery will run down? Q2) I wonder if the parking mode is still active on Hotwire?

Why my viofo a129 pro records full video even in parking mode? What setup I had to change?