VIOFO - A329 2CH

I installed the Viofo A329 dual front/rear in my 2024 XSE PP. Used the Dongar Pro adapter to tap into the rearview mirror console power so no need to run down to fuse box plus it gives me access to reserve power to run parking mode. The cable for the rear cam was carefully fished along the outer border of the headliner and tucked out of the way of the side curtain airbags. The hardest part was getting it through the B-pillar and then through the hatch grommet b/c I didn't want to drop the headliner.

My A229 Pro handled the Houston heat just fine this past summer. Have upgraded to the A329, and am looking forward to seeing how it does next spring and summer.

Now that the A329 is out, I'd recommend it over the A229 Plus or Pro. It's more expensive, but is an overall better camera. For me the killer feature is it can record to an external SSD. No more fumbling with those tiny cards; no more microSD file corruption.

If you believe the Wirecutter, go for a Viofo or a Miofive (budget pick; I tried one; it was junk). https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-dash-cam/ This recommendation was published before the A329 came out, or I believe they would recommend it. I’ve had both the A229 Pro and the A329; I find the latter to be a better dashcam, mostly for its SSD support.

These days the A329 2ch is a better choice than the A229 Pro, mostly for its external SSD support.

Dashcams tend to be sensitive to the type of micro SD card you put in them. Viofo recommends only a couple of different types of card for their dashcams. So there's many reasons why that reviewer's dashcam didn't capture his daughter's curb hit. I have used the Viofo A229 as well as the newer A329; both are excellent cameras. Good build quality, nice features, and highly configurable. I've had mine installed throughout two brutal Houston summers (my G70 lives outdoors) and it has survived without problem. I prefer the A329 because it can record to an SSD, which I prefer for several reasons. Good camera -- I recommend it.

Get something like the Viofo A329, which has a mount that sticks to your windshield then the cam snaps to the mount. Good camera too.

Probably the best VIOFO dual cam on the market is the [VIOFO A329](https://www.amazon.com/VIOFO-A329-4K-60FPS-Control/dp/B0DKDXY5HP) with two 4K cameras at 60 fps. Depending on what it costs to install this may exceed $500. I installed mine myself so.. Anyway, I'd recommend any VIOFO that has two cameras and parking mode (hard wire kits are sold separately). I wouldn't go any lower than 2K resolution per camera. Higher the better. This budget option might be more along what your looking for at 4K front and 2K rear with a lower 30fps the [VIOFO A229 Pro](https://www.amazon.com/VIOFO-A229-Pro-STARVIS-Channel/dp/B0CKYFSKNN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=N22FYBMA0G4W&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.esSZc28_XGFcRrYFLJbMiAZbhCiZ4Ry71EKiYRW9uAlBPfmccoC5fwo-4nc2FhpJe08Nn3ABwtsL6Gc3-TZ9HRGst52G6ZXmxNjzp2QLjUW3r23debpgVpSQNLJs4u_uUlkhIPjYMlzHmX1no2Qk_ehkeV14coCg7X5IH10S2ELoR_gTExaChisjPVoRrcDrHzAoFrG8FkHogKRRmPQvd5C7LypOsePLHluG6f0afo8.aM8Q8JHDrHGmf-DUMOX4cMfp6Dgdh0M3XU8W3jXVFTw&dib_tag=se&keywords=a229%2Bpro&qid=1742662764&sprefix=a229%2Caps%2C838&sr=8-1&th=1)

The A229S / A329T is way better than the original A329 from last year. Different chip set, upgraded thermal cooling, better sensors, more bells and whistles. I think I you’ll like it. Get the new HK6 hardwire Check out the vortex radar YouTube channel A329S reviews

Check out the VIFO A329

Here is a link to it. I got the 2 channel version and even though I frequently do all kinds of work on my vintage cars, I elected to take my new R4P to a body shop I've used (who are accustomed to removing and replacing interior panels) to install the wiring kit I bought along with it for the power and rear camera wiring. This is one of those things that I just wanted to work without a bunch of fiddling so I also ordered their high endurance memory even though it costs a bit more because some people that have had their cameras for a while reported problems with more generic memory cards. As others have said, you have to have both switched power and continuous power applied to it via two fuse taps or, as is the case in one installation video I found, by splicing into the OBD2 port wiring, to use the parked monitoring capability which is configurable. Since the camera has no internal battery, there really is no way around this requirement. [https://www.viofo.com/products/viofo-a329-2ch-first-4k-60fps-front-and-2k-rear-wi-fi-6-dash-cam-hdr-with-sony-starvis-2-sensors-support-ssd-storage](https://www.viofo.com/products/viofo-a329-2ch-first-4k-60fps-front-and-2k-rear-wi-fi-6-dash-cam-hdr-with-sony-starvis-2-sensors-support-ssd-storage)

If you want a single, reliable front+rear cam that balances price, image quality and night performance, I’d go with the [VIOFO A329S](https://amzn.to/3IKpkJS) (dual-channel). It has Sony STARVIS sensors, great low-light footage, and solid community rep for reliability. If you want more coverage (front + interior + rear) look at the [Vantrue N4](https://amzn.to/4mTCxOD) series.

If you're looking for a 4k+2k, look at this one: https://www.viofo.com/products/viofo-a329-2ch-first-4k-60fps-front-and-2k-rear-wi-fi-6-dash-cam-hdr-with-sony-starvis-2-sensors-support-ssd-storage

A139pro? The new a229 or the a329 that’s the one I’m using. I wish I would’ve known about the telephone photo. I would’ve gotten that one.

I bought an es300h about a month ago too assuming you bought the es300h that’s in your tag the viofo cameras are nice but they’re not really cheap I’ve heard good stuff about the a129 but I went with the a329 which costed about 700 💀

The A329 is great at being a dashcam. The video quality is incredible, and keeps on recording. A lot of the industry-first features just aren’t ready for prime time though. 4K 60 fps + 2K 30 fps is just too much data for a MicroSD, even one with 100 MB/s write speed. Mine regularly flashes “Slow Card” and drops to 4K 30 fps. I’m about to install an external SSD to get away from MicroSD. Then there’s the HDMI out. My head unit has an HDMI input, so I ran an HDMI cable in my car. EDID is super finicky with this thing, and I will occasionally have to drop to 4K 30fps just to get it to display picture rather than static. The HDMI out hates the picture-in-picture, so you have to set the display to front or rear only. Finally, there are some weird bugs. Like it won’t come out of parking mode properly, so I have to power it down each time for it to unfreeze. Also, it induces enough noise to reduce the range of my push-to-start to <12.” Still a great camera, just not quite ready for prime time.

The external SSD I installed a couple of days ago appears to have worked around this issue. I suspect that this is a combination of 4K 60fps overwhelming the microSD (in terms of write speed) and a bug that prevents recording from being manually stopped after the logic for the “slow card” error cuts the frame rate to 30 fps. The SSD prevents the “slow card” error altogether. I get the “slow card” error even while I’m driving, so I don’t think this issue is isolated to parking mode. Any chance you could link to the firmware on the official website? I’m sure you’re legit, but I’m not going to download firmware off a Google Drive link from a Reddit comment. I really think VIOFO needs to require an SSD to enable 4K 60fps and update the marketing info accordingly.