inferno999

perhaps it's just you?

My iPhone 3g connects over BT flawlessly. Haven't had a single problem with it.

I have an iPhone 3g, Z3, and CDIB100II. The iPhone does not connect at all. No charging, no music, no control. A shame.

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Wow, I can't believe someone is actually following up on this. Awesome! I abandoned the project when I upgraded to the Z3, which fixed all the XM Icon problems. I'd like to see what you come up with though. Let me know if I can help over PM. I believe I left a few related items at the bottom of here if you're interested.

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That's not enough info to tell. You need to do this:

The thing to watch for is if you have the e-bay "mashup" image. Compare your version numbers to those on this list:

• [*:m7kk8wgc]Z2:
  Version: 02.0000
  CDDB:
  Platform: 2.000500
  GPS: 1.200000
  HDD: 2.140000
   
  [*:m7kk8wgc]Z2/Z3 Mashup:
  VERSION: 03.0000
  CDDB: 08-01-0010 ( 2008-02-08 )
  Platform: 2.000400
  GPS: 1.200000
  HDD: 2.130000
   
  [*:m7kk8wgc]Z3:
  VERSION: 03.0000
  CDDB: 07-01-0030
  PLATFORM: 3.000100
  GPS: 1.200000
  HDD: 3.100200

And for your other question, YES, you need the nd-bt1 connected to access the phone menu.

Alright, back to the shadows. Last post, really. 500 is a nice round number to go out on.

Inferno, would you mind terribly if I did a wget on the gps folder on your site?

Go for it! I hope someone soon provides a similar one-stop-shop resource. Pioneer's site is (or at least was) horrible at serving PDF's.

Wow... only one more post to 500. .... I may just have to bump myself to make the count haha.

The folder structure is similar to on an iPod. It's broken down in an arbitrary balance so as not to overtax the system when browsing. Instead, songs and their locations are logged in an index and retrieved as necessary.

I played with this a while ago and tried so see if it would be feasible to "crack" the index and drop our own ATRAC's on there (assuming we ever got a converter that created ATRAC's the Z could actually play). While it would be possible, though slightly time consuming, to learn how it writes the index and balances the file structure/load, it's all a moot point as there is currently no way to convert MP3's to a format the Z recognizes.

So I gave up.

Good luck!

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You're only able to "rip" music from audio CD to the Z1/2/3. This means you cannot use Mp3's on CD or dvd, nor can you rip from an "audio DVD."

Besides iTunes, I'm not aware of any other applications that burn CD-text to disc. And since it's so easy, I in fact recommend iTunes, even though it does tend to seem a bit daunting to those used to winamp styles quick-players.

Once you've got iTunes installed and you're library setup, make sure you're burning options are set properly. Click through Edit, Preferences, Advanced, Burning, and make sure you have "Audio CD" and "include CD Text" selected.

Then just go in to your Library, create a playlist, add your songs, and burn that playlist to audio CD. with the burn button in the bottom right. Load the disc into your Z and it should come up perfectly.

Guys/gals, It's been fun.

I'd like to thank everyone who helped make possible the Z series upgrade process (you know who you are) and a few others for their positive attitude even in the face of the same questions over and over. It's for that very repitition that I've lost interest and would like to bow out gracefully before I start snapping at noobs who don't know any better than to ask for help rather than search first. It's happening, and it's not their fault. They just want help, and that's what we're here for.

So, thank you all! I've enjoyed working with each and every one of you to research, assist, help, and be helped. I only hope that my contributions have added to the community (and that everyone will forget the ban-joke that didn't go over so well back when I started. ... I'm talkin' to you BigFloppy Thanks again for everything!)

I plan on leaving the AVIC downloads on my site for a while before finally recovering the space. If there's anything there you want bot haven't already snagged, get it now. LINK IN SIGNATURE - GO TO GPS SECTION.

I'll probably pop in a couple times a year to see what's new, but after this post, I'll be out of your hair. =D lol

Best regards,

I999

AC might work. Didn't think of that when I did mine.

I did mine on DC. Put the car in neutral on a VERY gradual slope. One pin on Ground, other on what I thought was VSS. As I let the car slowly roll forward, the voltage went from 0 to 5v to 0 to 5v back and forth. This is consistent with the trigger mechanism in the VSS circuitry. Worked correctly upon install.

Is your bass a separately controlled device or is it integrated into your factory amp/speakers as full-range speakers?

Mine is the latter, and no matter how high I cranked my bass in the EQ, or how high I set 'loudness' it still wasn't amazing. Then I tried messing with DSP and it made all the difference. If your speakers are 'full-range' too (as opposed to isolated sub, try setting the staging to Music Studio or experiment, then tweak the EQ to compensate for the increased treble.

Or it could be hardware specific to your car. In which case, sorry. I can't help =(

Do you lose any other settings when you power down? Could be that the power is connected wrong and it's "forgetting" your calibration settings.

Just a thought.

I've just installed RapGet

What do i have to paste on it to get the downloads?

link?

Thank you,,

Zeek

Don't bother. The image that was up on Megaupload is damaged. Download from FTP/HTTP (same image, stored in the same place, just a different means of accessing the files).

Weird...I just did that and loaded the sled and I got a "Jpeg file is corrupt" message, even though I converted them.

The files are there and selectable, but the HU wont open them. I'll keep messing with them.

I'm not sure, but they may need to be in 8.3 format (8 characters for filename w/no spaces).

Thanks Inferno999 Just to be clear, do I have to physically convert, or just rename .jpg to .bmp?

The files must be in BMP format, which means you must physically convert them. Changing the extension is not enough.

Has anyone verified that this method works? I'm trying to save a bunch on the HDD somewhere but I can't seem to find which folder to put them in

I've done it - it works.

Put your BMP's (not JPG's - you have to convert them) in LDATA:\BG\PREINSTALL

So are you saying that his whole process is free. I would like to do the update but I didn't want to pay for a utility that would unlock my hard drive.

It's only free if you happen to have a spare, compatible, unlocked, automotive quality laptop HDD sitting around. Otherwise, you either need to pay the $40 like I did (well worth it if you ask me) or buy a new automotive quality drive.

If you want to be able to control the iPod through the Z, you'll need the CD-IB100II. No exceptions.

I think we should write a open letter to pioneer to update maps or to refund us for useless hardware they selling for those incredible prices, its just unfair to the customer, someone should take it to the court and they should refund their products to the unhappy customers

You do know that Pioneer doesn't update the maps, right? They get them from Tele Atlas.

If you want them to update a region, simply go to their Map Insight / Update page and tell them:

http://mapinsight.teleatlas.com/mapfeedback/index.php

I'm sick of everybody bashing Pioneer when they don't even know how it works / that there's already a system in place for this sort of thing. Maybe if you looked into it 2 years ago it's be on the map by now...

/rant

At best, you're looking at a glorified AUX adaptor that feeds teh line out from the iPod's doc to the Aux on the Z2 via IP-Bus. The adaptor would have to be the last item on the IP-Bus chain, and would replace a CD changer. Control would be 100% through the iPod, and the head-unit would have to be in AUX mode. All you'll see on screen is the Head Unit's AV background and the word AUX. No charging would occur (unless it also ties in with the car's 12v system -- I've seen a few that do).

At worst, it's not really an IP-Bus connector and is instead the CD-I200 direct control cable made for special head units that support it. the plug is shaped like a square with one of the corners heavily rounded off, almost to the point that it looks like a diamond. This is not IP-Bus.

To mute navigation, press the speaker icon on the map screen

To mute all other audio, hold AV for a few seconds

MY CD Burner is the E Drive, can you reconfigure and send me the link. I tried it the way you had it already and it didnt work, although it did burn to the drive.

If you can successfully follow Pioneer's instructions here then you don't need this. But if you want, here ya go:

http://www.inferno999.com/public/AVIC/Z2UPDATE(E).exe

edit: link keeps breaking up. just copy paste

I lost my voice comand feature, everything works perfect except the voice comand, everytime I press the voice comand icon it resets

Someone should be able to send you the files for that partition only (SData, right?). It's only a few hundred MB rather than 10 gig. I had to do the same thing... huge waste of bandwidth.

I'd collect the files myself, but don't have access to the resources at the moment. Anyone else want to step up to the plate and offer a "megaupload fix"?

Guess it just depends where you live, cause it's 100% everywhere I've ever been with it.

Have you reported your communities growth?

http://mapinsight.teleatlas.com/mapfeedback/index.php