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Yeah, it has a sticker on the bottom that says N3 and the shell says N3 but the insides have the chip that I read somewhere here is for the N2. Of course I'm PO'd because I've been trying for 2 weeks to get it to work. I decided to bite the bullet and get another one off eBAY.

Basically, I guess I got screwed on eBAY. I looked through the posts and it seems that the PE5412B chip is the N2 chip and NOT for the N3. (correct me if I'm wrong). So I basically have an N2 brain for about for double what someone was willing to sell me a N2 brain with cables for (140). I'm pissed but I had held off leaving feedback since I had this problem getting graphics. I just sent email to seller (good luck with that) and I'll file complaint with eBAY if that doesn't work.

Decided to open brain up and see what's inside. Basically there are 2 SMDs. The markings on the first (70 pins) are as follows: Sony CXA2069Q (439W04G) The second (80+ pins) is Pioneer PES41B (other markings obscured by white stuff) So those are the two chips. Can anyone tell if these are in the N3 or N2. Any help is appreciated.

Now, I'm really confused. I've been reading posts that seem to conflict. Several posts say the enhanced graphics comes from a chip in the head unit and others say it's in the brain. If it's in the HU, I'm screwed because I have the N2 and that wouldn't have it. If it's in the brain, then I should have the graphics. So I'm just hoping someone can answer these simple questions about the hookup. And I've read just about every post I can find on this and I can't get an answer.

I think the problem is that it still treats it as an external interface. Should it automatically see it or is there something else I should do. The brain says N3 so I assume that's what it is. Any other ideas. BTW, I really appreciate the help.

I didn't include in the post that I'm using the IB100II cable which I believe is the older cable (My bad). So if someone confirms, I'll run out and get the 1200 which I guess is the right cable.

I still need help getting the IPOD interface (improved). Will someone let me know if the upgrade requires more than just inserting disc and letting disc do its thing. I'm dying with this crappy interface and feeling stupid that I just didn't add the d#### navigation unit to the AVH P6500 (although) I like the Avic a lot more). Do I need to flash something, go into a menu or what?

I just ordered the cable 5 minutes ago from partstore.com when I got the blank screen of death. Went out after ordering and the radio was fine but you can bet I'm putting the new cable in as soon as it gets here.

When all else fails, follow the wires. Disconnected speaker wire + 2 channel amp = no sound. Fixed audio but still have crappy interface.

I recently picked up a N2 monitor and N3 brain off ebay (purchased separately). Everything hooked up fine and the 70 discs updated fine. I'm having a few problems though. The audio is inconsistent. Most of the time, the audio can barely be heard at the highest volume. I'm checking the wiring even though the amp was working 5 minutes before the install (which was minimal) with my other radio. I just want to be sure I wasn't supposed to do something else after updating the software like reset or something. The second problem is that the crappy IPOD interface is still there. My impression was tha

So all I have to do is get the 70s disk. That shouldn't be a problem. Then I don't need to have an N2 brain before i can attach the N3? That was my biggest concern since I did not want to have 2 brains! One is hard enough to hold on to.

I won a refurbished N2 head unit off eBAY with no brain. I wasn't worried because there were several auctions for just the brain. Found this site and saw that you could use the N3 brain with N2 HU and have the holy grail of ipod interfaces that my AVH P6500DVD does not seem to have. So I quickly won an N3 brain. Now when I came back to this site, I noticed that you're supposed to upgrade the HU to N3 and then connect the N3 brain. Am I being screwed or is it just a breeze behind there?