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I did it on a Mac. Worked like a charm. Thanks

Rob

Reset the IPOD. Then if that doesn't work, reset the D3.

Rob

How did it go? Did it solve the static?

You may be right about the ip bus thing, but I have had the N2 N3 and N4 in my cars. The N2 it did show but would not sync. The N3 it sync'ed but kept losing the connection and it was driving me crazy. I couldn't dial a number or see who was calling. I could just pick it up and hang up. The N4, rules. All works well.

Rob

Good to see you up and running Dguy. If you want put your home area in memory. It really isn't that great, but if your close to home you'll have detail. Or if you plan a trip put it in memory. I do that with the N4 and it works while my daughter watches her movies.

Rob

Its a little more detail that that. Its not as easy as peeling the sticker and switching the switch. You have to rigg up a paperclip. You should take it to a radio shop that does installs. They charge almost nothing and you know your not going to mess up the radio.

Rob

You are going to the wrong place. Only two things on a car make noise when hooked up:

A) ignition noise, to take care of that go to radio shack or best buy and they will sale you what you need. Which you do not in this case.

bad ground. If all was well before the install, all they did to install the cd is run a (-) and a (+) switched, along with the ip cable. Now the IP cable...not going to make static noise. The (+) would blow a fuse when not installed properly. The (-) will give you static when not ground properly. Take a wire, put it on the (-) of your battery. Then run it temp to where they connected the ground for the cd changer. I would almost bet you that it will go away. If that is your case, I would find a better ground wire. I think in the install they messed up the ground wire or disconnected it from the source when installed.

Rob

Ok the N1 and N2 and N3 are almost the same head units. They will all work with the brain of any unit. The N1 and N2 brain are the same, just updated software. The N3 brain is a big improvement on graphics for the Ipod and XM.

Rob

It won't work. It will work on the N3, but not well. It is made for the D3 and the N4.

Rob

You can use a N1, N2, N3 brain. The N4 is a different system. Ebay has them, for around 100 to 200 bucks. I would stick with the N3 brain. The XM and Ipod interface looks so much better and way more info.

Rob

A few things could have happen. They might have upgraded the unit to the New 70's disk. If so, you will only be able to use those disks. You can downgrade the unit by going into the ROM. But like you say, you need the disks. The best thing is go to ebay, get the M70 disks and upgrade it. They are around $20-$30 bucks for the east/west copies.

Rob

No they will not. The N4 and D3 disks only work with the N4 and D3. There is way to make the POI work, you have to burn them into the N3 disk folder. Hope it helps.

Rob

I don't really know about the Zune. What I do know, is if the Zune is read as a hard drive when in USB mode like the Archos, then when you hook it up to the N4 brain with the usb module then it will read the songs and videos on your screen and you will be able to play them. The cheapest way is to just get a small USB hard drive, fill it with music. No need to have it be the Zune. Let me know if you get it working.

Rob

I had the same problem. If you take the IPOD back they will charge you 10% restocking fee. So they do suck. I spoke to Pioneer and they told me that they are working on it and that it will take a while, and it will be a different wire. They said that they have to figure out what apple did and go backwards to make it work on the N4. I don't know what they are doing about the N1 or N2 and N3.

Rob

Dude, if this unit was bypassed it will cost you $200 bucks. If not, it will be free.

Rob

take out the radio. Get a 9v battery. Put put one wire for the left front on the (+) and he other one on the (-). If you hear sound, cracking, then the speaker is fine. If not, i would say bad speaker. Do the same on the other one. Also look to see if you have an Amp. If so and the rear are running on an amp, you could re-run the speaker wire to those speakers. Good luck.

Rob

Well, its the best out there right now. It will tell you there is traffic up a head if it is on your planned route. If not it will show up as an icon and if you hit the Traffic button on your screen, you can scroll and see where the traffic is. I would have to agree, that for the price it should be better. But it is the best out there right now, so until anything better comes out, I'll deal with it.

Rob

It sounds like your flex cable is bad. Go to www. Pioneerelectronics.com and it will walk you through the way to ship your unit to be repaired. It is free, once over the lifetime of the unit. All N1 and N2 and N3's. Good luck.

Rob.

PS if you bypassed it, they will charge you $200 bucks to unbypass it.

The usb dock that you buy for the N4 does charge. It will also read your MP3 drive as a hard drive and let you see the songs on the screen.

Rob

It is the way it works. When you plan a route, it will, if the xm nav covers the area, will ask to re-route you. If your not driving on a planned route it will just show you that there is an accident or construction, exc.

Robert

Not really. The Head unit is a DVD player and controller. The Brain unit is a Nav and lets just say computer.

Rob

Dude,

I have a N4 and a Mac. I use Handbrake and put it on the Ipod Hi res setting. Works like a charm. The movies are about a Gig after transfer but work like a charm. If I put the setting on Normal, it won't work. Good luck,

Rob

I guess you miss read the answer. The N4 bypass did not work on the N3. The N4 was just a ground of the phantom wire. The N3 is a bit of a pain by putting a paper clip under the metal housing and switch the switch.

Later,

Robert

I have not tried it but know of an installer that tried it after the N4 bypass came out. He stated that it didn't work. The N3 is easy to bypass. Just get a small paper clip and there is a switch. It has a cover on it so it is a little of a pain. Any how. Good luck.

Rob

On Ebay I got a referb unit that came in a pioneer referb box for $75 bucks. It was with the nav. To install is very simple. (+) and (-) and a swtiched that said not to install. So That was it and run the antenna and that is it. Good luck.