herbert68

I have a 2013 VW Passat with the 8100NX and the Maestro module. Everything works as expected – except some of the info in the MFD (multi function display) in the instrument cluster is missing, most notably the navigation info. But this is a Pioneer problem as the headhunt doesn't supply these data. I've learned to live with these shortcomings.

Just to restate what I said above, my no-sound issues are completely resolved with the recent maestro firmware update.

You seem to suggest that Pioneer is doing map updates for the NEX series? That's wrong, Pioneer uses iGo maps from naviextras.com, a company headquartered in Hungary.

Maestro Firmware v3.3 has resolved the no sound issue for me.

For anyone who may face a similar issue, we seem to get closer to a resolution. I had posted the same question over at the Maestro RR user forum and got this response: "If you have the amp menu, that's a good thing. The engineer recommends updating the RR's firmware to v 3.3 (we just updated it today), and it should resolve this issue.†I'll get the flash in the next days and report back how it goes.

For me it's the opposite, the radio sometimes has no sound at startup, and a restart is required, but long drives work fine once the sound is established.

I just returned from my second visit to our local BestBuy installer, very nice and extremely helpful – but my sometimes-no-sound-at-startup issue still persists. My 8100 starts up fine, I can interact on the touchscreen, change channels and sources, increase and decrease audio volume, but no sound is playing. Someone here suggested to turn off the car, open the door to turn off the radio, close the door again and restart the car – this normally works to get the sound back, provided I'm in an environment where I can stop the car and do all these steps. It all started when we updated

@Multitask: No hidden files in the Windows emulator on the Mac. I now believe that the Pioneer firmware is VERY picky with USB sticks and I seems I simply had bad luck with the 5 sticks I had tried initially. My final attempt worked as advertised.

UPDATE: I finally managed to get this update installed, it was way more complex - and expensive - than anticipated. After my unsuccessful attempts mentioned above I installed Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro using the free VirtualBox from Oracle, really easy and it works perfectly. Then I formatted several of my USB sticks to Fat32 within Windows, but none of them worked. I was ready to surrender and give up, when a co-worker happened to walk by with a USB stick in his hand. I borrowed it and, boom, this time the 8100 accepted it. I have no idea why. Then it was back to my Mac, fired up th

I too was hesitant first to update my 8100 to v1.5, but eventually I did and all is good.

Great suggestion, I will try that. Thanks!

USB2? Really? Th Naviextras tech support said to use USB1... so does the instruction manual.

How did the 8000 die? Just went black? Doesn't turn on? I'm asking, because my 8100 sometimes starts up without sound. Eventually I figured out that turning off the car and open the door to turn off the radio – a button to turn off the head unit would be great –, then close the door and start the car again, this brings back the sound. Very strange!

Originally I thought I'll pass the expensive map updates, too expensive. But then someone here suggested that the 2015 3Q maps look much better, so I thought, okay, maybe I'll do another map update, one last time (I did the free one last year). That was 4 days ago and since then I have tried and tried, but I keep getting stuck on the very first step, connecting an empty FAT32 USB stick and launching the sync tool to get the Radio ID onto the USB stick. So far I have tried many different variations in formatting the stick, used a PC (hoping to get rid of the invisible files my Mac puts on e

I decided not to update the maps on my 8100NEX at the current price. Maybe they come down if no one buys. I can get a new Garmin or TomTom unit with Lifetime Maps for a fraction of the Naviextras map price alone. In fact, I'm just now looking on Ebay for a used TomTom unit for my daughter, the 5" TomTom XXL model with lifetime maps ranges from $20 to $40. No Naviextras rip-off for me!