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  1. Hi, I just purchased a 2006 Volvo S60 and want to move my AVIC-Z3 to the new car. Can anyone help with the VSS and Reverse wires in this car? Thank you.
  2. Hi all, I just purchased a 2006 Volvo S60 and want to put my AVIC-Z3 from my old car into the Volvo. Does anyone know where I can find the VSS and Reverse wires on this car? Thank you.
  3. I am thinking of buying a used 2007 Volvo S-60 and would want to put my Z3 (upgraded Z1) in the car. Has anyone installed any type of nav in a late model S-60? Any hitches? Thank you, Don
  4. ufd108

    Please help

    http://www.sminntech.com/z1flash.html Scroll down to the section on 07/06 Bypass. This is for all AVIC-Z units from later model Z1s through the Z3 units.
  5. It sounds like you connected the illumination wire to a switch rather than to your headlight circuit. This wire, if connected to the headlight switch circuit, automatically switches between day and night when your headlights are turned on or off.
  6. Nothing to do with where you live. The software lacks many features that most other nav units have. One of the most basic features of a navigation system is to provide alternate routes. A Garmin lets you tell it not to take a road and it will route around that road. The Pioneer gives you options of 6 different alternate routes but it picks them. In the case I was referring to it proposed 6 routes but all took the non-existent bridge. Turns out there was another bridge (this one actually existed) just 4 miles north, but the Pioneer never gave me that option. Luckily I had my laptop with
  7. The bigger question is do you want a navigation system that works or do you want the Pioneer? The beautiful Z2 navigated me right into a river yesterday. You'd think it could figure out an alternate route since the "bridge" on its maps didn't exist. But you can't tell the Pioneer to avoid a specific road. Any Garmin will do that. I had a Garmin portable before I put in the Z2 but I have to say the Pioneer navigation is pitiful compared to Garmin. If you want Pioneer so badly I'll gladly sell my Z2.
  8. Press the trackball and a menu will open with an option to disconnect from the AVIC.
  9. I've had a Curve since the day Cingular released it. Paired it up without an issue and have used it daily for months with no problem. I would consider performing the reset that clears out the Bluetooth pairings (I don't remember the exact procedure but do a search; it's been posted here several times) and then trying to pair it again.
  10. The VSS hookup is not for speed per se, it's for dead reckoning. I used to have a stand-alone Garmin, which I loved, but it did not have dead reckoning. Sounds like the Kenwood doesn't either, which is kind of surprising these days. In case you're not familiar with it, dead reckoning uses a gyro and the speed input from the car to keep accurately routing even when you lose the satellite signal temporarily. My Z1, which I am seriously considering selling to get the Kenwood (I will never buy another Pioneer product after wasting money on the Z1), has that one advantage that it keeps routi
  11. I have a Z1 and am considering selling it to get the Kenwood. I purchased a navigation system primarily for navigation. I'm a sales engineer and have to find customers in areas I don't know. As far as I'm concerned the audio in either Pioneer or Kenwood are excellent, and certainly good enough for me. But having switched from Garmin portable GPS to the Pioneer I can't believe how bad the Pioneer navigation is. To me, after the basic routing algorithms, the most important navi function is detour routing. After years of using Garmins I could not believe that Pioneer wouldn't let you detour
  12. I can't speak to the 8703e but my 7130c has no problem transferring business cards to the Z1. Only drawback is the names go in backwards, so after a few I gave up and manually entered the important ones.
  13. ufd108

    Z2 Announced

    This is a legal decision by Pioneer. I read where they stated they could not control piracy if they supported MP3s on the Z1. Ripping an audio CD they can claim the owner must have had an original. They simply don't want to get sued by the RIAA.
  14. I had a Garmin before buying a new truck with a double din opening and putting in the Z1. The Pioneer unit is nice in that it is an all-in-one unit, but the Garmin blew it out of the water in navigating. The Pioneer is feeble at best. If Kenwood ever releases the double din that you can get in Japan over here I would dump the Pioneer in a minute and get the Kenwood. Their navigation is made by Garmin.
  15. [quote name="Wellknown-n-da-biz"]Something else to add to the list of whyners? The Z1 Blows away everything in the Navi market Bar-None.[/quote] Spoken like either someone who has never used another GPS or a Pioneer employee. I've used Garmin, Navman, and Alpine and from a pure navigation point of view the Z1 doesn't come close. [quote name="Wellknown-n-da-biz"] If the Z1 was to do everything that people whyne about it doesn't do it would cost over 5k. Would it sell then? [/quote] Actually most, if not all, the complaints people have about the Z1 are software or policy issues. Pione
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