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Fantastic!!! I have been occasionally checking in and patiently waiting to see if someone would eventually find my article and use the information that I spent time writing up. Where are you hailing from? Canada, France, etc.? A response like this give me the encouragement and desire to continue to give back to the community that I learn so much from. Between Youtube and blogs like this, one can learn so much. It wasn't that long ago that the only way I could learn how to do something was to go to a library and hope that they had a book, magazine, etc. that had the information that I wa

Here's my working solution for resetting the password on a Pioneer DVD AVH-XXXX head unit: http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/83492-password-avh-reset/ Please respond if this helped you out, as I would hate to see people throw their money away by having to pay someone on Ebay for this knowledge. -Mark

Did you turn on your Pioneer DVD AVH-XXXX unit only to be greeted by a "Enter Password" page, along with a "Password Hint" page? That's exactly what happened to us after installing a unit that my best friend inherited from a deceased friend. Unfortunately, she's passed and the hint that she gave wasn't good enough for my friend to guess. Now what, I said!!! Some hits seemed to suggest that one needs to bring the unit to Pioneer Service. Even the manual suggests doing so. First, I tried hitting the "reset button" located along the front face plate, towards the bottom right. This didn't w

I just got done resetting the password from an inherited unit from a person who is now deceased!!! I can't beleive that there are folks on ebay who charge up to $26 for this knowledge!!! This worked for my unit, AVH-4000NEX, but according to the EBAY auctions, should also work for many other models as well. First, I tried hitting the "reset button" located along the front faceplate, towards the bottom right. This didn't work. This would have been too easy, and even the manual states that it doesn't clear everything. Then after doing a bit more research, I discovered that one can act