KryptonKalEl

I just got the CD-UB100 installed today, it allows you to use USB flash/external hard drive to play your music. I'm anti Apple and just hate the ipod. I was looking for a way to plug in any MP3 player besides the ipod, I then saw the AV2 port on the brain which is just a standard audio jack. I plugged in my cell phone and it worked, however on the N4 there's just a black screen, there was no way to get your default background or songs to show up. It was in Video mode and that's the only option it had, but the songs still played. You would just have to control it from your mp3 device. First off, the UB100 is perfect in every way. The songs instantly play, no load time at all when switching between tracks/folders. And it shows the full song & artist name, I read some other posts about it now showing the full artist/song name, not sure about the situation on that. For those who also owns a remote control for the AVIC, it works great with it. I have a Corsair 16gb flash drive plugged in and has just over 1500 songs. The only time it loads is when you first plug in the device, but after that it's smooth sailing from there. If anyone is interested in getting this for their AVIC, go for it! You won't regret it, and the best part is, you have your CD slot empty, I just leave my navigation disc in there.

I just hooked up my mp3 player to the N4 and enabled AV2 on the unit so I can listen to my songs. When I press the AV2 to enable it, the only option is Video. The music plays fine but on my screen it's just black with the time on the top left corner. I understand that my songs won't show up on the screen. I just want to know how to get my background along w/ the time to show? I can't find anywhere to change the settings. The only background settings I know is in the NAVI menu and all are set to the same custom background I added. Is there way to apply my custom background when in AV2 mode? I also plugged in my blackberry bold phone and it's the same results.

I'm using the dvd navigation (east & west) discs that came with the unit. It's version 1.0, is that also the same version you have as well? It's a red colored disc w/ the circular silver in the middle.

Aftbrn, so your saying that the n4 unit is working fine and you never had an issue with horizontal lines when putting in the navigation dvd to use the GPS? Remember my installer also hooked it up externally and still had the same issue with a replacement unit. He's been installing these in dash units for over 10 years and said he never seen this type of issue before. Did you try the steps I provided to see if the problem could be reproduced? Also crutchfield gave me a call and told me they tested a Pioneer AVIC-N4 & D3 and was able to reproduce the problem on their side. Please let me know the results if you do happen to do a hard reset on your unit. That would be really helpful in case if I need to call Crutchfield and fight w/ them again.

Does anyone have the Pioneer AVIC-N4 installed and working 100%? (bypass or not). If so please reply to this post and let me know.

Reason I asked is because I just received a 3rd replacement unit from Crutchfield. I had it professionally installed 3 times by the same installer (unit is also installed video bypass if that matters in the situation). Before he installed the 3rd replacement new unit in my car, he hooked it up to an external power source that was in his shop and was able to reproduce the same problem as the previous 2 times - Horizontal lines in video. Here's how the problem is reproduced:

1) Press the hard reset button on the front of the unit (this will take everything back to factory settings). The LCD screen will close in and come back out. It will say to insert the appropriate disc.

2) Insert either the west or east DVD

3)Let it do it's thing during the load. It will then either take you to “select your language†screen or straight to the Map screen.

After that go to the CD or Radio screen and then you’ll see the horizontal lines in the background. If you turn the unit off (power still going to the LCD Screen), you will see the whole screen filled with horizontal lines. The installer and I came to a conclusion that the DVD software is causing this to happen. We also tried the 2 dvd’s that came w/ the new unit just to make sure it’s not an issue with the disc - same issue. It doesn't make a difference if we put in the west or east dvd in. As for the temporary work around to make the lines go away. I have to press the hard rest button again and NOT follow the instructions by not inserting the appropriate disc. I’m getting really frustrated at this point. I called Crutchfield, the best they can do is sent out a 4th unit, but before sending it out, someone can test it out and make sure it’s working. I agreed and took them on their last offer. I also asked to get a call when the “test†takes place in real-time so I can make sure this won’t happen again. The rep on the phone said he can make that happen. I’m also frustrated with Pioneer as I called them twice when this first happened, they said that the lines in the background was normal, I didn’t even explain them the situation and right off the bat they told me it’s normal. It sounded like they wanted to get me off the phone quick.

I’m hoping that someone here can give me confirmation if this should be happening or not. Also if anyone wants to see the pics of the issue I’m having, please email me at KryptonKalEl666@aol.com and I’ll be glad to send the pics.[/img]

I just got my Pioneer - Avic-n4 installed today (bypassed as well) by a auto custom shop. Everything works fine except for this one annoying thing, while I'm navigating thru the menu, in the black background I see these horizontal grey lines. If I press the volume button and switch the unit off (LCD still is powered on, just no video), I can see all the grey horizontal lines across the whole screen. When I pull up the Navigation Maps or play a DVD movie - those grey lines are gone and the video is fine. I called Pioneer twice and they told me "that's normal, it's just the background". For some reason I don't want to believe them. It sounds like I got the same person twice, maybe. Does anyone know if this is supposed to be normal or not? Also can I put a custom background on the AVIC-N4? Thanks.....