mikron24

SOLUTION IS to use the long black cable that has a din connector to the craddle(car mount) must be used to get the signal from MSN DIRECT

my own observation is that the Atlas map in f-series is weaker than the kenwood units maps the kenwood maps are more user friendly with direct access to points of interests verses all loaded in the poi of pioneer units

well no big deal about what the reps says but rather let some of the users of AVIC-F90BT , AVIC-F900BT , AVIC-F700BT, AVIC-F500BT weigh in on this subject because on the atlas maps are week they are encased in a POI only and there is no option to check by zip code and then check another zip in different area that is just that way pioneer decided to do this with the ATLAS MAPS pioneer POI's have strange categories based with Poi itself other manufactures like garmin or Mio put there points of interest directly in the menu system easier to navigate and more choices than Pioneer F

Hi I have the navigation unit Avic-F500BT does not have FM and yes I am in area with full coverage based on map on msn direct web site

No I would not do it again I would say the atlas map inside all these units is lacking compared to other garmin units even though it has 12 million points of interests here is an example of what I am saying I have another car that has a Kenwood DDX-8019 / KNA-G510 - DVD / Navigation Installed(510 has garmin gps installed) and that unit you can easily say search for (business name in the area I am in) and there is also a option on the screen that say search for item in other zip code then a person just punches in other zip code really handy when a person is driving to another to

Greetings to all member of the 411 and I just got last weekend an Avic-F500BT Navigation unit and for the life of me I cannot get the 25 identification key when i am in my car for long trips and I try and access MSN status for hours with no results , I am wondering if its the holiday weekend? and just out of the blue I always check the GPS status is ultra high with 6-8 dots green constantly so I dont know what the problem might be? any ideas Thanks