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I'm assuming since he is from NY that it is for North America.

Yes, you would need the Sirius receiver that works for the Pioneer unit. Your previous Sirius unit probably only works with the stock Miata unit or maybe just Mazda units. Maybe you could sell it on a Miata or Mazda forum. As for install price I wouldn't know.

When you draw the box you leave a space on both the left and right sides, correct? I had the same issue on my D2 with the total right side buttons not working and following the directions fixed it.

Thanks for this. I'm using your links because the other west disk I downloaded had an error at the very end.

I'm still running the stock OEM firmware and maps for my AVIC-D2 that I purchased back in 2006. I'm planning on upgrading to the 2008 series maps tonight or tomorrow but I was wondering if there would be upgrading to the 2006 or 2007 series maps before hand. I'm just making sure there aren't any additional options or upgrades I would have received by upgrading to the 2006 or 2007 series maps before upgrading to the 2008 series. Do these upgrades only affect the actual maps or are there also firmware updates for our units on the disks as well?

Wow, I've had problems with my screen for the last 6 months to a year and this fixed it. Now I can actually adjust audio functions and use my navigation. Thanks.

This is great news.

Try www.pricegrabber.com. I got my D2 for $680.

Yeah, you will be satisfied then. Besides, we bought these units for navigation anyway and that's what I'm looking at while I'm driving.

Ok, you can store up to 18 presets which I don't think is any different than the XM module. I, like you, don't need enhanced surfing as I just pick my favorite channels and store them as presets. You can display channel number OR channel name OR artist name OR song name but only one can be displayed at a time. And to get the display to cycle through channel number / name / artist / song you have to go to the function menu and change a function number (i.e. function2 if i recall correctly), which doesn't have a name, and know that you are switching the display. It's very cumbersome and reta

[quote name="Yobz"]Ok, I installed the D2 in my car and it looks great. The only problem is the nav. I wired it to come out on top of my dash, right next to the windshield. It gets pretty poor reception right now...is the metal plate necessary or is that just a way to mount it? If it helps reception I'll use it, otherwise the signal is pretty poor...[/quote] Yes, definately use the metal plate. I was using it on my dash and had 0 problems with reception but didn't like looking at two antennas (gps and sirius). I then mounted right under the clock using the metal plate again and I ge

[quote name="Yobz"]I'm installing the D2 in my '06 STI this weekend (or earlier if I have time)...what wiring harness did you use? I don't want to splice the cables directly into the car but I called my local CC and they told me that a harness doesn't exist for the combo. If one does, could you give me the part # and if one doesn't exist, could you tell me how you wired it up? The D2 is sitting in its package on my bed at home right now! :)[/quote] They are wrong. I got my wiring harness from the local best buy and it's for 90+ Subarus.

I think it's just an issue with the D2. I know I read that it can confuse streets when they are close together or when travelling between tall buildings. Sometimes the best thing to do when this happens and you know is to just modify your current location.

Yeah, that install looks pretty good to me. I wouldn't worry about it.

[quote name="xcrider32183"]im new to this forum and i would like to know if you guys could help me out ... i just had my d1 installed but the green wire (it says brake on it) is not connected to anything. my question is: my navi wont allow me to search by address poi etc.. most of my destination options are grayed out.. is this because the brake wire isnt hooked up??? or could this be something else?? TIA[/quote] Correct. Your parking brake not only needs to be grounded but you also need to remove the cell phone mute wire from your AVIC-D2 harness and then insert it into the empty s

There's actually no need to mount on the roof. I successfully mounted both my GPS and Sirius antenna under my dash (I just made sure there was no metal above them) and have had no reception problems with either.

I think only the N3 owners get cloths in their boxes. I just installed one for my friend and he got one and I didn't get one in my D2.

[quote name="ramman949"]Everything checked out fine. My wiring was fine. Buddy of mine said his rear speakers are the same way from factory. I probably never noticed when I was using the stock radio. Thanks for all your help guys.[/quote] Yeah bro, I checked out my STi just a few minutes ago and the fronts are a little bit louder than the rears. I really think it has to do with the front speakers having seperate tweeters.

[quote name="RockStarATL"]for six months, my auto day/night has worked fine (at least during the day it did). I have a Hummer H3. It would be daylight when it was daylight out, and most of the time be night, and it takes the same action my auto headlights do. However, earlier this week it has changed for no reason. It doesn't seem to be doing auto sh** now. I have to manually turn my lights on to switch it to night or off for day. Any idea what would cause this when my auto headlights still work fine?[/quote] This doesn't sound like the issue, but under settings on the main menu

[quote name="ducatiboy"]They have stated (in press released and such) that updates will be downloaded from the net, burned to CD and update by just putting the disk in the unit. So far no map updates are out and the most recent guesses I have heard were in early 2007.[/quote] So does this mean we won't have to pay $250 like users had to for previous legitimate map upgrades?

[quote name="Val"]I have a N2 and am wondering the same thing. I replaced the BGOPEN2 but no dice. I also put in some extra backgrounds in the BG/PIM folder but they dont show up in the menu. How do you force the unit to update the pics from the DVD? I tried resetting/forced update a couple times but no dice. anyone have any ideas?[/quote] You need to replace BGOPEN and not BGOPEN2 if I recall correctly. BGOPEN2 is used by use D2 users. I can't remember exactly what directory you need to put your new PIM files in. If you can remember what backgrounds you can sel

[quote name="insanesound"]I was wondering how to get to the main boot up screen! If anyone knows let me know thanks! Also will someone make me a Pontiac GTP background! Thanks![/quote] Main boot up screen image is the BGOPEN.JPG found in the BG directory of your DVD-ROM. Please use this thread in order to save an ISO of your DVD-ROM to your hard drive, edit, and burn it to a custom DVD-ROM in order to change your background: [url=http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=99]http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=99[/url]

[quote name="glepp"]ive been trying to figure it out on my n3 but can you even set song memos with the siruis tuner becuase it says for xm you should just hit the memo button but nothingn happens.[/quote] No, that is only for the XM Radio, and only works on the newer XM hardware. I have Sirius as well and agree the interface and features suck but there's nothing we can do. I've thought about going back to XM but the cancelled they cancelled the station I usually listen to so I'm stuck with this horrible interface. Thankfully I can look at the navigation screen instead.

[quote name="BobyYoo"]ihave used ultraiso to edit my dics[/quote] Yeah, I just decided to shell out $30 for it and it's a great program. I also bought WinISO right before that but it couldn't even open my ISO files so I requested a refund. I'm using ImgBurn (freeware program) to burn the ISO images. Very nice indeed.

Here's a STI Navigation Loading screen I made.