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Moving the mic will correct your problems. Since most of the mic's on the market do not block out background noise, your only fix is where you have your mic at. The Scion TC is a noisy car to begin with, way too much road noise and everything else. So the people that hear you on the phone are getting mostly back ground noise instead of your voice. I have mine above the sun visor in my G35, sine that is a spot where no wind is rushing by it and I have almost zero road noise.

Yeah I agree, tC is a noisy car. But I'm still skeptical about moving it up to the visor because right now, I have it on the steering wheel which is right in front of me. So moving it up to the visor is furthest away from all the road noise which'll cut out all that background noise?

I put mine on the front pillar.

 

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Nice setup! Ideally that's what I want to do. To get that flush mount factory look.

05 Scion tC here with F90BT unit. Think I am running the 3.3 BT software, but since I just updated the firmware to 3.0, BT has not been working right and now not showing the version number anymore. Going to re-run the 3.3 update and see if that helps.

 

For microphone, I mounted it to hang down from the driver's side visor, virtually in front of my face while I am driving. Amazingly it seems to make a difference just between being held between visor and ceiling and just hanging down off the visor so assuming mic is omnidirectional. And I would consider Scion tC's pretty quiet compare to some other cars. One of the lowest interior noise ratings in it's category.

 

You might want to play around with mic location. Getting it up to the visor is pretty easy on the Scion actually. You can feed it up behind glove compartment and/or peel back the front pillar covers without even needing to remove them.

 

Enjoy!

 

Clif

Previously I had my mic installed in the aux port to the left of the steering wheel (Scion tC) but I had issues. So I moved it to the steering wheel as instructed in the manual but no luck. I doubt moving the mic to the a-pillar will correct my problem.

Geoff

Yeah, the problem might not be software related but hardware. It would make my day if this thing just worked.

replacing the mic will only fix it if the mic is the problem. what kind of car is it in, if the car is noisy then just about any mic will pick up the noise, is it just as noisy when the car is just sitting still?

It's an 08 Scion tC. It's not too quiet inside. I'm pretty sure even when the car is parked the person on the other end was telling me they hear a lot of background noise.

hearing a lot of noise from the background is more of a mic or mic location problem then a software fix

I changed location of the mic to the steering wheel so it's right in front of me. Do you think if I get a new mic it will solve this issue? If so, would the same Pioneer mic be fine or would I need to purchase another brand. Thanks

After updating my F90BT to firmware 3.0, I was wondering if there was an update I was missing out on with the Bluetooth software. If so what is the latest version? Is it 3.3? If so, can someone tell me how to do the update?

I was hoping an update would improve my call quality. Whenever I'm on the bluetooth in my car, the other end says they hear a lot of background noise. It'd be awesome if this was fixed.

I'm curious as well.

I did search before posting but was wondering if someone found a good solution. I wanted to confirm but it seems like the only way to see the street names, I'd have to zoom in.

After upgrading to 3.0 FW, in 3D mode; I'm not seeing the street names. I see them when I switch to the 2D mode and N mode. I looked in the zoom settings but I didn't see anything there that would change this. I believe in the prior FW, the street names were displayed. Anyone having the same experience?

Never mind. After running the nav. it automatically fixed the default city to the correct one. Hope the same goes for others.

take a look here http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19272

Hey appreciate the link. I will definately check it out.

I have Japanese songs playing off my iPod and wondering if there's some way to be able to view it.

Same here. I just did the update and my default city is Los Angeles even though I'm in NY. How do I fix this?

I was wondering if anyone bought the exact one from Pioneer. Can't seem to find it on the website.

I wanted to know if anyone knows if I can purchase the metal sheet for the gps for the F90BT. If anyone knows please let me know.

Appreciate the link. I just placed an order.

Sorry this may sound stupid but can someone give the link to the official Firmware 3.0 firmware update.

I can't seem to find it on the Pioneer website.

I have an Avic-F90BT installed in a '08 Scion tC. I just recently moved my bluetooth mic from one of the aux ports to the front of the steering wheel since people on the other end weren't hearing me well. The mic should be at a optimal position, why I am still getting people saying they hear echoes and a lot of background noise? Any help will be appreciated.

what kind of discs are you using -r or +r and what brand. I use Verbatim and i they are all -r and have hundreds of them and they all play..

I don't think discs are the issue. I use Sony -rs. I'm trying to play divx files that are downloaded. Are you converting the files yourself? If so, what software are you using?

just burn them to a dvd format..

I could convert it to Mpeg2 but it's just more convenient playing them straight off from the DVD I burn.

Conversion takes too much time.

I tried playing Divx files off of a DVD but system said it was an unreadable format.

In the manual it says the DVD player is Divx capable. Does it need to be a specific

Divx version? Have people had success with this?

Is there a way to display branded icons for "Starbucks", "Dunkin Donuts", etc. when you approach it nearby?

Also for the restaurant icons, I get the bread icon. How do I change it to the default fork/knife one?

You should have the iPod set to widescreen in the iPod settings, and then "Full" mode in the AVIC settings.

Ok I will try that. Thanks

did you do the hardware or software bypass? and and is the VSS wire connected?

Mine is hardware bypassed and VSS wire is hooked up. It doesn't give me audio alers everywhere. I get it on highways and ezpass lanes.