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Well I didn't get very far. Went to Verizon tonight and talked to a salesman. They had a Z10 for $79.99 with 2 yr. contract. I started asking about the quality of the phone and problems I had read about on crackberry.com The salesman said its a great looking phone but very unreliable. He has only sold one since they have been out and it was returned. It seems they reboot randomly as many as 5 or 6 times a day. You may be talking on the phone or texting or doing nothing at all and it just reboots. Rim is supposed to be working on this. May just wait a few months to see how things work out. A re

Very good idea about getting a demo with the BB Z10 Thanks

Well like the title says. I have used Blackberry for many years up until two years ago. With all the problems BB was having I jumped ship and went to iPhone 4S. It's a great device and works very well with my Pioneer Avic-X950BH. I am now re looking at the new BB Z10. As far as Bluetooth I know the phone will work but what about Pandora or the tunes in my BB music library should I set it up. Any other things I might want to know should I go back to BB.

I would like to add my 2 cents before this thread gets locked. As far as what does and does not come with a USB or what ever, this is the reason for so many choices and price ranges on radio head units. One shops before one buys looking for features and compares cost. I bought an avic x950bh. Love the radio. Price range ran from $700 to $950. I am still learning the radio coming from an avic x930bt. I can't get the caller ID to work despite following the directions and can't find a mph reading on my gps like I could on the older radio. I don't think pioneer sucks and love their products.

I fixed mine! Okay what I did. I went back to the install instructions for my X950BH. There was a "trigger" wire, purple or violet in color. It actually had a tad that said it was a reverse connection wire. I connected it to the light green wire that was in a junction box left of the brake pedal. The junction has a black cover with a long plastic hex " push on, unscrew type" nut. The wire was near the upper right corner of the junction. To test it set e- brake for safety, turn ignition on. The light green wire should show no voltage. With the ignition on BUT TRUCK NOT STARTED put the gear shif

I am having the same problem with a 2006 Sierra. I get no splash screen when I start the truck if the camera is turned on. I get a black screen until I put the truck into reverse then I get my picture. When I go into drive the screen goes black. As long as I don't push the mode button I get a back up pic when I shift into reverse. If I push mode to get to the radio screen I don't get my back up camera any more until I shut the truck off and restart. I have the X590Bh. I have read this forum until my eyeballs hurt and can't figure it out. I have wired and rewired, changed polarity with every co

I had an X930BT that would tell me how fast I was driving. I can't seem to find it on the X950BH. I also have followed the directions to get caller ID from my contacts list when I receive a bluetooth call and that does not seem to work either. Any ideas???

Just an added note, it was password protected and Pioneer has been notified in case it would come back for service or password release.

A week ago my Sierra was broken into. The thief popped the driver side door lock through. The front of the dash was ripped off and my head unit stolen. They also tried to steel the truck by jamming something into the ignition and forcing it to turn, they did $1000 damage to the ignition alone. My insurance company replaced my Pioneer with the latest availablee model radio. I had the X930bt, I ended up with the X950BH. I got it installed today with the bypass. I twice got a warning the unit detected the E brake wire was not connected properly but canceled it out and everything worked fine. This

I am sorry I have no answer to your question. I was looking to buy this same unit and was wondering if your were able to do the bypass on the harness. If so could you post a link.

Why would you plug the phone into the cable unless you wanted to listen to the ipod? Mine automatically starts ipod unless I have Pandora started on my phone before I plug it in then Pandora starts automatically. If you dock it to charge it then a standard car charger works faster and better for the said purpose.

what kind of papers came with it? sounds hot. there is a reference on this forum to resting a password.

I have a good pic. You have two triangle shape removable panels. One on the left and one on the right ends of the dash. The left has fuses and the right has various harness plug ins. I will look for you PM.

someone please answer this. I am having the same problem

I don't know if it is numbered or not. I installed the cab lights from recon. I got onto dieselplace.com and did a wire hook up search for adding these lights. There is a pin on the right side of the dash under the triangular cover that the factory cab lights harness would plug into if you had factory cab lights. If I remember it was the lower right pin. It would be easy to tell. Take a 12 volt test light and have someone turn your lights on and off. The test light will also go on and off. Do this with the interior/dash light dimmer switch rolled down to the off position. One of these pins is

So I wonder what I am doing wrong, or what I don't have set right.

I think I tried this. I will try this. What I want is a full screen on camera if possible. Thanks.

I had the same problem. My truck is a 2006 GMC Sierra. I bought from Crutchfield and they have a great tech support system. I was told some vehicles do and some don't have a 12 volt current through the orange/white wire in the vehicle harness. My truck does not. You need to attach the orange/white wire from the head unit to a wire that is hot only when the headlights are on. I did and now the night screen works at night, or when the lights are on. Still turn your selection to automatic in the head unit.

When I first hooked everything up and checked out my back up camera I had full screen. At one point I must have pushed a button or something and now I have a split screen, half pic and half map. I do not have it wired for driving forward and looking behind me. I have read my manual and read most responses to camera questions on this forum and can't figure out how to get it back. Can anyone help??

any comments? does anyone know if this will work? does it make sense?

What I did and what I think. What I did. I bought the 2010 update for my AVIC-F700BT. I installed it and it bricked my unit. I called Pioneer and their tech could not help me. He passed me off to the repair/warranty department and they recommended I send it in. I sent it with the update along with all paper work for the update to show it was legit and I had the web generated key. They emailed me after they had my unit and wanted me to send them $240. I called them with the repair order number they gave me and talked to a repair rep and told him it was their update that bricked my radio. He wo

I have an AVIC-F700BT unit I bought new about 3 years ago. This unit has been running great with zero problems. Two weeks ago I decided to update to the latest software/firmware and mapping from 2010. I bought and paid 119.99 from Crutchfield, got it three days later and installed it. I did everything to the letter. Install went perfect and at the end it asked if I wanted to keep the same splash screen I pushed yes. It then said the install was successful and the system would reboot. It never did! It comes up to the splash screen then stops. I let it set for 30 minutes and it never fully reboo

two years after it's release is there any one who sells the firmware and map update cheaper than Pioneer. is there a chance it may be updated again very soon and therefore worth waiting a little longer? i hate to pay $120 for updates but I have had to reload previous firmware twice to get head unit working properly. It has been acting quirky and doing crazy stuff. When it stops I reload off SD and then all is good for a while. Just thought the latest would clear things up.

I am in no way looking to hack, crack or steal the latest update CNSD-200FM.I would really like to get it but $120 is kind of steep for me at this time. I waited this long hoping the price might come down a little with age. Does anyone know of a reputable company thet might sell this cheaper? crutchfield does for about $.01 less that pioneer. It's like $119.99. big deal. Not enough discount to draw me away from pioneer itself. I would rather just buy it from pioneer that way if I had a problem I can deal with them directly and they have no excuse like "sorry can't help you,call the people you

Did you have the internal secrity code set up? If so I think it will be totally useless to anyone unless they can somehow hack your security code. Sorry man.