Playa4Life352

Vegas,

 

My f900bt has been rebooting since 12/27/08, since driving back from a holiday gathering. I hadn't even been able to get it into test mode. Today I was going to take it out to send it back to Pioneer since it's finally warm up here in NY. I decided to look here to see if there was something new I could try. I found your post, got the thing to boot into testmode by clicking the sd card in and out until it picked up on it - figured I was sending it back anyway, so what the hey. I got it into test mode, got rid of those files and it works now. Even the gps can find my location now. Previously, it would work sometimes, but the map was frozen on the place I was when it broke. I really hope this fix stays. What a pain!

 

I am very greatful for your information. Please message me with your paypal. I would like to give you a small token of appreciation for the hassle and shipping you just saved me.

 

Janet

I will be doing the same tomorrow when I in fact get my Pioneer re-installed. If this IS a good solution, I will as well send my token of appreciation!

My F900 started rebooting last friday. At first it would get to the source menu and then reboot. Now it just gets a splash screen and reboots. I tried to get it into test mode but that also failed. After a call to Pioneer they emediatly said send it in with no questions asked. I then called the shop they have me sending it to and told them of the problem. The tech told me that it is a known problem and pioneer is working on the cause but still does not know what is causing it. The only fix according to this guy is to replace the main system board.

 

Is your parking brake grounded?

Yes, has been for 3 Months

Disconnect the parking brake from the ground wire and see if this solves the problem. Pioneer claims it will.

Can anyone point me in the right direction for the cheapest buy for a Z series??? I currently have an F900BT and really want FULL double din screen and HDD access. Online buy would be my preference because I live in Denver and apparently nobody has a Z3. Thanks in advance everyone....

My F900 started rebooting last friday. At first it would get to the source menu and then reboot. Now it just gets a splash screen and reboots. I tried to get it into test mode but that also failed. After a call to Pioneer they emediatly said send it in with no questions asked. I then called the shop they have me sending it to and told them of the problem. The tech told me that it is a known problem and pioneer is working on the cause but still does not know what is causing it. The only fix according to this guy is to replace the main system board.

Is your parking brake grounded?

Ok so I won't be able to test the parking brake theory until Wednesday afternoon but anyone else having the problem feel free to give it a shot and post your results!!

hoh

i have the same problem. my avic working fine, but today it reboot randomly! again and again after 3-4 minuts after start/

I notice that avic reboot only in GPS mode.. when i listen FM or iPod, all ok!

 

may be problem in wrong bypass? i put wire (parking brake ) to the ground/

So I got off the phone with Pioneer, talked to a service guy in navigation and asked me if I had my parking brake wired properly and not just grounded and of course I said no and he said "Well what usually causes the constant reboot is the parking brake being improperly grounded and whenever we receive a monitor in for servicing that always ends up being that problem and so the solution is to properly ground it." Now when this problem first started happening, it had been my first and only time I had received the error on my monitor to where it says that the parking brake is not properly grounded. And literally 1 minute after that, my monitor has been on a constant reboot. I'm going to adjust this problem and will post my results in a few hours.

I am very curious as well!! I have an Audi A6 with a Bose system (4 door speakers and 4 tweeters) and after my unit has temporarily died and I put the stock back in, I too can agree that I need some kind of direction as to what EQ settings would sound superb. If anyone has came across this and has came up with some sort of decent solution, please share. Thanks in advance!

Quick update on what it seems like solved my reboots (at least for now). I went in testmode, I copied my flashdisk on an USB flash that I plugged in to be safe, then went back in the flashdisk and looked at what files were used last.

My reboots started when I used my gps so I was looking for something that would have gps in the filename. In the root directory of my flashdisk, I saw 4 files named gpspara0.bin, gpspara1.bin, gpspara2.bin and gpspara3.bin which were used last. I deleted all 4 of them as I assumed they may be created by the OS. After this I shut off my car, turned it on and no reboot. I have not driven for an extended period yet to be 100% on this solution but for about 10 min I was ok and I was able to select destination and get directions.

I am not sure what these files are and what they do but so far I am good. I have also a back up of them so my advice is if you are going to follow my steps SAVE YOUR FILES FIRST.

 

I will let you know on any updates.

 

Cheers

So you WERE able to enter test mode no questions asked or did you have to wait until it stopped rebooting eventually??? Please tell me before I send my monitor off to Pioneer!!

Does anyone know or has attempted to tether their phone in Windows CE mode to enable some sort of internet capability??? I believe it is very possible...

This same problem just started to happen to me recently as well. I was almost positive that it was a loose positive connection but now I am starting to second guess it. And I literally just tried to test mode my deck and it's a no go, constant reboot. I notice sometimes if I hit a sharp right turn then my Pioneer will start working and so I am going to take it back to my installer on Saturday and let you guys know if whether or not it is a wiring problem!!! PS.. has anyone noticed how cheap and terrible the Pioneer harness is made??

So it is definitely not a wiring problem...... Looks my Pioneer is somewhat dead after just about 2 weeks..... I'm going to be contacting Pioneer on Monday for my warranty exchange/repair. My deck does work however sometimes keep that in mind. Does anyone else's work occasionally or is it just me??

This same problem just started to happen to me recently as well. I was almost positive that it was a loose positive connection but now I am starting to second guess it. And I literally just tried to test mode my deck and it's a no go, constant reboot. I notice sometimes if I hit a sharp right turn then my Pioneer will start working and so I am going to take it back to my installer on Saturday and let you guys know if whether or not it is a wiring problem!!! PS.. has anyone noticed how cheap and terrible the Pioneer harness is made??

ok thanks for actually responding I really do appreciate it!!

So I have my contact list completely updated into my AVIC-F900BT and whenever I receive an incoming call, it only displays the number and not the name. I have T-Mobile and am using the G1 and I believe it is because T-Mobile always includes the "1" before all of the other 10 digits. Any ideas as to resolving this?? Possibly a hack??

Anyone???

I NEED HELP FINDING IT!!! Anyone have knowledge??