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I'm trying to gather information on how this was done, but Endgadget just posted news about this being demo'd at CES. http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/19/amd-announces-fusion-based-embedded-g-series-platform/ With the modding that the community enjoys, and the endless complaints (from myself included) on how closed the hu manufacturers are, something like this would be a welcomed alternative. If there is continued interest in this, I'll continue to post on the information I find.

I hope that this isnt a gross violation of the rules, but I read through some google results and wanted to share some links that address the Android issue: http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/31513-droid-avrcp-car-audio.html - Confirmed on my z100bt with Droid Incredible. - Failed miserably on my DroidX while playing Pandora over BT http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=557088 (Android on HTC Info) Another thread addressing this: http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/29343-avrcp-13-yea-or-nay/ The general consensus seems to be that if you have an app launched whi

@Shortfuse Just read through the thread and how you went about patching the password deal. Well done and congrats, wish I would have thought of going that route. I can't help but think that it would have paid off if I would've paid more attention in assembly in college

Just contributing some information that I stumbled on while poking around: The header of the NDATA.001 file is "MSWIN4.1". Upone further investigation, this appears to be a boot record of sorts. http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/MSWIN41.htm According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXE, we're dealing with 16 bit DOS executables. Not that this will help in the cracking process, but I stumbled on it anyway: The .rff and .image files are created with an application called "NaviStudio" http://cloudmade.com/products/navi-studio. May help to mod in the future (?).

I hope one of you brave souls will post a demo vid to outline what's been updated

"I'm returning this unit because the hack you don't support won't work" Love it. I read about the opening of the connector on the mute wire being distorted by the removal process. That's the one thing I hadn't investigated (which just occurred to me). Later on today I'm going to pull it again and look at the opening on the connector (where the pin from the head unit makes contact - for those reading and lost) to see if it's misshapen. If it is, I'll try squeezing it slightly with some needle nose pliers. Perhaps that will do something miraculous.

Hey all, Before VBLUE drops a canned response ( ) I've been over the instructions for a Z11BT bypass about a hundred times, and had a look through every thread that had anything to do with the bypass and/or parking break messages and/or grounding the parking break wire. Now, I followed the directions as close as I possibly could, but I'm still getting the message about the parking break being improperly connected, and following that, the bypass isn't work as video will shut off over 10mph. Here's the various things I have tried: - Pulled the mute wire again to check the orientatio

When those updates do come out, if they're tied to the unit in any way, someone is going to figure it out. And if not, I'm going to tear open every single file looking for the link to serial number, etc

Just ordered mine OK with the coupon code.

Hey all, Does anyone have, or know where to find, a template for the faceplate for installation? I have an '06 Cherokee and I want to try and use a non-nav dash bezel with the Z110BT. The nav bezel is just so big and bulky. So I'm hunting for a template for the faceplate and trim before I go cutting into a bezel. Anyone have one, or know where to look for one? Thanks

Really hoping the 515 coupon is active come Thursday. Even though the Z doesn't have the hackability of the X910, the feature set and hardware improvements over the X910 are just too hard to ignore.

Thanks for the confirmation. And many thanks for posting the coupon code. That's just about pushed me over the edge for buying one of these!

Echoing Drzy's reply. Any updates using the files Pioneer sent?

Maybe some good Samaritan will post an image from the SD card. Ya never know.

I'm assuming the MIR is the $200 MIR from Pioneer before April 30th, yeah?

I'm not really 'down' with the audio acronyms. By 'D/A' do you mean digital audio?

Nice! Thanks for the followup!

Yeah, there's a thread linked to in a previous post where someone outlines price matching and such with bing. I checked it out, and it's valid. When you do price matching through Car Toys, they give you a coupon code that you just use at checkout. To bing, it looks like a normal purchase. zepaholic, please let us know when your rebate leaves the processing status! Would love to know if that works out for you!

Sorry VBLUE42, I don't think I was around then, or I didn't catch that post. I'm currently working on that exact project. Please feel free to email or pm me if you'd like to have a dialog about that.

There is lot's of information about modding on this site. But it's honestly a godawful mess of threads, outdated information, broken links and vague descriptions of solutions. There are threads which range from old 2.0 series firmware for the F series (the F900BT preceded the X910BT in a round a bout way) to discussions about the Z series modding, and everything in between. There's nothing consolidated, and there aren't any 'color by number' easy directions to follow. Pleas for that sort of thing go unanswered (http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=31045) I'm working on com

From the info that I've compiled, here's a few key points of comparison between the X910BT and the Z110BT (which is imho, similar to the D3) Boot Times: Z110BT - 10 seconds X910BT - ~30 seconds If you left an audio source running when the car was turned off: Z110BT - ~5 seconds for audio X910BT - ~10 seconds for audio Z110BT apparently has better voice recognition software than the X910BT Average costs of new unit from authorized online retailer (at the time of this post, without rebate): Z110BT - $900 - $1000 US X910BT - $800 US Going through sites like CarToys.com a

Great job on these instructions. I'm planning on putting together a bunch of documentation and I'll definitely be using this.

In an effort to get a real guide to emulation going, I've posted this plea to those people who know a lot about the emulation process. You can read it here, viewtopic.php?f=34&t=31045 And one of the things I cover is the wiki instructions not working for the latest 3.0x update for the X series. You can, however, use the latest F series update from Pioneer's website; http://ds1.downloadtech.net/cn1010/firm ... 006000.zip) Using that, and the wiki instructions, I've been able to get *some* of the buttons and such to work. MainMenu starts, but is a little flaky.

All, Please don't take this post as complaining or anything remotely negative. It's merely a plea for consolidated information. I've been through dang near every post on these forums which contain the words 'emulator', 'emulate', 'windows cs' and 'emulation', and the one thing that I have realized is that there is not a definitive guide to emulating either the F series or the X series on Windows. This thread does contain a working emulator, if you can download it: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=26673&p=209788&hilit=avic_emulator#p209788 But it only seems to work for viewing the

Right at this exact moment must be a peak download time then...