dkoon2007

I purchased a used car with a Z1 installed. The car has steering wheel controls. Everything worked flawlessly at first but now:

1. Sometimes when a song ends, instead of going to the next song, it goes to the next CD.

2. Sometimes when I raise the volume using the steering wheel button, it goes on to the next song.

3. Sometimes when I press the button on the wheel to advance to the next track, the radio goes to AM or FM

4. Sometimes when I press the "lower volume" on the steering wheel, it actually raises the volume

The buttons on the unit seem to work ok so it leads me to believe something is wrong in the wheel controls although that wouldn't explain why sometimes it goes to the next CD rather than the next track.

Do I have a bad hard drive?

Is there a reset button?

All the problems above do not happen all the time.

Thanks in advance!!

I bought my wife an '06 Buick Lucerne and would like to do the bypass on the Z1. I haven't a clue how to remove the unit. I realize that maybe different cars have different methods but I'm hoping I might get some info here. I can't see how it can be accessed from the rear and the face plate is actually part of the nav unit. Am I missing something pretty basic?

Thanks for any responses.

Oh, thank you for the reply....makes sense.

Whats the best way to ground the two wires?

#1 wire....disconnect from the e-bake switch and run the wire to a bolt or screw?

#2 wire...Relocate a wire and then connect it to the unit's ground wire via a connector?

This stuff is basic to some of you folks but I have very little experience with automotive electrics.

Are there better ways?

Thanks in advance

Aw, now thats what I needed to know. Apparently the unit does not have bluetooth. I wouldn't mind getting my wife one but I'm still not clear on how the unit comes out. Does the faceplate just pop off? Do you access it from under the dash?

I very much appreciate your response.

I just bought my wife a used car ( '06 Buick Lucerne ) and it has a ZI mounted indash. I'm not having any success with the bluetooth. I really have no idea if it's even available in this unit. This is what I do know:

When I open the "Connection" option, the bluetooth shows NOKI with a symbol that looks similar to a martini glass ( well, thats what it looks like to me.) This leads me to believe that the last owner had a phone hooked up.

The "Phone Menu" is grayed out and can't open

I set the cell phone to "Search for "connection" and it came up with nothing.

There is what looks like a microphone attached to the headliner above the steering whell, right beside the front windshield. There's also a small black box in the corner of the windshield, on the outside, which I'm assuming is the nav antenna

How can I find out if I can even hook the bluetooth up? Any ideas?

On another matter, I'd love to do the two wire hack to eliminate the parking brake feature but I'm not seeing how the unit comes out. I know that every car may be different but are there fairly standard ways that these units come out? I'm not seeing how I can get under the dash and I'm not seeing how the bezel comes out. Any help?

Thank you in advance for any help