JohnnyDepp

Dude... It took a little review of all the install material, but from what I can tell, you're not supposed to connect the green/white wire to the AVIC at all...I think that's why you can't find a place to put it. Question #1: Is the green/white wire you are referring to the one coming FROM pin 17 on the OS-4's connector named "OS-RADPWRAUDIO" in the install guide (i.e., the connector where most of the other wires go to the AVIC)?? Question #2: Do you have steering wheel controls in the Tahoe? If your answer to BOTH questions above is YES, then you're supposed to be using a st

Hmm...I spent a few minutes Googling, and think I found guys who did pretty close to what you're trying to do...if not exactly. First, I presume you have the OS-4 wiring instructions that came with it, right? I mean these....they seem to say the green/white wire goes to the steering wheel control (SWC) output. http://www.pac-audio.com/PACProductData/OS-4/1_Instructions/os4_instructions_102910.pdf Also, I think you already talked to this guy on these forums, right? http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/28998-another-z120bt-tahoe-install-threadlol/ Anyway, here's a guy who u

There's a sub-forum for "vehicle-specific wiring" just so you know... But anyway, he was trying to explain in the earlier part of the thread that the Pioneer harness with the BLACK connector has the audio outputs, and that you don't have to use almost anything on the white RCA one unless you're trying to send audio to a bunch of aftermarket woofers, speakers, etc. Also, you use it for the infamous "bypass" that everyone talks about in many threads on here. Here's the wiring instructions for the unit that he was alluding to: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/Manuals/

Welcome. Congrats on buying a new and somewhat expensive Pioneer GPS system. You will lose all live traffic capability on 1 Jan 2012 when MSN Direct ends its service.

Welcome. Congrats on buying a new and somewhat expensive Pioneer GPS system. You will lose all live traffic capability on 1 Jan 2012 when MSN Direct ends its service.

You did use the official Pioneer installation guide(s) for the wiring, yes?? You know how to solder properly (e.g., tin wires first, correct flux/solder combination, etc)?

It's because you parked outside a bank. The car and the Pioneer units both assumed you have money and want to make you buy more stuff to fix this. hahahaha But seriously, sounds like an intermittent short or some sort of fuse problem? Without knowing EXACTLY how you wired things up, it might be hard for folks on here to help. Can you find a local pro installer with Pioneer experience?

Sounds to me like the exact same thing that often happens with iPods and personal headphones...specifically, the 1/8" stereo jack on the headphones and/or the hole for it on the iPod's side gets worn down...making one lose the L or the R channel intermittently. The effect can sometimes vary with temperature, as the different metals expand and contract, affecting the "goodness-of-fit"... Sometimes, debris can also get in the hole on the iPod, preventing one from plugging in the cable all the way. You can.... 1. Check that you've got that jack plugged in tightly...possibly r

Basically the power harness is the same (except blue wire becomes blue/white moving from D3 to Z/X), but the RCA harnesses are different...different connectors, different pinouts. I upgraded my buddy's D3 to an X920BT for him. We used the same black (power) harness from his D3, which also includes the basic sound out stuff...and sent the new one from the X920 off to the guy who bought the D3 on eBay. The pinouts/purpose of all wires are shown in the installation manuals for both sets of products (both documents easily available on pioneerelectronics.com)

Good point...unless one's car is a Hybrid or electric, one is DEFINITELY an earth-killer. So having Eco-Route on a gas-powered car is like rating a murderer as "doing better" because he's killed fewer people today.

Another example of Pioneer getting the simple shit wrong because they spend too much time worrying about complex shit. For example, my buddy says he'd GLADLY get rid of the questionable "Music Sphere" (e.g., probably 10,000 lines of code that Pioneer spent god knows how much time on) on his X920BT if it would properly scroll full XM and Sirius music info (e.g., 4 lines of code and five minutes work by a competent programmer). Besides, the Genius feature in iTunes creates playlists much like MusicSphere, but in a superior way. I just don't GET Pioneer sometimes...

I find that difficult to believe.

Actually, Pioneer's map updates are typically delayed compared to their competitors and are significantly more expensive as well. Also, WHY do you want a hard drive based unit? WHY?!?! WHHHHYYYY?!?! Makes no sense. Bad.

Also, pretty ridiculous on the part of Pioneer. $80 hand-held XM radios have been able to scroll entire song titles for years....but a $1000 in-dash unit can't?? Really, Pioneer?? Plus, they've had since the D3 to fix this problem. lol

Er...what's the large metal rod in the box to the right of the unit in the photo??? Looks like that just slid back and forth across the screen.

Anybody got a source within Pioneer they can feed these to as suggestions for the next (?) X-Series firmware update?? These are kind of annoyances, IMHO... 1. Scroll vs. Selection Beep: Make sure there is never any selection beep when one is merely SCROLLING on the screen (e.g., through playlists). Every person I know who's used my buddy's X920BT gets totally confused by the beep that often seems to occur when trying to start a scroll operation, thinking they made a selection instead of just scrolling (or vice versa). It's intermittent, but truly annoying. It's already a li

I was thinking they could make an adapter that connects the regular XM radio port and the dedicated physical port for NavTraffic data from the older tuner and combine the data on the same line somehow. The newer units definitely have the processing power to "decomm" the data (as we say in the engineering biz...). The problems (obviously) would be re-programming the AVIC. Assuming BOTH types of data come in to the unit as digital, however, that should be possible. The problem gets tougher if the XM radio comes in from the tuner as ANALOG, but even then I can think of some ways to do t

Whatever happened to the original problem in this thread??? Solved?

You're an EMS??? I hope you never have to patch up anyone who had a traffic accident because they were watching Netflix on their Pioneer head units while driving!

You are *likely* correct because you've been around these units a while...and because this guy was obviously having problems with that one model. However, I disagree with you if you believe it's 100% clear in the manual. I'm reading it right now...it has a line for "iPod Classic: Ver 2.0.2" without being 100% clear which generations of classic they mean on that line....so it doesn't make clear on that line if the 4th gen is specifically excluded. And the other line listing the "iPod fifth generation" as a stand-alone also doesn't mean the 4th gen is specifically excluded. Also,

...is it running software v2.0.2?

Ah...

The radio display on the car's dash may have to be turned off by the dealer or someone with a handheld computer programming tool compatible with your car. Basically, you have to tell your car it no longer has the factory radio installed. In some cars, like my Audi, it's possible for the owner to easily tell the car to stop displaying radio info on the instrument display. Don't know about the Avalon. The rest of it sounds like a TON of really sloppy and silly installation and wiring errors to me. Without getting into the hyper-details of your car's wiring diagram, fuse structure, an

Pioneer's past behavior should lead you to expect that they will NOT replace the GOOG411 or MSN Direct, but rather will expect you to buy an entirely new unit on the first of Feb 2011. The honorable thing to do would be for them to offer a new accessory to legions of F- and X-Series users who need those services for live traffic, etc. For example, why not an FM-TDS traffic accessory? Or a software update that reads the XM NavTraffic from the older Pioneer XM tuner when used with F- or X-series units (right now, the XM NavTraffic data from the older tuner is ignored by the newer units).