JohnnyDepp

I think we'll be able to get this to work. First, it sounds like your Bold 9700 MAY still have either the "Pioneer Navi" device -- or an additional device -- as a paired/trusted device and is trying to connect by default as soon as you turn Bluetooth on. Or perhaps (less likely), when you turn Bluetooth ON, the phone is trying to get out the last error messages that were caught in its message "stack" and it's reporting on what happened LAST TIME because it never got a chance to. Aside: Note that the Pioneer AVICs, including the X920BT, sometimes suffer from a delayed message pr

D3 vs. later unit harness questions have been asked and answered in a million threads in this forum.

Who IS JasonH? Why did he start this forum? Does he get paid? If so, by whom? What other sites has he done? Does he have another job? Is he an MIT graduate? The world wonders....

In all fairness to this guy, Pioneer DOES charge significantly more for these map updates than Garmin, Tom Tom, Magellan, etc. I posted about that in one or two other thread in these forums recently. Pioneer: $120 Garmin: $80 (or $100 for lifetime in some cases for some units) (UPDATE) Sony: FREE map updates for first year! See HERE. Others: Similar....

Are you sure about the first point? I think the Sub setting in these units is a little counterintuitive and the japanese-to-english translation is a little spotty on this particular issue. I think the manual says to use "Full" if you have ONLY a set of rear speakers and NO subwoofer. If you HAVE a subwoofer, I think it says you need to select "Sub", no? Yes, I know it sounds weird that "Full" would drive fewer audio elements than "Sub" but the manual is a bit hard to understand for this setting...in fact, I wouldn't mind some clarification myself. I installed an X920BT for my buddy..

Did you UNPAIR all devices from your phone on the PHONE side? In other words, yty getting rid of all previously-paired devices in your PHONE'S list of memorized Bluetooth devices...and then start from scratch using the X920 manual. (i.e., Turn on your phone's Bluetooth, tell it to be "discoverable, and then immediately initiate pairing from the X920, etc.)

Why not apply some of the thousands of dollars of taxpayer money you Alaskans are given from the Government every year from oil revenue towards your shipping? ;O)

Er....there's nothing in this thread so far about him actually checking the Sub-Woofer related settings on the X920BT. Did you want to ask him if he's actually got the various Sub-Woofer settings in the X920BT menus set properly??? For example... - Maybe he's got the SubWoofer setting to "Full" instead of "Sub" in the AV Menu - Maybe he's got the SubWoofter-specific menu settings (e.g, the phase, the frequencies, the level) set oddly

Actually, I normally am VERY much in favor of telling someone to read the manual...and have done that a few times on here. In this case, though, I have to say the guys are correct...the manual is REALLY bad on this particular issue. And actually, the translations of the Pioneer manuals are generally inferior than others. Another example...who goes around saying things like "To stop Bluetooth wave transmission...." ??? lol It's clear one way Pioneer keeps their costs down is minimal translation checks...lol.

Find another wire that's not being used (if any) and remove it. Or, just order wires with connectors already on them. By the way, they sell tools designed to safely remove these pins (even though they're not really made to be easily removable...that's the whole point of Molex-type harness connectors like these). See this thread: http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/29752-why-not-just-add-a-wire-for-bypass/

Are you using a proper XM antenna in a proper location???? Did you splice it in any way? Read the entire thread... I don't think this is a bug...I think anyone having this problem is either using the wrong antenna, or messed up the antenna installation or location in some way, or both.

Dude...I agree that if one has enough manual dexterity, then yes, one can remove pins from Molex-type connectors in exactly the way you describe...but... ...it's tricky to those who haven't done it, and even then, not quite as simple as you make it sound for most people. In fact, these connectors are designed to NOT allow the pins to easily come out. They sell special tools that engineers use to remove wires from these things when it's absolutely required, because they don't have time to fiddle with every wire they need to remove (in rare instances they make a mistake wiring a harness).

Allow me to offer some SPECIFIC comparisons between the navigation on my old D3 (god, I hated that @*#&^ thing) and the X920BT I installed for my buddy: 1. The D3 sometimes took me off highways onto service roads and back, with no traffic present. It was unpredictable and it was stupid. The X920BT doesn't appear to do that. 2. The first few words of the audible upcoming turn direction were sometimes cut off on the D3. For example, "In a half mile, turn left" would be uttered as merely "...turn left" a half mile before you needed to. It was confusing to people who didn't kno

For 3. I think he means if he has audio playing in his internet browser (e.g., audio from a YouTube clip or a music clip, or streaming from some web site).

Probably near Biloxi. I lived in the Florida Panhandle for years. Highway 98 is terrible during beach season.

Good point....I hadn't caught that, actually. Hands-free is the way to go...hard to do hands-free without VR.

The install for my buddy is done, but we didn't want to wait for the pre-crimped 22 AWG wires to arrive, so we did the painfully silly razor blade bypass thing. When we DID get them, they looked fine, though.

Make sure you're using a *Sirius* antenna, and not an XM one. Also, make sure you haven't spliced it in any way, and make sure it's mounted in a place with a clear view of the sky, etc. Some good advice about antennas in this thread: http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/29841-issue-with-xm-receiver-on-pioneer-z120-audio-cuts-out-sometimes/page__p__220832__hl__%2Bsignal+%2Bstrength__fromsearch__1#entry220832

Are you using an original, unspliced, known-good, XM antenna? See my advice about XM antenna mounting (and NOT trying to use Sirius antennas for XM) here: http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/29841-issue-with-xm-receiver-on-pioneer-z120-audio-cuts-out-sometimes/page__p__220984#entry220984

Ah...well, that's better than splicing, but still tricky. I suspect that your XM signal SNR is too low due to the non-optimal antenna choice. A poor SNR means the data rate is too low...and the continuous digital audio data requires a higher data rate. The song title, artist, and station name only require a few bytes of data, which is why those are showing up just fine. Tell me...is your friend with the X920BT who's having this problem also using a non-XM antenna? If his is an XM one, did he splice it in any way? With the old D3 (god, I hated that thing), one could chec

Yeah... Tell you what...I just received Crutchfield's holiday catalog and there are a TON of new in-dash navigation and AV systems that compare VERY favorably to the Pioneers...and none of them use MSN Direct...LOL. You guys HAVE got to look at that catalog (don't buy from them, of course, given how overpriced Crutchfield is...). The paper catalog is just a great reference for what's out there.

(Unlikely Issue) Is the GPS antenna anywhere near the center of the field-of-view of the XM antenna in the direction of the sky? If so, the GPS antenna could possibly be interfering with your XM reception depending on what direction your vehicle is heading with respect to the direction to the XM/Sirius spacecraft. However, I'm guessing your OEM XM antenna is on the roof of your car, so this is unlikely. Also, these aren't exactly line-of-sight (LOS) systems...S-Band and L-Band frequencies bounce around your car, diffract, etc. quite a bit. So, moving on to the other answer you gave...

Yes. No problems at all. We tested it quite a bit jumping around all over the place quickly...and also after half-hour drives listening to one station. No problems.

Because stuff is EARNED in life. Besides, "teach a man to fish..." Why not get some Photoshop skills and create your own? It'll make you more valuable in industry...

My buddy is using his old GEX-P10 XM tuner (or whatever the model number was) with the new X920BT...no problems at all. Doesn't get the NavTraffic obviously, but he doesn't mind losing that since he has MSN now...at least through Jan 2011, that is. Wouldn't mind answers to my questions to the guy above...wondering if it's really the tuner at all.