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Nice Kenwood, If I was still in the market, I would seriously consider it. My Z1 is not perfect, but i still love it. The time it takes to load a CD is no problem for me either, it will record them faster than they are playing so you don't have to wait for the whole CD to play. Some of my "non-store" library burns the names anyway. My steering wheel adaptor and blutooth work fine,..my only "real" complaint is the micrphone,...it just sucks out loud, no matter where I place it. Yeah the maps suck a bit, BUT, mine is in learning mode and recognizes how I drive rather quickly, plus destination hi

Ya,..my brain,..........Doh!!!

Sorry Guys, False Alarm,..Ducatiboy,....Thanks for that,......after exploring the connector,....you are correct,...The female tabs are crimped to the wires, and after I disassembled one of the wires, (guide), I carefully took it out and have the female piece attached. Sorry about all this,......I thought for a minute Pioneer was trying to alleviate yet another one of your brilliant bypass mods,.......I over thought the process in your instructions assuming the connection tab was part of the plastic connector. SO,....for all the other dunderheads out there, to clarify a bit more, when you remov

The metal band thingy is a 1 piece unit and can not be taken apart, unless someone has a tremendous amount of time on their hands,..... Look fellas, it's not as simple as it sounds,......I will post my before and after pics, and I'm sure some of you will go,.."Oh, THAT's what was missing,......

Ya, I figured it could be, this post was just to see if Pioneer was up to something by removing the easy connection in the connector harness. I know I can bypass this connector pin, in fact I made a simple mod for the connector and it is a solid connection. On Ducati's site where he mentions how to bypass, the terminology used is to remove the "wire", and ground the "wire". That is fine if the connector had a female slot, but mine does not. I'm sure a lot of you are rolling your eyes, saying, "Another newbie startin' some Sh*t,..not the case all,....I'm very familiar with wiring solutions, it

Ducati, did you get my PM?

I don't mean to be a smart ass, but I'm having a lot of trouble visualizing what you are seeing from these descriptions. It should look like that connector, only with that wire on the bottom right not there. There should be 4 holes, not the 3 pictured. The only "metal" in that connector is the terminals crimped on the end of each wire and then inserted into each hole. Things like "the connection band" have me confused. I'm not trying to make fun of you because I sometimes have the descriptive powers of a 4 year old (lots of "thingies" and "whatch-a-macallits"). A picture would help.

It is the one that IS posted above, only thing is the metal band with the tabs connection stops at the last 4 pins,......I am going to try and just solder the tip in a "y" fashion or something to act as a receiver for the radio pin,.....any other suggestions, please post, this might be new for the Z2's as well

Yes, That is correct, there is no female slot when it goes into the radio, it is only plastic. I can't post a pic right this second, but if you are looking at the top of the connector the connection band stops at the last 4 pins. Could this be Pioneers' way of trying to defeat the defeat? Watch me now,....

Hey Guys, Did a lot of reading and tweeking on the bypass, mods, etc. Just got home with my Z1, (ya, can you believe I found one?) Build date is 12/06. The connector for the ground bypass next to the antenna wire does NOT have a metal tang that would connect to the radio to effectively ground that pin. Anyone else runn across this? I will try to fab something up and re-post my install conclusions. DucatiBoy,...help meeeeee,.....j/k I may need some advice in a little while, for now, I'll run the pre amp wires, and get it prepped and check back in a bit. Thanks guys.

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I have been waiting for my Z1 since November from my dealer. I "might" get a Z1 next week from the 6 they alloted to their company of 15 stores of which there are 62 BO's. My guy Fred said as of last Friday when he checked Pioneer's website, that they will be releasing them in April now,.....I swear if there was another brand as good as this with the features I need, I'd buy it and not put up with Pioneers BS. This kind of stuff is exactly why I went with Kenwood for another purchase,....cheese and rice,....

English. It's your friend. ROFLMAO

Club Titan,....

Thanks Action,...any idea on where to pick one up? I was able to get them from my wholesaler and I'm currently "next" on the list of 62 people believe it or not. I've been waiting since November and reading my googlemaps is getting a little frustrating. LOL