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I have an F910bt, i did my hardware bypass/handbrake bypass by connecting the handbrake wire (green if i remember correctly) to ground, just connect the green to the black on the stereo loom, i did it with a scotchlock, took about 5 seconds, job done. Paul.

Try a different usb stick or an sd card instead. One of my F910's automatically started playing the usb music as soon as the unit booted, even though when i switched off the ignition the radio was playing , i tried a different usb stick and it was fine, radio started playing. Paul.

Ok, when i first installed the final mod, tmc version, i had a female speed camera voice, and when i adjusted the volume slider for the female voice i'd get a sample of the volume, however, now i have the male voice again hen i go past a speed camera and when i adjust the volume slider for the speed camera i don't get any sample. I'll end up selling my head unit at this rate. Paul.

Hi IDT. The switching off issue has gone away, it only happened after the first boot up after the new mod was installed, so i can now switch off via the menu. The pop up window saying out of memory and the cache thing still comes up when i try and find or navigate to a postcode on an un-named road, this happens on both of my F910's, one has the final tmc mod, the other has the previous mod. If someone out there (UK based) has an unmodded unit then perhaps they could try this postcode, GL19 3BE, please could you post what happens. Thanks. Paul.

Hi IDT. I just installed your latest mod, it's very good, one thing i have notuced though, i can't switch my unit off via the menu>source>off, i have to actually switch off the ignition. One more question, if i try to find an address via a post code and that post code happens to be an unmarked road, the unit freezes up and i get a little grey widow pop up saying something about not having enough memory, and something about the cache too, i can use the hard menu button and select the source>radio or whatever and get to that, but i can't get back to the map. Any thoughts ? Than

Hi. Where is this latest mod ? I have 4.9 installed on one of my F910's, the new adjustable dimming is there now but not the new icons, ie, no favourites shortcut on the desktop screen. Thanks. Paul.

My F910 does dual zone. I have a second monitor in the headrest, if i play a dvd it comes up on the second monitor, on the head unit at the same time i can watch the dvd or satnav. Paul.

For me and all the others, one last request, WHERE DO WE SEND THE PAYPAL ? Thanks, Paul.

I just did this mod, upgrade from the previous mod, the icons along the top haven't changed, no favourite button, although the new mods are there, the option for fading the icons and text colour change. I'd like the fav icon displayed but i don't want to loose the TMC icon, would it be possible to change the screen off icon for the fav icon, thereby still keep the TMC ? Thanks IDT, paypal coming to you soon. Paul.

I just grounded the green to the earth with a scotchlock, i didn't do anything else, it works fine. I can have satnav on the front screen and dvd on the headrest for passengers, or i can have dvd on both screens, while i'm stuck at a standstill on the motorway or whatever. Paul.

Hi Peperrami. I'm also UK based, i've had my F910 about a month now. What i did with my F910 is connect the handbrake cable to the earth, you can do this on the pioneer loom before you slide the headunit into the dash. If i remember correctly, the handbrake wire is green, just connect that to the earth(black) on the loom, use a scotchlock, that's it. If you want to improve the unit massively try IDT's mod, it completely changes the unit for the better. If you're near Bristol then give me a shout, i'll help you with it, i've done my F910 and my dad's F910, he's 60 and loving the mod.

Wow, brilliant. Another question, sorry for being a pain, i've got IDT's mod installed with the icons along the top of the screen, i want to keep the icons along the top but use your sky and schemes, how do i do that ? I presume that there's something of your mod that i don't have to install ? Thanks again, Paul.

Thanks for the very simple reply, i wish all instructions were that easy to follow. What about the zipped Data folder ? Thanks. Paul.

Hi, this sky looks great. Where do i put it EXACTLY, i can put the file on my sd card and boot into tesmode and copy it to somewhere but where ? Does it go into schemes ? Does the download have to be unzipped ? I've already installed IDT's mod on my F910. Thanks, Paul.

I think it makes sense, think about it, if you've got a route planned then it's probably because you're going out of your own area, in which case your presets won't be available, so it meakes sense to search for new stations, and the easiest way to do that is to push the knob left or right. Paul.

Hi, i'm struggling to apply this mod to my f910. v3. I've made a backup of my head unit. I know want to apply this mod but really don't understand the lingo used on the thread. Could someone post a step by step instruction from start to finish. I've tried to copy the code form the 1 page in the thread but can't seem to copy it to anything, i can copy ok but when i try and paste the code onto anything the paste is greyed out when i right click. I don't know where to copy it to. Also, when i go into my backup of my unit, i can go into My flash disk>APL2>iGo>data>ui_pioneer800_

I didn't think the F710 played DVD's, i have a F910 and that does play DVD's. I can play a DVD whilst driving and have that displayed on the rear headrest monitor whilst at the same time having the satnav (or DVD) displayed in the front on the head unit. So yes famjager, you can have what you want but you'll need the 910, not the 710. Paul.

Ok, using 7zip, i exctracted the files into a folder, that new folder does have a load of stuff in it, testmode> utils (and other stuff), > other stuff. Now what ? Sorry if i'm asking dumb questions and bugging people. Thanks, Paul.

Right, me again, i've downloaded the file, i was expecting a zip folder with 2 other folders inside, what i got instead was a rar file, what do i do with that ? Where do i put it etc ? Thanks, Paul.

Yay, cheers Boris, downloading it now. Thanks, Paul.

I've had a look in the hacks forum, all links i can find point to testmode but don't say which version and they seem to be old posts which indicate an old version of testmode. For example, this thread, viewtopic.php?f=34&t=18977 it shows where to get the testmode from but the post was made in October last year so i presume it's an old testmode. All i want to do at first is back up my unit. For regulars on this forum it's easy to find these things because they know where everything is, i go on other forums and know where everything is. Wandering round this forum i feel like i'm in a s

Hi ill.die.trying. My unit is an f910. I have the latest version 3 from the pioneer site, i installed it a few days ago, along with speed camera updates. I have a testmode file, from this website, it has the 2 folders inside but nowhere does it say what version it is. Where can i get v2.3 testmode ? Thanks. Paul.

Ok so lel me get this right before i go any further, step 1 is make a back up, according to these instructions, http://avic411.com/wiki/index.php/Backu ... g_software then i use the sd card with the MiTACAP and testmode folder to go into testmode but how do i put the datazip file into the nav ? Do i copy the datazip file to the sd card aswell before i put the card into the head unit ? If so were on the sd card do i copy it to ? The root ? If i could have some detailed step by step instructions that'd be great. I want to try this mod asap but want to make sure i get it right.

Eh, completely new navi ? That sounds interesting to me, a person who likes messing about with things. I'm really new to this head unit and the hacking, all i want to do is change just a few things (for now, probably until i realise what else can be done), such as the annoying "urgent" "slow the fu*k down" alert, the beep is fine though, i want to keep that. I've seen a video tutorial about getting into testmode and getting into the files, i've downloaded the testmode file from this forum so is it a case of going into testmode, finding the audio file of the "urgent" alert and deleting it

Hi Boris, thanks for the reply. What do you mean by "modified skins" ? Is that a hack ? Hacking and modding is definitely something i want to get into but i'm not really sure what to do, i've downloaded the testmode file and read the instructions on what to do with that but i don't know what to do after that. Can you point me in the right direction,another thread maybe. Thanks again, Paul.