avicnut

Put me down as another dissatisfied customer. Like everyone else, I thought Pioneer was an excellent product. The F500bt changed my mind. The unit was used for 1 month and the non-boot issue started. The repair guy said it was the battery problem. I finally found the problem. This machine is like all other new electronic toys. IT HAS A SOFT ON AND SOFT OFF and a COMPLETE on AND COMPLETE OFF switch. I simply clicked the darn thing and thought that it was off completely and I was so wrong. The machine was on standby mode hand is draining the battery. As per their stupid CD manual, (why the hell

I had the identical problem as yours and the unit is only 1 month old. It is covered by an extended warranty. for short, the repair came back and it stated that nothing wrong with the unit. The DARN battery was not fully charged. I found out that it is the soft on and soft off(standby) problem that caused the battery to drain. Do a press and hold to turn the machine completely off solved the problem. Do a press and hold to turn the machine on to turn it on. Otherwise you would have the "the machine won't boot or the black screen of death problem".