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 Pioneer does not provide a hard copy of its manual of this darn machine is simply unbelievable, if it were of cost savings.) You have to hold that sucker on/off button and let it to have a HARD OFF. That's the reason why the darn battery was drained everyday. (I did not hardwired it, I just plug it in my lighter plug.) I understand that the home electronics needs a soft switch, but for a mobile unit to have this feature, it is totally an unwise engineering. So, if you have a battery keep dying on you, do the HARD OFF way to turn the machine completely off.

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".