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quarky42

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  1. Worked great with the ShortFuseScript from post 15 from that ShortFuse thread. Thank you all very much! My bluetooth was acting dumb, so I checked to see if there were any updates and you guys didn't disappoint.
  2. Patrick, is there somewhere I can read more about how to get iGO8 running on this unit? I had iGO8 on a portable device a little over a year ago and found it to be far superior to the Z120 navigation. I see how the hack is performed. I realize that there isn't much that can be done with the unit + hack at this point, but you seemed to indicate that you have iGO8 running on yours? Or did I misunderstand?
  3. No, I don't think so. I linked the cheapest place I could find with the smallest minimum order in the original post.
  4. Are you sure you pulled the cap on the side up far enough (without removing it)? The pins will not go into the connector unless the locking cap is PARTIALLY removed... not pulled out all the way, just lifted to allow the pin to slide into place.
  5. Got the message and replied. I have one left. It's yours. On a side note directed at the rest of the thread: I haven't decided if I am going to buy more pins terminals or not after this last one. Was doing it because I had extra pin terminals on hand. There is a minimum quantity / order size from the vendor and I'd have to sell another, roughly, 20 wires with terminals to make it worth ordering extra pin terminals.
  6. Thanks for confirming it worked. Glad to hear it. I have only heard of one problem so far with the pin not going in smoothly (out of about 6 folks) and I think it had to do with loosening up the cap on the white connector and gently pushing the pin in place with the cap loose enough. (This is the same information that came from the Guide for the doing the Bypass.) This really isn't a business for me. I only make a few dollars per. I do it mainly because I have extra pins on hand from a previous project and I discovered that this worked. I wanted to share it with folks and figured as
  7. yep, the pin / wire is in the mail. you should have it soon.
  8. Very well said. Yes, the call quality is unacceptable and yes all of the Jawbone headsets that I have used have incredible noise cancellation abilities. In fact, the Chrysler speakerphone known as UConnect has amazing call quality when compared to this POS Pioneer unit. Pioneer should be incredibly ashamed to put their name on this headunit when they make ANY claims about BlueTooth Speakerphone abilities. I will have to check out the Jawbone 3. The series 2 unit hurts my ears pretty bad. (I guess I have very small ear canals...I know I've never been able to wear earbuds. The Jawbon
  9. When you are on the System Information screen you must press and hold the "upper left corner" of the screen. Just imagine that there is an invisible button there that you are pushing. It will take you to another screen that will show you the v2.003. I don't know why they buried this information like that.
  10. Subscribed! Following this. Thanks to the OP for all your work on this and anyone else that has contributed!
  11. Subscribing to this! I am having the same problem. I hate the BlueTooth call quality on the AVIC-Z120BT! Nothing has worked and I've tried all the recommendations that I could find so far.
  12. Hi. I responded by PM. Just wanted to confirm that I still do have some pins available as per the other thread. I have been swamped at work so I haven't getting on here all that often. Only when someone asks for a pin.
  13. Thank you very much for the feedback! Yep, in my instructions I mention that after you fully install the new wire / pin terminal that you should put some positive pressure on it and tape it to another wire. This will keep the pin terminal from moving in the channel because yes, it is shorter. I bought the molex 2-pin connectors (male and female) and the pin terminals. I didn't buy a crimper. I was able to crimp the connector with a pair of needle nose pliers. I'm very glad that the information here inspired someone to go off and try it on their own. Awesome!
  14. I've had a couple people take me up on this so far. Haven't heard back from them so I am assuming the pins w/ wires are either still in the mail or hopefully they got them and no news is good news? If you got one of these from me, pm me or post back and let me know how it worked out for ya.
  15. Yeah, the Garmin Mic didn't work for me either. I tried it w/o and w/ electrical tape around the sides of it. People can't understand me unless I turn the call volume way down. Then I can barely hear them. If the call volume is low enough, then it is okay but not great. My factory stereo's UConnect Bluetooth worked perfectly and was crystal clear on the other end. People couldn't tell I was on a speakerphone. The Pioneer's Bluetooth is garbage so far. Pairing problems, bugs, and horrible audio quality. The mic is nowhere near the vents, but maybe it is in a direct path of one of t
  16. Step back a moment and let's look at what I was saying...I will try to make it more clear and address your points. I'm not saying your advice was bad, but I AM saying that there was MORE to it than just what you were saying. My main reason for responding / posting was to say that turning down the CALL volume on the head unit was the ONLY thing that made it so people could understand me. Everything else was already setup as recommended. 1. Mic placement: I had placed it in the upper left corner on the a-pillar. Non issue, except that I found it hard to get the mic to point directly at
  17. I bought the Garmin mic and was disappointed with the call quality. Still getting complaints that I am garbled, too much wind noise (in a closed vehicle with the A/C almost turned off!!!) If I turn the volume down on the Pioneer Unit using the Pionee'r's volume control while I am on a call then the people on the other end can hear me better. If I turn the volume up to a more comfortable level to make it easier for me to hear them then they can't hear me. The Pioneer unit's speakerphone / noise canceling ability is extremely crappy. Before I switched to the Pioneer HeadUnit I ha
  18. Check out my post (#3 I think) here and verify that your iPod cable has the video output. if there are metal 2 rings + tip on the connector then it is NOT a video ipod cable. If there are 3 metal rings + tip on the connector then it is a video cable.
  19. If you bought your iPod cable on eBay, check the connector on it very carefully. There is a very strong chance that it is missing a segment on the connector which is required for video. Check the third post or so here for a picture of what I am talking about.
  20. Dude you won the internets. Great find. Glad I could help. I didn't really find it so much as just take a picture of it. Hopefully people can look carefully at the picture on the eBay listings and buy one that has the correct number of connections. Even then there might be a problem with knock-off cable, but I'm willing to risk $10 to save $20 or $30. If I knew then what I know now, I would have spent $20 on a cable that has the correct connector in the picture.
  21. In Navi Settings->Connection Status Does it say your parking brake is on? (This would be verifying that you have a good ground point, hopefully). My only idea was to suggest trying a chassis ground point, but then I remembered that menu.
  22. INFORMATION ON PIN CONNECTORS THAT FIT THE WHITE AVIC-Z120BT / Z110BT HARNESS: Maybe you broke a pin, maybe you want to keep your mute wire and don't want to disable an RCA port? You need: Molex Part# 08-70-1040 Pin Connector (AKA: Mini Pin Terminal) 1 piece of light gauge wire Tool: Relatively Fine tip Needle Nose Pliers Read / Print / Understand the Bypass Instructions, especially the part on how to PARTLY lift the cap that loosens the pin connectors in the harness and to understand which hole is the one you need to fill with a pin and connect to ground. STEPS: Str
  23. My thought is to just educate people on EXACTLY what the cable should look like. http://www.bustedchain.com/a/CD-iU50V_next_to_Cd-iU50_Cable.jpg The one on the left is a real Pioneer brand CD-iU50V cable and the one on the right is one of the many sellers on eBay that doesn't understand the difference between the CD-iU50V and the CD-iU50 cable. Now, if you search ebay for the CD-iU50V, you can find a cable that has the 4 total connections on the phono connector....3 rings and 1 tip. Even this may not be a 100% guarantee that your eBay cable will work, but I can guarantee that an
  24. Firmly secured in that context means if the navigation unit rattles around. (But are you sure they are talking about SD cards? Usually audio skips on CD or DVD when bouncing around, but never heard of it affecting flash media before.) On SD cards, you will get skipping if your media card is too slow. The device is trying to read the card but the card isn't giving up the data quickly enough. Personally I recommend the Sandisk Ultra III SD cards as a first choice and the Transcend Class 10 SD Cards as a second choice. (Not all Class 10 cards are the same. The Class 10 refers to the
  25. I bet they thought they could save on the install if they just installed the new Microphone GPS Antenna hybrid. Fewer wires to hook up? *grins*
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