RonS

Didn't look hard enough Z120-BT manual, pg 167. I haven't tried it, but it's in there. Same way as with the Z110. Operating the picture adjustment CAUTION For safety reasons, you cannot use some of these navigation functions while your vehicle is in motion. To enable these functions, you must stop in a safe place and apply the parking brake. Refer to “Important Information for the user†(a separate manual). You can adjust the picture for each source and rear view camera. 1. Press and hold the MODE button. Press and hold to display the “Picture Adjustment†screen.

OK, since you are working with EuroMotorSpeed, you will probably get install instructions with the kit. They are sort of generic instructions - not Pioneer specific, but they will give locations on where/how to hook-up these sensors. Call or ask Loi, he will e-mail you the installation instructions. BTW, I just checked his e-bay store and I didn't see any kits for the 996. And his web-site EuroMotorSpeed.com seems hosed. I found that the Z120 amp was more than enough to drive my 4 stock speakers. You may too. 50Wx4ch isn't mind-blowing, but we're talking about a pretty small space. The so

First, brave soul, many P owners would rather overpay a specialty house to do this. Good for you!!! I have a 2010 987 Cayman that I installed a Z110-BT in a few weeks after taking possession. But I had help from an experienced P car owner& owner of EuroMotorSpeed.com. He manufactures and sells conversion kits. Next some questions: 1. What year? 2. What are you replacing? CR220? CDR23?, probably not PCMx. 3. What is the stock speaker config? Any existing amp? How many speakers? 4. Where did you get the 2din bezel and harness adapter (you aren't planning on splicing, are you?) I

Sounds to me like the instructions weren't followed precisely or, more likely, there was a problem reading the SD. Back to the OP's problem: You didn't say whether you installed the parking-brake by-pass. If not, you should set the P-B before booting. As soon as it displays the splash screen, start hitting the eject button. I don't think the unit will allow the eject to open unless P-B is set. Careful, the eject button is on the motorized screen, so don't hold it too hard. Alternatively, it might be possible to boot into "Test Mode" before the above problem kicks-in (that is, before t

Might be better to buy an un-updated Z110-BT, because if it already has v2.0, or a higher version number, you may not be able to install the F20BT update with the AU maps. As far as hardware differences, don't think so, but I have no specific knowledge on this. There is a difference on the FM receiver between US and EU, but I think it is software controlled. It is the sepatation between FM stations (like 99.7, 99.9. 100.1...etc) In the US the FM band starts at 88.1 Mhz and there is a 200kHz separation. So all our frequencies end in an odd number after the decimal. I think in EU and maybe

There is no connection between the parking-brake bypass and BT, at least if done correctly. And even then, it would work with the parking brake set. So if you can play video on the HU, it sounds like the bypass is OK. To be clear, are you saying that if you press HOME/SETTINGS, the "Bluetooth Settings" soft button is grayed-out? I have only seen this on a few occasions where I had just booted the HU and the BT hadn't initialized yet. I just waited a little longer and tried again. Have you ever been able to get into the BT Settings menu?

Glad you got it working again. Was your friend's ipod BT paired? It should work fine. My point was that once the BT device is connected and if the Stereo Audio profile is enabled, the phone is not using the A/V out jack for audio. I don't have an iPhone, so I don't know if there is an option on which BT profiles you want to be active for each pairing. I have an HTC HD2 / WM6.5 phone, and the BT setting has about a half dozen BT options, most notably "Hands-Free", "Stereo Audio". The others don't really matter much for normal useage. As far as your iPhone working previously, it

I'm thinkin you only want the Hands-Free BT profile set-up on your phone pairing, and not the stereo audio. You want the phone to use the usb/iPod interface for both stereo audio and video.

Sounds like what you want is an inverter. This converts 12V DC to 110V AC. Small ones are $25-$50. I don't know how many watts a PS2 needs. Probably 250-400w. Check before you buy an inverter. If you get one too low, it will not work reliably. Too high and you might drain your battery. These inverters. especially larger wattage ones, can really drain a battery. No problem when the engine is running, but make sure it is switched off with the ignition. Most just plug into a 12V outlet. Some can also be hard-wired. If you hardwire into a switched circuit (instead of direcly to the battery), m

Actually, the manual (Z110 - pg 158, Z120 - pg 167) says you can adjust the brightness, contrast, color, AND Dimmer. "The adjustments of Dimmer is stored separately when your vehicle’s headlights are off (daytime) and when your vehicle’s headlights are on (nighttime). Dimmer is switched automatically only when the value of nighttime is lower than the value of daytime." To get into the Picture Adjustment mode, "Press and hold the MODE button. Press and hold to display the “Picture Adjustment” screen." Haven't tried this, but it appears that it allows you to customize the brightness

Sounds like a loose connection to either your ACC wire or the constant +12V. Or might even be a ground problem. Intermittent wiring problems are a b@#%!* to fix.

Lifted from the User's Manual - always a good place to start. Changing the wide screen mode - Touch [Wide Mode] on the “AV System Settings” menu. Each touch of [Wide Mode] changes the setting as follows: - Full (full) A 4:3 picture is enlarged in the horizontal direction only, enabling you to enjoy a 4:3 TV picture (normal picture) without any omissions. - Cinema (cinema) A picture is enlarged by the same proportion as Full or Zoom in the horizontal direction and by an intermediate proportion between Full and Zoom in the vertical direction; ideal for a cinema-sized picture

Just a guess, have you tried it in Park (I mean parking brake - I drive a manual trans)? I have the bypass installed, so I don't know what features are disabled by the stock set-up. Since your's was professionally installed and you didn't mention otherwise, I assume your's isn't by-passed. Can't think of any other logical reason why the settings would be locked.

Pioneer has an optional SD with Mexico maps. However, another member found that after the Z120 update, his Mexico map SD would no longer install. It appeared that there was no compatible map for the Z120 - at least none listed on Pioneer's web-site at that time. So, it will matter which version you have. As far as a bootleg SD image, I have no idea. Look up the Pioneer part number and use "the Google". You might find one on a torrent host.

Yes, I think that so many people have done the by-pass that the most obvious solution to the "no video option" has been overlooked. I suspect that the same logic that prevents DVD video playback while the car is not parked would also apply to the iPod. So, try it when you are in park & brake is set. I had the bypass from day one, so I can't test this theory. Should be in the manual. Update: I searched through the Z120BT manual PDF. Under the section "Using AV input", there is a caution paragraph that states "To view video images, you must stop in a safe place and apply the parking

You haven't seen that on this forum. Because it won't work on a Z1x0. You must have the Pioneer cable (or a very good knock-off - don't bother looking - not worth it). Otherwise, all you'll get is the display of track info - with no sound.

What you left out was whether it previously worked with another iPod. If not, then it's the cable. Did you buy the Pioneer ipod cable (USB + a/v)? If so, which model? Otherwise, which model iPod doesn't work? Was it on the list of supported iPods in the manual?

It would seem that a ground ...is a ground. However, it better be a damn good ground with all that going through it. I'd use the harness ground for the radio only, and tie the PB/Mute to a good, clean, chassis ground - so you know it is always grounded and won't cause any interference with the radio. That seems better to me.

I can display MP3 tags (and pause, stop, next, previous) of songs over BT with my Windows Mobile HTC HD2 phone, using Window Media Player. I can't do it using the "generic" player TCPMP. So the player must support this command set over BT. Not sure how to do it on iPhone/iPod. Why not just use the ipod cable. It is a much more flexible interface. BTW, I cant use the HU to select from the library on my phone. Just move thru the playlist or album (forward or back). Have to use the phone to actually select the playlist or album. I know this doesn't help with your problem, but this shows

I'm guessing that doesn't apply when the bypass is installed?

Do you get sound with either AM or FM? I expect not. Are you using the RCA outputs to an external AMP or direct to speakers? Can't help without answers to those questions. But it sounds like one of the cable dongles is not seated. Pull it and recheck. Test it before reinstalling, if possible. But 1st, make sure you haven't set Mute and have the volume up to about 8-10. Mute is set, I recall, by holding the "speak" button in the bottom left corner.

Well, sorry you are having such trouble. Sure is a lot of effort for a patch update you probably would never notice in the first place. I'd say sit and wait for the card Pioneer is sending. Sounds like you've done everything you can. I do remember that this 2.003 update was more trouble than the big update from 1.0 to 2.0. I don't know why. But I had to try a different SD and did 2 or 3 burns before it took. Thought maybe my SD reader on the computer was getting flakey.

newman may be right, now that I think about the problems I had. I think my 1st attempt had two nested AVICZ110 directories. When that didn't work I tried both the way I described earlier (the various files in root), and just removing one layer of the AVICZ110 directory. Now I can't remember which method worked. How are you writing to the SD? Depending on your reader/writer and OS, make sure you either right-click the SD device and choose "eject" or select the standard USB icon in the tray and "remove device". Wait for it to say it's cool. It may take a while for all the files to get flus

Easier yet, copy a few MP3s to the SD. There are some custom screen images on this message board. The Z1xx series can use a large variety of sizes. Splash screen images should be used within the following formats; — BMP or JPEG files — Allowable horizontal and vertical size are 2592 pixels x 1944 pixels or smaller — Allowable data size is 6MB or smaller From the Manual: 1 Create a folder named “Pictures” on the top-most directory of the SD memory card and store the picture files in this folder. 2 Store the picture files in “Pictures”. 3 Insert an SD memory card into the SD

Fat32 worked for me, but I suspect FAT would work also. I assume you are talking about the Z120 2.003 update you downloaded from Pioneer (don't know why else you'd be updating a Z120 ). Lets go back to square one. I seem to remember having a little trouble with this also. Make sure your SD card has these directories in its ROOT: APL BOOT FONTS PLATFORM And the also following files: EU090APL.HTM EU090APL.VER EU090BOT.HTM EU090BOT.VER EU090FNT.HTM EU090FNT.VER EU090PLT.HTM EU090PLT.VER I made the mistake of just blindly copying the directory I