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I find it due to faulty input data, from whomever sourced the tune to the iPod or from somehow getting scrambled by my computer before d/l to the pod.

This unit is far slower than a (audibly crappy) Kenwood Epsilon, their best. Any system must have current geo-synch data from GPS satellites, so they're asleep, the more time required. Our problematic BMW 7er was quick to boot, as the system left the GPS 'hot' for some time, keeping data-current, then allowed it to doze off. Kw had a faster CPU, quickening boot time.

Thanks, OP. Found this today did it to the 7200NEX after F/W update to .07, thereby removing a PITA aspect of its 'features'. No ground of PB wire and limited time with the s/w mod. Having left my music SD card in, it got fouled and needed repair via WinDoz10.

Does anyone have the service manual or a link to a free pdf of it? I have two of these for custom cars, finally geting completed. thanks in advance.

Thanks for ALL of that. I need this for a D3 and grabbed the manual.

You might try a cleaning disk. they are inexpensive and reviews are rather positive, in case it is a dirty lens for the laser.

You cannot swap D3 outputs, say front to the operating rear to see if it is the amp channels or the head unit? The layout of some multichannel amplifiers makes proper cooling of one or more sections less effective, which might cause the typically harder driven main L and R to fail first.

Waiting for the batteries to arrive, but about to build this. Starting voltage drop is not usually the issue, but the unit's going 'stupid' and the resultant very long GPS boot time is; this even with both red and yellow power wires connected to BAT(+). (The car battery holds charge real well.) I have yet to learn why one F500BT long-boots (latest Pioneer update (4.0)) yet the other one, not car-installed but connected to the wall adapter, running Ver 3.0 (from here) w/ Chrome mod responds quickly to the 'soft boot'. Seems the quick press of the PWR button on the FT500BT should allow such

Interesting that the other unit, an FT500, running Daftia's mod, powered by the AC adapter, fires right up into Nav, even after being in STNDBY for days. that one is running Ver 3.

Worked for me, inside the adapter.

Has anyone found out how to get the FT500BT up and navigating quickly? Finally got the custom dash panel made for the '55 Nash Rambler with cutouts in that panel for all the wires to feed the amp mounted behind the dash. It works nicely but the Pioneer FT500 specific amp could play louder, even with quite efficient speakers. I dislike the long GPS boot times and installed the antenna to help, and have read other posts about it; most are quite old. I don' think the antenna made any difference in speed of satellite synching. The unit gets real stupid when it shuts down, losing the Geo

This link no longer works, to wit: "The file or page you tried to access is no longer accessible." .

The time you spend reading the Hack.Mod posts and others will be worth your time and you'll get better support (as we all have learned) after doing so. Get familiar with testmode and how to BACKUP and then copy the new map files to your unit. It requires a time investment, like we made, but you can reap rewards beyond having new maps. There is a learning curve but many have seen the value. Thanks to the OP for the uploads. I had a few issues with the files (#1 was corrupt and other 2 others showed errors), but I will test what I d/l'ed soon, in one, then the other F500BT. The non-tor

Yes, and I have not returned to 'stock' to see if it was systematic, not software related.

That might work. I bricked mine and messed with it until I got it going again. Now, you know to always backup. I resisted the urge not to.

Congrats, Alex... and a huge thanks. Iran one F500BT in parallel with the built-in, when I drove to the Bay area, last w/e. I like it, with you mod better than the BMW 7er system, in most ways.

Pretty much. I have no sound from the commands with this or other mods, with either computer generated or just the file-type speech. I tried Jason and changing all the applicable settings. Don't know why.

So was I, which is how I got the newest maps. It came with Ver 4 (F500BT) which I have NOT tested with any mods .

Man, that looks great on my F500BT! Thank you. It'll be special when the unit goes into my !955 F100 riding on all Corvette drivetrain/suspension.

FWIW, I did the install (twice), ten copied all the Map and POI files from my backup of another F500BT that was updated via Pio. Those are the latest for this unit and are dated 9/10-09 except for the 8/13/08 basemap. They work fine.

Chuck. I stand corrected and happily so. Thanks for the reply and support. I suspected that there might be an issue with the version, but being new, I have little confidence. I do know that the unit was near brick status and doing the 3.x install was key to making it work again and the key to the mod kingdom, which made my thoughts of reverting to that procedure logical. I will try to do as you suggested. Again, thanks. Mike

Switching from your rival's mod package as I get no Nav audio. Now, while I installed following the instructions, none of the buttons work, hence the unit is unuseable. Do I need to reload 3.1 and format or is there a shorter way to accomplish this. Thanks in advance.

Never could get the audio to work, even reloading the files, so that's a deal breaker for me. dang! Now, after trying to install Chuck's, I am not quite at brick status, but gimme time!

Harvey. Thanks. The default during boot is set on that lower line by turning "default Mute Mode" OFF. I hope to try it later today. I have the ARROW and don't believe I did anything to get it. No dot here, pauli.

thanks for replying. I think I unchecked that. I'd noticed the red mute, upper left which had changed to green. Is that what you refer to?