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I have shared your frustration. The board's not as active as some others I frequent. At least you have more users of the 900 than the 500!. The testmode I found works has files dated 6/30/10. they are on bootable (flash, in my case) media, in a zipped folder, along with zipped MITACAP folder, both in the root directory. I did not lose, nor erase my maps. My unit runs WinCE; they all do, but continue booting into the applications the factory supplied. Booting from the media, as above, stops the process at CE. I suggest that you learn early, to backup the unit to a minimum 2gB c

This is part of what got me going. Thanks. Now, I need to get further, maybe, into improving on the latest Pio update. Samantha still talks way too much, for starters!

I only found 3 posts, but figured out why the calibration is essential. My keyboard icon was not responding, even after many careful calibrations.... until just now.. I am not familiar with CE, nor have I found any guide, except for developers. Thanks for the key to that aspect; now on to bigger and better...........at least as far as FW ver. 4 will cooperate.

thanks. I'll check. I tried two keyboards thru the USB; neither worked, nor did a mouse. I have calibrated the screen and found the keyboard icon, but cannot activate it.

I tried using the keyboard program in testmore; no result. How do I get some sort of keyboard on the F500 FW4? Will an external work thru the mini-USB?

Also, thanks so much. Of course, I wish there was more on the F500. I did get CNSD250 for it, though, for $99 from pioneer

Thanks Noel!

I wonder if a file is corrupted. I'd check the card and the USB with my computer like I'd check any other drive. Then, I'd format either/both in FAT32 or 16, as the head unit can handle. I run HD in one car but only (either) FAT file system works. Your unit may have a capacity restriction, too.

Yeah.. the marginal M/S S&T. See the video of the dude in Dubai or someplace running the iPad and his phone? That, was awesome, but also for another forum.

I got an unopened F500BT and just got the latest update from Pioneer for $99, marked down from $120. The update got here fast, but had no instructions, the website had only FAQs and 'Walkthru" for the F700 and both of the online pdf instruction manual files were corrupted. Nice work, Pioneer. I took a chance and found, as a prev post said, the required device number was not listed in the service settings. It is now, after trying card A. It came up right after booting from the card, so i used my desktop to get the password and printed it. the install failed at about 6%, allowed

Yes, I know this thread is well aged. I got an unopened F500BT and just got the latest update from Pioneer for $99, marked down from $120. The update got here fast, but had no instructions, the website had only FAQs and 'Walkthru" for the F700 and both of the online pdf instruction manual files were corrupted. Nice work, Pioneer. I took a chance and found, as a prev post said, the required device number was not listed in the service settings. It is now, after trying card A. It came up right after boting from the card, so i used my desktop to get the password and printed it. the inst

I for one, read of the wiki but did not know how to find it; not for lack of trying. Spammers are all over this web and a problem, I know, but why would search engines be a problem? How else can one find forums such as these when starting out? Surely, the severely-limited search within these walls is not working for myself and some others hwo came for help....... and some veterans seem tired of helping with what apparently, is old hat to them. I'd like a resource here, and have sought it for a long time, but am finding little to none. Sorry, but that's my experience; wish it were o

Crap. I echo the OP fro mthe thread that got me here, that the information extracted for the wiki is impossible to search out, especially for the F500 'special case'.

I figured out how to do a B/U on the F500. With the update, testmode brought up the CE screen when I booted the F500. it would not boot before. I found that having a testmode subdirectory within a testmode directory does not work; not sure how that happened. Having no keyboard, I found that the plastic end of a Cross pen works as a stylus to tap and drag, somewhat. Clearing out all but the For a moment, I thought the unit was actually going to 'talk' to my desktop via a USB cable, and there are settings within CE that seem to offer that possibility, but it's not working for me

New here myself, but I read yesterday that there is no Fader adjustment on the F500. Doesn't seem right with the unique 4-channel amplifier made just for it. I don't have the unit installed yet, but intend to use another, more powerful amplifier downstream of the Pio amp.

Pioneer (USA) offers it online for $99 plus shipping ($189 from the parts people). One tech rep claimed that Card A was an OS update to 3.0, with 2010 maps on B. Another (in a diff dept.) finally admitted she had no clue if the OS upgrade was included. I ordered today and should know more in a week, if NE1 is interested. Cheers.

Sounds awesome! Will this work on an F500BT? thanks. mike

New to this, and excited about the F500BT, but frustrated by not getting too far in hours and days of searching, w/o finding the backup procedures before I can start. I D/L EEgeek's program and was able to install a newer Samantha, after upgrading to FW 2.006000. (I love EE's soft OFF and the abailty to mod the 500 w/o using TESTMODE, as this unit will be hard wired into the car.) Hell, I have D/Led almost everything (including two TESTMODE versions) that work here, for the 500, but want a backup in case I BRICK it.. Like most of you, I want the latest OS, and functionality way better

Sure be nice of you to relate what you found for another member struggling to find similar. Agreed on the dead lines, albeit, well-aged. I know some guys who know this stuff like their own backyards got tired and impatient with us new guys, but I hate to see this forum go the way of Pioneer (lack of) support. I've been searching for days for how to get my F500BT into testmode and where to find the newest version. So far.. NOTHING.

Kudos on the original Samantha fix.. lots better, but I second the quoted. Thx.

Thanks, especially for the enhanced diagram.

Also agree. I have looked time and again for info on the F500BT (US) and find little. Rolling eyes does nothing helpful; a non-post is more helpful, thanks. I C Pioneer, in a link above, has an update for my unit which is different from the other 'F's; possibly answering one of my questions. The latest US update (250) is $99. I am guessing that the 'A' SD is an OS update; 'B' is new maps, like other versions. I'd like to do some of the hacks, but find little or nothing on what is compatible. The FAQs are of no help. Does anyone (helpful) know if the Version 3 is included in te a

F-series model:500bt Phone make/model: BB 8130 Ease of connection: First time when paired via phone; then automatic. Phone book transfer: Just fine Sound quality: Limited testing. Not too loud w/ possible garbling. Comments: Pleased that my phone linked and d/l my phone book w/o any issues. Unit has not yet been installed in the car, but is run with the external AC cnx.

Just got this cool unit and did the official firmware BT updates from Pioneer. New w/ this unit but am thrilled that I got the testmode booted to a WinCE screen. 1) will this unit allow keyboard or mouse control via the micro USB? just touch? 2) do the 3.0 or 3.1 updates work on the 500 and offer, say the all-in-one mods posted here by one of you generous geniuses? most troublefree version and thread to effect it? 3) map upgrades; any traps there for UC only? Be kind. I have read a lot of posts and have trouble keeping it all straight when folks don't post any detail like which un

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