LordTakuban

This thread has a ton of helpful info in it.  I tried this fix and it seemed to work OK when I re-installed the HU.  However, I didn't test out pairing or android auto with it.  Something seems to be wrong with the FW image.  But I don't know what that could be.  Here are my symptoms:

• Unit starts up fine and will play radio and displays reverse camera.
• I can pair my pixel 7 pro to the unit via bluetooth and it shows a successful pairing.
• I can play Pandora by itself from the HU via bluetooth as long as Pandora is started up on the phone.
• I get the option to start Android Auto, however it never connects.
• All features used to work perfectly before the boot loop started.

Is there a way of ripping the image from the old SD card and writing that to a new one?  Is there a 1.01 FW version that I can install so that I can install the official 1.02 FW from Pioneer?

I've tried deleting my phone from the BT connection and re-pairing it several times.  None of those times worked with Android Auto.  They do pair with the unit.  But the smart phone features don't really work.

I spent quite a bit of time this morning trying different variations of MP4 video formats to get something working. I based my starting point off of bmw325ist's list. But I wanted the video to fill the screen. So here's what I did...

I downloaded Freemake.com's free video converter (http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/) It doesn't support drag-n-drop, but it will let you select a bunch of video files at once from the "add video" dialog. You can add a custom export profile. So I set one for MP4.

I kept testing 1 file that was fairly short and tried a bunch of different settings trying to get the best quality but still having it play normal. Here are the custom settings I ended with:

Video

Frame Size: Custom

Width: 512

Height: 288

Adjustment: Original

Codec: MPEG4

Frame Rate: Original

Bitrate type: Custom

Bitrate: 750 Kbps

Audio:

Codec: AAC

Channels: Original

Sample rate: Original

Bitrate: 240 Kbps

That produces video that fills the screen and plays smoothly. Hopefully, this helps out others trying to get this working on their units. I have a 920bt. These settings will probably work for the 940bt too and perhaps some other ones. The good news is you can tweak the settings from what I posted and get yours to work. At least the tool is free and seems to work pretty well (At least for my purposes. I haven't tried pulling from a DVD or anything. I've just been doing file conversions).

Good luck.