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Well, I put the Condi Hackmode files/folders on an SD and inserted. It didn't help . At power up, the screen lights up for about 1.5 seconds, then goes dark for 1.5 seconds, then repeats. It doesn't make it to splash screen. I'm reformatting another SD card in FAT now and will try that one. I'll also try a USB flash drive, though I don't have much confidence that either will work. So, it's looking like I will have to send it to Pioneer, huh?

Oh sweet, thanks man! I was scrolling through tons and tons of "testmode" search results. It might have been awhile before I stumbled across this.

Yes, I can get it to open by holding the eject button for a few seconds. So, I'll pull down the Hackmode file and give it a try when I get back home.

Thanks again!

Hey Ron,

Thanks for the reply and suggestions.

It doesn't display a splash screen or anything. The button backlight stays on white, the screen lights black, then goes dark, then lights, then dark.

I'll look around more for testmode, but all I've seen thus far is the sticky saying the Z series doesn't have one. When I get home tonight, I'll also try to do the FW update.

My car has push button start and push button ACC mode. I said before that the battery was fine (for brevity). I normally have no problem with the battery, but I'd inadvertently left the map light on the night before and didn't realize it, so the battery was weak when I started the whole process. It finally got weak enough to cause ACC mode to shut off at a very inopportune moment. At that point, I got out the charger and got that going, so the HU maintained power.

I sure hope I can recover without having to pull it and send it in... I've always done my own car audio work until I got this car. It's going to be a huge pain to get the unit out and back into the console of this car...

Hello,

I just updated FW from 1.000 to 1.0001 and then updated the maps with CNSD-110FM. I used the Shortfuse crack on the FW and everything seemed to work fine until the map update was at 90%, the accessory mode on my car timed out and shut off the HU. I quickly hit accessory mode again and the update seemed to pick right back up and complete. When it finished, it rebooted, the screen went blank for a few seconds, then it started rebooting repeatedly. I checked the battery and it's fine. Car starts right up, no problem, so it's getting enough current. Please tell me I may not have bricked it!

Help!