jvcajita Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Sorry for the newbie question...and i'm sure this may be obvious for the veterans... But i was told by many people that the F90 (non-members) can't be bypassed. It's been a while since I last visited this forum and saw this thread. I just recently bought the AVIC-F90BT and would like to use this bypass for my new DD... Question is...(again my apologies for the ignorance) Will this bypass allow me to watch videos/movies, enter in destination changes, and dial in numbers while the car is moving? Thanks in advance... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lava10t2 Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 jvcajita, welcome to the forum, before someone get's on you about this, yes, you can. However please do some reading and searching before you post. That way you don't get flamed for asking questions that have been answerd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dano32931 Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Installed my new F90BT yesterday. I used the hardware bypass that's described and pictured in this post. Grounded both the Mute and Parking Brake wire. Works like a champ. Wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU !! to the owners and moderators of this board along with all the members posting great information. Now I'm going to read, read, search, and read some more. Hopefully I can contribute some day and give back to the AVIV411 community. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamtaylorpcb Posted October 29, 2008 Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 so i have my park switch tied into the ground and changed the mute wires pin placement... do i hook the mute wire to the stock mute wire or do i ground it out? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dano32931 Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I grounded: 1. The Unit (black wire) 2. The Parking Brake wire 3. The relocated Mute wire All to the vehicle chassis (ground). Works perfect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lobelsteve Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 A word of advice/caution: Using the Pioneer crimp connectors may be convenient to ground the parking brake to the factory ground. Mine is intermittently loose. Just solder it up like the rest of the connections so you do not have to redo it later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willjv Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I grounded: 1. The Unit (black wire) 2. The Parking Brake wire 3. The relocated Mute wire All to the vehicle chassis (ground). Works perfect. I just installed my radio last night and only grounded the radio's black and parking brake light (light green) and did not work. I'll try adding the mute (yellow/black) cable to the ground as well Thanks for the tip! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akkasoglu Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 does anyone tried software bypass on firmware 2.0? this is preventing me to upgrade as i do not have hardware bypass,only software bypass. does it works? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willjv Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I grounded: 1. The Unit (black wire) 2. The Parking Brake wire 3. The relocated Mute wire All to the vehicle chassis (ground). Works perfect. Dano, I'm assuming you grounded the mute button after you switched the cable from its original location to the one shown in this post? or did you just grounded all 3 cables from their original locations? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willjv Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Just wanted to confirm (for those who havent done a bypass yet) that I just edited the pioneer.ini using windows CE (SD bootable) from http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17542 . You need a copy for the DATA.ZIP file located "My Flash Disk\APL2\iGo\ or inside LPUE080\APL2\iGo\ from the Pioneer update zip file (firmware 2.0 in my case). Open the "DATA.ZIP" file using WinRar (google if you dont have it), open the project_config foler and you'll find the pioneer.ini file. Open the INI file and look for the line "parking_break_speed=16.0" and change the 16 to 200 Save the *.ini file and when prompted to update the archive (by winrar) select yes.... Now copy the new copy of the DATA.ZIP file into your SD card. Download http://www.avic411.com/forum/download.php?id=4696 extract it and copy both folders in there into your SD card as well. Now place the SD card in your F series (while is off), turn it on and it'll boot into windows CE. Once the copying process its done click on the "X" at the top right hand corner. Then click on START/PROGRAMS/WINDOWS EXPLORER and go to My Flash Disk\APL2\iGo\ rename the existing DATA.zip to DATA-OLD.zip and then copy the DATA.zip from your SD card into My Flash Disk\APL2\iGo\. Works great (at least in my F900BT that is) Hope this was detailed enough for everyone to understand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akkasoglu Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 willjv did you try it on firmware 2.0? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willjv Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Yes Akka! I am on FW 2.0 with an edited pioneer.ini (which was edited "after" i upgraded to 2.0) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
locorider21 Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Hey guys sorry for the bothersomness again. But im 100% new to all this stuff. I took the F90bt to audio express today to get a quote on install. They want 95 for install and another 40 for bypass. They say that you need a special module box to bypass the f90bt. after reading this forum i thought that was bs? is it? I see that you say theres a software hack. Well how do u get into the config files for the gps? on your computer? i mean how do u get the config files from the nav system onto the computer for editing? Also i understand the wiring procedure bypass method, but what do you mean by grounding the parking brake wire? like if i wanted to move the mute wire to the new slot before i take it to them for install how do i ground the other wire?THANKS!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cunbo Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 I am a newbie and inexperience so I don't want to mess with the test mode (at least not now). Will it work if I update the .ini file from LPUE080\APL2\iGo\ from the Pioneer update zip file (firmware 2.0) and then apply the upgrade? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pinoyvr6 Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Ive been browsing 411 for the past 3 days and i finally got it so i can watch movie while driving, thanks for all the info guys... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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