BorisM Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 It does turn the volume down on all parts of the system. Turn the master volume down almost all the way then turn up the navi voice up to compensate. Sounds are still there but very faint. I have not tried to turn the master volume down completely though. That's kind of defeating the purpose of having the overall system sound... It's a moot argument for me as I've made my own blank sounds. I know it worked when I tried a while ago. True... Still, IMHO killing system sound to get rid of dings is an overkill, when there's a file replacement soliution. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grrman Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Step by step instructions. Please Note: I assume no responsibility if you brick your unit. Following these instructions is at your own risk and peril. I've made this as straightforward as I can, assuming a limited knowledge of computers, but really, if you don't know at all what you're doing, you probably shouldn't be doing this. 1. Get the testmode files from This Post. 2. Unzip that and copy the Testmode and MiTACAP folders onto an SD card 3. Grab the silence.wav file from the top of this thread 4. Make 4 copies of silence.wav and rename them so you have four files which are all silence, named: PSG1Hi.wav PSG1Low.wav PSG2Hi.wav PSG2Low.wav 5. Copy those files onto the SD card 6. Put the SD card into the Fxxx headunit and turn it on. 7. It will boot to test mode, with some info about copying stuff. Wait a few seconds then tap the X in the top right corner to get rid of that window. 8. You should now have a windows Start button in the lower left corner. 9. Use the Start menu to open windows Explorer. Do this twice so you have two Explorer windows going. 10. On one explorer window, navigate to My Flash Drive, Data, Sounds. You'll see 6 or 7 sound files in there. I *strongly* urge you to back them up. 11. On the other explorer window, navigate to the SD Card and find your four wav files. 12. Tap a wav file, tap the 'Edit' menu, tap 'Copy'. 13. Go back to the other explorer window, tap the 'Edit' menu, tap 'Paste' 14. Repeat for each file. 15. When done, just close the two explorer windows, then turn off the car. 16. Wait a few seconds, remove the SD card, and turn the car back on. Poke around in the AV menus, there should be no more keybeeps. Has this been tested on Version 2.0? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilliamG Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Yes, the file system is the same. I would have returned my F700BT if it were not for this fix. Those beeps are ridiculous and indicative of Pioneer's idiocy when designing the F-series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willywoot Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 With the little helpful HOW TO guide this was SOOOOOO easy. Now if all of the other mods could be as easy! Thanks!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmh928 Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 I like the key beeps, just not at ear-splitting levels. I just editted the sounds and lowered volumes to a subtler level. I uploaded the sound files to the FTP ftp://avic:avic-411@buckeyecollision.us/cmh928 sound.zip and read the soundreadme to know where to put them from testmode. They are included in my all-in-one file as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
argento Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I tried to use the 200.5000 firmware update to get rid of the beeps by replacing the specified files with a (renamed) silence.wav but when trying to update the F900 reports '...........IGO/data/audio is wrong'. Anyone knows how to replace the files with a silence without blocking the firmware update? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 I tried to use the 200.5000 firmware update to get rid of the beeps by replacing the specified files with a (renamed) silence.wav but when trying to update the F900 reports '...........IGO/data/audio is wrong'. Anyone knows how to replace the files with a silence without blocking the firmware update? You can't use the updater to load modified files, there's an integrity check in there. You need to install the update first, then boot into test mode and load your files after that... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasr74 Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Step by step instructions. Please Note: I assume no responsibility if you brick your unit. Following these instructions is at your own risk and peril. I've made this as straightforward as I can, assuming a limited knowledge of computers, but really, if you don't know at all what you're doing, you probably shouldn't be doing this. 1. Get the testmode files from This Post. 2. Unzip that and copy the Testmode and MiTACAP folders onto an SD card 3. Grab the silence.wav file from the top of this thread 4. Make 4 copies of silence.wav and rename them so you have four files which are all silence, named: PSG1Hi.wav PSG1Low.wav PSG2Hi.wav PSG2Low.wav 5. Copy those files onto the SD card 6. Put the SD card into the Fxxx headunit and turn it on. 7. It will boot to test mode, with some info about copying stuff. Wait a few seconds then tap the X in the top right corner to get rid of that window. 8. You should now have a windows Start button in the lower left corner. 9. Use the Start menu to open windows Explorer. Do this twice so you have two Explorer windows going. 10. On one explorer window, navigate to My Flash Drive, Data, Sounds. You'll see 6 or 7 sound files in there. I *strongly* urge you to back them up. 11. On the other explorer window, navigate to the SD Card and find your four wav files. 12. Tap a wav file, tap the 'Edit' menu, tap 'Copy'. 13. Go back to the other explorer window, tap the 'Edit' menu, tap 'Paste' 14. Repeat for each file. 15. When done, just close the two explorer windows, then turn off the car. 16. Wait a few seconds, remove the SD card, and turn the car back on. Poke around in the AV menus, there should be no more keybeeps. Has this been tested on Version 2.0? this works awesome it is what i did a long time ago and it makes my steering wheel controls respond faster as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
argento Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Tnx BorisM! renaming the beep files in Testmode worked! Gnasr74: it works also in the latest update (I just updated to 200.5000) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Tnx BorisM! renaming the beep files in Testmode worked! You're welcome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
malex930 Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I like the key beeps, just not at ear-splitting levels. I just editted the sounds and lowered volumes to a subtler level. I uploaded the sound files to the FTP ftp://avic:avic-411@buckeyecollision.us/cmh928 sound.zip and read the soundreadme to know where to put them from testmode. They are included in my all-in-one file as well. CMH, is this an auto-installer? Or do I have to manually copy the zip file over myself? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hrosenberg33 Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Thanks a lot for this easy hack. Even a dummy like me was able to do it and finally that infernal beep is gone for good!! Much appreciated. Hans Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shauniemac Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Hi. I've just tried to follow the step-by-step instructions, but when I put in the SD card I get an error message and that's all. I'm in the UK and running the most recent firmware (it's 2.000xxxx). Any help? Those bloody beeps are driving me crazy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hrosenberg33 Posted June 6, 2009 Report Share Posted June 6, 2009 Hi. I've just tried to follow the step-by-step instructions, but when I put in the SD card I get an error message and that's all. I'm in the UK and running the most recent firmware (it's 2.000xxxx). Any help? Those bloody beeps are driving me crazy. I really don't know much, but when did you get the error message (is it right after the splashscreen)? If so, it might be a matter of redownloading the testmode.zip onto your SD card and trying again. I did the hack a little different from the OP in that I cut the files and pasted them onto the SD card (they are now on my PC) as opposed to replacing them. So far, so good. HR edit: I also have the 2.0 update so that should not be the issue (from previous posters experience, 2.0 or not does not seem to affect this hack at all) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niker Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Thanks OP..!! Follow your instructions and finally got rid of this BEEP!! cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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