dmitrym Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Hey guys, does this unit have video playback? Amazon product page says it plays video, but pioneer's site doesn't. So does it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SicGoat Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 NO! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmitrym Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 DAMN! Any hacks? What kind of hardware is it? If it's anything recent-ish, it should be able to play lower-bitrate video. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chinna_n Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 DAMN! Any hacks? What kind of hardware is it? If it's anything recent-ish, it should be able to play lower-bitrate video. This is wince 5.0 platform based device, but has been crippled by Pioneer to make sure people would prefer higher end devices. Unfortunately in crippling this, they also screwed up lot stuff. If we can get to Shell, probably we can hack, but not yet, not seeing much hope based on user base for this unit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dmitrym Posted October 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Harsh. I'm surprised that integrated solutions are so expensive. The hardware is really cheap these days, for the price I can get a netbook and maybe use that, but a cleanly integrated unit would be nicer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AVIC-U310BT Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Hey guys, does this unit have video playback? No, unfortunately not. But it runs WinCE 5.0, so there's no reason it couldn't from a technical standpoint; maybe a future hack will support video, but I wouldn't hold my breath for it. If we can get to Shell, probably we can hack, but not yet, not seeing much hope based on user base for this unit. From reading some of the other forums, it seems like they managed to access the shell using the Pioneer Firmware update. We may have to wait until one is available, unless the European update is sufficient. I wish I had time to fuss around with it, but I've working 80 hours a week lately, so that's a no go right now for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 It runs on Windows Automotive 5.5 , not CE. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chinna_n Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 It runs on Windows Automotive 5.5 , not CE. I think you are talking about Z110BT which uses Windows Automotive 5.5. I can confirm this one runs WinCE 5.0. I looked thru the update platform files provided using Hex editor, it is WinCE 5.0. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Thats kind of funny because it runs the same nav software as the Z110BT. I would have thought it ran the same OS as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chinna_n Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Thats kind of funny because it runs the same nav software as the Z110BT. I would have thought it ran the same OS as well. I think the core is pretty much same between Windows Automotive and WinCE. There seems to be some differences in HMI layer, and support for something like themes in Windows Automotive. More than likely the same software would work on both platforms with correct driver library. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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