F-Dog Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Alright so here's my dilemma: I'm assuming this was somehow caused from the parking brake bypass, but every few seconds this message pops up, and I have no choice but to hit "OK", as long as the Map is open. The "speed pulse" wire is connected, because in the settings menu the pulse number increases as the truck speeds up, along with that crazy morse code type beeping. I'm thinking something is detecting that the vehicle is always in park yet still moving, and it's making the unit go nuts. I'm taking it back to a shop on Monday to get it checked out, along with the Android cable installed, but I'm hoping there's a solution to this so that I don't have to undo the brake bypass mod. Any clues? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitman80 Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Is the speed pulse wire connected to an integration adapter? Or wired directly to the vehicle's speed sensor lead? I only ask this because I had a Metra integration adapter that was overheating, causing it to randomly send signals to the mute wire of my radio. Absolutely killed me trying to figure out what was causing my radio to mute at random times. Maybe something similar is happening to you but, in your case, it's the speed sensor wire. I've had my Z150 bypassed for a while now and have never seen that screen before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-Dog Posted May 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Is the speed pulse wire connected to an integration adapter? Or wired directly to the vehicle's speed sensor lead? That's a good question...I'm really thinking it's just the speed pulse wire that isn't connected right, since no one else with a bypassed Z150 has ever seen this screen. I'll find out for sure tomorrow since the tech guy there seems to know what he's doing, and see if I can get the unit wired directly to the battery so it doesn't turn off when the engine cranks. That might also get rid of some high pitched noise the unit makes when it powers up sometimes. Thanks for the advice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-Dog Posted May 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Okay so I had the speed pulse wire disconnected, and now the Map is finally usable so far, with only one message warning me that the parking brake was bypassed. The GPS seems extremely accurate even without a speed pulse generator, but I'll see if I need to get one eventually ordered for it... Android interface cable currently charges my phone, and I'm just waiting on an hdmi "MHL" adapter for my S3, but so far so good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hitman80 Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Okay so I had the speed pulse wire disconnected, and now the Map is finally usable so far, with only one message warning me that the parking brake was bypassed. The GPS seems extremely accurate even without a speed pulse generator, but I'll see if I need to get one eventually ordered for it... Android interface cable currently charges my phone, and I'm just waiting on an hdmi "MHL" adapter for my S3, but so far so good! Glad to hear it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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