brett1210 Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 I had the D3 professionaly installed about 2 months ago, and did the bypass myself. It has worked fine during this time, until today. Yesterday, while I was driving I noticed that the navigation icon was about a half a block off from where I actually was. I pressed the "modify current location" button and corrected the icon placement, however I think that sparked the resulting problem. After doing that, I noticed that the icon was then traveling sideways down the road. When I went to start the car the next time, the screen was all black except for a gray colored box in the middle with the words: "The disk is being checked." (after it checks the disk) "Please insert the correct disk." (I already have the correct nav disk in there, but I eject it anyway) "Please insert the appropriate disk" (I put the correct nav disk back in) "Please eject the disk and insert the appropriate disk again." This cycle will go on and on, no matter what I do. I have tried hitting the reset button while there is power going to the unit, and when the unit is off. I have also disconnect the battery to the vehicle and let it sit for 1 hour, then reattached the battery and I still have the same problem. There has been no way to get passed it so I haven't had any music or anything and it's driving me nuts! Please, can anyone help me? Thanks, Brett Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hulign Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 I'm having the exact same problem... Hoping for a fix Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mator Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Yeah im also having the same problem its the pain in the nuts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dannnnny29 Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Got the same problem yesterday for the first time. Has anyone been able to find a fix. If you send the unit to Pioneer, will they be able to fix it? How long does it take and how much does it cost? There has to be a way to fix this, I spent too much money to throw it away Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mator Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 What i have done was stick the dvd nav disk in the cd drive and hit a few buttons. Then i put the nav disk back into the dvd slot and it sometimes kicks back on... This is so dumb... and i called pioneer and they said that the laser eye could be going bad... ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whtcrxghst Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Warranty is one year. Should be free to fix Quote Link to post Share on other sites
revlimit Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 i'm having the same problem. I discover that if i leave it alone for overnight it works again. I tried reset several times but didn't help. I even tried the new and old navi dvd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmuhlfeld Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 heres what i did........................ took a straw and blew into the head unit to loosen some of the dust that may have got inside. i also cleaned the bottom of the cd....it has a few scratches on it so i think that may be the problem....when this happens if you look into the connections menu it says the satellite cannot be found.......i dunno what to do ...its been working a little better as of late, but this is b.s. man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mator Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 Yeah this keeps happening on and off... Its now been 2 days ..... Thats all i see is that white error message screen and i cant fix it... I CANT STAND THIS I PAY SO MUCH FOR A SO CALLED GOOD.... HEAD UNIT AND IT A PIECE OF S**T Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whtcrxghst Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 Those two days of waiting could have gotten it to Pioneer already so they can start fixing it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mator Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 Those two days of waiting could have gotten it to Pioneer already so they can start fixing it O look another dick that is on forums.... First off my headunit is out of warranty.... so i was trying to see if there was a free fix out there before i pay 2 hundred bucks for Pioneer to work on it... Ive spent some time on the phone with Pioneer and they say that they cant do anything unless you send the unit in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whtcrxghst Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 If its a D3 as mentioned in the original post, how can it be out of warranty? Its been on the market less than nine months Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mator Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 DOWN THERE | | | V Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mator Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Alright, I have spent hours on trying to figure this out and i think I might be onto something. I unplugged the GPS antenna from the back of the head unit and shut off my car and started it back up to start up the head unit and bam! it works.. but of course the GPS is not working.... so i plug the GPS antenna back in and there we go again with the error..... so what it has came down to... is no more GPS But atleast I can use my head unit. Hope this helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jzsax1 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Are you suing backup DVD's for navigation..? i was running into a similar problem with mines and it turned out to be stretched optical surface on my backup DVD... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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