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i get the same whine on my 03 sierra. ive been told its the ground from the cab or engine to the waxed frame that causes it in gm,s id like to see how you do then ill likely do the same

am/fm should work no matter what the temp is. the library had heat issues due to the HD as well as booting.

mine would not boot and i ran the update and it took first run. try burning at lower speeds, some people have said they needed to reboot the unit to get it to update properly. before i ran my update while the unit was froze i did pull the HD and get it real cold first

eject the disc then reboot if that fails try reinstalling disc. i dont think anyone has failed completly

it was 75f and had a song skip/play 95% and then go to another track. still think these HD,s are jacked

after 4 weeks no freezes and today it was 65f outside and my unit froze, tried putting the HD in front of the ac for 3-5 min and that didnt work [my old standby that worked flawless on 100f plus days] burned the update to a cdrw installed the update cd to the z2 froze screen and all and in less then 5 minutes it was fixed and working properly. i looked at the files inside the update and it looks like they rewrote the operating system. this was not just a data from cpu to hd issue or it would have just been a few drivers. i still know heat had/has issues with the Z2 as this all star

its no use using a HD that large, 40G is about all the file system can handle

well pioneer released the update when the weather cooled down atleast here it did so i wont know till may\june 08. i wont install the patch till then. funny how pioneer waited to release the patch for heat when its not that hot anymore.

try burning to a different disc and if its really hot where your at pull the HD out and cool it down then try the update. its probably more the disc then the heat

i mentioned they may try and pull that [keeping fan on longer] but i have not played with it yet. i wont do the update till next summer when it gets hot unless i get a lockup soon. i havnt had a lockup since the bypass update cracking windows and using a sunshade so i dont want to jinx the luck yet. i know in the summer im facing trouble again though.

since they say dont install the update unless your unit is freezing that would indicate that it is a hardware problem. if it was software they would install it in all units. without 100 degree days it will be hard to test. hope everyone that doesnt boot at mild temps has luck

they wont, will not, never, nada spring for a HD lol thats why theres talk and talk only of a band aid patch. if it was something easy as software it would have been installed in the unit from the start. since there trying to hide a hardware problem there racking there brains on how to make this fly

i talked to pioneer today as well and got that there a week out on the bandaid

yes i think the new toshiba 85C HD is the answer. not the gax i am hoping that the bandaid update pioneer throws at us not only actually works but doesnt slow the HU down too much.

believe it or not the avic z1-2 retains the heat a long time. [not that thats your case] like you mine froze on mild day,s too. ive had mine freeze in the 70,s but since ive done the last bypass update that raised the heat threshold and replaced some boot files mine only freezes on really hot days and it can be fixed by cooling the HD. [if i didnt see first hand that only cooling the HD fixes it i may have a different view] im not saying heat is the only culprit but i do know that these HD,s are throwing read errors when warm this has been confirmed we also have another guy who says