can some one please explain to me the need for video while driving i just dont get why all you guys are trying to frigure out ways to bypass this feature on the z1 or any video unit for that matter you really cant watch it while you are driving i understand it for navigation but do you really need to watch video while you are driving most people cant drive when they are watching the road i can just imagine what happens when you are watching video and driving

So my Wifee can watch a video when i am driving and still have nav working......i really don't want to watch the dvd put my wifee likes to without paying for another screen

Taken from 12volt.com

havent tried myself yet...


green wire grounded (no connection to e-brake)
:start car and at "starting pioneer navigation screen" flicker your lights
:you have to hit "okay" to confirm connection is legal
:you also have to hit "okay" to confirm the e-brake isn't properly connected
:the dvd will then play regardless of the position of the e-brake
:you can switch in between navi, dvd, am/fm, and library

green wire properly connected to e-brake
:e-brake must be off
:start car and at "starting pioneer navigation screen" flicker your lights
:you have to hit "okay" to confirm connection is legal
:the dvd will not play if e-brake is engaged and then released (must restart car and redo the whole process in order to get dvd w/o e-brake on)
:you can switch in between navi, dvd, am/fm, and library

when i say "flicker", it means the first initial screen will show a message at the very top stating the pioneer navigation is initializing and at that very moment you turn your lights on and off.

bullitt5344 said:

can some one please explain to me the need for video while driving i just dont get why all you guys are trying to frigure out ways to bypass this feature on the z1 or any video unit for that matter you really cant watch it while you are driving i understand it for navigation but do you really need to watch video while you are driving most people cant drive when they are watching the road i can just imagine what happens when you are watching video and driving

Personally I don't want to watch movies while I'm driving (I think it's way too dangerous) but what I do want to do is unlock all the phone features they grey out. Also some of the things you can't access without the parking brake on are stupid and should be accessable. If the movie thing unlocks too.... so be it. I won't use it more than one time just to see if it works. But this is just me.