sorry, but unfortunately the problem in this case is not the ribbon.
pioneer might charge you the flat 200 to repair being as they only cover it if the ribbon is bad.
thanks
rich

cntrylvr79 said:

The touchscreen can be recalibrated if you go into the service menu. Too bad I found that out after I sent my d1 out. 5 weeks and I still haven't gotten it back yet.

Can you post procedure to get into service menu for the D1. Thanks

Open the face up all the way. Now hold the dvd eject button and the reset button on the face. Let go of only the reset button. Once the screen comes up saying "press reset" you can let go of the dvd eject button. You can now close the face. Next push up on the joystick twice. Then press down twice. Finally push in on the joystick. the d will go to another screen and about five seconds later the service menu will come up.

Well I tried the Calibration and was not successful. The left side is is where is fail the calibration. I did the Calibration trace around the screen and after i traced it for a minute it looks like an hour glass. Has anyone else seen this with their Avic-N1 while trying to recalibrate their screen?

this is just garbage. i was able to tolerate the screen being off, it was just a matter of pressing the buttons 1/2 or 1/4 of an inch to the left. no biggie. now, when i am trying to scroll through my recent destinations or address book, i cant scroll up for down. since the button is flush with the left side of the screen, the 1/4 or 1/2 in range to the left obviously isnt in an area where i can touch.

this unit is basically garbage for me right now...

aside from typing in my destinations, which is the reason i have an address book, all i can do is open it up and press return home.

boooo!!!

Tom

at first i didnt want to try to recalibrate becuase of the loss of the - + buttons, but i guess i can go w/o those in order to be able to scroll again.

the only problem is, i havent heard of any successful calibration stories yet.

I ended up just sending the unit to Pioneer. They have had the unit for a week so far fixing the screen calibration issue as well as a burned out LED and the screen not coming out sometimes. There's a flat $200 charge to do repairs so it was easier just have them fix all the little issues. Plus their repair facility isn't too far from me.

There's no way I'm sending in my deck to Pioneer for $200 just to re-calibrate my screen. That should be a built in future that doesn't break anything when performing.

I'm going to try this, but I wish there were more ppl that have tried doing this.

Neal said:

There's no way I'm sending in my deck to Pioneer for $200 just to re-calibrate my screen. That should be a built in future that doesn't break anything when performing.

I'm going to try this, but I wish there were more ppl that have tried doing this.

i agree...

i have the unit out of my car now, but i still dont plan on sending it to pioneer.

i cant believe that nobody on here can confirm how to calibrate the screen with no problems.

yea ive been trying for like 2 months. I think there is a defect in the left side of the screen .. Its too much of a coincidence that everyone has an issue with that side. The right side lines up just fine... I can only program a route by using the stylus out of my cell phone

tomdlgns said:

Neal said:

There's no way I'm sending in my deck to Pioneer for $200 just to re-calibrate my screen. That should be a built in future that doesn't break anything when performing.

I'm going to try this, but I wish there were more ppl that have tried doing this.

i agree...

i have the unit out of my car now, but i still dont plan on sending it to pioneer.

i cant believe that nobody on here can confirm how to calibrate the screen with no problems.

Odds are pretty good, that the + - buttons the poster had problems with were a result of the flex cable going bad at close to the same time. remember this post is almost a year old. Best bet is try resetting the calibration in the service menu. It's the same thing pioneer techs are going to do.

cntrylvr79 said:

tomdlgns said:

Neal said:

There's no way I'm sending in my deck to Pioneer for $200 just to re-calibrate my screen. That should be a built in future that doesn't break anything when performing.

I'm going to try this, but I wish there were more ppl that have tried doing this.

i agree...

i have the unit out of my car now, but i still dont plan on sending it to pioneer.

i cant believe that nobody on here can confirm how to calibrate the screen with no problems.

Odds are pretty good, that the + - buttons the poster had problems with were a result of the flex cable going bad at close to the same time. remember this post is almost a year old. Best bet is try resetting the calibration in the service menu. It's the same thing pioneer techs are going to do.

where were the step by step instructions on how to do this? i found them once, but i was in the searching mood. also, the ones i did find were not complete. hopefully a better walkthrough has been made since then.

thanks.

Ill try messing with the service menu on mine tomorrow and see how the calibrate options work, from the descriptions so far it does not sounds very intuitive! but ill give it a shot.
My N1 is having the same issue, and pretty much ruins the unit for me, considering I can not use the address book at all, which I used allot.
I have preformed the mod that lets me watch TV and DVD while moving, with the newest software, by soldering the circut board so sending my unit to Pioneer might not even be a option?
Ill let you know how it goes.

jsdeprey said:

Ill try messing with the service menu on mine tomorrow and see how the calibrate options work, from the descriptions so far it does not sounds very intuitive! but ill give it a shot.
My N1 is having the same issue, and pretty much ruins the unit for me, considering I can not use the address book at all, which I used allot.
I have preformed the mod that lets me watch TV and DVD while moving, with the newest software, by soldering the circut board so sending my unit to Pioneer might not even be a option?
Ill let you know how it goes.

thanks...

btw, if u have the n1, which it looks like you do, all i had to do was ground the parking brake wire. what type of soldering to the circuit board are you talking about?

Tom

tomdlgns said:

jsdeprey said:

Ill try messing with the service menu on mine tomorrow and see how the calibrate options work, from the descriptions so far it does not sounds very intuitive! but ill give it a shot.
My N1 is having the same issue, and pretty much ruins the unit for me, considering I can not use the address book at all, which I used allot.
I have preformed the mod that lets me watch TV and DVD while moving, with the newest software, by soldering the circut board so sending my unit to Pioneer might not even be a option?
Ill let you know how it goes.

thanks...

btw, if u have the n1, which it looks like you do, all i had to do was ground the parking brake wire. what type of soldering to the circuit board are you talking about?

Tom

Nah, once you go to the newest version of software, which I wanted to because i was missing some roads around my house etc... just the parking brake does not work anymore, the software starts using the build it gyro to tell you are moving and cuts the video off, and even tells you your parking brake wire in not hooked up right.
So you have to solder some pins inside the unit on the N1, its a pain but it worked.

jsdeprey said:

tomdlgns said:

jsdeprey said:

Ill try messing with the service menu on mine tomorrow and see how the calibrate options work, from the descriptions so far it does not sounds very intuitive! but ill give it a shot.
My N1 is having the same issue, and pretty much ruins the unit for me, considering I can not use the address book at all, which I used allot.
I have preformed the mod that lets me watch TV and DVD while moving, with the newest software, by soldering the circut board so sending my unit to Pioneer might not even be a option?
Ill let you know how it goes.

thanks...

btw, if u have the n1, which it looks like you do, all i had to do was ground the parking brake wire. what type of soldering to the circuit board are you talking about?

Tom

Nah, once you go to the newest version of software, which I wanted to because i was missing some roads around my house etc... just the parking brake does not work anymore, the software starts using the build it gyro to tell you are moving and cuts the video off, and even tells you your parking brake wire in not hooked up right.
So you have to solder some pins inside the unit on the N1, its a pain but it worked.

oh yeah you are right, i forgot about that. and i upgraded the software to, however, i bought a new car shortly after that that has navi already so i never really had to solve that issue since the n1 is just sitting in my closet now.

tomdlgns said:

jsdeprey said:

tomdlgns said:

jsdeprey said:

Ill try messing with the service menu on mine tomorrow and see how the calibrate options work, from the descriptions so far it does not sounds very intuitive! but ill give it a shot.
My N1 is having the same issue, and pretty much ruins the unit for me, considering I can not use the address book at all, which I used allot.
I have preformed the mod that lets me watch TV and DVD while moving, with the newest software, by soldering the circut board so sending my unit to Pioneer might not even be a option?
Ill let you know how it goes.

thanks...

btw, if u have the n1, which it looks like you do, all i had to do was ground the parking brake wire. what type of soldering to the circuit board are you talking about?

Tom

Nah, once you go to the newest version of software, which I wanted to because i was missing some roads around my house etc... just the parking brake does not work anymore, the software starts using the build it gyro to tell you are moving and cuts the video off, and even tells you your parking brake wire in not hooked up right.
So you have to solder some pins inside the unit on the N1, its a pain but it worked.

oh yeah you are right, i forgot about that. and i upgraded the software to, however, i bought a new car shortly after that that has navi already so i never really had to solve that issue since the n1 is just sitting in my closet now.

You got to much money if you got a N1 in your closet! send it to me Ill still it in my other car.

I just did the Service Menu recalibrate, and it worked like a champ, was VERY easy.
just follow the instructions that "remix2112" put in the beginning of this post, more or less, execpt there in NO reason to pull the radio out, or remove the case or anything like that.
Once you are in the touch screen recalibrate menu, I just did the top 2 tests
1st test you trace around the screen.
2nd test you touch some places on the screen
I used my mobile phone stylus to make sure it was as exact as possible.
Then I backed out to main screen and turned unit off via key.
I certainitly would not feel good about paying 200$ for this service, pioneer should feel terrible, because it takes about 5 min to do and it really simple, like caibrating a joystick in windows or something.
It does reset unit to default setting, like when you battery gets unhooked, but I used to that, when i get my car worked on, my locations are all still saved though as always.

You said you managed to successfully fix the problem but did you encounter any of the button problems other people had such as the +/- buttons not working after recalibration?

i stumbled accross this post on my search for a solution to this exact problem. and i went out at almost midnight to go try this out on my N1. it responded perfectly to everything related to the service menu, but on the first setup of the X and Y coordinates, I run my finger accross the screen following the white edges, and when i hit the back button i get a red message across the screen that says something like 'not permissible because of outside values.' im not 100% sure what it says or what it means, but i mustve tried it like 30 times to no avail. Im so frustrated with this thing i want to rip it out of my dash and toss it out the window. does anyone know what i might be doing wrong or something else i need to do?

Sounds to me like your N1's touch-panel or controlling electronics has become so degraded and so far out of spec that even a recalibration can't fix it.

The recalibration instructions above worked for me...to an extent. One of the options after the two used to recalibrate the touch panel is to test the touch panel. It shows a small "+" symbol every time you touch the screen so you can verify the calibration. After recalibrating, the touch area worked great apart from the bottom half of the right most 1/2" of the screen (if that makes sense) where no touch would register at all. I tried recalibrating a few times using differnt methods (finger, nail, stylus...) but all with the same results. I have a feeling recalibration will work up until a point where there may actually be a physical/electrical problem with the unit (mine is ~2yrs old D1).

...figured that may help someone out there

Avic n1 is crap.... i have the same problem, and i recalibrated my screen a several times just now and no change.....
why dont they have a re-call on this problem? seems like everyone has the problem but no one knows how to fix it....

Follow the instructions by REMIX2112 posted Nov 2006. I just did it today and it works. I learned that all you have to do is press (EQ) button and then (BAND) to go back in the menu on the N1. If you are off calibration alot, I found that all need to do is not trace the outer white line. Just place your pointer a cm from the side. I just used a pointer once at the bottom and once at the top. The values changed ok. **It took me 3 times to figure it out.**

Thanks Remix2112

Also followed instructions for D1, got into menu - thanks!

Calibration had varying degrees of success - I noticed if you do it several times, you get different results, especially on the right side. But it did improve, and I think with some more effort, I can get it close to working again (I have issues on the right side of the screen being way off).

Hopefully I can get it close enough to adjust my EQ settings again!

Derek