I cant create the file into a IMAGE file. Can someone just send me the file to save the headache. There as to be a easier way to bypass my Z2. This is just crazy. All the step by step processes I used dont work...The files I downloaded dont load on my Z2

Sure. It *should* work, but there's a chance that it might not if you aren't burning it as an image. Here's the files - extract and burn to disc.

http://www.inferno999.com/public/AVIC/Z ... CNDV-700HD).zip

Let me know how it turns out.

Images are supposed to *SAVE* the headaches of determining the usable disc type attributes

assassindl,

If you still cannot get it to work with the suggestions above, PM me your address and I will send you the disc I burned and used.

Yea it still didnt work, so now I'm waiting for the CD in the mail.

My bypass only works after I press the reset button but once I try to use the navigation system I get the parking brake error message.

So I really need these files!

Dude you are simply doing some thing wrong start all over and read closer. I figured it out it took me a couple trys you can do it.

you're going to the Map screen after inserting the disc, right?

Yea it still didnt work, so now I'm waiting for the CD in the mail.

 

My bypass only works after I press the reset button but once I try to use the navigation system I get the parking brake error message.

 

So I really need these files!

Just a thought, mine did the same thing and I found out that the extra wire I added in the #2 RCA harness was the culprit. I read through everything and all the suggestions were to check that the actual pin was seated into the harness itself. Upon further inspection, I found that the pin that the harness plugs into (the actual pin on the back of the head unit) had been pushed into the HU a bit and the respective added pin wasn't making contact. Once I pulled it back out and reseated the harness, all was good.

Anyway, the CD is in the mail. Hope you get it worked out

Yes your absolutely right...I just purchased the blue tooth adapter and I went back to my installer to have them do it, and realized they were going to charge me another $60 just to install it. So I figured I'll just do it myself, because I read a lot of threads and realizes people were doing everything themselves. And I noticed that the installer didnt do the bypass right. He didnt put he mute wire into the connector. So i made the correction myself based on the instructions you guys made and it works perfect so far. I'll keep you updated if anything changes. THANKS AGAIN!

wait wait wait...so following the instructions worked?????

Yea I guess so...lol..hahah...but see I never was the one to do the bypass with the wiring. I had an installer do it...I he didnt do it completely right.

Yea I guess so...lol..hahah...but see I never was the one to do the bypass with the wiring. I had an installer do it...I he didnt do it completely right.

I got the CD in the mail and it worked...But it was an OLD version so my unit wasnt able to update. Then recently after a week of my bypass working fine I just got that parking brake error again.

DO you know why the parking brake message came back?

No idea, but from what I've read, there is only one version of the bluetooth update. I could be wrong on that though. Even so, if your HU had a more recent version istalled, then it wouldn't have updated with an older version, you should have gotten a message that tells you you're already updated.

As far as the PB error returning, you might want to check that the pin is fully seated in the harness and or the pin on the HU itself didn;t get pushed in like mine did.

It's all here in black and white, you just need to take a few minutes and sift through it all. It helped me

I got the CD in the mail and it worked...But it was an OLD version so my unit wasnt able to update. Then recently after a week of my bypass working fine I just got that parking brake error again.

 

DO you know why the parking brake message came back?

Yes, that's working as I would expect.

The "old" version means that the CD you have was already installed and not needed.

The week of working and then not, sounds to me, like you reset the unit and wire #2 is not connected correctly.

http://www.sminntech.com/z1flash.html#newbypass

Or wire #2 is intermittent and is wiggling loose. It doesn't take much of a screw up in the connector to make it intermittent.

If the CD you got in the mail won't install cause it's "old" then the software is up to date, now you need to work on the hardware. If you reset the unit and it works for a while, wire #1 is ok. Wire #2 has a problem. Fix it, reset the unit and you will be good to go.

Just a thought, but when you go back in to verify the pin connection in the #2 harness, add a spot of crazy glue on the back side of the harness to hold that pin in position...that's what saved my a**!

Just a thought, but when you go back in to verify the pin connection in the #2 harness, add a spot of crazy glue on the back side of the harness to hold that pin in position...that's what saved my a**!

ahhhh.... I don't know if I would do that. Glue is not needed for this connector. There are 30 other wires on those harnesses and those are all reliable, if you needed glue you buggered up the terminal before you re-inserted it. If removed correctly and inserted correctly, there is no need for glue. The other problem is that if you glue it in and don't get it correctly, you won't be able to change anything.

You might need to take the little "tang" which holds the terminal in and pry it out with a pin, it should be at about a 35 - 40 deg angle.

Just a thought, but when you go back in to verify the pin connection in the #2 harness, add a spot of crazy glue on the back side of the harness to hold that pin in position...that's what saved my a**!

 

 

ahhhh.... I don't know if I would do that. Glue is not needed for this connector. There are 30 other wires on those harnesses and those are all reliable, if you needed glue you buggered up the terminal before you re-inserted it. If removed correctly and inserted correctly, there is no need for glue. The other problem is that if you glue it in and don't get it correctly, you won't be able to change anything.

 

You might need to take the little "tang" which holds the terminal in and pry it out with a pin, it should be at about a 35 - 40 deg angle.

Yeah the first one I did, I added a dot of solder to hold it in. The solder ended up going down into the open end of the pin, so when the harness was inserted into the HU, that solder ended up pushing my pin into the HU

Once I figured it out, I pulled the pin back out flush with the rest and started all over with another wire for that hole. This time I just used a dab of crazy glue on top of the pin in the harness to keep it in place. I was very careful not to get the glue on any other pins.

Sounds messy, but it was a clean job and it's all working great