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Just got a avic D3

By weebeast · Apr 15, 2008in Hacks/Mods💬 16 posts👁️ 3,885 views
Posted Apr 15, 2008 · 18:10 UTC#1

hey guys i have buyed a avic d3 from ebay(US).I just received it(Holland) and i would like to know where i can download maps because i got USA maps that i dont need :wink: .By the way i saw some people selling Bypass things on ebay do i need to buy it?My last question is how to make the acid d3 region free? :wink:

 

Thanks in advance

 

Weebeast

Posted Apr 15, 2008 · 19:00 UTC#3

thanks for the link so i made a big mistake buying it?

Posted Apr 15, 2008 · 19:04 UTC#4

well, I dont know about a big mistake, but I would say that you have one hell of an uphill battle to get it to work right.... If it was me I'd return it and get the one sold in my area, unless the price difference was that dramatic as to warrant the trouble

Posted Apr 15, 2008 · 19:05 UTC#5

It was much cheaper in the US

Posted Apr 15, 2008 · 19:09 UTC#6

Sorry to say it, dude... but European disks do not work in the US AVIC-D3 units... Should have researched it first.

 

Buying/downloading European disks won't do a thing for you.

 

The bypass things being sold on ebay are a ripoff. You don't need anything more than what comes in the box with the unit to bypass it.

 

And there is no way to make the unit region free.

 

Sorry to rain on your parade...

Posted Apr 15, 2008 · 19:10 UTC#7

Well.... Id do a bit more digging before shipping it back over the pond. Maybe someone has figured out how to work around it... but I sure dont... Sorry I couldnt help more.

Posted Apr 15, 2008 · 19:20 UTC#9

The problem is that it's more than just the DVD being for the wrong region that makes it not work. I'm not going to get into it, because it's quite complicated... but there are a few topics on the board where people made pretty exhausting attempts to get it to work with no payout.

 

I'm not saying it's 100% not possible to make the EU disk work in the US unit... but if it is possible, you've got a LONG road ahead of you.

Posted Apr 15, 2008 · 19:21 UTC#10

I would try, if the disks wont work in the unit it should just give an error, all you would be out of are the discks you burnt

Posted Apr 15, 2008 · 19:33 UTC#11

I will try it out then

Posted Apr 16, 2008 · 13:29 UTC#12

I think the easiest way to run europe maps is to make the avic d3 region free.Anybody knows what brand Cd/Dvd player they are using?

Posted Apr 16, 2008 · 13:35 UTC#13

I think that route has been tried before, somewhere floating around here is a post on changing the dvd region and I believe it was said that the D3 uses a dvd player made by Pioneer itself.

Posted Apr 16, 2008 · 14:39 UTC#14

Try to create dvd disk with European maps using normal program (Nero, ConvertX) and don’t burn disk only keep in folder.

Then use 'shrink dvd',to recode this 'new disk' and mark only region 1.

Program will automatically burn disk only to marked region.

 

edit And when creating new disk set DVD format to NTSC not PAL Coz PAL format ccould be set automatically on your system.

 

will this work? :wink:

Posted Apr 16, 2008 · 14:41 UTC#15

Honestly I have no clue if it will work, but what could you lose, a couple of bucks worths of dvds, I would give it a try if your dead set on keeping the D3.

Posted Apr 16, 2008 · 14:43 UTC#16

I will try it a soon as possible