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Z2 bypass working without the 2 wire being done?

By typhoon43 · Apr 28, 2008in General💬 6 posts👁️ 1,027 views
Posted Apr 28, 2008 · 03:16 UTC#1

I just finished yanking my Z2 to ground the RCA's, and then thought about doing the bypass. Well I didn't get the "Audio 2" molex plug when I bought it, and I couldn't find a way to ground that one pin, so I jsut went ahead with the install. I gounded the Green EBrake wire because I hadn't done it and my DVD's would just give me audio and the infamous warning message about not viewing when driving. Well all I did was ground the Ebrake wire, and my DVD started playing. I then backed out of the garage, and the video kept going! :shock: I was under the impression this wouldn;t work until you did the 2 wire mod and the firmware disc. I'm not complaining at all, but I'm slightly confused. Anyone had this happen to them?

Posted Apr 28, 2008 · 07:53 UTC#2

It will work for a while until it calibrates...then you are out of luck

Posted Apr 28, 2008 · 14:25 UTC#3

Pre bypass, mine worked in reverse, but as soon as I hit drive it would blank out.

Posted Apr 28, 2008 · 15:14 UTC#4
It will work for a while until it calibrates...then you are out of luck

 

Is this a fairly long process? I drove 30 minutes to work today with a DVD going and I'm still good. I'll check back at lunch.

Posted Apr 28, 2008 · 15:27 UTC#5
Is this a fairly long process? I drove 30 minutes to work today with a DVD going and I'm still good. I'll check back at lunch.

 

Could be as much as 100 miles or so.

Posted Apr 28, 2008 · 21:23 UTC#6

Yup, did it to me at lunch. Oh well, going to yank the deck one more time and do the 2 wire for real.