I can tell you this bypass works on the F900, so go get um!

You can do the bypass ahead of time. Just prewire it and tell the shop to leave that part as is.

I just did this on my wife's car and it works fine so both of our F90bt are bypassed.

now keep your eyes on the road all...

the only complaints I have about this unit so far:

1- if you try to use the nav while listening to music on a USB thumb drive the audio cuts out. works fine with CD/FM/SD/IPOD with no problems

2- when making a phone call the display automatically switches to the Map display (not sure why it would do this)

3- audio from bluetooth is terrible on the other end (the person you called) even though they sound fine in the car (probably the shitty pioneer mic, although previous BT units sounded fine?)

Way to go Chris! Kudos!

Tried the bypass by inserting ground on 4th pin between two black wires and grounded the parking brake wire. I drove the 20 minute way home with movie off of SD card. No problems. Looks like its the real deal.

Mods please sticky this thread, all props go to chrisbulla, thanks

Scratch that. I am lame and I suck

 

 

I went and checked again because I couldn't accept it not working. I didn't get the white plug back into the radio fully. All good and bypassed now!

 

Making progress. Now just need a firmware update and I will be happy.

 

 

The bypass does work on the F90bt. I will be doing the one in my wife's car shortly.

yeah i hooked my 90bt and drove around and it was good. but, haven't gone more than a mile or 2. do you have a lot of miles on after the bypass? hope we are good to go.

CANT WAIT UNTIL IT COMES OUT IN CANADA!!!!

I am waiting impatiently.

Btw, does anyone know when it is planned on being sold in Canada? My friend works at Best Buy, and I gave him the SKU number that was posted somewhere on avic411.com and it does not even say on his system when the arrival is expected....

Thanks for the input.

p.s. Great job bypassing the system - definately helps with the whole experience of a nav/dvd player.

I'm super excited about the bypass being discovered.

Would it be possible to write step by step instructions. I know there are here, but for someone as bad as this as I am, need a little more help. Questions include...

How do you move the wire to a different pin?

When you mean ground, you mead just attach the wire to the incoming ground wire, or maybe even a part of the chassis?

Sorry, I stink at this!

HELP!!!

From WIRE SIDE of small white plug

 

 

Mute wire (YEL/BLK) is in upper row, left pin

 

Move this wire to lower row, 4th pin from the left (empty pin between 2

black wires)

Is this what plugs into the radio?

 

the pin directly below the mute wire does not work

Why is this important to know? I feel like I'm missing something here.

 

Ground YEL/BLK & LT GRN and you're good to go

 

 

 

 

You're welcome...

On the white (RCA) harness, move the black/yellow wire from position 1 to position 2. Then ground both that wire as well as the parking brake wire. That's it.

On the white (RCA) harness, move the black/yellow wire from position 1 to position 2. Then ground both that wire as well as the parking brake wire. That's it.

 

 

 

Thanks alot!

This should help me out!

I drove ~40 miles this morning and made a few changes to nav prefereneces while moving. Seems like the bypass is fine.

On the white (RCA) harness, move the black/yellow wire from position 1 to position 2. Then ground both that wire as well as the parking brake wire. That's it.

Would you just strip off some of the black/yellow coating in the middle of the wire and attach a wire from that to the chassis?

Thanks.

i am curious about what actually goes on when you bypass the unit. Why does removing the (mute?) wire and placing it in another spot bypass the unit. Also, why does grounding the parking break make the unit think that it is engaged?

one more thing... are you sacrificing anything by rewiring the unit from what it normally would be?

By the way. After bypass is done, you dont get the friggin Parking Break Error message. Yahoooooooo!

All functions work while in motion, bluetooth dialing, gps adjustments, etc. as if you were stopped with the parking brake engaged.

By the way, I am a Pioneer dealer and can ship anywhere in US and Canada for the 700 and 900 units.

thanks, Have only a few in stock so far...

Its for factory testing. You can use any wire to stick in the magic bypass hole but most people don't ever use the mute wire, so its convenient because it has the correct size connector already on it. You have to ground the parking brake. You don't lose anything, only gain the ability to do all features in motion

i am curious about what actually goes on when you bypass the unit. Why does removing the (mute?) wire and placing it in another spot bypass the unit. Also, why does grounding the parking break make the unit think that it is engaged?

 

one more thing... are you sacrificing anything by rewiring the unit from what it normally would be?

By the way. After bypass is done, you dont get the friggin Parking Break Error message. Yahoooooooo!

 

All functions work while in motion, bluetooth dialing, gps adjustments, etc. as if you were stopped with the parking brake engaged.

 

By the way, I am a Pioneer dealer and can ship anywhere in US and Canada for the 700 and 900 units.

 

thanks, Have only a few in stock so far...

how much are u selling it forr??

One thing that has bugged me when people use the mute wire to bypass a D3 is when the customer comes back in to have the bluetooth module installed. You now have an empty pin where the mute wire should be... easy fix though

not an issue for the F series since the BT is built-in

By the way. After bypass is done, you dont get the friggin Parking Break Error message. Yahoooooooo!

 

All functions work while in motion, bluetooth dialing, gps adjustments, etc. as if you were stopped with the parking brake engaged.

 

By the way, I am a Pioneer dealer and can ship anywhere in US and Canada for the 700 and 900 units.

 

thanks, Have only a few in stock so far...

 

how much are u selling it forr??

Just pm me, since they are slowly coming in 2-3 at a time, I dont want to create a false impression about availability and/or cost. Also I need to calculate shipping for each buyer, so include shipping zip or Canadian postal code when inquiring. We use DHL and ship from zip 33186 so you can get an idea on shipping costs.

Thanks,

Jeff

www.totalautoprotection.com

www.smartgpspro.com

One thing that has bugged me when people use the mute wire to bypass a D3 is when the customer comes back in to have the bluetooth module installed. You now have an empty pin where the mute wire should be... easy fix though

 

not an issue for the F series since the BT is built-in

The BT unit for the D3 doesn't use the mute wire. It mutes the D3 through the IP-BUS cable.

The BT unit for the D3 doesn't use the mute wire. It mutes the D3 through the IP-BUS cable.

oops, should have noted when adding a Parrot BT module, not the Pioneer

Just got my 900bt in the mail today. I am using this unit with my factory speakers. So I am not actually using the RCA harness for anything besides the bypass. Has anyone else done the bypass without using anything on the RCA harness (besides the mute wire)? Also the light green wire to ground is the parking brake wire on the other harness correct?

Also is it safe to ground these in the same place as the ground from the main harness (Black Wire).

Also is it safe to ground these in the same place as the ground from the main harness (Black Wire).

Yes, any ground point will work. Either to the body of the car or through the factory radio ground wire.

I have always just tapped these to the radio ground and it works fine.