Aloha all,

I saw that someone made a image of how to do the bypass. I took it to the next step

I hope this also makes it to the sticky!

My New Avic

Mute wire in the factory location

Mute wire in its new location

Could have just posted this IN the bypass sticky topic... we don't need this ending up like the damn D-series board with like 4 different sticky topics about the same damn thing.

I did this and grounded the newly relocated mute wire and the parking brake wire too. Semms to be working fine. Thanks AVIC411.

I relocated the mute wire and grounded it along with the parking brake wire as illustrated but the unit says that it detected an incorrect parking brake connection (or something like that). When I say I grounded them I mean I tapped it into the black ground coming out of the head unit (which is grounded correctly). This should still work right? IOW I don't have to connect the two wires to the chasis in order for the bypass to work right?. I'm not sure what I could have done wrong, but this is a first for me.. Thanks...

At least you used Hi Res pics.

I relocated the mute wire and grounded it along with the parking brake wire as illustrated but the unit says that it detected an incorrect parking brake connection (or something like that). When I say I grounded them I mean I tapped it into the black ground coming out of the head unit (which is grounded correctly). This should still work right? IOW I don't have to connect the two wires to the chasis in order for the bypass to work right?. I'm not sure what I could have done wrong, but this is a first for me.. Thanks...

Double check that you moved it to the correct location and that whatever you used to tap the ground lead went all of the way through the jacket (if you didn't cut and solder the connection).

I quickly saw my oversight after I took out my radio and took another look.

** Bypassing is easy, just follow the guide **

Hmm it looks like on the pioneer.ini on the data.zip file, there is a parking_break_speed=16.0.

Changing that to 200.0 might be a software method to this hack.

I have confirmed that changing the parking_break_speed value does in fact bypass the video/gps restriction without changing any wiring. I set the value to 128 (thought it odd that they picked 16, so I assumed they were using the standard 1,2,4,8,16 binary notation so I chose a number that would fit in that series, hence 128).

I know this works because I just installed this unit 2 days ago and did NOT use any bypass. With the change made to the ini file, I can now enjoy video while traveling up to 128 MPH

I have confirmed that changing the parking_break_speed value does in fact bypass the video/gps restriction without changing any wiring. I set the value to 128 (thought it odd that they picked 16, so I assumed they were using the standard 1,2,4,8,16 binary notation so I chose a number that would fit in that series, hence 128).

 

I know this works because I just installed this unit 2 days ago and did NOT use any bypass. With the change made to the ini file, I can now enjoy video while traveling up to 128 MPH

This is GREAT news for anyone using an F500!!!

I have confirmed that changing the parking_break_speed value does in fact bypass the video/gps restriction without changing any wiring. I set the value to 128 (thought it odd that they picked 16, so I assumed they were using the standard 1,2,4,8,16 binary notation so I chose a number that would fit in that series, hence 128).

 

I know this works because I just installed this unit 2 days ago and did NOT use any bypass. With the change made to the ini file, I can now enjoy video while traveling up to 128 MPH

Where do you change the parking_break_speed value @ ?

pioneer.ini file in DATA'ZIP's project_config folder

Except unless I'm mistaken, the "software" hack still requires you to ground the parking brake wire. I applied Boris's latest Data.zip and the software hack alone has not removed the GPS/Video restrictions.

Boris or anyone - did you still have to ground the parking brake wire in addition to the software hack?

I believe you do. You probably just don't need to move the Mute wire. The system, if I understand it correctly, still needs to think that the brake is engaged. Software bypass just changes at what speed it starts complaining that you have not connected it right and locks you out...

how do you get to the ini file. Thank you

I was wondering if you guys can help. I recently recieved a 700bt and followed the wire bypass as posted and grounded the mute and the PB wire together to the radio ground. I have tried to watch video and get the same PB not grounded properly. Any Suggestions?

Thanks

Hey everyone. First poster newb here. I have a few questions/scenarios that I need answers to by this Friday 10/10 when I'm getting my F90BT installed. I would prefer to do the hardware bypass, just in case if/when new software comes out and it possibly overrides a software bypass.

1. Does the hardware bypass work with models that have pioneer's patch?

2. In case the hardware bypass ceases to work later down the road, would a software patch work, since the parking brake is already grounded from doing a hardware bypass? (i guess this one's more involved since it may depend on what caused the hardware bypass to break.

(wrong area to post this but....

3. I do want to order the PAC SWI-PS http://www.crutchfield.com/S-K6HRZEOm48V/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?i=127SWIPS, but I was just curious what my steering wheel "track up/track down" will control. Is it CD's, IPOD, DVD, or all of the above? Just curious if it's a generic track up/track down across the board.

Thanks!

I was wondering if you guys can help. I recently recieved a 700bt and followed the wire bypass as posted and grounded the mute and the PB wire together to the radio ground. I have tried to watch video and get the same PB not grounded properly. Any Suggestions?

 

Thanks

Check your connections, something is wrong with the bypass.

Hello everyone. I am in Europe and have a AVIC F900BT (european model).

I understand everything, I did the software bypass without any problem.

The only problem I've got is this : Can someone explain practically how to ground the parking brake ?

Here is how I did it : In my car, there is a cable starting from the parking brake. I attached to this cable the one from my F900 unit in order to watch DVD while the parking brake is on. And everything is ok.

Now, in order to ground the parking brake wire, I attached a cable from the ground wire (black) of my F900 unit, to the parking brake wire. In consequence, my parking brake has now two cables attached to it.

The result I get is now : whether I drive or not, impossible to watch a movie, I always receive the message that I can not watch TV while driving.

Did I do something wrong ? Maybe, since there are two cables attached to the PB wire, one must be bofre the other ???

Any help is welcome, thanks !

you have to connect the F900's handbrake cable to the ground , that's all . Don't connect it to the handbrake .

Leave the handbrake alone

In my unit I just connected the unit's handbrake cable to its own black power wire and it works perfectly

Thanks a lot, it worked !!! I just don't understand why ? The parking brake wire is supposed to send some low voltage stream when the parking brake is on. That way, the unit knows PB is turned on, and allow you to watch TV. So why grounding the parking brake cable included in the unit F900 would "simulate" a low voltage stream ?

Anyway, thanks again !

Does mute still work? If the unit has to be sent in to warranty will this void it? Is this also for the F90?

Does mute still work? YES

If the unit has to be sent in to warranty will this void it? NO

Is this also for the F90? YES

Maybe someone has an idea...

So, I ground the parking brake wire this morning. After doing so, I confirmed that I could operate the navigation settings and functions, set a destination, etc WITHOUT engaging the parking brake.

Next, I updated my DATA.zip (I already have a backup on my computer) so that the parking brake speed is set to 128.0, booted in test mode, and replaced the DATA.zip with my now updated copy. I have no other modifications to the software. From my testing, it seems that once I cross 10 miles per hour or so the unit notifies me that the parking brake wire is not properly connected and then it disables certain functions until I've slowed down almost to a stop.

I tried changing the value again to 256.0 but that didn't seem to help. I'm still getting the same issue. I thought I could do the "software" bypass to get around having to ground the mute wire.

Anyone have any thoughts? Is there another copy of the ini file somewhere that is being read instead? I'm pretty sure the wire is ground properly as I used the same method/location as I did with my older Pioneer HU.

Thanks in advance.

Maybe someone has an idea...

 

So, I ground the parking brake wire this morning. After doing so, I confirmed that I could operate the navigation settings and functions, set a destination, etc WITHOUT engaging the parking brake.

 

Thanks in advance.

If you've already grounded the parking break, why not just grab the mute and ground that too while your back there? Moving the wire is really quite simple.