I am thinking about getting a f90bt. But I am on the fence. I keep reading about the Boot time, how long is the boot time? Dose the radio or cd player work while it is booting?

thanks

Under a minute on mine. Radio comes on within 10-20 seconds. Not sure about CDs, I haven't listened to one yet

the boot time is a pain and for me its the same as cameltowing

but if thats your only concern, i would wait and see what the members here accomplish because they are currently working on finding ways to quicken the boot time, or eliminate it entirely

AV sources start almost immediately

AV sources start almost immediately

true, but you can't control them and have to wait a bit longer before the volume knob and other controls are becoming active.

so turn your volume down before you stall your car if you don't want to wake up your neighbours the next day in the early morning.

AV sources start almost immediately

 

 

so turn your volume down before you stall your car if you don't want to wake up your neighbours the next day in the early morning.

O i hate when i do that. I tell you what when you get up and leave the house before the suns up. When you turn the car on and the radio is up OMG. If you weren't awake before you are know

as far as the neighbors i could careless if they hear it

Pioneer should add an option that allows us to set the turn-on volume that the system defaults to. Most OEM systems have that option now-a-days, and it's really nice.

with the eu version 1900 i can adjust the volume after about 3 sec as the music starts. but that might be to late and the neighbours already awake.

Who would have ever thought you could use your decks "boot up time" as a selling point for remote start! LOL

Every problem has a solution!

Boot up time is one of, if not THE biggest complaint of mine, and its the one Pioneer says they cant (or wont) address.

At best its a minor annoyance, at worst its infuriating.

AV sources start almost immediately

 

true, but you can't control them and have to wait a bit longer before the volume knob and other controls are becoming active.

 

so turn your volume down before you stall your car if you don't want to wake up your neighbours the next day in the early morning.

Volume is changeable almost immediately upon startup with AV sources.

AV sources start almost immediately

 

true, but you can't control them and have to wait a bit longer before the volume knob and other controls are becoming active.

 

so turn your volume down before you stall your car if you don't want to wake up your neighbours the next day in the early morning.

 

Volume is changeable almost immediately upon startup with AV sources.

Here's something interesting - I booted the unit in testmode, and as soon as WinCE was up, the HDRadio was playing with volume control. I assume that's a hardware passthrough from the HDRadio module.

But yeah - I posed a boot time question in the thread below: Is it different based on the model? I recorded my times as (F90BT):

Ignition on to first light/Splash Screen: 07 secs

Splash Screen to the end of "loading": 76 secs

Ability to use unit (background tasks I assume): 88 secs

Bluetooth Connection: 106 secs

Fully functional, no lag : 115 secs

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