Somehow I lost the original Pioneer Updates which allowed me to boot into WinCE mode. Looks like Pioneer has updated their site with a single SD card fix, not two. Anyone have the original ones they can send to me? I thought it was on here, but I cant seem to find it.
Here's the .zip for Test mode. Jus extract it on your desktop
EDITED TO CHANGE .ZIP FILE
Here's the .zip for Test mode. Jus extract it on your desktop
Very sweet, thanks!
what u do with that?
what u do with that?
You make mods to the unit 
what u do with that?
1 - unzip the contents of that attachment
2 - Put the two folders contained in that attachment on an SD card.
3 - Put the SD card in the F-series and turn it on
4 - Once it has finished the "copying" close the copying window by clicking the X
5 - You have now booted the unit to windows mode. Enjoy.
Actually, it didnt work for me, it has the contents of Testmode folder, but you need the Miticap (or whatever ) as well.
I literally just realized that when I went to go into windows mode. Sorry Tacoma, I edited it above for you.
I literally just realized that when I went to go into windows mode. Sorry Tacoma, I edited it above for you.
LOL thats cool I found it another way. Thank you!
awesome i guess now the fun starts.... 
this kicks any of the other navs in the market's ass...i believe soon enough this is gonna b an awesome product...
awesome i guess now the fun starts....
Exactly. It's one thing to have a unit that works. It's another to have one that works that you can do virtually anything to . Even though the F has its bugs, its potential outweighs its drawbacks IMO
pardon my lack of knowledge i booted the unit in CE mode..now what? i was playing with the screen, but couldn't find any directories or anything containing any info...where do u get the files from?anyone can shed some light? tks
Start 
Program Files Windows Explorer.
The Storage Device icon is your SD Card. Select the "My Flash Disk" icon, select edit, copy, open your storage device, and paste. You now have all the needed folders and files to do hacks.
ha..got it tks a lot 
There's a LOT of info on these pages...read it carefully. Understand what you are doing...
Be careful about editing files on the unit's Flash Disk. Ensure you make backups of everything before you change anything...
Happy Modding!
.... its potential outweighs ....
AGREED!!
So let me make sure I understand this:
1) These files will allow me to boot the device directly into Windows CE
2) From there, I can copy the firmware (zip file) the device loads during each boot-up onto my SD card
3) I can then edit the firmware ZIP file loaded at startup by the unit on my system and change/replace the necessary files for the "hacks/mods"
4) I then copy the updated ZIP file back to the SD card, insert and restart the system.
5) The new ZIP file firmware will be copied to the device (with whatever cchanges I have made) and then used during each subsequent bootup
Is that about it in a nutshell?
How do I copy the new ZIP firmware file back to the unit once I have moded and placed back on the SD card?
Windows CE works more or less like Windows as far as copying and pasting. The only caveat here is no keyboard, no mouse, just a stylus and I haven't figured out how to right click.
Navigate to the file you want to copy: Select the folder (tap it once) you want to open, tap the "File" menu, tap "Open"
Copy the file you want: Select the file (tap it once), tap the "Edit" menu, tap "Copy".
Navigate to the folder where you want to put it.
Tap "Edit", tap "Paste". If you're replacing something that's already there, you'll get a warning about replacing an existing file, just tap 'Replace' or 'Ok' or whatever it says.
Cheers!
So I simply need to have the "moded" files on my SD card along with the MiTACAP and Testmode folders and I can simply replace the existing original files with the moded ones on my SD card?
yep. when you go into windows explorer my storage card, all the contents of your sd card will be there...simply copy and paste/rename and if something goes wrong, just rename the original file bak to normal
Just bought a U.S. F700 (low dollar/euro rate), but I need to change that to an European model.
In order to do so, I need the European maps and copy those over the U.S. maps. Can this be done???
Who has European maps available for me.
Offcourse would a backup version work aswell, I guess.
It hasn't been done yet so no one knows yet if it is possible.
Hi, thanks for the files... reading some of the posts I totally agree about the potential of this unit... I can't seem to get into Windows CE though.
I have the folders on an SD card... stick it in the unit, turn on the ignition and I get an error message... unfortunately I was not able to take a photo to post or jot down what it said at the time...
Has anyone else had problems getting into test mode?
I have a European F900 unit... it was installed just a few days ago in a new car so I assume the firmware is up to date... and I'm using a Macbook to shuffle the files around...
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated... I need to sort out my contacts list!! At the moment it is a little like the lottery!
do a bit of search and you will find that you have to change a value in a file. the message is complaining that you want to run it on a us box while heaving a eu box. http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16632&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45
Thanks for the reply...
I've managed to boot into Windows CE successfully...
But I now seem to have another problem. The copy dialogue that appears fills the screen and I don't seem to be able to dismiss it or move it... the cross in the top right corner does not respond to stylus taps... and although I can see the start menu, if I try to launch explorer... I can only assume the window is opening behind the copy dialogue 
because, although it appears selected in the taskbar... I can only see the copy dialogue still
Am I doing something silly 
I'm wondering if it is a screen position/calibration problem... Am I meant to see the standard windows drop down menu bar at the top of the screen?