I've followed these instructions to the letter. Changing the parking_break_speed setting had no effect on my F900

so i'm totally a newb, but i'm handy with computers and well, really just all around handy. but i've followed everything to a t, and i'm stuck with the loading screen constantly. so i can't use the gps, cause i can't click okay on the warning. i can watch movie, but it the unit restarts after about 3 minutes. any help would be appreciated. i'm going to try re installing the 2.0 update and trying again. i did read all through this, so yeeeeah

edit**

forgot to mention i have an f90bt os i am running is a vista premium laptop, and started with winzip trial, and changed to a winrar trial to do the zipping.

tried to revert to the old files, but i still have the sane system loading then system restarting any help would be appreciated.

also, following the guide someone was kind enough to make up, i couldn't edit pioneer.ini when i right clicked and 'viewed' it, so i double clicked it... maybe that has something to do with all this?

I'm getting an error when I put the Sd card in and boot up the system.

Error

MapDBinfo: 01000 <-> 0x0010

AU: 0x0001

EW: 0x010

RE: 0x0100

UC: 0x1000

Is there a different required windows CE mode for the EU, and if so, how can I attain it?

Yea i'm having the same error code? am i doing something wrong? i'm downloading the file to my sd card and putting it in the radio then booting it. and it flash's the screen and gives me the error code. any helps would be greatly appreciated

I'm getting an error when I put the Sd card in and boot up the system.

 

Error

 

MapDBinfo: 01000 <-> 0x0010

AU: 0x0001

EW: 0x010

RE: 0x0100

UC: 0x1000

 

Is there a different required windows CE mode for the EU, and if so, how can I attain it?

so as i just said i was in the same delema, but i just formated the sd card to FAT32 and it worked...it was a little tricky to get the X in the corner once it loaded, but i just used a key and it did the trick, just dont press to hard or you'll scratch the screen

[quote="What program is the best for editing the Contacts (.db) file? Any suggestions?

Will

Can someone help me with this?

Will

Entirely newb question. I haven't tried to boot wince yet so maybe this is a bit more intuitive when actually performing the steps.

I installed the 700bt last night and grounded the parking brake lead. Ofcourse I get the warning message that the wire is installed incorrectly and most functions are grayed out. I just downloaded the testmode files, got a new data.zip from the 2.0 firmware from pioneer (the unit came with 2.0 pre-installed). I have edited the pioneer.ini file and copied data.zip (containing edited pioneer.ini), MiTACAP and Testmode folders to my SD card. I am ready to boot WinCE now and transfer the new data.zip, which leads me to my question.

How do you exit from WinCE and return to the nav system? Will testmode always start-up from now on when the key is in the ACC position? If that is the case, can testmode be removed when I am finished? Or do I just remove it from the SD card prior to starting the system.

Thanks in advance.

- Stewart

[quote="What program is the best for editing the Contacts (.db) file? Any suggestions?

Will

Can someone help me with this?

Will

I use this program and it works great. There is a mac and pc version:

http://sqlitebrowser.sourceforge.net/

OK, well i did what i said above and answered all my own questions. To those doing this for the first time and wondering the same. When starting WinCE the testmode files are not permanently copied. If you remove the SD card, or remove the testmode files from the SD card the unit will function as normal regardless of key position being ACC or ON.

Now I do have a problem though. I had downloaded the 2.0 update from pionner, extracted the data.zip file to my desktop. Opened the zip and edited the pioneer.ini file directly. Saved the file and saved changes to the zip. When I was in CE I renamed the existing DATA.zip file to DATA_OLD.zip and copied my new modified DATA.zip over. I removed the card and restarted and everything looked ok but I still got the brake lead warning and functions grayed out. I also couldn't hit the map or menu buttons while the map was displayed.

Thinking that I had just copied over a new firmware, I attempted a reset. Now the splash screen shows for a brief second and the screen goes (and stays) black. I can still see the map, but all other screens and menus are completely black. When I get home, I will try getting back to WinCE, delete my modded file, and rename the old one back, copy the old one to sd and start the process over. Just wondering whats going on here, cause the parking brake lead is definitely ground (it's soldered to the ground of the head unit) and now with my new data.zip file the system is not working at all.

That's easy to answer. You screwed up something(s) in the data.zip file. Also make sure you use winrar or better yet 7zip to zip the data file back up, or else you'll get what you just got. You did read the FAQs posted here, right?

Yeah I read the faq, and I have read all the comments on this topic and the one specific to this hack.

I use linux, so I don't have winrar. I use file roller which like winrar, 7-zip, etc can handle just about any format out there. I did not extract, edit and re-compress. With file roller I am able to edit the file directly inside the zip. The only file I edited was project_config/pioneer.ini and only the single line changing the parking_break_speed value from 16.0 to 128.0.

I found the the screen was black because it is turning off. If I click the off button, the screen comes back. However, it still does not show the splash screen for the full boot up and the menu and map buttons do nothing if I am on the map screen or in any navigation submenu. My phone still connects, and music will still play. I'll just do a factory reset, recalibrate the screen and start over using the original data.zip file as opposed to the one I downloaded from pioneers website.

Getting it working again is one thing, but it is still giving me the warning message that the parking brake lead is incorrectly installed.

Well, I restored the original data.zip and copied it to my sd card. I wouldn't say it worked great, cause frankly i think the pioneer unit is a pos, but it worked(?) as it did when i installed it. With the original data.zip on my sd, i changed the file as i had previously and uploaded it, and the whole thing is screwed up again.

Again, I suggest 7zip.

I tried using pkzip and vim as opposed to file roller and gedit with the same results. I was hoping to not use the white rca harness at all, but seeing as how I cant get the zip copied over right and I don't really have access to a windows pc (my home and office are 100% linux), I went a head and restored my original data.zip and moved the mute wire. I will install the harness and ground the wire tomorrow hopefully with better results. Sorry for swaying a bit off topic.

Is anyone else having MAJOR lag when trying to navigate the WinCE screens? I have to wait a minute or more between selections! F90BT

Is anyone else having MAJOR lag when trying to navigate the WinCE screens? I have to wait a minute or more between selections! F90BT

Are you sure it's lagging and not just not registering a double click? Try selecting the directory and select file open, see if it still takes that long

Yep...it lags the same when I try to use the file -> open command or edit

-> copy or paste or whatever I try. Really frustrating. Anyway, I did get it to work eventually but I copied everything from the flash drive onto an SD. Where is the data.zip file?

I have a question. I have a 900BT and read through the forum on the steps to bypass the brake lead warning message. So, I revised the .ini file and changed the setting to 128.0 (as suggested) and have tried, both, grounding and not grounding the brake lead wire and I still get the warning message triggering at around 10 mph.

I have verified that the setting in the .ini file for the brake lead was still set at 128.0 but apparently it's reading something else to not work.

Any suggestions?

I have a question. I have a 900BT and read through the forum on the steps to bypass the brake lead warning message. So, I revised the .ini file and changed the setting to 128.0 (as suggested) and have tried, both, grounding and not grounding the brake lead wire and I still get the warning message triggering at around 10 mph.

 

I have verified that the setting in the .ini file for the brake lead was still set at 128.0 but apparently it's reading something else to not work.

 

Any suggestions?

You do need the brake wire grounded. Other than that, make sure that ZIP software you're using is putting the updated pioneer.ini into the correct folder inside DATA.ZIP.

Thanks for the response. I'm not sure why it didn't work when it was ground...but I do know that I had the correct .ini updated in the DATA.ZIP file. However, I did manage to get everything working after I read a post about moving the mute wire over to the 4th spot on the harness and grounding both the brake lead and the mute.

Hi,

I really want to get testmode working with my unit so that I can upload contacts to the unit but I'm worried about stuffing up the system.

Does anyone know if the testmode files (on page 1) work with the Australian F900BT?

Cheers

First of all thanks to JustinS for sending me his Australia Testmode file. I got booted into testmode perfectly, and have backed up the system.

I was looking at the process to load into testmode and the MapDBInfo.txt file and couldn't quite figure out why I needed to copy these files over. I didn't need the US, French or Spanish voice files because I'm using the Australia version.

So, I took a punt and deleted the lang & voice folders and edited MapDBInfo.txt to look like this.

Area: AU

IntegrationVersion: 01.000600

I saved the MapDBInfo.txt file which is now the only file under the iGo content folder, and it booted in to testmode really fast, no copying and no problems. (note that my file from JustinS has been changed to AU)

If anyone wants to take a look a the testmode file I would be happy to upload it.

Happy hacking, now that I'm in and backed up I'm going to try to get my phonebook across.

I've gotten into the WinCe menus and can get access to the keyboard and see all the proper files - and saved the new zip file as an archive so data.zip is data.zip with a new current date and time of save and the new info is in the file.

I can use CNTL - C to copy the file but when I use CNTL-P to paste on the flash side card I do NOT any confirmation that the file overwriting so I am assuming it is not working.

Also - none of the top file/edit/etc menus work or drop down.

Anyone have a crazy idea? Or a helpful solution?

F700BT.

[using 2.00000]

I've gotten into the WinCe menus and can get access to the keyboard and see all the proper files - and saved the new zip file as an archive so data.zip is data.zip with a new current date and time of save and the new info is in the file.

 

I can use CNTL - C to copy the file but when I use CNTL-P to paste on the flash side card I do NOT any confirmation that the file overwriting so I am assuming it is not working.

 

Also - none of the top file/edit/etc menus work or drop down.

 

Anyone have a crazy idea? Or a helpful solution?

 

F700BT.

 

[using 2.00000]

Calibrate your screen first then they will work.

I've gotten into the WinCe menus and can get access to the keyboard and see all the proper files - and saved the new zip file as an archive so data.zip is data.zip with a new current date and time of save and the new info is in the file.

 

I can use CNTL - C to copy the file but when I use CNTL-P to paste on the flash side card I do NOT any confirmation that the file overwriting so I am assuming it is not working.

 

Also - none of the top file/edit/etc menus work or drop down.

 

Anyone have a crazy idea? Or a helpful solution?

 

F700BT.

 

[using 2.00000]

Why don't you give CTRL-V a shot.