Hello Avic Gods.. I'm hoping you can help me out here.. I did all of the steps to mod my f900bt. I tested it out and my video stayed on. I believe I did a great job for the first time until I realized that the the lil box at the bottom of the screen that says, "system is starting up.. please wait" was still on the screen. I let the car sit for a few minutes to see if it would go off but it did not. I turned the car off and back on.. same thing... I reset the HU.. same thing.. I can click on all of my icons except on the main screen where it says settings and phone.. please help!!

And it keeps rebooting every 5 - 10 minutes... grrr.. I'm in limbo here...

Did you make a backup copy of the original file before you modified it and put it on the unit? If you did, swap that one back in there and see if it fixes it. Then we'll go from there.

Ok i was able to re-install the old files and the unit is back to normal... I followed the steps explicitly and had this problem.. what do i do next?

I had set my speed to 256 being a multiple of 16 as I travel regularly over 80 mph.. sshhhh.. Could this be a factor? I tried th ebypass again and have had the same results...

I changed mine to 256.0 (in addition to all other changes) and no problems.

Are you sure your pioneer.ini is still inside the project_config folder in the archive?

i never moved the pioneer.ini file.... what other changes did you do? and after checking it's still in the same place..

can someone help me please, i cant for the life of me find the data zip file that need to be mode. i had my f900bt indash install on 9-19-2008, it has the latest firmware update 1.00170 something like that. where is this pioneer.ini data file at is it in the latest firmware update zip file, if so i can't find it. the guy that install it at brandsmart told me to buy a toggle switch and connect a wire to the pink wire going to the park brake and connect a ground wire to metal. that work as long as i didn't go over 16 mph, it would disable it self to factory default, which tell me i need the software mode. where is this mystery data file at that i can't find, help please.

can someone help me please, i cant for the life of me find the data zip file that need to be mode. i had my f900bt indash install on 9-19-2008, it has the latest firmware update 1.00170 something like that. where is this pioneer.ini data file at is it in the latest firmware update zip file, if so i can't find it. the guy that install it at brandsmart told me to buy a toggle switch and connect a wire to the pink wire going to the park brake and connect a ground wire to metal. that work as long as i didn't go over 16 mph, it would disable it self to factory default, which tell me i need the software mode. where is this mystery data file at that i can't find, help please.

Thanx to everyone.. I found a guy who did his and he did mine also!! as for the file ur looking for it's in the main folder called APL2.. then look for the data.zip file and then u will see the pioneer file where u need to go...

are we talking about a firmware update zip file, if so i have download that file from pioneer site and there is no data zip file within the zip, or are we talking about the testmode located on the f900bt screem if so that testmode is not highlighted....where do i get this file from? someone please guide me to this file.

thank you CatchMeIfYouCan631, i had download that file i guess those file will reveal the mystery files once it is copy from the sd card to the f900.

like i said in my first post the hard wired hack work as long as i was going 16mph, one problem with that my brake light stay on, my car 99 diamante did i mis something. cant wait to do the software mode.

I didn't mean anyone should add a .0 at the end of the line

I was thinking someone should just set it to 0

Anyone tried it yet?

If you correctly relocated and secured that mute wire, then correctly grounded both the parking brake wire and mute wire, the hardware bypass will work. Did you ground it to a metal surface or did you tap into the brack ground wire. If you went to a metal surface, pleae know that just because it's metal does not mean it's a good ground.

New here , Just got a Avic-F900BT as a gift, anyone in the NY area able or willing to do the bypass mod on my Avic. i know nothinig is free so def dont mind paying.

i boot my unit in wince and i dont find the data.zip file. Can someone help me please! It's f-900 unit in canada.

My Flash Disk -> APL2 -> iGo

By default file extensions aren't turned on, so all you will see is DATA, not DATA.ZIP.

I try it right now and i give you the result!!! :)

So, i find the file, but how can copy it in my sd card! I try to drag and slide but not good and i dont have copy choice in menu.

I have instal the f900 unit in my car and i put a switch on the wire to break plug and made the software bypass and all is working very well!!!!!

GREAT TANKS for the tips!!!!! :):):)

Hey all,

I got my f900 to boot into wince mode but every time i try to touch any of the buttons the block just turns green like it is locking up. then they ust stay that way until i turn the car on again. i cannot access any of the files to copy them let alone get them to the sd card to edit them. Any suggestions?

forget it i figured it out

thanks anyway though

I'm Sorry to be a nuisance, I figured out how to load the f900 into wince mode. I dragged and dropped the entire my flashdisk folder to my sd card found the .ini file to my desk top made the change to 128 saved it and drag and dropped it back into the folder but when i try to re-name the original it will not allow me to, if and when i figure out how to rename the file what do i need to do put the file back into the f900, do i just replace the entire f900 my flashdisk all for that one file? or am i completely missing something. any help will do here.

where do i go to get to the data file to change the speed?

Hey All,

I just had Custom Sounds install my f90bt yesterday. I've read all the posts/replies and I've got one problem.

- Located (*.ini) file..... Check!

- Modified said file.... Check!

- Copied files onto SD Card.... Check!

- Followed instructions to update firmware from pioneer website.... Check!

(I.e. turn off veh./insert SD/turn on unit/...)

- Update firmware... DUD!

My f90 never booted up in "Update Mode" it just started up as usual. I was waiting for the 10 min downtime that it everyone talked about and it never happened... Is there a different update method used? My SD card in a PNY from best buy 1 gb, should be good?

Oh ya, It reads off the SD card I changed my background using it and it worked.

Any help would be awsome!