There is a new european update available for F500, F700 and F900

http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/content/support/support/upgrade/AVIC_F900BT_F700BT.html

But this one doesn't correct the bluetooth issue

Still have to wait...

Can we install this on American systems without issue?

I've install the update (I'm french) : no visible changes at first sight... maybe the system is more responsive.

Anyone knows what are the changes ?

Well updated to this, can see no difference.

In the update process the majority of the file change I saw deleted and add were the voices.

Funny though my button as still silent after replacing the files mention in other threads but, the dreaded blue boxes are back,

I am getting the impression these once a month updates for europe either say they are special just for the language or other differences just for that region, or pioneer usa just doesn't give a crap.

The update is from july, two months ago, and it applied to both usa and europe

I am starting to wonder if these are two seperate companies. I mean you looka t the website design, its very nice and orderly and up to date. Pioneer usa website seems to have issues with links etc that takes months to corrects. Anyone ever click on the support link on the main page for the f series? It took you to a broken link, the manual link didn't work forever and well, I hate the complete silence regarding feedback of anything. No mention of a service update in the works.

I guess I am happy the unit works, but i am tired of the bugs and the performance issues that still are present.

I would certainly hope this isn't all she wrote and they are just working on the next gen in dash nav unit and leaving us out to dry with a still subpar unit. I can't return mine now so I get to wait it out and hope they do put out an update, eventually. I won't even jinx it by saying "soon".

There is something I don't understand at all : the poorness of informations Pioneer gives on the official website...

Why don't they publish a version note about what is corrected with each upgrade ?

Strange, strange...

I haven't applied the update yet, but looking at the contents of their zip files, the only difference between 1.9 and 2.0 is that iGo has gone from version 0.45 to 0.46. Wow

Once again I just love how they make you reload the ENTIRE os for a single file I mean, call me crazy but this worries me that this company has got some very amateur engineer's writing the software. Bless the hardware design guys, but they really made a mistake going with who they did for all the software. Maybe they should hire a spy at Kenwood to figure out how they do things.

There has GOT to be a way to patch this thing with a couple megabyte "patch" instead of loading a 200mb complete load of the os.

I haven't applied the update yet, but looking at the contents of their zip files, the only difference between 1.9 and 2.0 is that iGo has gone from version 0.45 to 0.46. Wow

Well, if it's the latest build of iGO there were quite a few fixes, supposedly, so it's a good thing...

but does it fix the barking speedcamera detecting dog!! :D

Wooof! Woof!

It has fixed one issue where on some F900's it used to crash when you try to go to some areas in the UK.

Well updated to this, can see no difference.

 

In the update process the majority of the file change I saw deleted and add were the voices.

 

Funny though my button as still silent after replacing the files mention in other threads but, the dreaded blue boxes are back,

so after the update you can still run the hack to get in to the system?

let us know please, thanks

Yes, you can still go into the windows CE mode to continue hacking. What has been fixed in this version is the slider for the speedwarnings. It wasn't functioning at all in the 19 release, but now it actually works. Wow...

I didn't discover more fixes yet.

indeed wince hack still works

i have installed this update on my box.

before i did do the update i had a look at it and it includes the data.zip file. so any mod you made will be gone. i also tried to include a couple mods in the data.zip file of the update before installation but no luck. the updater is checking the files and it refused to install due file error...

so you will have to mod your data.zip file after the upgrade.

I tried to include my modded data.zip file in the original update, but that is refused by the upgrade program. You can simply run the update and after that you can replace the data.zip by your modded version. You also have to replace the fonts again (if you want to).

Works ok.

Well TBH if there is no noticable difference with the update, I'm not even going to install it when the US version releases. Seems to be more trouble than its worth if I'm going to have to mess with the Data.zip again.

I haven't tested extensively, but the last time I received a phone call, I'm pretty sure it didn't swtich to the map screen. However, I've only had one phone call since I've updated it...

As far as updates go this one doesn't do much.

The slider for the speedwarnings still has no function what-so-ever.

-C

The slider for the speedwarnings IS fixed and the barking dog has disappeared.

I'm sorry, but what!? Barking dog?

The slider for the speedwarnings IS fixed and the barking dog has disappeared.

Well.. sorry but its not. Tested it yesterday and no joy. Still no function on the slider.

The barking dog as it is referred to only happens when you are over the speed limit and approaching a speed camera or anything the sat nav things is a speed camera, i can confirm as an eu customer it is still there after this update and i can confirm it still changes to the map screen when receiving calls the only thing i find different is that the buttons seem a little bit more responsive that before.

and to the guy moaning that US was shit you are the guys who get the voice control that we dont.

The US and european versions are substantially different - for instance, europe does not have the voice control, xm, sirius, or MSN Direct. On the other hand, they have tons of regionalization issues and many many TTS voices.

The barking dog as it is referred to only happens when you are over the speed limit and approaching a speed camera or anything the sat nav things is a speed camera, i can confirm as an eu customer it is still there after this update and i can confirm it still changes to the map screen when receiving calls the only thing i find different is that the buttons seem a little bit more responsive that before.

 

and to the guy moaning that US was shit you are the guys who get the voice control that we dont.

Barking dog is (still) there when speeding while approaching a radar location. Anyone tried to replace

" \iGO Data\audio\!alert5.wav" in the data.zip file ?