i made the mistake of downloading in vista the 4GB west file.... burned and tried to update, it updated then stopped and says please insert appropriate disc.

 

i came back, downloaded the 8GB version and burned. once i stuck it in it updated and then went back to "please insert approriate disc" again. what can i do now? am i screwed? is there a way to downgrade to the original version?

 

the unit(d3) doesn't respond to anything now... the OEM disc doesn't seem to help...

 

please help

if the d3 is like the n1-n3 or d1-d2 YOU CAN BACK DATE THE DISC BY GOING INTO THE PIONEER SERVICE MENU YOU DO THIS BY PRESSING RESET BUTTON AND HOLD THEN HOLD EJECT AT SAME TIME THEN RELESE REST AND RELEASE EJECT AFTER THIS IS DO IT WILL SHOW "PRESS REST'' THEN WITH UR TOGGLE PRESS UP-RIGHT-UP-RIGHT-DOWN-RIGHT-DOWN-RIGHT FIND THE OPTION THAT SAYS FOURCE PROGRAM ENTER HERE AND FOURCE THE 1ST AND 3RD OPTION WITH YOUR ORIGINAL DISC AFTER THIS IS COMPLETED GO BACK TO MAIN SERVICE SCREEN AND RESET SAVED OPTIONS I BELIEVE #6 AFTER THIS IS DONE PRESS RESET BUTTON AND LET THE UNIT RESTART THEN YOU ARE DONE!

but the d3 doesn't have a toggle that can go up/right it only has a volume knob and forward/reverse seek buttons....

there's supposedly a procedure to get into the service menu but it requires the remote which i don't have...

any other ideas?

i made the mistake of downloading in vista the 4GB west file.... burned and tried to update, it updated then stopped and says please insert appropriate disc.

 

i came back, downloaded the 8GB version and burned. once i stuck it in it updated and then went back to "please insert approriate disc" again. what can i do now? am i screwed? is there a way to downgrade to the original version?

 

the unit(d3) doesn't respond to anything now... the OEM disc doesn't seem to help...

 

please help

 

if the d3 is like the n1-n3 or d1-d2 YOU CAN BACK DATE THE DISC BY GOING INTO THE PIONEER SERVICE MENU YOU DO THIS BY PRESSING RESET BUTTON AND HOLD THEN HOLD EJECT AT SAME TIME THEN RELESE REST AND RELEASE EJECT AFTER THIS IS DO IT WILL SHOW "PRESS REST'' THEN WITH UR TOGGLE PRESS UP-RIGHT-UP-RIGHT-DOWN-RIGHT-DOWN-RIGHT FIND THE OPTION THAT SAYS FOURCE PROGRAM ENTER HERE AND FOURCE THE 1ST AND 3RD OPTION WITH YOUR ORIGINAL DISC AFTER THIS IS COMPLETED GO BACK TO MAIN SERVICE SCREEN AND RESET SAVED OPTIONS I BELIEVE #6 AFTER THIS IS DONE PRESS RESET BUTTON AND LET THE UNIT RESTART THEN YOU ARE DONE!

I'm having the same problem. All my unit will do is say please insert correct disk. Can anyone help?

Everything works and updated! Thanks so much!

ALSO!

I have a DL burner. I have downloaded and used both discs. Both work perfect in my N3 and N4.

If Anyone wants a copy, I can burn and mail a copy for $15 for both east and west discs SHIPPED. This is for the cost of the DVDs and for shipping, plus a couple dollars for gas to the DVD store and post office. Not looking to make any money off this, because jlong and rotun were so kind as to provide them for free, so if anyone does not have a DL burner, I can get you east and west that I know for a fact work, for $15.

pm or email me at

sk1n_w4lk3r AT yahoo DOT com

Thanks again guys, great work.

Everything works and updated! Thanks so much!

 

 

ALSO!

If Anyone wants a copy, I can burn and mail a copy for $15 for both east and west discs SHIPPED.

FIFTEEN BUCKS??? Maybe if you paid for the program in the first place, like the people that provided it to you..... You should pass it forward, the same way you got it, IMHO.

regards

~Marc

Hense why I wasnt worried about upgrading Plummit. LOL

Look at all the problems people are having. If there was a firmware update on the disk for my D3 Id probably buy it. Maybe next year they'll come out with one.

I'm not holding my breath though.

Plummit - DL Disks, shipping and time ain't free. A little bit of know-how can save you 15 bucks, but sounds like there's a lot out there who either don't know how, or don't have the means to make their own back ups.

Hense why I wasnt worried about upgrading Plummit. LOL

 

Look at all the problems people are having. If there was a firmware update on the disk for my D3 Id probably buy it. Maybe next year they'll come out with one.

 

I'm not holding my breath though.

Yes I agree, the "update" probably isn't necessary for most people. I bought it because I have an N3 installed in my work truck, and it really helps my plumbing business to be able to get to job sites fast. Just the time saved by not using the Thomas guide cuts down wasted time during the work day.

That said, I feel that most of the problems that people are having were brought on by trying to get something for nothing. They are DLing this program and not understanding the requirements to create a viable disc that can be used. AFAIK, no one that has upgraded with the original Pioneer disc (or exact copy) has had a problem. As always, YMMV.

regards

~Marc

so plummit...explain what you mean by "an exact copy" of the original disks. Everyone on here who still has their D3 (and hasn't sold it yet) considers ISO files to be "exact copies"

With .iso's being so large of a file it is very easy for it to be corrupted during any part of the download, extracting & burning process, especially when you have a person trying to do all of the above and they are only at an amateur or lower level of using a pc. Then there's the type and health status of the pc they are attempting to do this on along with their connection and hardware used to access the internet or ftp for download. It's pretty much a guarantee those that are having problems are not setup with the experience or hardware for doing it correctly. As for the firmware....can anyone prove or disprove there is no update for any of the units it covers?

Plummit - DL Disks, shipping and time ain't free. A little bit of know-how can save you 15 bucks, but sounds like there's a lot out there who either don't know how, or don't have the means to make their own back ups.

I paid $1.40 for my Memorex Dual-Layer discs, so that's what, $3 for two? I just sent a disc to another user and the cost to mail was under $4. That $8 bucks total if you want to count pennies. When you consider that the upgrade was PROVIDED AT NO CHARGE here, (I paid full price for mine) I think that if you are going to help someone out then don't charge them "gas money".

Just get your copies made and make 1 trip to the post office to send them out for cost.

Anyway, as I said, that's my opinion and it's worth exactly what you paid for it....

regards

~Marc

so plummit...explain what you mean by "an exact copy" of the original disks. Everyone on here who still has their D3 (and hasn't sold it yet) considers ISO files to be "exact copies"

Apparently not everyone downloaded an ISO file. There were several methods of getting the update that were put out there.

My "exact copy" was made off the original disc that I bought from Pioneer. I use the copy in my truck, and keep the original safe at home.

regards

~Marc

yeah, plum, 15 bucks. I got it for free. DL discs are expensive. I got 10 of them for $19.00 here at Circuit city. Postage is roughly $3.00 from the post office for a box (rather than crummy envelopes that will, and have in my past experiences, snapped discs in two.) And I don't think $7 is unfair for my time and gas to get to the post office to send them out, plus the HOUR each disc takes to burn.

Marc, all your posts are the same. You are an elitest and an arrogant fuck. All of your posts are condescending on people that don't want to pay for the disc. We get it. You can afford it. Great. You don't need to post in EVERY thread talking shit about people that want to share it.

and enough with the "regards" bullshit. You're a tool.

and who wants to pay for their copy of a disc then wait 10 days till I feel I have enough to make it worth it for a trip to the post office? $15 for a $120 product is not at all unreasonable. I hardly feel like I'll be made a millionaire for it. Not to mention the fact that to not waste a good DL disc I can hardly justify using my pc during a burn, so as to decrease possibilities of it causing a problem during burning. So for the hours of not being able to use my pc, the time to buy discs up front before knowing people will order copies, the time to burn them, pack them, ship them, gas, boxes, when all is said and done... I personally would've paid someone $15 to do it all for me. So yeah marc, as much as you preach about being able to afford a nice new GPS unit but not the

"food" for it you so often proclaim, $15 seems like an awful lot of cash for you.

Do us all a favor and quit posting in every topic. No one is impressed with a 67 post count, because 65 of them were spent with you saying the same bullshit.

$15 for a $120 product is not at all unreasonable.

So basically you're only paying "Thanks" to Jlong1987 for spending his time and money so that you can upgrade for free, but you want to be compensated for everything including your "loss of computer time"....

regards

~Marc

Everything works and updated! Thanks so much!

 

 

ALSO!

If Anyone wants a copy, I can burn and mail a copy for $15 for both east and west discs SHIPPED.

 

FIFTEEN BUCKS??? Maybe if you paid for the program in the first place, like the people that provided it to you..... You should pass it forward, the same way you got it, IMHO.

 

regards

 

~Marc

$15 is not a bad price shipped if you look at the cost of Dual Layer DVDs and the cost of shipping. Not to mention the time involved with burning. Then if the money is sent through PayPal they have their fees to take out. So he is not gouging people out of money. The FTP is still available for people to download it if you want but there are the people out there that wont or can't download it and being able to pay $15 for it to be shipped to your door is not a bad deal. If you think $15 is to steep then don't pay it and stop bitching about it. I personally would be charging more because I value my time at a much higher rate

I have to agree with everyone that is telling you to stop posting Plummit I let people use my FTP for everyone to download it for free. If they want to waste their time selling both disc for $15 shipped to peoples door I can not complain about that. Hell If it were me I would charge $50 shipped and I don't even have the excuse of saying that I wouldn't be able to use my computer while it was burning as I have a DVD copier machine to do 10 disc at a time. If people want to pay $15 for the disc they shouldn't have to be worried about being badgered by you for buying it. Nor should people that are trying to help others out have to sift through post after post of your self righteous bullshit to see someone asking a question

Hi jlong,

I downloaded from the link and got a file called CNDV_80MT_East.zip.

When I try to open it with winzip version 6.0, I get an I/O error.

Other .zip files open correctly. Do I need a newer version of winzip?

I am using Verizon FIOS and have not had any download problems before.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

If people want to pay $15 for the disc they shouldn't have to be worried about being badgered by you for buying it.

I couldn't agree more jlong1987, that's why I would never badger anyone for buying a copy for any amount.

regards

~Marc

jlong,

I would highly recommend RARing the West disc for these reasons:

1. The download size will be less than half of an ISO file.

2. If someone's download doesn't finish and the file is corrupt, the file won't unRAR so that eliminates people trying to burn a corrupt ISO.

Zip will work too, but I think RAR is more efficient than ZIP when it comes to file size.

Hi jlong,

I downloaded from the link and got a file called CNDV_80MT_East.zip.

When I try to open it with winzip version 6.0, I get an I/O error.

Other .zip files open correctly. Do I need a newer version of winzip?

I am using Verizon FIOS and have not had any download problems before.

Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

It was zipped with 7Zip, d/l the free version.

Probably should rename that with a .7z suffix to avoid confusion.

thank you.

 

Someday when I grow up I want to have a server just like Rotun's.

 

FiOs is being installed monday so step 1 is underway.

Not my server that is providing, I only wish my connection was that fast.

Hi jlong,

I downloaded from the link and got a file called CNDV_80MT_East.zip.

When I try to open it with winzip version 6.0, I get an I/O error.

Other .zip files open correctly. Do I need a newer version of winzip?

I am using Verizon FIOS and have not had any download problems before.

Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

 

It was zipped with 7Zip, d/l the free version.

Thanks rotun. That is the information that I needed.

plummit, all of your posts are the same. You are a self righteous arrogant prick and you just like hearing yourself talk. this is a forums full of free information tech advice, tips tricks and hacks so why wouldnt people come here wanting the updates for free too? Christ. We are sharing something with other people, we all understand you don't approve. I think its also safe to say none of us give a fuck what you think?

Again, to anyone interested:

If you are not tech savvy, don't have a DL burner, don't own any DL discs, or are just fuckin lazy, I can and will burn copies for you. $15 for both east and west, on a memorex DL DVD +R, which works perfect, shipped to your door. Paypal or money order is ok, and I don't charge extra for paypal! I downloaded these free same copies that are here on the FTP, and can provide the DVD, burning, and shipping for those of you that are held back by one of the stipulations above.

PM or email me with any questions or to order. I have had 4 orders in the last day and 6 additional emails. I will thank rotun and jlong for providing this and am not chargng in order to make any profit. It is simply to cover costs and expenses.

Regards

~Eric