yeah, fireFTP did it for me. Thanks for this great piece. Now lets see if i can get it to burn and work on the N2...

i tried burning the iso torrents that were created on here and posted on piratebay but the east disc keep getting sector errors when the verification process started. I used PowerISO and Nero 7 Ultra at the lowest possible settings. Sucks cause I'm deploying next tuesday and wanted a copy but I read on here if the verification process doesn't work don't even try it or you might be stuck with nothing. Oh well D3 can wait the 6 months till I get back. If anyone is still creating workable copies for a fair price help a soldier out will ya and send me a pm or post up and I'll be happy to paypal. Thanks.

I am also having the problem with my d3 getting the "Insert Appropriate Disk" message on the west disk (the new east disk works fine). If I don't have the remote to downgrade the version, if I was to buy the originals from Pioneer would that fix the problem?

i tried burning the iso torrents that were created on here and posted on piratebay but the east disc keep getting sector errors when the verification process started. I used PowerISO and Nero 7 Ultra at the lowest possible settings. Sucks cause I'm deploying next tuesday and wanted a copy but I read on here if the verification process doesn't work don't even try it or you might be stuck with nothing. Oh well D3 can wait the 6 months till I get back. If anyone is still creating workable copies for a fair price help a soldier out will ya and send me a pm or post up and I'll be happy to paypal. Thanks.

That's my torrent and I got it from here so.....

my unit was fairly FUBAR'd by either an incomplete download/upgrade from the previous update file posted on the forum from a the "N" model. probably my error since it worked for others. I was able to DL this file and burn the image to a disc using PowerISO. I reset my unit using the reset porthole on the upper left of the unit by the eject button with the new disc inserted. After the unit 'rebooted' it updated again -completely this time- and it works with all of the pre-upgrade functions (map icons and function etc etc etc). the unit starts faster when I turn on my car and it has 2008 copyright from pioneer as well 5/2008 from telatlas and infousa.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting the actual discs! I would also like to thank the people who posted the original disc even though it did not work for me. I appreciate being part of a community that has members that go way above beyond my greatest expectation of an online association. In kind, I do graphic design work and would be willing to, in my limited time, pay it forward by helping create a few backgrounds for those that may want/need them.

Guys,

If any of you can help, I'd greatly appreciate it. I have an AVIC-D3.

I downloaded the East disk (downloading the West also currently), and burned it. No problems, and everything went fine.

I slipped it into the head unit, and it began the update, which took maybe a minute. However, now it continues to tell me to "Insert appropriate disk" and will do nothing else. If I take it out, and put it back in, it does the "Checking disk" deal, and then immediately gives me the same message about the "inapproriate disk".

Help?!?!

Thanks,

Bryan

Guys,

 

If any of you can help, I'd greatly appreciate it. I have an AVIC-D3.

 

I downloaded the East disk (downloading the West also currently), and burned it. No problems, and everything went fine.

 

I slipped it into the head unit, and it began the update, which took maybe a minute. However, now it continues to tell me to "Insert appropriate disk" and will do nothing else. If I take it out, and put it back in, it does the "Checking disk" deal, and then immediately gives me the same message about the "inapproriate disk".

 

Help?!?!

 

Thanks,

 

Bryan

try cleaning your dvd pickup lens with a lens cleaner also try different buning program as some work some dont

Guys,

 

If any of you can help, I'd greatly appreciate it. I have an AVIC-D3.

 

I downloaded the East disk (downloading the West also currently), and burned it. No problems, and everything went fine.

 

I slipped it into the head unit, and it began the update, which took maybe a minute. However, now it continues to tell me to "Insert appropriate disk" and will do nothing else. If I take it out, and put it back in, it does the "Checking disk" deal, and then immediately gives me the same message about the "inapproriate disk".

 

Help?!?!

 

Thanks,

 

Bryan

it was said before on here but it did ring true. Make sure you do a verification after it completes the burn process. I tried both PowerISO and Nero 7 with Verbatim DL and when it went to verify it had bad sectors on both programs using two different disc. The torrent ones didn't work for me and I'm not going to try them in my D3 for the reason above.

Just DLed the WEST CD. Burned it with NERO9, with verification. everything checked out ok, but when i put it into my N2, it said "please insert appropriate disc"....any inputs? i think i'm gonna try a different program tonight.

rather than face the pain of a worthless D3 I might just give into pioneer for $120 and just get it. If it messes up then pioneer owes me a new one or a better one.

rather than face the pain of a worthless D3 I might just give into pioneer for $120 and just get it. If it messes up then pioneer owes me a new one or a better one.

Actually, there's a whole bunch of lawyer-speak that comes with the discs, and they tell you that it MAY mess up and they aren't responsible if it does. YMMV

regards

~Marc

Ok, i tried every which way, and i cannot get this to work AT ALL.

All it keeps saying is insert appropriate disk. I have made a total of 6 cup coasters, and giving up.

Can someone PLEASE post exactly what process they did to get this to work?

If i knew this was going to put me out of a working nav unit, i would have never tried this.

Also, is there anyway to reverse this process without having a remote?

I have a D3.

hi all, just downloaded jlong CDNV-80mt for my AVIC-88DVD nav unit. The east coast disk was a zip file that i uncompressed to yield an iso image. i used nero to burn a verbatim dual layer +r DVD. No problems.

As far as install, here are the steps i used

1) left ignition on

2) car was outside(in case it needs a satellite feed)

3) ejected old dvd

4) inserted new CNDV-80mt

5) follow onscreen instuctions

6) upgrade went in two steps

7) when completed i pushed the tiny pin reset to reboot

done and working perfectly

Thank you again for all involved in this project

kenyakd

Ok, here is my status update.

After verifying ALL 6 downloads, and all 6 burns, i thought something was up with my unit itself since everything else checked out. So i bring all 6 dvds outside, try them all, reset the unit before and after each try, and still nothing.

Then while the dvd was in the unit, i tried pressing the reset and the eject at the same time, then let go of the reset and hold the eject for about 2 second, then let go. BINGO, that worked! Unit booted up, everything was fine! So i figured i would go for a little drive and make sure the nav worked 100%. Everything worked great, until i turned the car off, and restarted.

Now my D3 is saying, "please insert appropriate disk", and underneath it says "read error".

Anyone have any suggestions to try out? Maybe cleaning the lense? I dont think its dirty since i have only had it 3 weeks...

Has ANYONE had any luck? What programs did you use, what dvd disks, process of the burn, etc...

Also, is there anyway to reverse this process without having a remote?

 

I have a D3.

Fortunately a very helpful forums member is sending me a working 80 disk in the mail right now. So i'm looking forward to that...

if you can't locate a working disk for yourself, get the remote. Old navigation is better then no navigation.

I too have a D3.

jlong1987, everytime i download the east dvd, it says its corrupted. Are you sure the file you uploaded is ok?

TY

look i don't know why people complain about how they get things for free

no one had to ever do this for them. like i said in another post, most people on here want things for free with out puting any work in to getting the things that they get and that i feel is not just lazy and wrong.

some people spend hours trying to put things together for some free loaders to come by and take what they want and walk away, and if everything is not to what they think they should have got then they cry about it. i am sick of that. if you don't do any research on how to do anything for your self then what is the point in living at all.

jlong thank you for doing the work and spending the time for us to have these disks. i feel that some that need to have there hand held to complete this. that they should donate to the people that put the work in to help them out. but that is just me talking.

At first I had problems with the disc but now they worked so I figured I would share my experiences. I downloaded the disc from the piratebay torrent which should be the same as the FTP files. I originally had it on an external drive and was trying to burn from there via USB and that's where the verification errors starting happening such as bad sectors on the east disc. I figured I would try copying the files from the external back to the main drive and burn the west disc via PowerISO. I get the burn setting at MAX using a Verbatim DL + and selecting the verify after burn. The west disc worked perfect so I gave the east a shot and that one worked too. Started the truck up put the new east disc in and the D3 did it's think perfectly. Weird and it probably shouldn't be that way but it worked.

see now that is what i call working out your own problems . and sharing the info. on the isssue that you had thanks for that now some people that are out there will see they are doing something the same and fix the issues and then it works for them.

good job and thanks for the info

Downloaded from the ftp site the east coast iso file from the downloads directory. Burned the ISO at 16x on a memorex dl disc, put it in and watched it update.

havent noticed much difference, but I havent driven that much in the last week. I think some of the icons on xm are a little different.

thanks for the info

What is the difference between the east ISO image on the ftp site and the zipped east disk.

What is the difference between the east ISO image on the ftp site and the zipped east disk.

Shouldn't be a difference. The torrent was done by someone on here since it has a AVIC411 document with it. All in all when you extract the zipped file it comes out to around 8gb give or take for each disc.

JLONG U ROCK! THANKS SO MUCH

But i seem to have a problem i downloaded the file using the FileZilla FTP clientt and when i try to extract it Winrar tells me its corrupted. Ok, so i went and downloaded the newer version and it still says the same thing. Does anyone know what i can do now to fix this?