Seems Europe is a smaller market for Pioneer, we get only 1.19 with less improvements than the US version.

Will install and report

Jörg

you meant 1.90 not 1.19

I guess improvements are the same as the US 1.20 though ?

Yes i've installed it. It works great!!

Better start up time and mobile phone. Only with the 16gb SD card inserted, i dont see improvement.

Yep, sorry notced after the update it is 1.9

It is not the same as the 2.0 in the US, there are some things missing.

There is no BT update, hence the Phone dialogue still blocks the System while on a call.

But boot time is faster, Blue boxes are gone and contacts are showing with reference (Mobile, Work or home) and the touch screen responds much faster.

So overall promising but we're not there yet

Forgot to try: does the speed limit warning work now?

See you

Jörg

Ok, just installed the 1.9 minutes ago.

First impression : I wouldn't have call it a "Major"update, but just an update (one that finally fix stuff).

+ yes, boot up is faster, around 40 seconds now. (before it was 1m 10 sec).

+ only the menu button are more reactive.

+ SD mp4 movies reading is significantly better. I can finally see video clips where people dances (almost!) on rythm. Those same video files were unwatchable before.

+ MAYBE a better priority given to the rear camera view (I say maybe, cause i still have to test it more deeply)

- didn't notice any real improvement in MAP drawing speed. However, i was in an underground parking, so couldn't test it while driving.

- zoom out / zoom in on maps (2D) didn't look faster too me... it's still slow and by the time it execute my zoom request, it still goes too far in the zoom. So i sitll have to zoom in or out with steps and wait for the avic to react.

I'll try it more deeply tomorrow afternoon while driving in Paris Traffic Jams...

the good news is that even after this firmware update our windos ce boot sd card still works!

i already added my hacks back to this new firmware version.

The bluetooth hack is a seperate file to download on the US website of Pioneer. So has nothing to do with the 1.19 version.

I've downloaded the bluetooth software and installed..... It works, but can't notice any difference in quality or so....

I have no problems with the handsfree by the way. But upgraded more like "in case of"

so you used the US bluetooth firmware on a EU head unit?

As far as the update itself goes, apparently somebody did a file compare on them, and US 2.0 and EU 1.9 are identical except for version files (LPUE080APL.* and LPUE080PLT.*)

I think in the US due to the BT update you can now control the unit while on a call, in Europe we still get the Popup which blocks the screen.

Is that correct?

thx

i had a quick look through the ui files in side the data.zip file and they are cleaned from most of the obsolete code what was there before so some one really went through it to clean it up.

I think in the US due to the BT update you can now control the unit while on a call, in Europe we still get the Popup which blocks the screen.

 

Is that correct?

 

thx

I've tested as you say.... and you are right!!! great improvement.

So go and install that update!!

@bitman yes us bluetooth update only not 2.0 update

Anybody of the specialistst here have any objections against using the BT update with the European 1.9 firmware? I don't want to screw anything up for possible future updates.

Thank you

Jörg

After upgrade to firmware 1.9, I seem to have a problem with the sound.

When I listen to the radio, from time to time, the sound goes off. After some seconds, the sound comes back. It's as during those seconds the soundsettings are locked. Whe I turn the knob to adjust the sound, nothing happens. You even do not see the litte box in the upper right corner with the current volume setting. And then suddenly the sound comes back.

My problem is solved.

As of now the speedcams are realy working.

And this was what caused my problem.

My sound for navigating was set to off.

But apparently when you pass a speedcam the sound of the radio is muted to warn you.

In the previous firmware this was not the case because all the speedcams had the same speed (= 0 kmh). So there never was a warning.

My problem is solved.

 

But apparently when you pass a speedcam the sound of the radio is muted to warn you.

No change on this side, compared to previous verson.

When approaching a speedcam, it starts beeping (together with Radio/SD) and when driving above the speed of the speedcam, it's the sound of a dog barking.

There are still a lot of bugs in 1.9

Access to the route menue through the multi information window (bottom left) is not working anymore. The button is just not responding.

Speed Limit warning is still not working properly, it always warns AT the limit no matter if set to 70% or to 130%.

If you route is overlaying a TMC warning the colour (green) doesn't change (to violet) at some map scales.

Incoming calls still do not show with Contact Name (may be fixed with the BT update)

The navi voice is just not able to speak German numbers correct 480 turns into 48, 840 into 84. Just a bad translation but sometimes confusing if you don't look at the screen what is really meant.

I'm sure there is more

Good night Jörg