Hi all,

 

I just purchased and installed myself the F90BT in my 2003 Honda Pilot. Pretty straight forward as I purchased a harness and dash face plate kit. Finding all speed senor, backup, etc wire was a snap. Even install a PAC-SWPS and it actually works, though not really responsive. Ipod works fairly well though I do have to learn to speak clearly for the unit to understand me. Same goes with the Bluetooth. All in all, a pretty decent unit for all the tech that goes into it.

 

Here are my questions hopefully someone can answer please.

 

1)Can I display the speed on the map while driving? (I know I can see it in the GPS signal screen but would be nicer if it display on the map screen)

 

2)How can I set zoom setting in 3D to stick? I would zoom in to a level I like but then every time I start the car, it goes back to a default zoom level.

 

3)Also, in 3D mode, I'm not seeing building like the demo on Pioneer's website. I live in a relative large city, Seattle, but no buildings. Is that a setting somewhere?

 

4)Many times when I stop the car, the direction arrow showing myself would spin around and face another direction. When I drive again, it would spin back to the correct location. I did install my antenna at a 45 degree angle on a flat horizontal surface, could this be it?

 

5)Is there a hack to automatically click the disclaimer page at start?

 

6)Is there a way to automatically go to the map screen on start instead of the front selection screen showing the Direction, Contacts, AV?

 

7)Can the iPod be plugged in indefinitely? Would the ipod turn itself off or would it just drain the ipod's battery and when the car starts, the F90BT would recharge it?

 

8)In the contact screen, it should a bunch of cartoon heads. Anyway to place image of the person?

 

Thanks in advance.

1)Can I display the speed on the map while driving? (I know I can see it in the GPS signal screen but would be nicer if it display on the map screen)

yup, it's one of the options for the 3 fields in the map display

 

7)Can the iPod be plugged in indefinitely? Would the ipod turn itself off or would it just drain the ipod's battery and when the car starts, the F90BT would recharge it?

That's exactly how I run mine, left in the glovebox connected, I've never seen any ill effects, and this is the 2nd head unit I've done that with.

8)In the contact screen, it should a bunch of cartoon heads. Anyway to place image of the person?

It's a frequent topic in the hacks forum, and the general opinion is that it's either far too much work, or that it won't work because of the way they use the icon for the images.

 

welcome to the forum!

Diane

1)Can I display the speed on the map while driving? (I know I can see it in the GPS signal screen but would be nicer if it display on the map screen)

yup, it's one of the options for the 3 fields in the map display

 

 

How is this done?

1)Can I display the speed on the map while driving? (I know I can see it in the GPS signal screen but would be nicer if it display on the map screen)

yup, it's one of the options for the 3 fields in the map display

 

 

How is this done?

Chapter 25 in the manual, Customizing Preferences, Displayed Info, that will bring you right to it.

 

The manual is a goldmine of useful information, it's worth reading.

 

Diane