while hopping into my car today the unit started to load up like usual with the splash screen next thing i know it the screen is just lit black no icons appear or anything i noticed the blutooth connected sign popped up but then went away plus my colors i had programed in are now gone someone please help

Did you try to reset the unit ?

not yet . but when i noticed i messed with the menu and map buttons along with the volume switch the screen would come back up. how would i go about resetting?

can anyone chime in here? what could be causing this problem out of the blue? also how would i go about resetting it? i seemed to have misplaced my manual and yes i did search i couldnt find any thread adderessing this problem

i tryed the reset with still no luck the screen continues to black out the unit is on powered. i can usually hear music or something but the screen will black out. as i said before if i fiddle with the map menu and control knob together then sometimes the screen will come back on. HAS ANYBODY ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM LIKE THIS HELPPPPPPPPP

your back-up camera setting is screwed up. similar thing happened to me. i forget exactly how i fixed it, but somehow i was able to get to the menu (try combinations of reset and menu button presses). then go to settings for the backup camera. you'll see that neither the on or off buttons are selected. push the off button and you should be all set.

thanks bro i will give it a try

why would this give me a problem though? i dont even have the backup camera installed on my unit

No idea - I didn't either. Mine just randomly started doing that one day.

aight.. i definetly will give it a try though. because it would be a big pain having to yank that sucker out and send it to pioneer

just tried it, i believe that fixed the problem thanks alot bro!!!!! i owe you beer lol

Happy to help

I just wanted to say, this site is the best. I've go to get in the truck this morring, start the truck and the pic with black on my screen. I beat my head all day thinking it was software problem. Then called pioneer and there tell me it's because the parking brake wire is bypass and if that's the case there is no waranty on the radio, but that I can send it in and in 14 to 21 days they can have it back to me I told the guy I bought pioneer's top of the line radio and your telling me that I might have it back in 21 days , which I reply you mean that if I had my stock radio in my truck and took it to ford there going to tell me 21days and then I can have one back, are you nuts. So why did I buy a pioneer??? he then replys gee sir I'm sorry you feel that way. Back to the point this post is exactly what was wrong with my radio, I was reading it going there is no way I over looked this. walked out to the truck and I'll be. So I owe this guy a beer too . Thanks again

What is the combo of buttons to get the screen back up? Been trying all night and nothing.

called pioneer and they told me the same thing, that it was because it was bypassed and all hardware bypassed radios fail eventually. turns out it works fine now that i set the backup camera to off, but now my voice recognition doesnt work

anyone have this same issue?