I've had my F900BT for roughly 6 months now and it has been working perfectly since the latest firmware upgrade. That is, until now. I was just about to go on a small road trip, i input my destination and all of a sudden the system rebooted. Then rebooted again, and again, and again... After numerous physical resets, removing the radio fuse.. nothing's worked. It displays the 'now loading' screen just fine, makes its way to the main menu with the 'system starting' pop up...then reboots. I've disconnected the SD card I had in there (Music), disconnected bluetooth and made sure no disc was in the DVD slot...Nothing's made a difference.

What the hell is going on? How can I fix it???

HELP!

sorry bro same thing happened to me had about 4gb of music on a SD and it start acting weird...you wil have to send it to pioneer.

I have the entire flash drive from a virgin factory 2.0 install at an online backup site. Send me a PM with your email address, and I'll give you access to my files.. you can overwrite your files with the ones I have. It's worked for a good few folks here.

PM sent.

I've contacted Pioneer regarding the issue. I'd prefer not having to send them the unit, so any help would be greatly appreciated at this point.

Keep the advice coming!

I second redoing your flash drive. Do you have a sd card of atleast 2 gbs? Have you tried going into test mode?

I second redoing your flash drive. Do you have a sd card of atleast 2 gbs? Have you tried going into test mode?

I've got an 8GB SD card.. No idea how to go into 'test' mode. I haven't modded this unit at all other than the connector plug-in for setting the GPS and viewing DVD's while driving.

This same problem just started to happen to me recently as well. I was almost positive that it was a loose positive connection but now I am starting to second guess it. And I literally just tried to test mode my deck and it's a no go, constant reboot. I notice sometimes if I hit a sharp right turn then my Pioneer will start working and so I am going to take it back to my installer on Saturday and let you guys know if whether or not it is a wiring problem!!! PS.. has anyone noticed how cheap and terrible the Pioneer harness is made??

This same problem just started to happen to me recently as well. I was almost positive that it was a loose positive connection but now I am starting to second guess it. And I literally just tried to test mode my deck and it's a no go, constant reboot. I notice sometimes if I hit a sharp right turn then my Pioneer will start working and so I am going to take it back to my installer on Saturday and let you guys know if whether or not it is a wiring problem!!! PS.. has anyone noticed how cheap and terrible the Pioneer harness is made??

So it is definitely not a wiring problem...... Looks my Pioneer is somewhat dead after just about 2 weeks..... I'm going to be contacting Pioneer on Monday for my warranty exchange/repair. My deck does work however sometimes keep that in mind. Does anyone else's work occasionally or is it just me??

Same started happening to me today. I am going to try to go to safe mode. Friggin Windows... How stable could anything by when the backbone is Windoze.

If anybody has come with a solution, please let me know. I would hate to take the whole thing off and send it to Pioneer.

Quick update on what it seems like solved my reboots (at least for now). I went in testmode, I copied my flashdisk on an USB flash that I plugged in to be safe, then went back in the flashdisk and looked at what files were used last.

My reboots started when I used my gps so I was looking for something that would have gps in the filename. In the root directory of my flashdisk, I saw 4 files named gpspara0.bin, gpspara1.bin, gpspara2.bin and gpspara3.bin which were used last. I deleted all 4 of them as I assumed they may be created by the OS. After this I shut off my car, turned it on and no reboot. I have not driven for an extended period yet to be 100% on this solution but for about 10 min I was ok and I was able to select destination and get directions.

I am not sure what these files are and what they do but so far I am good. I have also a back up of them so my advice is if you are going to follow my steps SAVE YOUR FILES FIRST.

I will let you know on any updates.

Cheers

Quick update on what it seems like solved my reboots (at least for now). I went in testmode, I copied my flashdisk on an USB flash that I plugged in to be safe, then went back in the flashdisk and looked at what files were used last.

My reboots started when I used my gps so I was looking for something that would have gps in the filename. In the root directory of my flashdisk, I saw 4 files named gpspara0.bin, gpspara1.bin, gpspara2.bin and gpspara3.bin which were used last. I deleted all 4 of them as I assumed they may be created by the OS. After this I shut off my car, turned it on and no reboot. I have not driven for an extended period yet to be 100% on this solution but for about 10 min I was ok and I was able to select destination and get directions.

I am not sure what these files are and what they do but so far I am good. I have also a back up of them so my advice is if you are going to follow my steps SAVE YOUR FILES FIRST.

 

I will let you know on any updates.

 

Cheers

So you WERE able to enter test mode no questions asked or did you have to wait until it stopped rebooting eventually??? Please tell me before I send my monitor off to Pioneer!!

hoh

i have the same problem. my avic working fine, but today it reboot randomly! again and again after 3-4 minuts after start/

I notice that avic reboot only in GPS mode.. when i listen FM or iPod, all ok!

may be problem in wrong bypass? i put wire (parking brake ) to the ground/

hoh

i have the same problem. my avic working fine, but today it reboot randomly! again and again after 3-4 minuts after start/

I notice that avic reboot only in GPS mode.. when i listen FM or iPod, all ok!

 

may be problem in wrong bypass? i put wire (parking brake ) to the ground/

So I got off the phone with Pioneer, talked to a service guy in navigation and asked me if I had my parking brake wired properly and not just grounded and of course I said no and he said "Well what usually causes the constant reboot is the parking brake being improperly grounded and whenever we receive a monitor in for servicing that always ends up being that problem and so the solution is to properly ground it." Now when this problem first started happening, it had been my first and only time I had received the error on my monitor to where it says that the parking brake is not properly grounded. And literally 1 minute after that, my monitor has been on a constant reboot. I'm going to adjust this problem and will post my results in a few hours.

Ok so I won't be able to test the parking brake theory until Wednesday afternoon but anyone else having the problem feel free to give it a shot and post your results!!

My F900 started rebooting last friday. At first it would get to the source menu and then reboot. Now it just gets a splash screen and reboots. I tried to get it into test mode but that also failed. After a call to Pioneer they emediatly said send it in with no questions asked. I then called the shop they have me sending it to and told them of the problem. The tech told me that it is a known problem and pioneer is working on the cause but still does not know what is causing it. The only fix according to this guy is to replace the main system board.

My F900 started rebooting last friday. At first it would get to the source menu and then reboot. Now it just gets a splash screen and reboots. I tried to get it into test mode but that also failed. After a call to Pioneer they emediatly said send it in with no questions asked. I then called the shop they have me sending it to and told them of the problem. The tech told me that it is a known problem and pioneer is working on the cause but still does not know what is causing it. The only fix according to this guy is to replace the main system board.

Is your parking brake grounded?

My F900 started rebooting last friday. At first it would get to the source menu and then reboot. Now it just gets a splash screen and reboots. I tried to get it into test mode but that also failed. After a call to Pioneer they emediatly said send it in with no questions asked. I then called the shop they have me sending it to and told them of the problem. The tech told me that it is a known problem and pioneer is working on the cause but still does not know what is causing it. The only fix according to this guy is to replace the main system board.

 

Is your parking brake grounded?

Yes, has been for 3 Months

My F900 started rebooting last friday. At first it would get to the source menu and then reboot. Now it just gets a splash screen and reboots. I tried to get it into test mode but that also failed. After a call to Pioneer they emediatly said send it in with no questions asked. I then called the shop they have me sending it to and told them of the problem. The tech told me that it is a known problem and pioneer is working on the cause but still does not know what is causing it. The only fix according to this guy is to replace the main system board.

 

Is your parking brake grounded?

Yes, has been for 3 Months

Disconnect the parking brake from the ground wire and see if this solves the problem. Pioneer claims it will.

I just got my unit and I put the GTImatt mod in (which I love) and I did the Software bypass at 128.. My system is rebooting at exactly 61-62 mph ... Could this have anything to do with the mod.. I've done the apple theme,GTIMatt Mod and the silence.wav files to make the button silent.. Any idea's? It's fine under 61mph...

Its not the parking brake wire. I disconnected it. Others say it could be the car battery. I just got my less-than-a-year-old battery tested and it is perfectly fine. Plus, if it was the battery, it would have done the same thing in safe mode. In safe mode, the unit works fine for me, without GPS abviously. It could be 3 things:

1) The GPS antenna, because when I unplugged it, my stereo works fine, obviously without GPS.

2) The Head Unit, GPS part (not radio, ipod, usb, sd, cd, dvd, hd or any other "d").

3) Since most people, like me, got this problem around 2 weeks after installing the unit; and it first happened when using GPS, I would say it has something to do with sofware, or programming. Maybe data got built up somewhere, and the system got confused everytime it's trying to read your new location at a higher speed.

Here is what I suggest, which is what I am doing. Try the least expensive way first. If the unit is still under warranty, have the person who sold it to you or Pioneer send you a GPS entenna. If that does not work, then have the unit replaced. I would not recommend you to mess with hardware, software or programming, etc...Unless you really know what you are doing and if the unit is no longer under warranty. Most, if not all, companies will void warranty if hardware and or software have been compromised. That's my two cents. And please try everything at your own risk. Eveything that was said it my personal opinion, and I must not be held liable.

I did not have any issues going into testmode. Then I deleted the files mentioned in my previous post. It's been almost a week since I did this and I have not had any issues. Hope this helps somebody else as well.

Hi, I am having the same problem - so you're saying you deleted those files and it fixed it? Can you maybe post a step by step guide here to do this?

1. Put the SD Card with the testmode folders in the root directory of the SD Card.

2. Turn the ignition on

3. In testmode go to Start->Programs->Windows Explorer

4. Click on "My Flash Disk" and you will see a bunch of folders and files

5. Click on Edit menu and select all (or at least the files you are planning to delete - gpspara0.bin, gpspara1.bin, gpspara2.bin and gpspara3.bin)

6. Go up one level to see the SD Card that you used to boot into test mode

7. Double click, Edit menu and paste

8. Go back to the "My Flash Disk" root directory and delete the above mentioned files

9. Turn off the ignition and take the SD Card out

10. Turn your ignition on and it should work just fine.

Let me know if it helps.

Deleting files did not work for me because when I deleted file "gpspara0.bin" and tried to delete the other ones, "gpspara0.bin" which i already deleted reappears. It does that for all the other one. They keep showing up again. Even if you are successful at deleting all 4 of them, You have either messed up a feature in the unit, or the unit will create the files again and you will end up have the same problem after 2 weeks.

I am sorry guys but this unit is a piece of crap. I had a lot of respect for the Pioneer brand until now. I paid $600 for this unit, not including other stuff I bought to make this work in my car. All I ask is for this unit to work for a while longer than 3 weeks. Is that too much to ask, especially after spending so much money?

I am not a hacker and I don't care much for MODS. I just want my stereo to play music and give me directions. I can get a pretty good stereo $150 and a fairly good GPS for another $150. But I was willing to pay double that for the convenience of having the 2 units into one. Some of you even paid a lot more than I did. For Avic-F90BT, the idea was there; but the delivery wasn't. Im seriously considering getting the Kenwood DNX6140. Sorry Avic fans!!

jays_avic, it is suppose to recreate them. This is why we delete them. Mine were corrupted and recreating them fix my issue. I am sorry to hear it did not do it for you.