can anyone upload/repost the uboot update for f900bt only one of the two files are in the rar archive

also the only files i'm finding for the sdmlc is for the russian version. do you need to run diskrw.exe to fix format mbr issues?

I had the infamous loop/cycling problem and like yourself was determined to fix it myself after speaking to Pioneer Tech Support. They suggested I ship my F700-BT off to CA for 6 months and pay them $200+ so they could do a 30 minute reprogram. I was surprised by Pioneer's incompetence and uselessness. Your step-by-step instructions fixed my problem in 25 minutes and taught me a lot about how the Windows CE system works. Which I used to shut off the nagging Warning screens and ability to watch video going down the road as long as I stay under 128mph that is. Great compilation of information. Kuddos man!

Which file did you use? I have a f90bt US version

IF YOU FIND OUT LET ME KNOW IM STUCK AT WHERE YOU WRITE WINCEIMAGES

After ALOT of trial and error and advise on this thread and forum my f900bt is working.Still a few bugs I need help with though.I can not adjust the volume and The HU will not recognise my Ipod even thoough AV1 setting is set to I pod.This may be because I could not get a CD-IU230V cable locally so I bought a Scosche sneek peek composite AV cable.see here http://www.scosche.c...ch/product/1622 I assume this may be my Ipod concern.Has anyone used this cable with any success?As far as the files that got me this far I used the most up to date Testmode v2.3,wrote the SDMLC file,A backup file for a F90BT.( bought the unit bricked and this was the only backup I could find),and finally updated the firmware to 2.00600 from Pioneers website as well as the bluetooth V3.3 also from Pioneer.Major thanks and props to everyone for much needed info on this site.So can someone tell me how to get my volume restored? So close and I really like what I have seen with this unit so far.(being the HU I took out was an N3)Thanks in advance

OK,so I got a Pioneer cable for the IPOD and the deck still doesnt recognise it and it wont charge the ipod.System says the firmware version is 2.00600,yet it will not let me update to version 2.00800.Can someone please give me some direction on what to try next?Could it be that I used a backup file for a F90BT?I dont see any posts that would indicate that the volume or ipod issue could be hardware related.Also could the parking brake bypass be related whatsoever to my symptoms?The mute wire was relocated between the two black wires on the AV harness and then connected to the parking brake wire and the to the ground wire and to chassis ground

Will this procedure work in my case of having a F900-BT and no password?

I tries to update firmware to my avic f320bt called CNSD_130FM firmupdate, i extracted winceimg.bin and winceimg.cks to the root of my sdcard (formatted in fat 32) , asked me to update an it restarted said updating image...and gave me this massage: "Open OS CKS file failure/ Please cold boot or retry".I's a wrong winceimg image? What does it mean COLD BOOT? pls help, i just want to restored my device back.Thank you

While trying to figure something out, I had the SUPER DUMB IDEA TO PRESS FORMATMBR ... your thread got me back up and running. Though I needed to also load the Disk1 image, this helped me get on the right track with DiskRW.

THANKS a lot!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Somehow something went horribly wrong with my F500BT. This thread, many days of trial and error, and a backup I found online are the reason I am up and running again.

Only problem is that the backup I downloaded isn't in English. I'm going to try to combine my backup, that was somehow corrupted, with the downloaded one to see if I can get it back to English! lol

At least it works again. Having no music in your car really sucks!

AFTER A WEEK OF TRYING TO FIX MY AVIC ... THIS WROKED THANK YOU VERY MUCH I LOVE YOU (NO HOMO)

Glad people are still finding this helpful, I remember how mad I was that I bought a completely bricked unit and for 3 weeks struggled to fix it with help of people on here.

Thanks to Kemparton for adding the shared link in the bottom of page 3 for whatever reason the one in my post is broken. I think its because its pre the forum switching over to new server.

Hello, I have the same black screen issue for my AVIC F700BT that previous posts have pointed to this string about. I am able to get to the service screen by going through the steps listed. The hang up I have is getting the necessary files to upload. At the following link,

http://www.4shared.com/account/dir/BAyG_X5F/pioneer-avic.html?&

it does not have the sdmlc_nn746_us file and in step 3a it looks like I need two files, what is the second.

Also I don't know how to get a "copy of MY Flash Drive" When I serach on that, i comes up blank.

Thanks for any help you can give.

I cant download the sdmlc file since I dont have creditcard or paypal. (4shared is paid site now)

Can someone please help me with this file?

Also like barf7x, dont know how to get "copy of my flashdrive".

Any help greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance

(a desperate 900 BT owner)

hi guys i realy nead HELP

i have followed the procedure and now my F900bt EU doesent start, i have tried to enter in the blue menu bat it doesent give me the time to do anything it just restarts every 30 seconds. I just don't now what else to do

sorry for my bad english

hi guys i realy nead HELP

i have followed the procedure and now my F900bt EU doesent start, i have tried to enter in the blue menu bat it doesent give me the time to do anything it just restarts every 30 seconds. I just don't now what else to do

 

sorry for my bad english

at what screen is it powering down at? the service mode? are you entering the code correcty and right away?

I cant download the sdmlc file since I dont have creditcard or paypal. (4shared is paid site now)

Can someone please help me with this file?

 

Also like barf7x, dont know how to get "copy of my flashdrive".

 

Any help greatly appreciated

 

Thanks in advance

(a desperate 900 BT owner)

you need to create an account its only paid if downloading at higher speeds and lots of files. you have to wait 20 secs to doownload a free one. the file you want is the 3rd sdmlc one that doesnt say re it contains 3 sdmlc files

RE=rus

EW=eu

UC=us/can

i am not positive as these are not my files. for whatever reason i cant find my copies and had to download off carvers server 4shared account. i believe these are the correct files though for each region.

download and use 7zip for zipping and opening avic files this is US only

Hello all

and a big thank you for this tutorial, thanks to you my F900BT is risen

He had been dead for several months a big thank you

I still have some small problems, and before opening a topic I post here

1 - in the AV menu I only "SD and USB" I have not FM radio, not cd drive, nothing

2 - in settings I do not have the menu that allows me to change the button illumination

everything else is functional

- I have only one backup F700BT

- I can not install "NN746UC_DSK1_WO_MAP_RealSpeak.img"

by diskRW

I am French sorry for google translation

Thanks

your post is very hard to follow.... is your FM/AM working or not?

sorry i' have edited

no not FM/AM, not CD player, (button eject not working but working in testmode), not player dvd/divx, in the menu "av source" i have only sd and usb

and in settings/system settings i'have not menu for change color for the buttons

thanks for you help

Can you use the navi side? for example maps? It sounds like you havent really completed the process.

You have an EU version of the avic correct? the .img file you are trying to load is a UC version, which is for US and Canada which wont work for your model. You need an EW SDMLC file image i believe. I will try and get a new torrent file with all the pieces you will need for this later today (it will probably be tomorrow morning for you in Europe).

hi,

i have tested :

- SDMLC_NN749_UC_sn000617.img

- NN746UC_SDMLC_0_108009984.img

- SDMLC_NN749_EW_sn000617.img

all not working for FM/CD DVD/button eject/ and menu color buttons

gps igo 8.3 work all version BT and phone work too

the back up of myflashdisk is a f700bt (friend french) but i have a avic f900bt,

thanks and sorry for my bad english, i not use google translate

thanks tail24 i download this... !

edit: donwload not starting

Oh yes you are my god !!!

my avic f900bt re-working at 100%

for my device it's " SDMLC_NN746_EW_sn00aa0f.img " only that

you are the best Tail24, you are the king

thanks a lot