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AVIC - N3 bypass - paperclip method

By tampa_nate · Dec 10, 2006in Hacks/Mods💬 20 posts👁️ 28,782 views
Posted Dec 10, 2006 · 15:54 UTC#1

take a paper clip and open it up 1/2 way. you need about a 1" of it to be strait. take a make a 90* at the tip about 1/16"

this pic was posted by some one else so you can see what you are doing with the paper clip.

look in the pic:

*take the paper clip and place it in to the slit (red)

*take a bright flash light and shin it in to the other slit (yellow)

*if you follow the blue arow, at the end of the case you will see a slit on the side of the n3( when following the blue arow).

*the lite green is the the factory set and the dark green line is the bypassed.

*by doing all of this you should be able to see in the slit at the side of the case and see the switch and using the paper clip push it in to slide the switch. the 90* helps push it over and if you have to send it in for service you can use the paper clip to slide the switch back in to place.

when done right you dont void the warranty and get video while you drive witch we all want.

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Posted Dec 10, 2006 · 16:23 UTC#2

You do realize that you voided your warranty when you took off that sticker that says VOID all over it....

 

 

 

FYI, use a heat gun or a hairdryer to heat up the sticker, then use a razor blade to peel it off and switch the switch, then no one will know you did it and Pioneer wont break your balls if you ever send it in for warranty service

Posted Dec 10, 2006 · 16:45 UTC#3
You do realize that you voided your warranty when you took off that sticker that says VOID all over it....

 

 

He said that he was using somebody elses picture...

Posted Dec 10, 2006 · 21:00 UTC#4

true, but this SAME exact solution was posted two months ago. Old news. Search before you post.

Posted Dec 11, 2006 · 14:38 UTC#5

Actually, that is the picture off of the old post, if I'm not mistaken.

Posted Dec 12, 2006 · 04:10 UTC#6

Instead of using heat gun and razor blade use zippo lighter fluid, it breaks down the glue when moist and returns to normal when the fluid dry's.

 

Used the same concept when fooling around with xbox's

Posted Dec 12, 2006 · 14:30 UTC#7

I guess a heat gun and Zippo lighter fluid together would not be a good idea, though.

Posted Dec 12, 2006 · 15:58 UTC#8
I guess a heat gun and Zippo lighter fluid together would not be a good idea, though.

 

(In Ralph wiggums voice) Ahh my eyes are on fire!

Posted Dec 14, 2006 · 05:19 UTC#9

ugh i found this trick after i already tried doing the heat gun method and managed to mess up the sticker a little bit

ive got a warranty from a 3rd party company so im wondering if im just better taking it off and removing the void marks, im not sure if they will know better or not...

is there anywhere i can get a replacment sticker, i couldnt find em on ebay..thanks

Posted Dec 14, 2006 · 05:25 UTC#10

if the third party doesnt know, any ol void sticker would probably work.

Posted Dec 14, 2006 · 05:41 UTC#11

true, glad i got that 3rd party warranty after all...

Posted Mar 02, 2007 · 13:56 UTC#12

I did this, but I still have to lift up the parking break to change navigation settings. does it only work for video and not navigation?

Posted Mar 02, 2007 · 21:45 UTC#13

you need to ground the parking brake wire instead of hooking it up to the parking brake itself

Posted Aug 18, 2007 · 18:14 UTC#14

where do you ground that parking wire??? that green wire.. my gps wont work if i dont do it.. thank you!!!

Posted Sep 04, 2007 · 03:00 UTC#15

ground the GREEN wire to the BLACK wire, that is what us people in the 12v world like to call GROUND!!!! by doing this and the mod. you will get dvds to play while driving and the nav also works while driving. you can even get nav. directions on screen while watching a dvd if you change the view. look it up in the user man.

 

FYI- nav. installes are not for your one or two radio "back yard installers". look into paying a true installer on the side to help hook it up.... the bigest thing most people dont know how to test for is the VSS. if you need more help with finding the VSS on your car write back with the make and year and i will help you by looking it up.

Posted Sep 25, 2007 · 17:42 UTC#16

I just did the lighter fluid trick.... It didn't work.. It's obvious that I took the sticker off... Are you supposed to let it soak or something? I'll be getting a new N3 soon that I want to bypass. (current one was an open box special) I don't want to screw up the sticker on the new one...

Posted Sep 25, 2007 · 18:53 UTC#17

HOWEVER...... The bypass did work :P

Posted Oct 07, 2007 · 04:58 UTC#18
I just did the lighter fluid trick.... It didn't work.. It's obvious that I took the sticker off... Are you supposed to let it soak or something? I'll be getting a new N3 soon that I want to bypass. (current one was an open box special) I don't want to screw up the sticker on the new one...

 

just FYI you have to use liquid butane refill cans or the "can air" to spay off dust from your computer. just flip both or them(you just have to use one or the other, not both) upside down and spray on the sticker. you want to freeze the SH** out of it and then use the razer blade. OR like i posted the first time just use a damn paper clip.

Posted Oct 08, 2007 · 15:00 UTC#19

Well....I'll give that a try...

I tried the paper clip trick, for damn near an hour... I couldn't get it to fit though the slot, no matter what bend I put in it..... Hopever, I was tempted to JAM the paper clip in my eye due to frustration..

Posted Oct 10, 2008 · 18:33 UTC#20

i have this bypass done to my N-3. it seems to screw with the brain because it thinks that i am moving and that the parking break is on at the same time. I tells me that i am in a different town, one that is 50 miles away. i was thinking that i would be better to undo this bypass and just put the parking break wire into a switch. what is your ideas and does anybody else have this problem. also how easy is it going to be to take the radio out to undo the bypass (had it professionaly installed), and which color wire is for the parking break??