I have not done that...let me see what I can find here...hang on.

Still going back to the black screen. This did not work for me. DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok nevermind I just re-read some of your earlier posts

 

One thing I did have to do is delete everything out of the exisisting "My Flash Disk" before copying...

Thats what I just did too. It's got less than one minute now for the copy. What should I do next?

Everything is copied now to "My FLash Disk". Do I do a reset by hitting the button? Or restart from the windows menu? I also remove the SD before reset/restart correct?

yeah take out the sd card, hold the reset button for 5 seconds...

Then, when it finally boots, make sure you delete your existing user data (from the system info menu)

yeah take out the sd card, hold the reset button for 5 seconds...

 

Then, when it finally boots, make sure you delete your existing user data (from the system info menu)

It's not working. When I restart, I go right back to the very beginning. Pioneer screen then black.

yeah take out the sd card, hold the reset button for 5 seconds...

 

Then, when it finally boots, make sure you delete your existing user data (from the system info menu)

It's not working. When I restart, I go right back to the very beginning. Pioneer screen then black.

yeah take out the sd card, hold the reset button for 5 seconds...

 

Then, when it finally boots, make sure you delete your existing user data (from the system info menu)

It's not working. When I restart, I go right back to the very beginning. Pioneer screen then black.

yeah take out the sd card, hold the reset button for 5 seconds...

 

Then, when it finally boots, make sure you delete your existing user data (from the system info menu)

It's not working. When I restart, I go right back to the very beginning. Pioneer screen then black.

After all that, I copied all of the files from my card to the disk drive...and for some reason, none of it there.

Hammer time!

How are you copying it?

I had issues the first time I copied it when I used the other tool that's included with the CE rom image... but if you go to the start menu then programs then "Windows Explorer" and use that, it's safer....

Also, there's a tool in there somewhere to show storage space, make sure you have enough.. if you don't delete a map you don't need... (in my case I got rid of Canada and Hawaii )

1. How do I delete a map? I'll take out everything I don't need. I wonder if this is part of the problem?

2. When I copy, I go to Edit > Select All > Copy Then go to the disk and go to Edit > Paste Then it starts to copy everything. It takes approx: 25 min or so...then after it's all done. I take the disk out, and push the reset button with a pin for 5 seconds.

3. After the reset, the pioneer screen comes on, and then it all goes black. Nothing happens at all. Just as it did when I picked it up from the dealership.

I'm a very reciprocating person...so if anyone actually gets me through this, I will be more than happy to Pay up the favor. I am almost ready to go buy a new head unit, but I havn't had this one that long, and it was pretty expensive.

I deleted the map off of the SD card through my PC...I took off HA, Canada, Alaska etc..

Edited below ...

I deleted the map off of the SD card through my PC...I took off HA, Canada, Alaska etc..

Shaver, just wondering during which state of the following procedure that thing turns south?

Quoted:

You need only a single SD card, at least 2gb in size. Copy the entire extracted contents of the RAR file to the root of SD card.

1. Insert SD card into AVIC and turn it on.

2. When the pioneer logo comes up, press and hold the menu, map, eject and the reset buttons at the same time. When your screen goes completely blank, let go of the reset button but continue to hold menu, map, and eject buttons. This will bring you to a blue screen, telling you to reset the unit (ignore this), you will have to enter the service combination. Press the volume knob in this sequence and you will see * signs for each push: Up, Up, Down, Menu, Left, Right.

3. Select Wince Upgrade

4. Select Update SD Format

5. Wait until it says restart in the bottom center. Reset the unit and leave the SD card in.

6. You should be greeted with testmode (It will look very similar to normal windows). Open Explorer and copy the contents of the "My Flash Drive" Folder from the SD card to the "My Flash Drive" that is located on the unit. Overwrite everything. (It will the copying will take 140min but will only take about 20)

7. Press and hold reset for 5 seconds.

8. Select your language and voice options.

9. Enjoy FX3.1

At Number 7. I take the SD card out, and hold reset for 5 seconds. I just did another download of the torrent to SD card using WinRAR to extract to the card. I suppose I can give it one more shot. I can't help but to think that I'm doing something wrong, because everyone else seems to get it right. One thing, I never see where it's supposed to take 140 min. It always starts out around 55 minutes or so, then dwindles down rapidly.

I refuse to give up.

So here I am at it again...I don't know if it's going to work or not, but I see the minute counter now at 140 minutes...instead of only 55. This is a step in the right direction. One thing I did this time instead of "select all" is I only selected the FOLDER of my flash drive. So far I'm getting a different result. (Fingers crossed, and hammer put away)

Well, that didn't work either. Now I'm going to try the entire file again.

I have an issue with the Navigation screen now showing up correctly. Everything is there but map data. The compass thing that represents your car, the menu on the right side, everything except the actual map, it is just blank. Everything else seems to work though.

The only issue I can think of is when I was copying the files over instead of copying the contents of My Flash Drive from one folder to another I starting copying the contents of the whole SD card to My Flash Drive on the unit. I noticed after about 5 seconds and hit Cancel. I assumed Windows backed out any changes but I may be wrong.

EDIT: Someone else had the same problem and was able to fix it by "Re-installing the hacked ezrider file did the trick". Any ideas on how to do that or any other resolution?

You can contact me directly at nick76_Tx at yahoo.com.

The unit is a F700BT and I am in Houston,TX.

Thanks a bunch, Nick

One thing I did this time instead of "select all" is I only selected the FOLDER of my flash drive.

Go Into the My Flash Disk FOLDER, and copy the contents of this folder to the My Flash Disk drive.

I have an issue with the Navigation screen now showing up correctly. Everything is there but map data. The compass thing that represents your car, the menu on the right side, everything except the actual map, it is just blank. Everything else seems to work though.

 

The only issue I can think of is when I was copying the files over instead of copying the contents of My Flash Drive from one folder to another I starting copying the contents of the whole SD card to My Flash Drive on the unit. I noticed after about 5 seconds and hit Cancel. I assumed Windows backed out any changes but I may be wrong.

 

EDIT: Someone else had the same problem and was able to fix it by "Re-installing the hacked ezrider file did the trick". Any ideas on how to do that or any other resolution?

 

You can contact me directly at nick76_Tx at yahoo.com.

 

The unit is a F700BT and I am in Houston,TX.

Thanks a bunch, Nick

Just go through the process again from start to finish and your good to go. The upgrade of the firmware formats the disk

At Number 7. I take the SD card out, and hold reset for 5 seconds. I just did another download of the torrent to SD card using WinRAR to extract to the card. I suppose I can give it one more shot. I can't help but to think that I'm doing something wrong, because everyone else seems to get it right. One thing, I never see where it's supposed to take 140 min. It always starts out around 55 minutes or so, then dwindles down rapidly.

Make sure you are doing step 6 correctly! What did you do exactly for step 6?

Did you get an out-of-space message from Windows at the end?

Can you post the contents (folders list) inside "My Device->My Flash Disk" of the unit after copying?

Can you verify the space of the "My Flash Disk" on the SD versus on your AVIC?

I started over from the beginning and everything is working fine. The error I was getting when I was trying to redo it was totally 100% my fault. I am pretty sure the first problem I had was all mine too. Not sure what I did differently this time but it's all good now. Thanks to everyone that offered advice and took the time to reply.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this Retell

Everything went great on an Avic-F700BT, upgraded from 2.008, responsiveness better all around, and new maps!

I am using my RCA outs for my subs, sorry. I looked on Pioneer's website and they want $66! That's ridiculous! But I guess that is why everyone is here instead of using Pioneer's "support."

http://parts.pioneerelectronics.com/par ... um=CDP1091

One question to the community: what capacities of USB and SD have people tried? I want to get a 32GB SD or USB, but want to know what people have tried.

To Shaver:

How long did you wait after resetting the unit after copying all the files? I had to wait longer the first boot afterwards than normal.

Thanks for the info Rex, I am going to add a lil faq to the first post, if anyone thinks anything should be added let me know. Rex could you please take a pick of your harness? I am going to attempt to add the wires for the video out.

And thanks for all your help Chuck!