I have a z1 upgraded to a Z3 with 60gb drive if you are interested.

Was this upgrade done by garrett?

Garrett, when do you plan to have the new 2011 maps available? I purchased your service a few years ago, I think it's time to update again! My maps are pretty out of date. Also, will you have the new XM channel logo images?

Thanks for all the wonderful information in this thread, I gave my Z1 a long overdue upgrade today and it was a breeze with all the information and tutorials posted here. My only question is if anyone knows if my Z1 will now be compatible with the Pioneer GEX-P20HD HD radio tuner since the Z3 was compatible with it or I am stuck with Z1 hardware limitations?

Thanks for all the wonderful information in this thread, I gave my Z1 a long overdue upgrade today and it was a breeze with all the information and tutorials posted here. My only question is if anyone knows if my Z1 will now be compatible with the Pioneer GEX-P20HD HD radio tuner since the Z3 was compatible with it or I am stuck with Z1 hardware limitations?

Any hardware that will work on the Z3 will also work on a Z1/Z2 upgraded to the Z3 software image.

good night, I'm trying to update my HD1BT. This model is the Z1 but in Europe. I was able to remove the disc protection, but the map file, CNDV-1000HD, are only folders, no images of the partitions. What I can do? Thanks in advance.

You will need to find the image that has already been installed. You can't copy folders/files from the upgrade DVD to the hard drive.

You will need to find the image that has already been installed. You can't copy folders/files from the upgrade DVD to the hard drive.

thanks, I had this doubt. You know where I can find those images?

Greetings.

thanks, I had this doubt. You know where I can find those images?

Greetings.

You may want to follow up in this thread: http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/28367-european-hdd-image/

I don't recall seeing anyone post it.

You may want to follow up in this thread: http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/28367-european-hdd-image/

 

I don't recall seeing anyone post it.

I have good news!. I decided to copy the two folders I had in the CNDV-1000HD DVD, hard disk of my HD1BT. Before I made a backup just in case. The result is that it has updated successfully, but unfortunately only had maps of Russia, I can not change the map that appears next. I'll get another DVD to see if it brings other maps.

Greetings.

I upgraded this to a new 40gb Hitachi hard drive i had out of an old computer. ( my stock hard drive crashed i think, wont boot up anymore)

Everything is starting up and running great for the first 30 sec - 5 min then it just freezes. what ever music was playing still works and i can still adjust the volume but i cannot change the menu or anything with the unit other then sound.

my question is , is it just the hard drive or does this happen with all other none Toshiba hard drives. I have looked around and it looks like everyone is using Toshiba hard drives.

or did i mess up something when loading the hard drive and i should just try again.

your help would be great.

Thanks a lot

You can only use Toshiba hard drives.

thanks again to everyone who put this together; I was 2 years overdue and finally did the upgrade today. only took 100 years for me to find my 2.5" IDE adapter buried in my garage.

and now that I've upgraded to 2010 I see it's been a year since Garrett posted this thread for 2010. so is 2011 in the pipeline?

thanks again!

edit: d'oh nevermind I see there's a thread already in 'General' re: 2011. I'll wait it out. I see that in 2009 or 2010 ? they expanded the high-resolution map coverage a bit. I live in San Francisco and part of it was hi-res and of course I lived in the lo-res part

but now my own street seems to be hi-res on the map...cool! only drawback: this seems to remove one level of zoom that I used to have. oh welps, can't have it all

Hello

I am in the process of updating my Z1 that has never been updated since I bought it back in 2006.

I was trying to disable the security lock on the Avic drive but was not successful, it kept telling me that the drive is not ready so i gave up on this part.

I then Restored the drive with the new 2010 Avic image and that seemed to work smoothly although it was kind of difficult to figure out how Acronis works.

My question is can I now try to disable the security lock even though I have already imaged the drive. I would really like to do this just in case i stick the drive back in the Avic and and i need to remove it again because its not working.

Any help is much appreciated

Thanks

Yes, you can still disable security after imaging. You could let the z lock it, and use the service test disc to unlock it for free any time. See hacks forum sticky post.

Yes, you can still disable security after imaging. You could let the z lock it, and use the service test disc to unlock it for free any time. See hacks forum sticky post.

Unfortunately my impatience got the best of me and I just went ahead and put the drive back in the avic. Every thing is working ok but I guess I will have to unlock it again if I am going to upgrade it in the future.

By the way the only reason I upgrade to the 2010 Avic image is because when I called Pioneer they told me that they were not planing on having an update for 2011 because there were not enough sales for the 2010 Discs. They did say that they will probably wait a couple of years to release another update.

Thanks for the info.

Unfortunately my impatience got the best of me and I just went ahead and put the drive back in the avic. Every thing is working ok but I guess I will have to unlock it again if I am going to upgrade it in the future.

By the way the only reason I upgrade to the 2010 Avic image is because when I called Pioneer they told me that they were not planing on having an update for 2011 because there were not enough sales for the 2010 Discs. They did say that they will probably wait a couple of years to release another update.

 

Thanks for the info.

Did you read my post above? You do not have to pay to unlock.

I just updated my z1 to the z3 software. this is what i did. i took a 120 gb laptop hdd.. transfered all the files for the z3 onto it. made the partitions and all tht. put all the files where they belong. popped it into the z1. it updated to the z3 version. BUT now while im driving the player will auto restart on its own. not just when im moving even while im parked. any idea what could be the problem? also the cd/dvd player wont read any cd's it says its unreadable. could u fix that? let me know please.

I just updated my z1 to the z3 software. this is what i did. i took a 120 gb laptop hdd.. transfered all the files for the z3 onto it. made the partitions and all tht. put all the files where they belong. popped it into the z1. it updated to the z3 version. BUT now while im driving the player will auto restart on its own. not just when im moving even while im parked. any idea what could be the problem? also the cd/dvd player wont read any cd's it says its unreadable. could u fix that? let me know please.

You can only use Toshiba hard drives. This is a known issue. Any other brand of hard drive will cause random reboots. As for the cd/dvd player, have to tried to clean the laser? I have seen many cd/dvd drives fail in these units. I think there may be a seller on ebay that fixes the DVD drive, but I have no opinion of his work as I have not used him.

that makes total sense. i guess im gonna have to order a hdd from you. since i dont have any toshiba hdd lying around. also i did try to clean the laser but no success. im thinking if its worth fixing it or should i just get an ipod interface :S

Can someone please seed the maps image? Right now there are only 2 seeders and its saying its going to take 104 days.

I got the service test disk at about 1.5mb/s so thanks to those seeders. In return, I will leave them up for a few months.

Hoping some of you can provide some insight into an issue I am having.

I just updated my Z1 with the instructions provided in this thread. After the upgrade I have done a complete reset of the unit and I can not get the GPS unit out of the "initializing" mode in the 3D settings. I have checked the hardware status option and the GPS icon says ok but there are no satellites that are lit up. I booted up the service disk and went to the GPS menu options and I dont have any satellites listed and I do see that the "RTC Error" indicator says "NG".

Any idea on what is going on here or any recommendations as to what I should try to do?

It sounds like your GPS antenna has gone bad. Check the full length of the cable for any kinks or damage, especialy if you pass through doors, hatches, etc. This is problem is typically only found after a reset of 3D calibration. The unit will function quote well with a defective antenna based on VSS and learned 3D data (internal gyro). Once you clear this data, it has nothing to go on...

Thanks for the reply garrett. I was hoping that wasn't the case but oh well. I'll pull the unit out and have a look. Just for giggles, I attached some pictures of the service disk GPS options in case anything looked out of the ordinary. Sorry for picture bombing the thread.

One other item, in one of the screen shots it lists the version and it says Z2. Should it say Z3 since I have updated it?

Thanks for the reply garrett. I was hoping that wasn't the case but oh well. I'll pull the unit out and have a look. Just for giggles, I attached some pictures of the service disk GPS options in case anything looked out of the ordinary. Sorry for picture bombing the thread.

 

One other item, in one of the screen shots it lists the version and it says Z2. Should it say Z3 since I have updated it?

Check the antenna...

Platform version is 3.xxxxxx, this is Z3

APL Program is 5.xxxxxx, this is version 5 (2010), the latest available.

STEP 1 - Download The AVIC Z3 w/2010 Maps Hard Drive Image

http://www.mediafire...bas8so8y0saaqt7

Any SEEDERS??? Can someone please share the file with me on Utorrent? I've been waiting on there for the last 3 days. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks