I got my hands on a D3 with a bad disk, is it any prosedur to change the drive, or do i jusy put in a new one..

Thanks

why dont you just eject the bad disc and put a new one in, or is the disc drive whats bad?

Sorry, the hard drive is bad.

I wonder if it is a special procedure to install a new one.

Thanks

There is no hard drive in the D3.

thats what i thought, thanks for confirming that.

to the OP, why do you think you have a bad hard drive?

Hi again

I have a hard drive i my radio.

I have pulled it out so its no doubt about that i have one.

How do install a new one if i need.

thats what i thought, thanks for confirming that.

 

 

to the OP, why do you think you have a bad hard drive?

The prev. owner said so, and it makes a noise like whwn the disk is going bad...

I have pulled it out so its no doubt about that i have one.

 

How do install a new one if i need.

exactly the same way that you took that one out, but just in reverse

my guess is that the tricky part is putting the right info onto the new one which might be difficult if the old one is bad

is there any chance that your radio is a Z3 instead of a D3?

He has an HD3, not a D3. The HD3 is the Euro version of the Z3. Suburbank2500 in the future please be more careful when trying to relay your units model number.

Sorry about the misiing info.

If i can read the old disk, can i copy it to the new one. ?

Or is it locked in any way.

Thanks

The drive is locked, and you would need to purchase an unlock license for about $50 just to access the drive. If the drive is making funny noises, then you probably won't be able to access all the files to copy anyway. You may want to send a PM to this forum member that sells preloaded HD3 hard drives with all software preinstalled:

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=33932

The other option is to send the unit to Pioneer for repair.