I just got my AVIC-Z1 for Christmas. It is stamped with an October 06 manufactuer date. I installed it with the two wire bypass (Grounding the Parking Brake Sense & alond with a pin on connector two) as per Sminntech, but Im still having trouble getting the DVD player to work. A couple times I tested it by driving for approx 10 minutes and it worked perfectly, and then I would turn the car off and try again, and I would recieve a "Parking brake lead message" , and the screen would go blank.

Have I installed the bypass incorrectly? or do I have to flash my headlights with this bypass?? What am I doing wrong? I am driving from FL to CA in a few days and would really like this to work before my long trip. Can anyone Help??

Jake

first off, please save yourself and others the time and energy of retyping and retyping and retyping and retyping and retyping and retyping the same info over and over and over and over again.

There is a search button, this comes up ALL the time. many people complain of this.. most often times it is the connection to the "secret" pin that is not made properly. use a pin from an unused wire such as the cell phone mute, dont just shove a ground or spare wire into the open hole.

tillithz is right, it's the wire in connector 2. That's not grounded. Fix that and reset the unit (now that you have the parking brake pop up).