I bought mine about two months ago. And before I reworked the pin opening size, it exhibited exactly the same results (buttons fading out when moving just a few MPH).

I wonder if maybe you disconnected your vss by accident when you reworked this pin beause like I said before there are no pins involved in my setup. I have the park brake wire connected directly to a switch and shorted to ground.

 

I wonder if maybe you disconnected your vss by accident when you reworked this pin beause like I said before there are no pins involved in my setup. I have the park brake wire connected directly to a switch and shorted to ground.

so your set up is to a switch and how does this work you slip the switch and it lets you use the navi for a few minuts whyll in motion but it eventualy fades back out ? im confused

 

so your set up is to a switch and how does this work you slip the switch and it lets you use the navi for a few minuts whyll in motion but it eventualy fades back out ? im confused

Yes, the switch is an always closed momentary switch so it's constantly grounding the parking brake wire. Since it's always grounded the unit thinks there's a problem with the park brake wire so you have to click "ok" and you have access to all settings. Once I start driving and hit about 3mph the speed sensor tells the radio to turn off all settings no matter if I reset the switch or not. Once I'm under 3mph all my setings and video come back.

I tried to do the bypass tonight well atleast the first part of it

i went out to best buy they price matched walmarts price of 598 for me plus i got the 4 year warranty from best buy for 59.99

so here is what happened when i was trying to pull the mute wire to move it up one slot

this white plastic part broke off

the harness

did i mess up that entire plug now ?

i plugged it into the unit and it snaps in just fine does not seem to have any problem pluggin in or unplugging and im hoping that that plastic part chunk that broke off does not afect anything els i can also snap that plastic part back in no problem

but did i mess it up and now am i in for like what ever it will cost to buy a new power harness ?

I tried to do the bypass tonight well atleast the first part of it

i went out to best buy they price matched walmarts price of 598 for me plus i got the 4 year warranty from best buy for 59.99

 

so here is what happened when i was trying to pull the mute wire to move it up one slot

this white plastic part broke off

the harness

 

did i mess up that entire plug now ?

i plugged it into the unit and it snaps in just fine does not seem to have any problem pluggin in or unplugging and im hoping that that plastic part chunk that broke off does not afect anything els i can also snap that plastic part back in no problem

 

but did i mess it up and now am i in for like what ever it will cost to buy a new power harness ?

I hope it's ok, If i remember right I saw a post where that thing cost $70 from pioneer. Does the pin stay in? That plastic pece is just a pin lock but the pin itself has a metal tab to keep it in. Before you screw around with this more hand the park break wire loose, start your vehicle, groudn out the wire, then go for a ride. Just to make sure the radio doesn't bypass your bypass like mine does. Do you have the vss wire hooked up properly?

 

I hope it's ok, If i remember right I saw a post where that thing cost $70 from pioneer. Does the pin stay in? That plastic pece is just a pin lock but the pin itself has a metal tab to keep it in. Before you screw around with this more hand the park break wire loose, start your vehicle, groudn out the wire, then go for a ride. Just to make sure the radio doesn't bypass your bypass like mine does. Do you have the vss wire hooked up properly?

I have even finished the bypass yet my hands wher sweating i could not get that damm pin loose i can feel it wiggle a little but not much it just won't come out i never moved it so im going to wait and see what i can find to pres in the other side and push the pin out and not try to pull it out

but it still snug in the same spot it was when i got it just the white plastic part is broken

i think i saw some on ebay the power harness on ebay for like 33 dollars so worst come to worst ill just pick a new one up

but what can i use to get that pin out of there i just cant get it to come out

i also have not even hooked it up to the car yet i am still waiting for my GMOS06 to come from amazon

 

I have even finished the bypass yet my hands wher sweating i could not get that damm pin loose i can feel it wiggle a little but not much it just won't come out i never moved it so im going to wait and see what i can find to pres in the other side and push the pin out and not try to pull it out

but it still snug in the same spot it was when i got it just the white plastic part is broken

i think i saw some on ebay the power harness on ebay for like 33 dollars so worst come to worst ill just pick a new one up

 

but what can i use to get that pin out of there i just cant get it to come out

 

i also have not even hooked it up to the car yet i am still waiting for my GMOS06 to come from amazon

A staple works perfectly. Don't try any kind of pins as they don't work.

wow a staple i didn't think a staple would work to well seems kind of small but will try that

yup just did it with a staple worked good

yup just did it with a staple worked good

I just pulled my VSS wire and moved my pin to the bottom hole as you did and it did not work. I moved the pin to the left 2 and it works sometimes. Going to try moving it down again and just see if it wasn't making a good contact. So the VSS wire being hooked up definately makes a difference on my deck.

 

I just pulled my VSS wire and moved my pin to the bottom hole as you did and it did not work. I moved the pin to the left 2 and it works sometimes. Going to try moving it down again and just see if it wasn't making a good contact. So the VSS wire being hooked up definately makes a difference on my deck.

Moved the mute wire down and it still didn't work. I put the switch back on and the VSS wire is disconnected. So far it's the only way to get it to work.

 

Moved the mute wire down and it still didn't work. I put the switch back on and the VSS wire is disconnected. So far it's the only way to get it to work.

I just had my installer follow instructions on the bypass and it didn't work.

I am getting the 'improper connection of Parking Brake lead' error. I'm going to have another installer check the mute wire connector connection and the grounding of the parking brake, ground and mute wire again to make sure everything is contacting. I just bought my unit 2 weeks ago, software shouldn't matter right?

I wonder if it does have something to do with the software maybe they changed something in the more recent models

what happens when you click ok does the system work at all or does eveyring fade away even if your not going moving ?

Has to be software. I have a switch hardwired in and soldered and I still get that warning and faded icons randomly but usually after viewing the gps screen.

i wonder if they really changed the software during the time

has anyone bought these units in the last sevral months and or updated the firmware or software on it and does it work for you

i geuss thats the only way to know for sure

well maybe you who are having the issues might want to try and put one of the older firmwares or software on if it can be down graded perhaps to an older firmware

and see how it works

or maybe the mute wire is just not in properly perhaps

I wonder if it does have something to do with the software maybe they changed something in the more recent models

what happens when you click ok does the system work at all or does eveyring fade away even if your not going moving ?

When I click ok, the message goes away but I'm not able to do anything in motion. The icons are faded and when I try to watch DVDs it has a pop up screen that says 'watching videos in motion is strictly prohibited'

I really doubt it's the software, or at least I hope it's not. I'm gonna have another installer look at the mute wire.

Anyone else with this issue??

I got it too. Get rid of your mute wire mod and ground the actual parking break wire. See if that works, it didn't for me.

 

 

When I click ok, the message goes away but I'm not able to do anything in motion. The icons are faded and when I try to watch DVDs it has a pop up screen that says 'watching videos in motion is strictly prohibited'

 

I really doubt it's the software, or at least I hope it's not. I'm gonna have another installer look at the mute wire.

 

Anyone else with this issue??

When did you buy your unit?

When did you buy your unit?

Couple weeks ago.

one way to tell if its possibly the firmware or software on the unit is what date your unit was boxed up and packaged new

if it was in June there is a good chance it has the new software firmware if it was before june that it probalby doesn't since the newer software came out in june

mine was packaeged up with a sticker that says June 2011 and im hoping that perhaps if it was erly june it won't have the software and can confirm that

also maybe check your units and find out what software you do have if you have the older one then its probalby not if you have the newer one who knows maybe it could be that but thenm again who knows

one way to tell if its possibly the firmware or software on the unit is what date your unit was boxed up and packaged new

if it was in June there is a good chance it has the new software firmware if it was before june that it probalby doesn't since the newer software came out in june

mine was packaeged up with a sticker that says June 2011 and im hoping that perhaps if it was erly june it won't have the software and can confirm that

also maybe check your units and find out what software you do have if you have the older one then its probalby not if you have the newer one who knows maybe it could be that but thenm again who knows

I have version 3.0

that is not the latest one i think the latest one is 3.001

My other tech has bypassed a lot of these units and he reconnected the yellow pin and regrounded the parking, mute wires together and no luck. He does have the speed sensor wire hooked up. My unit was manufactured in May 2011, version 3.0000

I'm ready to pull out my hair!!!!

Still doesn't work!

hmm wonder if anything could have been changed in the harness perhaps anyone think that pioneer figured out what we where doing and decided to change things up or do you think they wouldn't bother because it would be got around again ?

could be that who ever you had pull the mute wire the first time screwed up the pin and damaged that or maybe even the plug itself perhaps

how many firmware versions have there been so far for the x930bt is 3.000 the first one and they started at 3.000 now they are at 3.001 or did they have something earlier in the x930bt models maybe others have not using it perhaps it could be the firmware or something but not sure that would be likely but perhaps

You might have to retry with a new harness perhaps the connector is damaged during pin removal or maybe the first one that did this pulled the wire out of the pin and didn't put the pink back on the wire properly perhaps

Thank you for reconfirming what i originally had posted. 1 pin down. initially it will work if you move the wire one pin over. until you take it for a little ride it will then lock out your video and give you the parking brake error message.

so if you go over one with the pin over one slot to the outside then it works but only for a little whyll and ones it is in motion it will then lock out again ?

is this what your saying ?

and then the correct way is to move it one slot down not on the outisde but just one slot down or up how ever you look at it ?