Has anybody used European FW on their US model successfully? I see that the Pioneer EU site has newer FW updates for the F/X series, one even includes a WinCE update. (3.021 with WinCE 6.228, and 4.001. )

 

I was wondering if it would adversely affect the tuner functionality (AM, FM, HD, and XM), as they use different freqs in Europe, and do not use HD Radio or XM at all. Or, if there might be any other lost or incorrect functionality?

Hi,

I am in the same boat, I am using US model in UK and my new iphone 4s is not ceenecting to the my AVIC f700bt, so i thought i shoul dupgrde the avic with eu firmware

 

Any body please advice

the firmware should not change the operation. I believe the differences are in the hardware.

 

In fact, my hybrid-4.001 guide is based upon the fw downloaded from EU pioneer site. Cnsd-100fm update provides OS [winceimg.bin] and cnsd-200fm provided application updates. Maps/pois (igo content) is also specific to the region, but I use patched igo (ezrider.exe) and aftermarket igo8.3 compatible maps/pois for my region...