So here's a good one...
I'm trying to download the firmware update on a mac...The download from pioneer gives you a .exe file, which obviously won't run on a mac.
Anywhere to simply just download the zip file, or the files already uncompressed?
I can't believe more people don't complain about this. I called pioneer and ordered the update, but you'd figure they'd have a mac download...
Rick
Rename the file from .exe to .zip
Tried that. Doesn't work.
It did for me.
I just checked on my mac, the OP is right, renaming to zip just creates a broken file.
Here's a zip made in windows for you: www.avic411.com/files/Z130v3001.zip
What OS are you guys using? As I said, I renamed the file and unzipped with no issues.
Snow Leopard, I don't want to spend $30 for "Launchpad".
SL here too.
Woah you guys running snow leopard still, I'm on Lion.
There honestly isn't any reason to upgrade to Lion on a desktop. It just adds minor things like multitouch/full screen apps/launchpad.
I actually was on Lion for a couple of months and didn't like it so I went back to SL.
Thanks Jason!
Worked perfectly!
Assuming you have already partitioned your Mac's hard drive and can find an old copy of Windows laying around, why not just install windows on that machine, reboot into BOOTCAMP and then your Mac is a real Windows computer. Download the .exe file and then burn it to a disc or do whatever you want to do. Then, restart and boot back into Snow Leopard of Lion. With a Mac you can have a Mac OS, Windows OS and Linux OS all running on the same box. For something as non-power intensive like downloading a file and extracting it, it should work fine.
Off topic. But Im sure if he could have done that he would have. All Mac users know they can run Windows in a couple of different ways. But as a Mac user, a lot of us don't have a copy of Windows just lying around.
Agreed. Don't have Windows. Definitely not worth it to partition the drive, install bootcamp and track down a copy of windows just for the update...
Jason's posted the files. Worked perfectly. Just surprised Pioneer doesn't give you any Mac option...
Rick
Pioneer is run by the same type of buffoon like Monkeys as Microsoft so it doesn't surprise me one bit.
LOL!!! Not trying to be difficult, but not everyone that owns a Mac knows that it can also run Windows or any other operating system. I apologize if I made it sound like it was an economical thing to do if you didn't already have all of this stuff though. When I bought my first Intel iMac, I made sure to partition the hard drive into two partitions. One partition for the Mac OS was 700GBs and the Windows partition was 50GBs (give or take a few). I must admit that on average, I find myself only needing to boot into the Windows side maybe once or twice a year. Sometimes not at all. If others also have that set-up and have totally forgotten about it. I was hoping to remind them that there was an option. Roxio does the same thing with Toast updates. They only seem to make them downloadable via a Windows .exe file.
To be clear I am NOT advocating that one erase their hard drive, and reformat it and partition it JUST to be able to do a firmware download and update. However, if you already have it like that and just forgot about it, it was a friendly reminder. 
There's also emulators like Crossover, Virtual Box, VMware Fusion and Parallels. If you buy from the right companies, the next time you buy a hard drive, you can get an OEM copy of something like Windows 7 for $9.99.