im not sure if this has been mentioned here or not. but my avic n1 is bypassed with relays that are hooked to the vss wire. im not sure exactly how its done but basically the vss wire and the gps antenna were cut and relays were insterted and wired up to a switch. when i want navigation i turn the switch on. when i wanna watch video's while driving i hit the switch off. and watch away. while watching movies its as if navigation antenna is off and the vss aswell so the unit thinks its parked but im actually moviing

but what if you want turn by turn directions while a video is playing?

Details, details

How's that go? The devil's in the details.

but why not just take the parking brake wire and put to a switch or just ground it so you can watch video? Navi can be stored in memory so you can do both.

That will only work with the n1 with 40 series maps. Anything else and the video will drop out as soon as you start moving over 5 mph.

no this is not a solder technique.

the avic n1 knows your moving via 3 things. the vss wire. parking brake. and gps map.

essentially what i have done is hooked allthree up to a switch. when i want to have navigation switch on. booya, navigation works.

i want to watch a movie? switch off. booya, video works.

however you cannot have navigation while watching a movie.

also lets say you switch navi off drive to teh other side of the city switch it on give the unit about a min and it will find your location.

im pretty sure the edition of map disks you have doesn't affect this method.

someone please correct me if im wrong because i will be upgrading very shortly to the 60mp disk

Why not just solder it so you can watch movies, change addresses, and navigate all at the same time?

Or, if you really hate soldering and don't want to void any warantees, you could buy another monitor, mount it up front, and connect it to your rear out? Wouldn't that work? Then you could navigate and watch a movie at the same time without being interrupted or having to switch from the DVD to the navi screen!

Pyle make a nice 1/2 DIN flip out monitor for $159 - I may get one for the wifes H3 to use with her rear headrest dvd players

Hmm pyle?? Pyle of sh*t maybe.

They are that bad?? It was just a thought. She has the headrest monitors Hummer installed - no names - they look like Invisions. I was thinking of putting a front monitor and tieing it into the rear players.

I've never had much luck with any of their equipment lasting.

i have a feeling that my method might work with upgraded 60mp disks.

i guesse ill try it when i get my unit back from pioneer.

Your method does work. It was one of the first tested methods out there. It just became a more of a headache and totally surpassed the ability to navigate the address search and moving map while driving or use navgation while your TV or DVD was playing. Thats why someone kept search and found the solder trick. Makes it like the day it was new with the parking brake wire hooked up - but with 2006 updated discs.

Go ahead and rest assured it will work for you. Plus its about $85 cheaper to hook up wires and switches than send it out for a solder job.

Your method does work. It was one of the first tested methods out there. It just became a more of a headache and totally surpassed the ability to navigate the address search and moving map while driving or use navgation while your TV or DVD was playing. Thats why someone kept search and found the solder trick. Makes it like the day it was new with the parking brake wire hooked up - but with 2006 updated discs.

 

Go ahead and rest assured it will work for you. Plus its about $85 cheaper to hook up wires and switches than send it out for a solder job.

agreed. In my case, that method just wouldn't cut it for me because there's nothing like taking a long trip while watching a movie, AND having the AVIC tell you where you need to go. It's perfect! Thank God the N1 was easy to bypass!

2nd^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

3rd being able to change you address of end point just after you hung up the phone with your broker to go pick up that royalty check!!!! without having to slow down or flip swtiches , lol

well i rarely do travel outside the city in my car. if i do leave town im either flying or renting a car. considering mine is getting pretty old. but i do see the real benifits of soldering. i guesse i just don't feel like opening my unit up. but its good to know that my way will work with the 60 mp disks.

Were there any N1's that didn't need a by-pass?

My AVIC-N1 has been able to play DVD's while using the NAV in memory mode since the day I installed it.

My Alpine before it had to use a brake toggle.

I did the install on my N1 and I know I did nothing special.

Did they add this safety feature after I bought mine?

This is my first post here. I was sent here to learn more about the Pioneer CD-BTB100 and using it with my N1.

I have a brand new TellPhone 5000 BT Hands free sitting here.

From the little I've read, it sounds like I should prob stick with it vs the CD-BTB100. PAC is making a mod for Raytel's TellPhone 5000 (5000vi)

wich will display everything from my handsfree kit on my N1.

Any suggestions?

you don't need any soldering....all this sounds like a helluvalotta trouble to bypass it when instead of using solder you can go to radioshack (or their website) and by a circuit writer pen, and play connect the dots...as easy as just like a white out pen, but conductive....all these switches, methods and what not, sounds like we are trying to reinvent the wheel

I can watch DVD while driving on a Avic-N1. I did the solder mode and using the 70 map discs. The deck was already installed in my car when I bought it. I just did the upgrade. I could play DVD,s before the upgrade as well.