So you're saying to:

Step 1 turn power on push main menu button (bottom center)

Step 2 push AV icon (bottom center)

Step 3 on AV icon screen push off button (towards bottom)

Step 4 touch quadrant 4 (half inch in and half inch up from left lower corner of touch screen) hold your finger there for about 10-12 seconds. "set on" icon will appear that means you are done.

 

I'm getting an 8200 next week and want to make sure I can set it up without problems. Thanks in advance.

Likewise - having an 8200NEX installed this week as well. I should have tried this with the in-store demo...

What exactly does the parking bypass enables?

Is playing DVDs while moving the only thing?

...

I bought an AVIC-8200NEX yesterday from a local shop.  They did the install (charged $175, which I think is ridiculous but that's another story).  When they announced it was done the sales guy gave me a quick runthough.  We paired my phone (Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge) that I had already installed Android Auto on (latest version).  Unfortunately the sales guy was so busy being cool (let's check out this bad boy, bro!), that he couldn't wait to get rid of me, and we never checked actual operation of Android Auto.

Anyway I discovered after making the 50 mile drive back home, I can't get Android Auto setup to run.  As soon as I plug my phone into the USB extender, AA starts up on the phone and the head unit display goes black with this message:

   To use Android Auto, please stop your car and check your Android phone.

The phone changes to a red screen with a P on a signpost and says:

                              STOP

Android Auto will resume when your car’s parked. Already parked? Engage the parking brake.

                                                                                                                                      EXIT

Sounds like the whole parking brake thing is not working right.  However, although the installer says he did not hook up the green parking brake wire, it should work with the soft bypass.  I have verified that the soft bypass is on, and have even switched it off and back on.  Tried three different USB cables including the one that came with the phone.

AA setup on the phone itself says it has not paired with any autos.  Bluetooth audio from the phone works through the head unit though, so I assume the BT link itself is fine. Nonetheless I told it to forget any paired autos and went through the setup again.  Time after time, I get the same two error messages above every single time I plug the phone in.  If I dismiss the one on the phone, then AA works, but only on the phone.  The HU shows an APPS button in the upper left corner, although SOMETIMES it shows the AA icon there instead, but when I touch it it goes into the same two errors again.

The tech swears he plugged the USB extender into USB2 (but I bet he didn't, since they never even asked me what kind of phone I have before the install... I bet they assumed iPhone and used USB1).  

I can't see how to get to the back of the HU... it is a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500, and I can't reach my arm up there and have no clue how to get the unit out of the dash, so since I have to work today through Sunday, best they can do is have me drive the 100 mile round trip and they will get it working.  Pretty upsetting considering it was $1550 out the door yesterday and AA was obviously never even tested.

 

   To use Android Auto, please stop your car and check your Android phone.

 

The phone changes to a red screen with a P on a signpost and says:

 

                              STOP

 

Android Auto will resume when your car’s parked. Already parked? Engage the parking brake.

 

                                                                                                                                      EXIT

 

Sounds like the whole parking brake thing is not working right.  However, although the installer says he did not hook up the green parking brake wire, it should work with the soft bypass.  I have verified that the soft bypass is on, and have even switched it off and back on.  Tried three different USB cables including the one that came with the phone.

You will need to ground the parking brake wire for Android Auto to configure itself, even with the soft bypass.  I just got through dealing with this same issue on a 8100 NEX.  This wasn't something that was necessary before this last update of Android Auto or maybe it was the update of google.play.services.  Once configured AA seems to work without regard to the parking brake signal.

Just for the record, the software bypass works on an 8000 with 1.11 firmware.  The spot on the screen to push is lower left corner, about 1/4" from each edge.  1/2" from each edge did not work for me.  My parking brake wire is grounded.

It 'kinda' worked on my 7200. The little menu came up, and I was able to disable.

But about 2-3 minutes later it tells me it has detected that the cable is incorrectly grounded.

I have it grounded to a metal cross beam behind the dash.

- Would I be better off just using the black grounding wire for the radio?

It worked on my 8200 without changing anything on the brake wire.   However, after driving for 15 minutes or so I can no longer input an address or get to any settings in the nav window even after I stop.  I also don't get the radio data at the bottom of the nav window after that 15 minutes.  The only solution is to turn the car off, then restart and it's all available again.  Doesn't seem to do this with "Set Off".   Anyone else get that?

Works fine on my 5200, I only have a message about "we have detected a problem in your handbrake setting" when I start to drive when the unit is still in its early stage of booting, I click "OK" and that's it. I have 0 problem and can do anything in any menu.

It worked on my 8200 without changing anything on the brake wire.   However, after driving for 15 minutes or so I can no longer input an address or get to any settings in the nav window even after I stop.  I also don't get the radio data at the bottom of the nav window after that 15 minutes.  The only solution is to turn the car off, then restart and it's all available again.  Doesn't seem to do this with "Set Off".   Anyone else get that?

After grounding the brake wire, I no longer get the issue with locking out the address and such.  So to clear it up, just doing the "set-on" lets you do things temporarily, but grounding the brake wire makes the "set-on" fully work.

​MOD NOTE!!! This will be the official bypass thread for the AVIC NEX series. Please follow these directions to the letter to achieve the proper bypass.

 

Did some research on the new NEX 8000. By useing the old pioneer quadrant technology you can bypass the in motion safety shutdown.

Step 1 ground parking brake wire

Step 2 turn power on push main menu button (bottom center)

Step 3 push AV icon (bottom center)

Step 4 on AV icon screen push off button (towards bottom)

Step 5 touch quadrant 4 (half inch in and half inch up from left lower corner of touch screen) hold your finger there for about 10-12 seconds. "set on" icon will appear that means you are done.

Enjoy Safely

​MOD NOTE!!! This will be the official bypass thread for the AVIC NEX series. Please follow these directions to the letter to achieve the proper bypass.

 

Did some research on the new NEX 8000. By useing the old pioneer quadrant technology you can bypass the in motion safety shutdown.

Step 1 ground parking brake wire

Step 2 turn power on push main menu button (bottom center)

Step 3 push AV icon (bottom center)

Step 4 on AV icon screen push off button (towards bottom)

Step 5 touch quadrant 4 (half inch in and half inch up from left lower corner of touch screen) hold your finger there for about 10-12 seconds. "set on" icon will appear that means you are done.

Enjoy Safely

For 5200 model:

Step 1 ground parking brake wire

Step 2 press "4 square" (menu) button on left side of screen

Step 3 touch AV (lower screen)

Step 4 touch "source OFF "

Step 5 touch quadrant 4 (half inch in and half inch up from left lower corner of touch screen) hold your finger there for about 10-12 seconds, "set on" icon will appear

Step 6 touch "set on" and you are done.

does not work on 4100 nex is there a trick for this one?

never mind just seen it avic only, my fault. toggle switch it is.

If i just do the software bypass does that allow me to watch video and enter an address when in motion. Or just watch video?

I just installed my 8100 NEX with firmware version 1.05. I grounded the parking wire and performed  the quadrant 4 method. I was given the message "set off". I started driving and about 1 minute in got the warning that the parking brake is not connected. Do i do this wrong? How often does that message come up?

Thanks!

It also said my speed signal wire was not connected but i know it is and double checked. Is that part of this hack?

I have the AVIC 8000NEX, and I do have the US version (noting also that I have updated with the 1.08 firmware).  One thing to note on my install, which did work without any messages (noting also that I have updated with the 1.08 firmware):  On the 2002 Toyota Tundra, the signal for the parking brake is hot (12V) when the parking brake is not engaged (this is consistent with the installation manual).  When the parking brake engages, the signal grounds, and then also turns on the dash "brake engaged" light.   This is quite different than simply taking the signal wire to ground.  Perhaps this is the trick to not getting the message.  I don't know.  However, I do know that all works perfectly for me, with no messages on the AVIC 8000NEX installed in my 2002 Tundra.  I cannot comment on the AppRadio part of the question - I use Apple CarPlay and an iPhone 6 (I also connect an iPhone 5C to this unit with the same results).

Light bulb!

This makes absolute sense to me. I've been getting the "improper connection of parking brake lead" for a couple years now. I largely ignore it by hitting OK and carrying on with what I was doing. In the end it has no impact on the full functionality of my 6100NEX even while continuing to move at speed. This is because I've also used the software bypass, which enables access to the HU full functionality regardless of the state of the parking brake lead. However, the HU does apparently continue to periodically check the state of the parking brake lead. It then throws the warning message out if it sees a low or ground voltage on the line - while the unit is moving IIRC. It probably does this by checking the PB lead level in combination with the level on the pink speed wire (and probably not the GPS, which would be overly complicated).

Following some of my own RTFM advice and referring to the Pioneer installation diagram ... it corroborates what you're saying, DJR. As you can see, it shows the light green parking brake lead connected to the "POWER SUPPLY SIDE OF THE SWITCH", indicating it would be at a high voltage state (12V presumably) until the switch is engaged (i.e. parked), at which point it's pulled to 0V (ground).

Thus, the instruction to "Ground the Parking Brake Lead" is misleading. If it's to be connected to anything, it should probably be set high (i.e. connected to the 12V rail) in order to defeat the periodic "improper connection of parking brake lead" message.

I just installed my 8100 NEX with firmware version 1.05. I grounded the parking wire and performed  the quadrant 4 method. I was given the message "set off". I started driving and about 1 minute in got the warning that the parking brake is not connected. Do i do this wrong? How often does that message come up?

Thanks!

I don't think you need to ground the parking brake if you're doing the quadrant bypass

Confirmed working on two 5000NEX, both at 1.14.

Parking brake wire never connected to anything, neither is speed signal wire. No odd messages come up.

Sweet spot is in extreme corner as others have said.

does this work on the new AVH

2330NEX

Can anyone confirm if the left corner bypass was patched in the latest firmware update for the 8200?

works fine on 8200, fw 1.07

doesn't seem to work on the new 2300NEX.