You might want to check to see if the installer charged you for the bypass. If he did you should get a refund sense it was the wrong bypass proceeder and it didnt work.

What does the pop up need to say to know that it's been enabled?

You might want to check to see if the installer charged you for the bypass. If he did you should get a refund sense it was the wrong bypass proceeder and it didnt work.

That's a great point.  I believe it was a $40 add-on.  My installers treat me very well - they've done work on all my vehicles for a few years and also the services I purchase as gifts for others.  Besides, I'm not happy with the 7000 due to the screen glare and my installer is OK with me paying the difference for the 8000 and swapping it out for me, no extra charge.  

Thank you. Worked great. 

That's a great point.  I believe it was a $40 add-on.  My installers treat me very well - they've done work on all my vehicles for a few years and also the services I purchase as gifts for others.  Besides, I'm not happy with the 7000 due to the screen glare and my installer is OK with me paying the difference for the 8000 and swapping it out for me, no extra charge.  

I'm sorry but as an installer whos worked in the industry for close to a decade, its absolutely inexcusable to not know how to bypass a radio when there's sites like this (and you should have the knowledge of what each radio needs to "view video" to properly bypass). It's extremely discrediting, at least in my opinion (not to mention charging $40 for it, lol).

Did the bypass a while back ago thinking everything was ok. I thought it would let me do the navi while driving, but it didn't. Went to a video to check to see if bypass works still, and it didn't. So I did the process over again and this time it said "set off". Bypassed worked again until I went to the navi. Any ideas what could be wrong?

Sorry, wrong thread. Ignore. 

Ok hopefully you all can help me settle something. Ive been getting the "improper connection of parking brake" message, usually 2-3 times - every time I'm in the car. My buddy says it's because of how the bypass works and the Pioneer seeing the parking brake grounded when the head unit starts. But from what I'm reading here, some of you (or all of our and just did not mention) have seen this message, but it is not as common as my vehicle. I've spliced the parking brake wire into the head unit side of the harness at ground, and the vehicle side. I have soldered the connection. I'm about ready to go and do my own chassis ground just for parking brake. But before I tear the car apart (AGAIN!) I thought I would ask. Again it's not a problem if the screen is coming up, but it's just an annoyance and leads me to believe there is something wrong with my connections (or the unit itself?). Any feedback would be great!

I have the 8000NEX unit installed, just bought it about a month ago. I'm pretty handy with wiring, I've been in the mobile electronics industry for awhile.... so I know good wiring techniques from bad ones (at least I hope I do at this point). Just one of those situations that is making me scratch my head. My buddy butting into the situation is making me wonder more of what's going on in the background. It would make sense that anytime the vehicle would see movement it would want to lock out certain features for "safety", but with the bypass enabled it just wants to give you an annoying message?

Any feedback for peace of mind, whether I'm the cause of the issue or something else, would be great. Plus I've talked to the shop I bought the unit from and they said if I can figure out if it's something to do with the unit, they would let me return it and get a replacement. But I don't want to just blame the unit first, in the event it is something I did or another factor.

Thanks!

Ok hopefully you all can help me settle something. Ive been getting the "improper connection of parking brake" message, usually 2-3 times - every time I'm in the car. My buddy says it's because of how the bypass works and the Pioneer seeing the parking brake grounded when the head unit starts. But from what I'm reading here, some of you (or all of our and just did not mention) have seen this message, but it is not as common as my vehicle. I've spliced the parking brake wire into the head unit side of the harness at ground, and the vehicle side. I have soldered the connection. I'm about ready to go and do my own chassis ground just for parking brake. But before I tear the car apart (AGAIN!) I thought I would ask. Again it's not a problem if the screen is coming up, but it's just an annoyance and leads me to believe there is something wrong with my connections (or the unit itself?). Any feedback would be great!

 

I have the 8000NEX unit installed, just bought it about a month ago. I'm pretty handy with wiring, I've been in the mobile electronics industry for awhile.... so I know good wiring techniques from bad ones (at least I hope I do at this point). Just one of those situations that is making me scratch my head. My buddy butting into the situation is making me wonder more of what's going on in the background. It would make sense that anytime the vehicle would see movement it would want to lock out certain features for "safety", but with the bypass enabled it just wants to give you an annoying message?

 

Any feedback for peace of mind, whether I'm the cause of the issue or something else, would be great. Plus I've talked to the shop I bought the unit from and they said if I can figure out if it's something to do with the unit, they would let me return it and get a replacement. But I don't want to just blame the unit first, in the event it is something I did or another factor.

 

Thanks!

I have a 8000NEX with a bypass wired in. The only suggestion I have is to use a relay in the bypass wiring. I do not get any warning message.

Ok hopefully you all can help me settle something. Ive been getting the "improper connection of parking brake" message, usually 2-3 times - every time I'm in the car. My buddy says it's because of how the bypass works and the Pioneer seeing the parking brake grounded when the head unit starts. But from what I'm reading here, some of you (or all of our and just did not mention) have seen this message, but it is not as common as my vehicle. I've spliced the parking brake wire into the head unit side of the harness at ground, and the vehicle side. I have soldered the connection. I'm about ready to go and do my own chassis ground just for parking brake. But before I tear the car apart (AGAIN!) I thought I would ask. Again it's not a problem if the screen is coming up, but it's just an annoyance and leads me to believe there is something wrong with my connections (or the unit itself?). Any feedback would be great!

 

I have the 8000NEX unit installed, just bought it about a month ago. I'm pretty handy with wiring, I've been in the mobile electronics industry for awhile.... so I know good wiring techniques from bad ones (at least I hope I do at this point). Just one of those situations that is making me scratch my head. My buddy butting into the situation is making me wonder more of what's going on in the background. It would make sense that anytime the vehicle would see movement it would want to lock out certain features for "safety", but with the bypass enabled it just wants to give you an annoying message?

 

Any feedback for peace of mind, whether I'm the cause of the issue or something else, would be great. Plus I've talked to the shop I bought the unit from and they said if I can figure out if it's something to do with the unit, they would let me return it and get a replacement. But I don't want to just blame the unit first, in the event it is something I did or another factor.

 

Thanks!

I wired my parking brake wire the same way you did and I get it maybe once every 10 times I get in the car, if that.  I thought it was kind of weird too and was considering the same solution you were.  At the same time, I'm not sure I care enough.  I might wait until there is a good mirroring option for my factory backup cam before I tear the dash apart again.  Kill 2 birds with one stone.

I don't remember how I hooked up my parking brake wire but I did the bypass on my 8000 and have never gotten the message.

Has anybody had the "Parking brake wired incorrectly" message appear even after wiring the bypass?

 

I'm using the 8000NEX and have had it happen twice, both times after turning off the car to fill it with gas, and then turning it back on it.

 

I've soldered the parking brake wire to ground and used heat-shrink tubing to prevent shorts so I know it's wired correctly and securely.

 

Not a big deal, but it's still weird that I still see the message (albeit very rarely)

This just happened to me for the first time, and it was immediately after filling gas. I stopped, shut my car off, restarted and everything was normal. Had my 8000nex installed last Thursday, so I'm obviously new to the game. I asked the installer to ground the parking wire, but since I didn't witness it being grounded I have no idea what he actually did aside from the software bypass.

I'm getting the following message on my 8000 every time I start the car: "System detected improper connection of Parking Brake lead.  Please check your configuration for safety.  Please see Operation Manual for more information regarding safe operation."  (see attached image)  I didn't get this at first after doing the bypass - I carefully wired the thing following directions on this forum.  Is it possible the splice has opened up?  After getting this message none of the bypass stuff works (ie video while driving, keypad for phone while driving, etc).  Any other thoughts on what's causing this before I open everything up again?

Hi

I'm new owner of AVIC F960BT EU version. Will have my unit installed next week.

I have a question about bypassing - do I have to change mute wires and ground brake cable to radio chassis? 

Or mute wires swapping isn't necessary?

Is it necessary to somehow hack the unit and edit the ini file?

First of all did you even read this thread? This thread details what needs to be done to achieve the bypass.

Unfortunately this procedure does not work with the EU version of the 8000, the AVIC-F60DAB. I tried it several times but no luck. Any ideas or other experiences wit EU versions?

I've just installed the radio without test drive.. maybe the bypass is not needed for EU versions. I'll try tomorrow.

 

UPDATE: There's really no need for any manual input mentioned in post #1 for the AVIC-F60DAB unit. Only ground the parking brake.. that's it!

VBLUE42 - you are right, sorry, somehow I missed this "Update" info

In this case I'll just ground parking break wire to ground wire on avic harness. 

I'll post later if it worked for me too

I read in the Carplay thread that the bypass still worked with the new carplay-enabled firmware.

Can anyone else confirm in addition to that one poster?  and assuming so, after you do the firmware upgrade, do you need to go through the process again (AV off, hold the screen etc)?

I can confirm that grounding break wire is enough to bypass playing DVD and navigation input while in motion.

My unit is AVIC-F960BT EU version

I read in the Carplay thread that the bypass still worked with the new carplay-enabled firmware.

 

Can anyone else confirm in addition to that one poster? and assuming so, after you do the firmware upgrade, do you need to go through the process again (AV off, hold the screen etc)?

 

I know you are looking for confirmation from another person, but I will say that I did NOT have to go through the process again. The bypass state was still in tact after installing firmware 1.06.

I read in the Carplay thread that the bypass still worked with the new carplay-enabled firmware.

 

Can anyone else confirm in addition to that one poster?  and assuming so, after you do the firmware upgrade, do you need to go through the process again (AV off, hold the screen etc)?

The bypass continues to work for me after the update.

The bypass continues to work for me after the update.

Thanks everyone.  Now I can upgrade with piece of mind.

10/21 update:  Upgraded a few days ago and bypass still working.

Now that 1.08 is out, the same question comes up again: Is the bypass still working in 1.08?  

​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

Is this just to be able to play video, or does this take care of the message talking about the parking brake when you use the Nav function?

I did this whole procedure on my 8000. It works almost perfectly. Before the bypass, the warning came up every time. After the bypass, once in a while, it pops up. "System detected that the parking brake wire has not been connected properly" Maybe it is expecting a change on the parking brake wire. Somehow, it knows I grounded the wire.

Now that 1.08 is out, the same question comes up again: Is the bypass still working in 1.08?  

Quoting myself, I took the plunge and have been running 1.08 and the bypass is still working.

My history is: bought the 7000 unit in August, shipped with 1.01.   Upgraded to 1.06 (bypass still worked, I did NOT have to redo the steps).  Upgraded to 1.08 (bypass still worked, I did not have to redo the steps).

And regarding Bobec's comment above, I've *never* received a warning about my parking brake wire not being hooked up properly.  I have the parking brake wire twisted with the radio ground wire and both of those connected to the harness adapter ground wire (using butt connectors, no soldering).  Been working flawlessly.