All sorted, what a beautiful unit the 8000NEX/F60DAB is!

I love it to bits!

Not sure if you (Spectrax) are still around but if you are, I have a few niggles and questions which I would be really grateful if you could help with......

1. Mode button - what does this button do? If i touch it once it turns the display off, if I touch and hold it does nothing different.Is that how it should work? is it just a screen mode (on/off) button? 

2. I have attached images below. Looks like this is 2014 model. Is there a free/cheap way to update the maps or only via Pioneer?

3. Would it be wise to update the firmware and how do I do it?

4. Biggest issue and only annoying thing I have found - I have my iPod Classic plugged in in the glovebox with my entire music collection on. If I pause it or turn car off, it NEVER remembers what track was playing and starts from a random song again. This sounds minor but it's actually really annoying, as I would often like to leave it ready to play a certain song when I get in car so I pause it hoping it will start from there when I turn the engine on again,and strangely, it does fire up SHOWING that song playing but instantly changes it to another track. Does anyone know if there is a fix for this, or if some of the settings might help? I have it set to shuffle random which is what I want it to do.

Thanks for any help with it. PS pics attached show all my settings screens in case anyone spots anything else I can/should do.

Hmm, may have another problem, a big one. Not sure, hoping someone here can advise....

I tried to see about updating the maps. Spoke to the useless support staff at Naviextras. Long story short..I took the SD card out of the stereo (it was in when I bought it second hand) and Naviextras are asking for "license" file in "license" folder. But I don't have that folder. I have attached a screenshot of the files/folders on the card. is it no good? If so, is it possible to get a new one without paying ridiculous money to Naviextras? Also, am I right in thinking the satnav software is iGo Primo? If so, maybe it's a long shot but I have just purchased full Europe maps for iGo Primo on my mum's car stereo in Spain. Don't suppose I could do that again or maybe even use her map file?

you're totally wrong mate....this is just update for the unit FW...no update for the maps
SDcard/extdata/iGO/content/... for maps and stuff

SDcard/extdata/iGO/licenses/

...but all this is stored on the internal SD card (not that one you can just easily remove)


  

Didn't understand a word of that. What am I wrong about? I am asking questions, not stating facts. If you have answers please go ahead

i just gave you answers...search the forum please to "learn more"

map update is not what you have on your picture....it is just folder structure of actual Pioneer firmware update...nothing more

You started by telling me "you are totally wrong mate". Doesn't sound like an answer, and I still don't know what you are referring to. Did you even see my first post, I posted twice. Or were you just responding to the second one? 

All sorted, what a beautiful unit the 8000NEX/F60DAB is!

I love it to bits!

 

Not sure if you (Spectrax) are still around but if you are, I have a few niggles and questions which I would be really grateful if you could help with......

 

 

1. Mode button - what does this button do? If i touch it once it turns the display off, if I touch and hold it does nothing different.Is that how it should work? is it just a screen mode (on/off) button? 

 

2. I have attached images below. Looks like this is 2014 model. Is there a free/cheap way to update the maps or only via Pioneer?

 

3. Would it be wise to update the firmware and how do I do it?

 

4. Biggest issue and only annoying thing I have found - I have my iPod Classic plugged in in the glovebox with my entire music collection on. If I pause it or turn car off, it NEVER remembers what track was playing and starts from a random song again. This sounds minor but it's actually really annoying, as I would often like to leave it ready to play a certain song when I get in car so I pause it hoping it will start from there when I turn the engine on again,and strangely, it does fire up SHOWING that song playing but instantly changes it to another track. Does anyone know if there is a fix for this, or if some of the settings might help? I have it set to shuffle random which is what I want it to do.

 

Thanks for any help with it. PS pics attached show all my settings screens in case anyone spots anything else I can/should do.

 

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1. not 100% sure. but it Toggles between the application and the AV function,

2. You can upgrade to the latest software (1.15) official, then patch/hack the Navi with a softwarekey and script. Then you can run/copy over downloaded maps (upgrading downloaded maps is another thing    )

3. Yes. You can get the firmware from pioneers website. its a zip file that needs to be unpacked to a sdcard or usbstick.

European firmware (F60Dab):

http://pioneer01.s3.amazonaws.com/Firmware/AVIC-Fx6x/AVIC-Fx60_EU5_FW_Ver_115.ZIP

US (Nex8000):

http://pioneer-usa.app.box.com/s/kjqzxk0dg3a8aat94urekdnb5rbt2lev

how to upgrade:

http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/83346-firmware-update-headache/?p=343823

Remember to also upgrade the bluetooth firmware afterwards in the system settings. Just use the same files and sdcard/usbstick as the normal firmware upgrade.

4. This is a "common" "problem" with the pioneers. What i "think" ive found out is that the unit needs to index the songs first, this takes alot of time if you have alot of songs on the attached unit/card/stick. So it have to index all the songs before it "remembers" last played. if you turn of the unit before it have finished you have to start again. But im not 100% sure about this. thre was a topic long time ago, try searching for it.

Hmm, may have another problem, a big one. Not sure, hoping someone here can advise....

 

I tried to see about updating the maps. Spoke to the useless support staff at Naviextras. Long story short..I took the SD card out of the stereo (it was in when I bought it second hand) and Naviextras are asking for "license" file in "license" folder. But I don't have that folder. I have attached a screenshot of the files/folders on the card. is it no good? If so, is it possible to get a new one without paying ridiculous money to Naviextras? Also, am I right in thinking the satnav software is iGo Primo? If so, maybe it's a long shot but I have just purchased full Europe maps for iGo Primo on my mum's car stereo in Spain. Don't suppose I could do that again or maybe even use her map file?

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The files from the picture is from a previous firmwareupdate i think so not needed. Just remove the card from the unit and format it (fat32) for later use.

If you are going to update the maps i preffer a usbstick formated in fat32.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/PUSA/Car_Electronics/Firmware%20Update%20Files/NEX%20Map%20Update_Naviextras/Naviextras%20Update%20Instructions_FINAL.pdf

Maps are locked to the unit, so cant use mums

You have to pay for the naviextras maps

But you can always patch the navi unit to copy any maps to the unit. These you can get from sites such as gpspower.

Just look back on previous questions you have asked, and search the NEX thread or contact some lovely people on the http://avichacking.slack.com chat  ( http://avicsignup.herokuapp.com )

Thanks very much as always Spec, very useful info

Nightmare! Happening over and over again. my phone will work thru stereo for calls, but not BT audio. I get the same error every time shown below. I also notice on the BT screen it shows phone connected but audio icon is greyed out.....

https://snag.gy/M8RFjG.jpg

https://snag.gy/Ynl5KA.jpg

Absolute nightmare, its the MAIN use I have for the unit, BT audio!! I could have got an android HU for £100 instead of £500 on this used unit!! And my main feature doesn't want to work! I also have a feeling this has only happened since I updated the firmware (and BT), silly me. Updates seem to always cause more work than they are worth!

Does anyone else have problems playing audio through their Pioneer via BT?

thanks

Nightmare! Happening over and over again. my phone will work thru stereo for calls, but not BT audio. I get the same error every time shown below. I also notice on the BT screen it shows phone connected but audio icon is greyed out.....

 

https://snag.gy/M8RFjG.jpg

 

https://snag.gy/Ynl5KA.jpg

 

Absolute nightmare, its the MAIN use I have for the unit, BT audio!! I could have got an android HU for £100 instead of £500 on this used unit!! And my main feature doesn't want to work! I also have a feeling this has only happened since I updated the firmware (and BT), silly me. Updates seem to always cause more work than they are worth!

Does anyone else have problems playing audio through their Pioneer via BT?

thanks

check pm. try an downgrade of firmware

Thanks Spec. Does anyone know if any particular firmware version did NOT have the problem of iPod always starting a new track every time get in the car? i.e not pausing while turned off and resuming from where it was paused when start up again? Bloody annoying that!

Thanks Spec. Does anyone know if any particular firmware version did NOT have the problem of iPod always starting a new track every time get in the car? i.e not pausing while turned off and resuming from where it was paused when start up again? Bloody annoying that!

all have this i think. if you have ALOT of songs it takes a LOOOOOOOOOONG time to index. if car is shutdown before its done,..your back to square one

maybe anyone could suplement the issue more?

You can also ask in the slack forum/chat. they know for sure

Thanks. I have 7600 songs on my iPod. Are you saying if I waited for a while after pressing pause but before turning off, it might work? I don't think it will but haven't tried waiting ages. Blooooody annoying!

The maps on my F60DAB are CRRRRRRAAAAPPP! 

I have gone back to very old firmware to try and fix another issue, does the new firmware (115) do anything with satnav like enable postcode entries?

i wish there was a fix for the classic ipods not picking up where they left off, its very frustrating. 

I couldn't agree more. So frustrating that I am selling my F60DAB soon I think, and going for Android or maybe a simple Alpine unit. Just want GOOD iPod connectivity, GOOD maps, and GOOD bluetooth including audio. All the rest is useless to me, but the main functions are not good enough

as i have mentioned in other posts, i have an older Z140 in my other vehicle that works great. its a shame there is not a fix for this