Hello everyone.

Im new to this forum so please deal with me, I recently installed my Z1 in my 2002 VW Jetta eveything works great VSS, Reverse, back up cam, Navi and what not. the dvd overide works but is there anyway to make all the options available when in navi or any other mode that requires the e-brake to be pulled and the car to be stopped? i put my e-barke wire to a switch that is grounded. I was thinking of doing the same for the VSS but only running the switch inline of the vss wire cutting out the signal to make it look like the car is not moving. or will it sill sense the movement of the car through the gps antena? Basically i want to be able to do the addres search while driving or change background images while driving and POI and what not. If any one knows of a way to make all buttons functional while driving please let me know.

Thank You

Grounding your parking brake wire with a switch and then doing something like watch a DVD and then moving will not work and will bring up a nag screen which will force you to reset your unit to factory new (with the front panel reset button) to get rid of it. It's the dreaded "your parking brake is not connected propery" message.

Removing the VSS wire won't help either. It will sense 10 mpg with the GPS antenna. If you get one of the relay setups on ebay that won't work either. The Z1 has internal accelerometers which eventually will sense motion and block what you are doing anyway.


You just want access to the menu options and not play DVD movies while driving or you want to watch these DVD's and videos on private property and off road and for shows right? Cause doing so on public highways is dangerous and illegal. Just so you know. So all this is for off road use only.

If you illumination wire is hooked up and if you are viewing the map, if you turn your headlights on and off, does the map go from daytime mode to night mode? If so, just flash you headlights when the unit boots up. Actually the procedure is in this post:

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 01&start=0

When you see that text screen during boot up, http://www.sminnick.com/AviatorRadio/IMG_0066.html your lights have to go from off to on or from on to off.

That's all there is to it.

If you don't have auto headlights and will remember not to turn your headlights on for 10 seconds, you can get a single TR7 and program it to "flash your headlights for you". Or if you have auto headlights or don't want to have the limitation for the first 10 seconds, you need 2 tr7's wired up and programmed like in this post:
http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 43&start=0

Or you can buy one of the circuits I sell, and install that. It will flash your lights for you and will handle auto headlights and everything.
http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=166

So you have 3 options. If your illumination wire is installed correctly, you can just go to your car, start it and try it for yourself.

Steve

i saw your product i am thinking of buying one soon, and i know how to do the bypass, but what i want to be able to do is an addy search while driving. and veiw poi and change the background image all while driving. how do you do that?

Dub-Sport said:

i saw your product i am thinking of buying one soon, and i know how to do the bypass, but what i want to be able to do is an addy search while driving. and veiw poi and change the background image all while driving. how do you do that?

When you do that flashing or the circuit install, everything works all the time. If it's available with this unit, it's available all the time.

shortly after i left this morning i did the bypass and everyhting worked i do appologize. thank you very much and how long would it take to get the circuit you make? that thing is awsome.

so its best to leave the e-brake wire disconnected then right? or leave the switch off all the time.

Dub-Sport said:

shortly after i left this morning i did the bypass and everyhting worked i do appologize. thank you very much and how long would it take to get the circuit you make? that thing is awsome.

so its best to leave the e-brake wire disconnected then right? or leave the switch off all the time.

Dub, no need to appologize, all this gets confusing. And sometimes I'm not the best at explaining things technical. I know exactly what to do, but my putting it into words can sometimes be rather weird.

As for my circuit, it's in a sticky at the top of this forum. Here is the link.
http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=166
It just so happens I have stock now (for a while I was a little behind making these due to a vacation I took, but now I'm back and I have stock). I can ship one out Monday. I ship USPS First class from NJ, but if you want to pay extra I can fed ex if you are in that much of a hurry you can have it Tuesday.

As for the e-brake, if you plan on flashing or circuit installing leave it disconnected. There is more info in the FAQ's as well:
http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=285
http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=351

thanks will buy one soon when i get some cash