Just installed my z1 in my 2001 F350. In any of the audio modes, it displays UNREADABLE DISK across the bottom of the screen. Also the dvd icon isn't lit up like the other icons. Every once in a while the error message will go away for a minute, but then it comes back. I've checked and rechecked every connection. Tried resetting the unit. So I called pioneer "technical support" what a joke. They said just send it in. I'm saving that as a last resort.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks, Jamie

i have the same thing, but i think its just burnt disks. however, i used one burnt disk, and it worked fine, then i went to use several others and got that error.

I have that problem with some of the dvds I put in, says unreadable, I put in the scarface dvd and it wouldn't play and I was like wtf

does anyone really KNOW what this is? i mean, is it fixable? hackable? does anyone know what to do? thanks

I could see it doing it due to the type of disk that was inserted. But mine does it ALL THE TIME! Dosen't matter if I'm listening to am-fm-xm-ipod. Even when there's no disk in it( it's never played a disk of any kind)!

Anyone have any ideas, before I have to rip this brand new unit back out and send it back to pioneer for warranty?

Thanks, Jamie

Sounds like there really is a problem with your unit. I've never seen that error before, and I've had a LOT of media in mine from DVD +-, RW, CD-R and RW, etc. I just got finished ripping 124 CDs to the library, about half of which were CD-Rs, and I had no problems.

Can you send it back to where you bought it from? That would probably be a lot quicker than warranty service.

My Z2 gives me "Unreadable disk" too. Commercial DVDs work fine, but the ones I burnt do not. CDs that I burnt work fine too. I tried to burn on two different burners and on two different DVD brands. Doesn't help. Is there a certain way I need to burn them? Any special options I need to set in Nero? I just burnt 10 folders with mp3s with many subfolders. Please advise.

Thanks.

I tried burning at both 2.4x and 16x (max) speed.

Mine is doin the same exact thing. wont read any kind of disc. calling pioneer is a waste of time. they said 200 bux flat rate which isnt bad unless there is more stuff that they need to fix that problem. If you send yours in let me know how long it takes to fix and what they charged you for it. really sux i had to buy an ipod just to get music

Mine is doin the same exact thing. wont read any kind of disc. calling pioneer is a waste of time. they said 200 bux flat rate which isnt bad unless there is more stuff that they need to fix that problem. If you send yours in let me know how long it takes to fix and what they charged you for it. really sux i had to buy an ipod just to get music

I got the same problem too
Playing normal DVD's is perfectly fine but once I try and download music videos from iTunes and transferring them to a dvd-r I always get unreadable disc.

Deacster said:

I got the same problem too
Playing normal DVD's is perfectly fine but once I try and download music videos from iTunes and transferring them to a dvd-r I always get unreadable disc.

I think Itunes uses .mov and .mp4 for videos and music. which are incompatible with the Avic...I could be wrong...

i got the same fuggin error....def a mistake in pioneers part on the unit...Doesnt matter what media goes in there. Probably just a cheap dvd player they used with it. Im sending mine back since i got the warranty...This is a load of crap

Does the z2 not have DivX? I havent really looked into it but maybe that could be a problem..
Has anyone ever burned downloaded movies or music videos onto a dvd disc and actually had it work?

so has anybody figured anything out with this? Mine did it on a regular dvd. Are all of your units bypassed? Maybe the software upgrade does it? Might as well try to narrow it down

My unit is bypassed
Regular DVD's work but whenever I try to burn one I get unreadable disc

I just got the same problem. everything was working fine until today. The system was playing all my cds, even burnt ones, but while listening to one of the cds today, the music jsut stoped and it said "unreadable disc". I tried other cds and dvds, and now its not reading anything, not even the ones that worked b4. Got this system installed a week ago, and ran into a few troubles with it, startng to think this was a big wasted of money.

I got the same as the rest of the complaints listed. I played a dvd-r disk and now nothing works on dvd or cd. When I installed my unit when it was brand new I had a power supply problem. I shipped it to the Pioneer service center (make sure you get a repair order from Pioneer) I shipped on Monday gort it back on Friday same Week "UPS". I am calling Pioneer on Tuesday. If anyone knows a quick fix please let me know.
Thanks,
Boucho

I have the same issue with my audio CD collection. I upgraded to the Z2 image on a new drive and several audio CD's from my original CD collection (not burnt but actual original store bought) will not read in the disc drive. When a disc is inserted that exhibits this issue I can hear the laser pickup tracking back and forth just as if it cannot read the disc at all. However it does read some of my disc's. I did not have this issue with the Z1 image. The disc drive has always been very sensitive to the slightest smudge on disc's but not to the point of rejecting a disc and displaying a unreadable disc error. What was included in this image update? I am starting to wonder if additional media support was included that has caused this issue.

I reset the unit but am still having issues where some disc's will read while others won't. When I had the original drive (Z1) in the unit it read all my audio disc's fine. Since upgrading to the Z2 image I have this issue where it will not read all my audio disc's (all are original store bought disc's). Any additional info in regards to the hit and miss of reading disc's in the Z1/2? BTW my unit is just 2 months over the one year warranty.