htrdlnc said:
I finally found it on the 12volt.com and a few hours later the post "vanished". Screw that forum and their legal obligations.
Since then I have found different variations leading up to the flash parking lights once during "starting Pioneer navigation" screen.
yea what is up with the 12volt forum, what ever happened to freedom of speech? Guess those darn canadians got issues. They block every bypass topic, yet they have the CVA 1000 bypass as a Stickey topic, who cares about a 10 year old system anyway.
so i guess the best way is to:
not connect the e brake at all
flash the lights once on the "pioneer loading" screen(wont hurt to do it more than once)
press ok to the stupid nav warning
drive and watch dvds and use the nav as it should be.
Lets not forget to thank those who contributed to this great thread and Jason for creating this awesome site. :wink:
why would it ever be needed, just curiuos? i dont see any reason other than if a cop wanted to see it functioning properly.
Lets not forget to thank those who contributed to this great thread and Jason for creating this awesome site. :wink:
Thanks Man!
I never imagined that the site would grow this big!
why would it ever be needed, just curiuos? i dont see any reason other than if a cop wanted to see it functioning properly.
Because the one time you forget, or "miss" you won't be able to use the nav at all.
why would it ever be needed, just curiuos? i dont see any reason other than if a cop wanted to see it functioning properly.
Because the one time you forget, or "miss" you won't be able to use the nav at all.
oh got ya, i was planning on usign a tr7 anway so hopefully i wont run into that problem. thanks, and thanks Jason for making a cool site, should change it around to include all types of audio like the 12volt forum, then ill never go back to that one for good.
Hey, I notice you and another guy (both with Porsche) are having the same speedo issue. Perhaps your car is not compatible with the Z1? Hence you're having horrible routing results. Have you contact Pioneer to see if this is the case?
I know some members on BMW forum had to do major dashboard cutting just to fit the Z1.
Yeah, I did note that another Porsche owner had speedo problems. But that aside as an *additional* problem and burden we bear, doesn't have anything to do with the exceptionally poor routing these NAV units provide. I mean, the reason you buy a nav unit is for nav, right? That it is a crippled crummy nav just adds to the insult.
I did contact Pioneer with all my problems and comments. Thank you for contacting Pioneer Electronics, Inc.
I am sorry to hear the problems you have experienced with the AVIC-Z1.
I will forward your comments to the product planning division. I am sure your
comments will be looked at closely and considered for future product changes.
Thank You,
Rocky
Customer Service Representative
Justs adds to my irritation, no customer service.
By the way, in addition to everything else the door rattles when you incline it while driving for good visibility.
jdpdata said:I don't really think you need to hack the Z1 to update it. If Pioneer is nice, they'll let you download an update, burn it to CD-R, and update the Z1. They already confirm that they'll update the GraceNote CDDB this way in the future.
Hey, I notice you and another guy (both with Porsche) are having the same speedo issue. Perhaps your car is not compatible with the Z1? Hence you're having horrible routing results. Have you contact Pioneer to see if this is the case?
I know some members on BMW forum had to do major dashboard cutting just to fit the Z1.
Thats great! Haha! :lol:
It has been confirmed that with speedo wire and ebrake properly connected the light flash trick still works, it appears those that are having trouble are just getting the timing wrong.
So far I've heard you complain a lot about the NAV but with no specifics. Whats wrong with the NAV?
edrock200 said:MChance000 said:Obviously I am aware a nav update won't require a hack. Just seems everyone is spending a lot of energy hacking for functionality and decisions that should be the owners. Not to mention even when the dvd is running it is second rate at best compared to other units on the market.
So far I've heard you complain a lot about the NAV but with no specifics. Whats wrong with the NAV?
1. Are you turning the light on and then off at the startup?
2.. Or are you guys flashing the hi-beam?
The first method is what you want to do. At first I thought pulsing mean flashing the hi-beam-which is incorrect. Also check that your illuminimation wire is hook up correctly.
If you tied to headlights or your parking lights come on with the car (ie autolights) then turning your headlights off and on won't do you any good. Try disabling your auto headlights and try again.
For those who have auto headlamps, a switch has to be installed to make the unit bypass at night. The chevy headlamps comes on with ignition whenever its night and the unit has to see open, pos, open, pos, open, pos. If it sees positive first, the unit does not bypass. The switch would have to be used to kill the positive upon start. I will post results within a day or so.
For those who plan on using the pac part, will the pac part stay open so that the illumination function still works? Its not like the alpine where they have set inputs in the brain for the park brake and foot brake. This illumination has to serve both purposes.
