Thanks Hyperite, but i can't get it to work. After I insert the disc and press map is says "CD ROM inserted" and nothing else happens. Am I missing a step?

You either didn't press map, or didn't burn it as an image. We've covered it dozens of times in this thread, but if you put the disc in your computer, you should see a whole bunch of files. If you just see one, you did it wrong.

Another success here. I burned w/ Roxio at the slowest setting (4x) on Memorex CD-R. Worked great on the first try. THANKS GUYS!!

P.S. Empress Audio in Gulfport, MS wanted me to have them do the unlock for me. I told them I had the .ISO and did the 2 wire bypass and the guy said "well if you have any problems with it we can run it for you for $20. "

So the guy knew I had downloaded the .ISO and did the bypass myself but he thought I would give him $20 to run the damn thing!! Amazing!

I'll take your $20

I'm told the Z2's manufactured after July 07 do not except the bypass that worked on the earlier Z2s. Has anyone succesfuly bypassed a Z2 manufactured in August or later yet? I'm having mine installed in a F250 without a bypass and I'm not too happy about it, but taking the risk that the problem will eventually be solved (like within a few months if not already).

Hey guys,

Got the Avic Z2 month ago and did the method2 bypass. Everything looked ok but at the end of the day got the parking break warning screen back:-(. Any sugestions? Thank you

Press the little Reset hole

You're confused or have been told misinformation. ALL Z2s are bypassable. The first Z2s were not bypassable but now are via software patch. Sometime in July, there was a software change at Pioneer and they were magically bypassable from the factory. If yours was made August, you just need to do the 2-wire method of bypass. Detailed instructions can be found in the Stickys at the top of the forum

I'm told the Z2's manufactured after July 07 do not except the bypass that worked on the earlier Z2s. Has anyone succesfuly bypassed a Z2 manufactured in August or later yet? I'm having mine installed in a F250 without a bypass and I'm not too happy about it, but taking the risk that the problem will eventually be solved (like within a few months if not already).

Hey guys! Thanks a Hyperite (and everyone else) for all the info..im having my Z2 installed today, i will have the 2 wire bypass done, but do i still need to flash the system with the .iso? One of the last posts said something about the aug07+ already having the patch from the factory...is this true? i just dont want to mess it up and have a $2.2k paper weight :/

DrU

Mine is still being installed as I type this, expect to pick it up in a couple hours, I'll post the results when I get it home, and in hopeful thinking, a huge Thank you to whtcrxghst for his post. Not sure my installer was planning on doing the bypass till I said a new post had said it should work - he'd heard it wouldn't on the newer Z2's.

Thanks to all on board, finally got my Z2 installed and (so far) is working fine with just the 2-wire bypass. Turns out the Z2 I ended up with was was manufactured in June 2007. Map and video functions work fine while moving, so far only complaint is the darn unit won't voice-recognize my city, which happens to be the capital of California... Maybe I need to figure a different way to pronounce it...

... the darn unit won't voice-recognize my city, which happens to be the capital of California... Maybe I need to figure a different way to pronounce it...

You need to pronounce it very correctly:

Suck - Rah - Men - tow

ok, so i did the 2 wire bypass, everything works great, but when i start moving and im watching a movie, the screen cuts out... yet when i put in the "update" disk, it says that my unit is currently updated...whats going on?? are one of the wires not grounded well enough?

Yep. Make sure the wires are properly grounded, and that the wire you moved is seated all the way in the "magic" hole

ok, so i did the 2 wire bypass, everything works great, but when i start moving and im watching a movie, the screen cuts out... yet when i put in the "update" disk, it says that my unit is currently updated...whats going on?? are one of the wires not grounded well enough?

Thanks for the 411.

Can you update the first post with the "#1. apply ebrake" direction and "#2. burn as a disc image". So we don't have to read 33 pages of posts to figure that out?

I used a Mac to burn the disc image using SimplyBurns from Version Tracker and will update the Z2 tomorrow.

Stay tuned........

Done

Thank you for updating the instructions.

Followed your instructions and it went perfectly! Took about 10 minutes. Used it on the fly tonight!!

Burn was performed on a Mac!

Thank you Hyperite!

I DOWN LOADED THE UPDATE BUT CANT GET IT TO BURN ONTO DVD OR CD. ANY HELP

Follow the instructions. And use a CD, not a DVD

I tried to down load the ACIC2Z bypass as per the instructions and when I click on the link / 1. Download this 30MB file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4T5MBJL7 / the web page shows a description but no file to click on for the down load. Any help would be appreciated.....Thanks.....

Type in the 3 letter code on the screen.

Hey guys, I did this software update and my install shop swears the two wire bypass is in place however its not bypassed. Im trying to reinstall the bypass software but for the life of me it wont start another update. Is it normal for the the until to not take another update once its installed or am I not burning the software correctly? HELP! Frustrated......

If its already been updated, it will tell you it has already been updated when you put the disk in. But probably only if you are burning the disk properly

Hey guys, I did this software update and my install shop swears the two wire bypass is in place however its not bypassed. Im trying to reinstall the bypass software but for the life of me it wont start another update. Is it normal for the the until to not take another update once its installed or am I not burning the software correctly? HELP! Frustrated......

I tried to down load the ACIC2Z bypass as per the instructions and when I click on the link / 1. Download this 30MB file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4T5MBJL7 / the web page shows a description but no file to click on for the down load. Any help would be appreciated.....Thanks.....

In the upper right hand corner it says "Enter" followed by three automatically generated letters. Enter those letter in the box in front of the word "Download" then click Download.

i have upgraded my avic-z1 with the new cndv-700hd is my unit is a z2 now? and if it is can it be bypassed by the bypasses for avic-z2?