thanks ducatiboy for the tip, great mod. thanks everyone Its finally bypassed!!!

finally the time has come.. i cant wait to try it out...

jus one question. i hope its not a stupid one but itz my first navi unit.. If i bypass my z2 with the wires in the back does that void my warranty????

finally the time has come.. i cant wait to try it out...

 

jus one question. i hope its not a stupid one but itz my first navi unit.. If i bypass my z2 with the wires in the back does that void my warranty????

I seriously doubt it. If you have to send your unit in for repairs, you're just sending the unit, not the wiring. As long as you were the one removing it, not a stereo shop, no one would know the difference.

i did the update, reset my unit and everything worked great. no more parking break message and i could use all the functions. about a day later the parking break message came up and it doesnt work. if i reset the unit it will work again for a little then the same thing. has anyone else had this problem? does this mean my bypass isnt hooked up properly?

thanks

I recently installed a Z2, it works great!!! I followed the simple ass instructions - and after a 'low level' reset - actually tried several times - it doesn't seem to make any change - the unit still senses if the pking break is on or off. The hack sounds great and I'll def. be donating!! I'm assuming this overrides any other settings or sensors in the unit - but if the pking break was actually hooked up should I disconnect after applying this to make it work? This was a stock unit, brand new, no mods, so is there anything else that might cause this to fully complete the update process and still not work? When i put the CD in it says 'update already applied' (or something like that), so I can safely assume that the update was loaded and is active?

Thanks!!

John

i did the update, reset my unit and everything worked great. no more parking break message and i could use all the functions. about a day later the parking break message came up and it doesnt work. if i reset the unit it will work again for a little then the same thing. has anyone else had this problem? does this mean my bypass isnt hooked up properly?

thanks

Ok, you said you did the update and you reset your unit. First, is your unit a z2? Second, did you do the two wire bypass as well? If you did the two wire bypass yourself, did you make 100% sure that the wire you moved AND the connector were BOTH seated firmly and securely? That would be where I would look. The ONLY reason this bypass shouldnt work is if the ground is not applied. The software itself, if burned correctly, works perfectly.

I recently installed a Z2, it works great!!! I followed the simple ass instructions - and after a 'low level' reset - actually tried several times - it doesn't seem to make any change - the unit still senses if the pking break is on or off. The hack sounds great and I'll def. be donating!! I'm assuming this overrides any other settings or sensors in the unit - but if the pking break was actually hooked up should I disconnect after applying this to make it work? This was a stock unit, brand new, no mods, so is there anything else that might cause this to fully complete the update process and still not work? When i put the CD in it says 'update already applied' (or something like that), so I can safely assume that the update was loaded and is active?

 

Thanks!!

John

You sound just like the guy above you. Did you do the two wire bypass as well? The software itself will NOT bypass the unit. You HAVE to have the two wire bypass done in conjunction with the software.

After I read all 11 pages I began to realize that is the case - sorry about not grasping that sooner , but thanks for pointing that out - headin to the garage now...

I recently installed a Z2, it works great!!! I followed the simple ass instructions - and after a 'low level' reset - actually tried several times - it doesn't seem to make any change - the unit still senses if the pking break is on or off. The hack sounds great and I'll def. be donating!! I'm assuming this overrides any other settings or sensors in the unit - but if the pking break was actually hooked up should I disconnect after applying this to make it work? This was a stock unit, brand new, no mods, so is there anything else that might cause this to fully complete the update process and still not work? When i put the CD in it says 'update already applied' (or something like that), so I can safely assume that the update was loaded and is active?

 

Thanks!!

John

 

You sound just like the guy above you. Did you do the two wire bypass as well? The software itself will NOT bypass the unit. You HAVE to have the two wire bypass done in conjunction with the software.

finally the time has come.. i cant wait to try it out...

 

jus one question. i hope its not a stupid one but itz my first navi unit.. If i bypass my z2 with the wires in the back does that void my warranty????

 

I seriously doubt it. If you have to send your unit in for repairs, you're just sending the unit, not the wiring. As long as you were the one removing it, not a stereo shop, no one would know the difference.

Nope. It shouldnt. Unlike the N series, which required you to remove a sticker, which in turned voided the warranty, the Z/D series only require you to ground a couple of external wires so your unit should still maintain the warranty.

whoohoo. Great job Hyperite.

i did the update, reset my unit and everything worked great. no more parking break message and i could use all the functions. about a day later the parking break message came up and it doesnt work. if i reset the unit it will work again for a little then the same thing. has anyone else had this problem? does this mean my bypass isnt hooked up properly?

thanks

 

Ok, you said you did the update and you reset your unit. First, is your unit a z2? Second, did you do the two wire bypass as well? If you did the two wire bypass yourself, did you make 100% sure that the wire you moved AND the connector were BOTH seated firmly and securely? That would be where I would look. The ONLY reason this bypass shouldnt work is if the ground is not applied. The software itself, if burned correctly, works perfectly.

The thing that puzzles me is that whenever it goes out i reset the unit and then it is bypassed again for a while. would this just be a loose wire?

i did the update, reset my unit and everything worked great. no more parking break message and i could use all the functions. about a day later the parking break message came up and it doesnt work. if i reset the unit it will work again for a little then the same thing. has anyone else had this problem? does this mean my bypass isnt hooked up properly?

thanks

 

Ok, you said you did the update and you reset your unit. First, is your unit a z2? Second, did you do the two wire bypass as well? If you did the two wire bypass yourself, did you make 100% sure that the wire you moved AND the connector were BOTH seated firmly and securely? That would be where I would look. The ONLY reason this bypass shouldnt work is if the ground is not applied. The software itself, if burned correctly, works perfectly.

 

The thing that puzzles me is that whenever it goes out i reset the unit and then it is bypassed again for a while. would this just be a loose wire?

I am thinking your unit may not have gotten the update correctly.

sometimes on a stock unit, it takes it a while to catch that the vehicle is moving and the parking break is set, thus giving the error.

try putting your update disk in again, and see what the unit says.

i did the update, reset my unit and everything worked great. no more parking break message and i could use all the functions. about a day later the parking break message came up and it doesnt work. if i reset the unit it will work again for a little then the same thing. has anyone else had this problem? does this mean my bypass isnt hooked up properly?

thanks

 

Ok, you said you did the update and you reset your unit. First, is your unit a z2? Second, did you do the two wire bypass as well? If you did the two wire bypass yourself, did you make 100% sure that the wire you moved AND the connector were BOTH seated firmly and securely? That would be where I would look. The ONLY reason this bypass shouldnt work is if the ground is not applied. The software itself, if burned correctly, works perfectly.

 

The thing that puzzles me is that whenever it goes out i reset the unit and then it is bypassed again for a while. would this just be a loose wire?

Most likely its not a loose wire, and you never did it right to begin with. If you do a reset, it automatically doesnt check for correct connections for a couple miles, maybe 300 or less I cant really remember. But a lot of people thoguht the original bypass worked because they resetted the unit and it worked fine for a couple miles, and then it stopped workiing and they got the warning.

After I read all 11 pages I began to realize that is the case - sorry about not grasping that sooner , but thanks for pointing that out - headin to the garage now...

 

 

I recently installed a Z2, it works great!!! I followed the simple ass instructions - and after a 'low level' reset - actually tried several times - it doesn't seem to make any change - the unit still senses if the pking break is on or off. The hack sounds great and I'll def. be donating!! I'm assuming this overrides any other settings or sensors in the unit - but if the pking break was actually hooked up should I disconnect after applying this to make it work? This was a stock unit, brand new, no mods, so is there anything else that might cause this to fully complete the update process and still not work? When i put the CD in it says 'update already applied' (or something like that), so I can safely assume that the update was loaded and is active?

 

Thanks!!

John

 

You sound just like the guy above you. Did you do the two wire bypass as well? The software itself will NOT bypass the unit. You HAVE to have the two wire bypass done in conjunction with the software.

Np. Heres DB's page with the instructions for the two wire bypass: http://www.sminntech.com/z1flash.html#newbypass

Also, just to kinda steer you in the right direction, you want to ground the LIGHT GREEN wire. Its really light, kind of a Hospital Green color.

Has anyone experienced a system rebooting on its own while driving?

Yesterday I ran the update and everything worked like a charm. Today my wife said the system rebooted itself while she was driving. She didn't touch it, it was on XM Radio at the time. Subsequently, there seems to be no impact since it still appears bypassed. So more a curiosity at this point, since it had never done that before the update.

Cheers

Has anyone experienced a system rebooting on its own while driving?

 

Yesterday I ran the update and everything worked like a charm. Today my wife said the system rebooted itself while she was driving. She didn't touch it, it was on XM Radio at the time. Subsequently, there seems to be no impact since it still appears bypassed. So more a curiosity at this point, since it had never done that before the update.

 

Cheers

I have a few times. There's a few possibilities:

1- Vibrations lock the hard drive, and to regain access the system reboots itself

2- Loose wires in the back (fix that ASAP)

3- System too hot (though it should stay off for a few minutes with a high-speed fan running if this is the case, not quickly reboot)

Has anyone experienced a system rebooting on its own while driving?

 

Yesterday I ran the update and everything worked like a charm. Today my wife said the system rebooted itself while she was driving. She didn't touch it, it was on XM Radio at the time. Subsequently, there seems to be no impact since it still appears bypassed. So more a curiosity at this point, since it had never done that before the update.

 

Cheers

I have a few times. There's a few possibilities:

 

1- Vibrations lock the hard drive, and to regain access the system reboots itself

2- Loose wires in the back (fix that ASAP)

3- System too hot (though it should stay off for a few minutes with a high-speed fan running if this is the case, not quickly reboot)

So this has happened prior to the update for you? Cool if thats the case. Going to gambit its vibration and not heat, since temps where mild yesterday and wiring is soldered / firm.

Thanks!

i did the update, reset my unit and everything worked great. no more parking break message and i could use all the functions. about a day later the parking break message came up and it doesnt work. if i reset the unit it will work again for a little then the same thing. has anyone else had this problem? does this mean my bypass isnt hooked up properly?

thanks

 

Ok, you said you did the update and you reset your unit. First, is your unit a z2? Second, did you do the two wire bypass as well? If you did the two wire bypass yourself, did you make 100% sure that the wire you moved AND the connector were BOTH seated firmly and securely? That would be where I would look. The ONLY reason this bypass shouldnt work is if the ground is not applied. The software itself, if burned correctly, works perfectly.

 

The thing that puzzles me is that whenever it goes out i reset the unit and then it is bypassed again for a while. would this just be a loose wire?

 

I am thinking your unit may not have gotten the update correctly.

sometimes on a stock unit, it takes it a while to catch that the vehicle is moving and the parking break is set, thus giving the error.

try putting your update disk in again, and see what the unit says.

I actually started another thread about this exact issue I'm having. The update seemed to go fine. The bypass appeared to work after resetting. But today, after driving about a mile the brake warning came on and the bypass stopped working. I reset. Bypass worked fine again. This time I went maybe 20 miles before I got the brake warning and it stopped working (though I had put the car in park once during that trip, towards the end of it, but I definitely didn't go the same distance).

I did contact my installer and he was pretty sure he had wired it properly for bypass already, but he's going to check here (and online) later and get back to me...

I have an AVIC Z2 with a may manufacture date. mine says, ''old update cd inserted, please insert newer update cd'' what do I do here? I downloaded the image and burned it to a cd, then went and inserted the cd in the unit, then it pops up that msg. what do I do?

Thanks.

do the wire bypass and see if it works

i havent looked at this forum in literally 4 days and all of this has happened?? 12 pages later, all these success stories and ALL questions answered, im feeling great right now! just downloaded the iso and will do everything tomorrow ASAP!! AGAIN THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS BYPASS!! GREAT WORK!

Another success story!

I followed Hyperite's "Method 2" install and update method and it worked fast and first time no problem.

Z2 - locked hard drive - no previous updates or hard drive work - 2 wire bypass done already at install - downloaded the Z2 bypass image no problem - burned image using Toast 6 on a Macbook Pro - followed "Method 2" instructions as written - everything loaded first time and it took less then 5 minutes from start-up to driving down the road with a bypassed Z2.

Now, lets see whats happening over time.

congratulations to all that worked so hard on this bypass and of course thanks for sharing the information and making this possible.

Guys, I downloaded the the file and burned it to a CD I inserted the disc and all it says its CD Inserted on the bottom of the screen. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks!

do you have a to be a member of megaload in order to download?

NO.. Just type the 3 letter code in the box, wait 45 seconds and your good.