Avic z3 virgin 2009 image is now posted on alt.binaries.cd.image. Enjoy

Anyone in Dallas area I can help you to update your Z3.

Has there ever been any development on a way to do this with a system that only has SATA? I know I could try to track down someone who may have an older PATA system, but if there is a way (with a crazy adapter or whatnot) to unlock (I dont care to preserve data) on my SATA system, that would be ideal.

There are many different PATA to SATA converters out there. Dealextreme has a ton. Some work better than others, I don't know specifically of one that works perfectly with the Toshiba drive. I have one that only half-ass works on the Toshiba drive (is recognized, can do the unlocking bit, but has read/write errors). Mine is sku.7533 from Dealextreme, I don't recommend that one.

Please Help! i did everything listed for the upgrading of 2009 maps, when i use trueimage to complete it. I try to recover to Ldat and sdat it gives me the option of the the file to recover as 2009 maps 13 then it askes which drive, I choose LDat it then delets the partition, and starts to rewrite it, at that point it freezes up my computer. I tried the exact same procedure for SDat same thing happens. where am i wrong thanks

I've never had acronis freeze my computer. I think your problem lies in your PC and not Acronis or the image...

Try using acronis to 'verify' the image to see it if passes.

I've never had acronis freeze my computer. I think your problem lies in your PC and not Acronis or the image...

Try using acronis to 'verify' the image to see it if passes.

i tried downloading again and after i tried to re image i got ( end of file has been encountered ) I used your link and downloaded all 8+gig then i used 7 zip and un zipped it. then tried the download when i received the message, i then tried to verify and got the same message???

Avic z3 virgin 2009 image is now posted on alt.binaries.cd.image. Enjoy

Thanks! Attached is the nzb for anyone who's interested.

z3_2009.zip

I'm at the point where I want to restore the Z3 virgin 2009 image to the drive, however, each time I access, I get the following message from Acronis: "Acronis True Image Home backup archive file is corrupted. If the backup is an image, you may try to recover data from it by mounting the image and recovering intact data."

However, my download seems alright. The size of the download matches what it should be, at 8.31 Gb.

One thing I don't understand is: why are there 13 files, and I am supposed to restore just one?

PLEASE HELP! I'm worried that I've rendered my AZIC-Z2 unusable. Last year I bought Garrettoomey's 60GB HD to update to a Z3 w/2008 maps...worked great. Recently, I bought the 2009 map disc (CNDV-900HD) directly from Pioneer and was trying to install the 2009 upgrade last night. It was upgrading flawlessly until 37% completion, then it hit an error. Now, each time I try to restart the update it picks up where it left off (at 37%) and within seconds the error message reappears.

Since the password obtained from Pioneer's website is for one-time use, I assume that reinstalling the original 40GB Z-2 drive and attempting to run the upgrade on it will not work...since I've already entered the password on Garrettoomey's 60GB drive.

I imagine that calling Pioneer is gonna get me nowhere since they'll discover I have a different drive installed now. What should/can I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Scott

Ok I had to hit retry about 150 times.. but it did keep upgrading. I was told by Pioneer that it had something to do with the locked/protected folders and thats why it ask. When you get to 48% it will take about 2 hours of hitting retry that is the maps for all the states being updated. Anyway about hours in all and I have a Z1 converted to a Z2 with all new maps. My street is now on the map... way cool... I still have to add the ground wire and test the bypass and see what happens... I will let you all know sometime tomorrow.

Okay, I found this post from 2007. So, maybe I'll try hitting retry/restart a couple hundred times and hope that it will keep progressing. But, any other help would be muy bueno.

I finally got the update to complete. I estimate that I had to hit the "Retry" key about 40-50 times for it to continue past 37%. Once it progressed past 37%, there were no more errors.

I finally got the update to complete. I estimate that I had to hit the "Retry" key about 40-50 times for it to continue past 37%. Once it progressed past 37%, there were no more errors.

There's some weird file locking protocol that activates on SOME units with SOME file system changes. All we really know (last I checked) is that hitting retry a million times is the way to get around it, and still don't know what causes it, how to know if it'll happen, or how to prevent it.

Thanks to all that had input on this I have now finished upgrading both of my z-1's thanks again

Hello,

how can i find the Europe Maps? I've restored the backup of this post but is the american maps

Thank's.

Is anyone located in/around Augusta GA that would be willing to unlock my factory HDD for me, I run a 64bit OS and HDDunlock will not run on 64bit.

Hello,

how can i find the Europe Maps? I've restored the backup of this post but is the american maps

Thank's.

I would like a European upload aswell, nothing in this topic states that it's an american version(should have guessed it;))...

spoke to the only guy in here doing the EU maps, and they're listed on ebay only..

The price for a disk with a EU map in Denmark is 671$ incl VAT. *cries*

Hi ,

I had Z1 and I purchased HDD with preloaded Z2 and fully Unlocked, I downloaded Z3 2009 image and replaced LDATA and SDATA partitions ... when I put back in Z1 system, it did not show anything like updating system..... but it worked just fine....I checked versions seems to be different than specified ..

This is what I have ...

Version: 03.0000

CDDB Version: 09-01-0020

Platform: 3.000100

GPS Version: 1.200000

HDD App Version: 3.100200

Please ....let me know if iam doing anything wrong ...!!

Thanks in Advance

Something was not done correctly. It would say version 04.00000 is done correctly. Try again.

is there anyone doing this upgrade as a service that i can mail in my hard-drive? also i dont want to loose my video hack and the hack that allows me to type while driving.

Forum hero Garrettoomey can do this for you, I believe:

http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16897

I recommend letting him upgrade your drive. Check out the link to his upgrade offer post.

i managed to download all the files for the z3 map updates, and have the password from pioneer, the problem im running into is how exactly do i use acronis to burn the tib files onto the dvd, is there a step by step process. Do i still need to connect the hard drive to the pc, if i already have the password from pioneer ?? Any help is appreciated

Thanks Garrettoomey, and all people who contribute in this topic, finally I upgraded my Z2 with no problems. I did not unlock the 40 gb hdd I had sitting on my desk though, just loaded the image and resize the music partition.

I was gonna buy one of those hdd pre-loaded on Eray until I found this site.

Thanks again.

Thanks Garrettoomey

Got the drive everything worked like a charm

Thanks Garrettoomey

Got the drive everything worked like a charm