I had my AVIC D3 installed by a pro install shop.

I sent along a printout of the bypass shown here at acvi411, but it looks he decided to do his own thing.

At first his bypass didnt work,but when i went back, he told me he "forgot to make a connection at the bottom of the unit under a silver sticker".

There is a switch to toggle between bypassed and not. I dont think he used the mute wire method.

Does anyone know what method he may have used and could there be any complications?

Thanks.

That sticker and switch is only on an N3, NOT a D3

no, I bought a D3, and the switch im talking about is an external one that the installer put under my dash to toggle the bypass on/off in case a cop were to pull me over and ask about watching dvds while driving. (not that i do)

The silver sticker I didnt see for myself, I just handed him the unit to install. I'm just saying what he told me, that he had to make a connection under that sticker to get the bypass working. He did, the bypass works fine.

I just wanted to know if anyone knows about this bypass and if it safe and as good as the mute wire bypass.

-thanks

Hes lying to sound cool. He did the usual bypass and wanted to sound like a know it all.

Hes lying to sound cool. He did the usual bypass and wanted to sound like a know it all.

I agree. There is no silver sticker on the bottom of a D3.

He is a lying moron. He put a switch on the parking brake wire just like hundreds of others have done. Nothing new here

what shop did you go to?

Yeah sounds to me like he was just trying to sound like he knew it all

LOL!

Turns out all you guys were absolutely right!

There is no silver sticker at the bottom of a D3. I went back to best buy to return the one I bought. After checking over the new unit, I saw for myself there is no such sticker.

And to further prove how right you guys are, the bypass still works! lol. So he used the mute wire trick after all...

I dont know why he couldnt just tell me from the start. Oh well.

Thanks all.