Which buttons are greyed out? It sounds like he did the bypass wrong and the nav fully calibrated yet, so the DVD is still working while in motion

The address search button and a few others...

When you go into the connection status screen, what does it say next to parking brake? Check it when you have the cars parking brake in the on and off position and note what it says

On my AVIC-N4, I rerouted the green parking brake wire and grounded the mute yellow/black wire as mentioned in previous posts to disable the parking brake inhibitor. I have now lost all power to the stereo. I rerouted the green wire to its original location and ungrounded the yellow/black so everything is back in it's former state. I have check the other wires...everything is connected like it was before I opened it up. All fuses work. I've tried the reset button on the front panel with the car off and with it on. Still have no power on the stereo but everything else in car works so I know it's isolated as a stereo problem

Any suggestions? Thanks.

What do you guys mean by "grounding" a cable?

as per my previous power failure problem, i took the stereo out again and examined it to realize that the red acc cable was pulled out of its connection. with the power reestablished, i completed the bypass.

as per the grounding issue for the last post - after you run the green wire from its original position to the new position, take another wire, strip one end, and wire it around a screw that's attached to the chassis or firewall. then strip the other end and insert it into the new slot you just plugged the green wire into.

My best advice when you're having trouble is to make sure you have a good solid ground. Once you're SURE you have it grounded correctly, if you're still having problems you should check your other wire connections. But I can't stress enough how important it is that you have a good tight solid ground. I learned the hard way...

This AVIC N4 bypass worked great! Thanks

Some guy had did this to my n1 pioneer before i bought it, i saw a loose wire hanging from that connector? Could it be possible that this mod will work with an N1?

Did the bypass on my N4 and it's working great!!! Thanks everyone!!!

So I put a wire into the "magic hole" and then grounded it.

I grounded the parking brake wire.

When I turn the car on and go to system info It says the parking break is on even thought the parking brake is not on. As soon as I get over 10 mph the system info say parking break is off and the buttons get grayed out. As soon as I slow down it says the parking break is on again.

I get the feeling a wire came loose or I did it wrong OR there is some kinda software programming that calculates the speed based on either the gyroscope of gps. The only reason I needed the bypass to work was to be able to input addresses while I drive. oh well. I also get a message as the start saying "Caution: parking break might not be connected properly." Still overall happy with the system.

Thanks for all the info here guys. Really helpful.

Junk, Which N-series nav do you have?

Junk, Which N-series nav do you have?

N4. I'm going to double check the wiring tomorrow.

UPDATE: So took the whole thing apart and found that even with glue and a twist tie the wire in the magic hole had come out. Plugged it back in and added even more glue and everything works great now! Thanks for all the info.

On a side note this avic N4 is replacing a N1. The N1 was professionaly installed. The way the installer hacked it was he smily grounded the parking brake wire from what I can see. Don't have the original material so not sure if he did anything else.

Word up.

I just Bought an Avic-N5, and was wondering if the Hack worked on this model??? Please Help.

Look here...

http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10089

I did one today. I didn't feel like digging around for the "correct" wire/terminal to fit the Pioneer plug, so this is a complete hack job ... but it worked ...

 

Before wire insertion

 

 

After wire insertion

 

 

A few more pics ...

 

 

ok im gonna try this..hope it works as every says it does.

I'm a complete novice at this so here are 2 novice questions.......what does "ground" the wire mean, and where is the unit I see pictures of with the wires? Is it under my seat or is it the back of the actual unit and I have to take it out of my dash? I just had it professionally installed and of course I need to bypass it myself. Thanks for the help.

Just did the bypass as showed in the images, and it worked perfectly! My unit was manufactured in January 2008.

ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS MOD! Those who stated it didn't work, made a mistake somewhere. My first try, using Yellow Wire / Black Stripe. Removed from factory position, plugged into harness, as seen in pictures, grounded to avic ground wire and away I went, into dvd/nav mobile madness.

Thanks a bunch for the info!

ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS MOD! Those who stated it didn't work, made a mistake somewhere. My first try, using Yellow Wire / Black Stripe. Removed from factory position, plugged into harness, as seen in pictures, grounded to avic ground wire and away I went, into dvd/nav mobile madness.

 

Thanks a bunch for the info!

Exactly what I did. Works perfect.

Hey all- I'm a bit new here but I wanted to share my findings as this thread has become confusing as hell. I just upgraded my N1/N3 to a N5. I used all the same harnessess except the amplifier one (the harness with the magic hole) this 1 wire mod worked perfectly. One thing I did notice is the lack of a connector for the voice recognition mic. Am I missing something- So far the N5 seems like a nice upgrade- just ordered the ipod cable online.

Here's a great place for you all to check out .

www-sonicelectronix-com

great price,great support- would buy from them any day of the week

1/2 price of my local dealer - they said there was no way i could buy it that cheap.

cheers

KB123

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works like a charm plug the extra wire in, and ground the mute wire. all done, and the pb has to be grounded.

for those having problems with grounding parking break wire. peel back the piece of metal tape ( caution this will void warranty) under the secondary metal cover. there is a little switch that you can slide with a small screw driver. make sure the parking break wire is well grounded and you shouldn't have anymore problems.

Hi

does anyone have the pictures of the mod for the n4?

thanks