Last week I noticed that alot of my navigation features for my Z2 aren't working. The icons are there but they aren't bold to be used. The features that don't work are - Address Search, Go To, POI Search, Route Overview, Telphone Search and Cancel Route. Everything did work fine before.

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

You don't have a warning about your parking brake not installed correctly when you power up the Avic do you?

No, not warnings.

Put your parking brake on and they will work. Or do the bypass

Put your parking brake on and they will work. Or do the bypass

Yup... that works! I guess I should read the manual some more. Navigation systems usually work when the vehicle is stopped or in park. I didn't think I had to set the parking brake to use this one.

I'm going to be taking care of the bypass soon.

Thank!

i seem to have the same problem. my avic-z1 features don't work even with the e-brake on. i used to have the ducatiboy's bypass module installed on my z1 which performed perfectly but a while back i installed the new update cd which would solve the freezing issue, following that i lost all the functions of my unit so i had to remove that module to get the things back the way they were but my unit is still not functional; all the navigation search bottoms and setting options are grayed out and not available, even with the e-brake set. any idea what is wrong here? i would really appreciate any suggestions.

Yea, you now have to do the 2 wire bypass. Search for the Z1/2 2 wire bypass.

i will do the 2wire bypass for sure but shouldn't the unit function without the bypass when the e-brake is set? because mine isn't now that i've removed the bypass even with the e-brake set. i am not even able to use the "setting" function een with the e-brake set

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I downloaded the 30-something meg file last night and will burn it onto a CD and load it in my Z2. Then take care of the 2 wire bypass. Also need to install the satellite radio/nav traffic along with 9" Vizualogic headrest monitors/DVD players. Hope to finally have time to take care of that stuff next week!

i will do the 2wire bypass for sure but shouldn't the unit function without the bypass when the e-brake is set? because mine isn't now that i've removed the bypass even with the e-brake set. i am not even able to use the "setting" function een with the e-brake set

thanks

Not if the e brake wire was never wired to the e brake in the first place. If you had a different bypass before it would stand to reason that the e brake wire was wired to the bypass, right?

What he said. Your brake wire was never really connected to the brake

Not if the e brake wire was never wired to the e brake in the first place. If you had a different bypass before it would stand to reason that the e brake wire was wired to the bypass, right?

if it is the e-brake wire, then it must have been disconnected later. because when first my z1 was installed, i had no bypass on it and it would perform perfectly when the e-brake was set. i put that bypass a month later after my z1 was installed and it performed nice.

When the bypass was connected, they used the parking brake wire

if it is the e-brake wire, then it must have been disconnected later. because when first my z1 was installed, i had no bypass on it and it would perform perfectly when the e-brake was set. i put that bypass a month later after my z1 was installed and it performed nice.

i see. any ideas how i can fix this issue. sorry when it comes to electronics i can be really dumb. i don't even know which wire is the brake wire.

Do the 2-wire bypass. Everything in the instructions say Z1, but the Z2 is the same

http://www.sminntech.com/z1flash.html#newbypass

i meant how to fix the issue i have with the e-brake , since you mentioned when my bypass was installed in the first place, the e-brake was used so that is why my unit doesn't function even with the e-brake set

thanks

Connect the light green parking brake wire to your parking brake

thanks

thank you for your previous responses, i have another silly question.

some one told me that the z2 can not be bypassed and even though it is bypassed after a while unit will realize that it has been bypassed and will lock out the unit, that person also told me that the z1 can not be bypassed if it is upadated by the new firmware update and if attempted to bypass it, the unit will lock out as well. is this true?

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God you're gullible. Tell that person that they are a f*#@in idiot and quit asking them for their opinion. All the information you could ever want or need is on this site. There are thousands of users that have read this site and are happily driving around with bypassed z1/2s

thank you for your previous responses, i have another silly question.

some one told me that the z2 can not be bypassed and even though it is bypassed after a while unit will realize that it has been bypassed and will lock out the unit, that person also told me that the z1 can not be bypassed if it is upadated by the new firmware update and if attempted to bypass it, the unit will lock out as well. is this true?

thanks

That all was true 2 months ago. Not anymore. Pio released an update to the Z2 that allows you to bypass it now. Your friend is a little behind. As already stated the info is on this site.

is that update available on this site?

Yes, its even stickied. Grab a beer and do some reading

thank you all you guys for your help. i was finally removed the flashing circuit and did the 2 wire bypass and now the unit works like a charm but there is another issue now which i need to ask you guys a way to fix it.

while giving directions my unit used to interrupt any audio sounds but now it gives directions while audio sound is on and won't interrupt it. i would appreciate any help to solve this issue

thanks