I had the D3 professionaly installed about 2 months ago, and did the bypass myself. It has worked fine during this time, until today.

Yesterday, while I was driving I noticed that the navigation icon was about a half a block off from where I actually was. I pressed the "modify current location" button and corrected the icon placement, however I think that sparked the resulting problem.

After doing that, I noticed that the icon was then traveling sideways down the road. When I went to start the car the next time, the screen was all black except for a gray colored box in the middle with the words:

"The disk is being checked."

(after it checks the disk)

"Please insert the correct disk."

(I already have the correct nav disk in there, but I eject it anyway)

"Please insert the appropriate disk"

(I put the correct nav disk back in)

"Please eject the disk and insert the appropriate disk again."

This cycle will go on and on, no matter what I do. I have tried hitting the reset button while there is power going to the unit, and when the unit is off. I have also disconnect the battery to the vehicle and let it sit for 1 hour, then reattached the battery and I still have the same problem. There has been no way to get passed it so I haven't had any music or anything and it's driving me nuts!

Please, can anyone help me?

Thanks,

Brett

I'm having the exact same problem... Hoping for a fix

Yeah im also having the same problem its the pain in the nuts.

Got the same problem yesterday for the first time. Has anyone been able to find a fix. If you send the unit to Pioneer, will they be able to fix it? How long does it take and how much does it cost? There has to be a way to fix this, I spent too much money to throw it away

What i have done was stick the dvd nav disk in the cd drive and hit a few buttons. Then i put the nav disk back into the dvd slot and it sometimes kicks back on... This is so dumb... and i called pioneer and they said that the laser eye could be going bad... ...

Warranty is one year. Should be free to fix

i'm having the same problem. I discover that if i leave it alone for overnight it works again. I tried reset several times but didn't help. I even tried the new and old navi dvd

heres what i did........................

took a straw and blew into the head unit to loosen some of the dust that may have got inside. i also cleaned the bottom of the cd....it has a few scratches on it so i think that may be the problem....when this happens if you look into the connections menu it says the satellite cannot be found.......i dunno what to do ...its been working a little better as of late, but this is b.s. man

Yeah this keeps happening on and off... Its now been 2 days ..... Thats all i see is that white error message screen and i cant fix it... I CANT STAND THIS I PAY SO MUCH FOR A SO CALLED GOOD.... HEAD UNIT AND IT A PIECE OF S**T

Those two days of waiting could have gotten it to Pioneer already so they can start fixing it

Those two days of waiting could have gotten it to Pioneer already so they can start fixing it

O look another dick that is on forums.... First off my headunit is out of warranty.... so i was trying to see if there was a free fix out there before i pay 2 hundred bucks for Pioneer to work on it... Ive spent some time on the phone with Pioneer and they say that they cant do anything unless you send the unit in.

If its a D3 as mentioned in the original post, how can it be out of warranty? Its been on the market less than nine months

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Alright, I have spent hours on trying to figure this out and i think I might be onto something. I unplugged the GPS antenna from the back of the head unit and shut off my car and started it back up to start up the head unit and bam! it works.. but of course the GPS is not working.... so i plug the GPS antenna back in and there we go again with the error..... so what it has came down to... is no more GPS But atleast I can use my head unit. Hope this helps

Are you suing backup DVD's for navigation..? i was running into a similar problem with mines and it turned out to be stretched optical surface on my backup DVD...

Im using the disks that came with my head unit. They are in perfect condition. Not even a fingerprint.

I never did get mine to work...Had to file a paypal claim and send it back to the seller. When and if I get my money back I'll try again. Good luck guys

Frank

Its gps antenna, its not getting a good enough signal. What you have to do is before you turn on your car put your hand on the end of the gps antenna "on the magnetic box thing" its been working every time when i get that issue.. And yes you can also just unplugg your gps antenna but i like useing my gps