the problem is that you are using firmware from 4400 with a settings file from 4500
I'm sure that's the problem

you can find interesting BD files under ./data/
it is even possible to find out the personal data of the previous owner. whose card was the donor.

you can find out all entries in the phone book if it has been synchronized with the radio.
you can also find out which USB drives the owner installed and their file names

 

on 4400 you can run an image from 4500 and that would work MRR + WebLink
even upgradeable to AVIC version
although you know how to do it.

On 7/2/2022 at 6:36 AM, asd255 said:

the problem is that you are using firmware from 4400 with a settings file from 4500
I'm sure that's the problem

@asd255

Any idea where I could get the firmware file for a 4500?

@Jeff Brown Buy the official replacement SD card from PacParts.com (Pioneer QXX3352), see https://www.pacparts.com/model.cfm?model_id=AVHW4500NEX&mfg=Pioneer&back=0&action=list_part. $95 + s&h.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL the new SD card, clone it to an image on your hard drive and back that image up for safekeeping. As you hopefully already know, the SD card will be locked after you install it, and no one here knows the SD card lock/unlock password yet.

I just did this with my own 4500 (with a slight twist). I cloned the QXX3352 SD card, and then put it back in the packaging to keep it pristine, then wrote to my own on-hand SD card and installed THAT SD card in my 4500. Seems to work perfectly so far.

If you want to share that image after you have backed it up, feel free to do so at your own risk (e.g. DMCA takedown notices).

edit: I outlined how I created my image file in the linked thread.

 

3 hours ago, fry said:

@Jeff Brown Buy the official replacement SD card from PacParts.com (Pioneer QXX3352), see https://www.pacparts.com/model.cfm?model_id=AVHW4500NEX&mfg=Pioneer&back=0&action=list_part. $95 + s&h.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL the new SD card, clone it to an image on your hard drive and back that image up for safekeeping. As you hopefully already know, the SD card will be locked after you install it, and no one here knows the SD card lock/unlock password yet.

I just did this with my own 4500 (with a slight twist). I cloned the QXX3352 SD card, and then put it back in the packaging to keep it pristine, then wrote to my own on-hand SD card and installed THAT SD card in my 4500. Seems to work perfectly so far.

If you want to share that image after you have backed it up, feel free to do so at your own risk (e.g. DMCA takedown notices).

edit: I outlined how I created my image file in the linked thread.
 

 

Exactly what I did. @fry glad that it worked for you also. 

On 7/21/2022 at 12:41 AM, Datsun said:

 

Exactly what I did. @fry glad that it worked for you also. 

Does anybody know if the AVH-W4500NEX and the AVH-Z9200DAB firmware are the same, according to a service manual I have seen the first few pages of they share the sane SD card part number.

Could someone with a genuine 4500NEX sysd.conf file check this out please.

kind regards 

I have the official w4500 firmware and looking thru the sysd.conf file I seen there settings in it for 26 different models. One being the AVH-Z9200DAB. 

1 hour ago, Datsun said:

I have the official w4500 firmware and looking thru the sysd.conf file I seen there settings in it for 26 different models. One being the AVH-Z9200DAB. 

Thanks for looking I thought as much after seeing this.

List of Units in sysd.conf part #QXX3352

Avh-w4400nex

Avh-z9100dab

Avh-z9100bt

Avh-z9150bt

Avh-z9190bt

Avh-z9180tv

Avic-w8400nex

Avic-z910dab

Avic-z810dab

Avic-w6400nex

Avic-z710dab

Avic-z610bt

Avh-w4500nex

Avh-z9200dab

Avh-z9200bt

Avh-z9250bt

Avh-z9290bt

Avh-z9280tv

Avic-w8500nex

Avic-z920dab

Avic-z820dab

Avic-w6500nex

Avic-z720dab

Avic-z620bt

Greeting,

Having the same issues with my AVX-4500nex. Found this website, follow all the steps (buy sd card, DL file and winzip extractor) except installing the Linux.

But when I hooked up my radio, Screen did not pop up, no power on my pioneer when the car is on.  Checked all wires (radio and car) to make sure everything was connected properly.

Did my pioneer died or did I missed a step.

Thanks