I went to circuit city on thursday and appearently the n3's are on clearance for 603.00. i wasnt planning on buying one but i couldnt pass on the deal. My question is what should be done to this thing?? I have already flipped the switch using the paperclip technique and i will ground the parking brake wire before finishing the install. Is there any tips or tricks to prevent theft. Is there any other mods that should be done, I have the xm tuner(no Nav yet), Aux input and will be getting a Ipod adapter soon. Is there any other hacks or something i should be concerned with?? I was also wondering if there is anyway to store the nav disc information in the unit or externally.

Please dont flame me i was hoping there would be a newbie section.

was it clearance?

edit: sorry I meant was it open box? Can you scan your receipt, so we can go in and "pricematch" and show a circuit city manager?

To help prevent theft- take off the faceplate, get insurance, tint windows, park in a locked garage (you should, if you can, if you want, and again if you can). All the same stuff you would do if you had a DEH-1900.

Yes it was clearance, it was an open box, but it was not listed as an open box buy, i guess because it was on clearance. I cant scan the reciept as i dont have a scanner. Only select store have them on clearance as they have discontinued the model and only the stores that have them have it on clearance.

as far as securing the unit, i think im going to take the dash cover off and bolt it into place from behind where it would take at least an hour to remove the unit. Or at least thats the idea.

Oh they did search other stores in the greenville, sc area and a few had like 1 unit left, some were sealed, some were open box. Since mine was already opened it was miissing the dvd's for the navi but the guy said that when they get the n4 in he will give me the disc's out of the N4 they put on display, so i wll just burn the n3 discs for now, or he would refund me an amount that i can buy them, but i think getting the new discs would be better for now.

do you have the SKU from the receipt?

N4 disks don't work in an N3. They only work in the N4 and D3. You need the CNDV70 disks that are only sold seperately if he can't get you N3 disks

Oh they did search other stores in the greenville, sc area and a few had like 1 unit left, some were sealed, some were open box. Since mine was already opened it was miissing the dvd's for the navi but the guy said that when they get the n4 in he will give me the disc's out of the N4 they put on display, so i wll just burn the n3 discs for now, or he would refund me an amount that i can buy them, but i think getting the new discs would be better for now.

i would burn copies of the 70's and pocket the money for replacements...show him that the n4 discs wont work and to get new ones from pioneer it costs $250...make that unit cost $350...lol

the ticket its wrote out like this

item qty model description tax amount

1SL 1 PIO AVICN3 Installed Mobile Y 603.96

the ticket number on my reicept is 355000572780 if you got a friend at curcuit city

I think everyone should get them at this price, as far as the disks go im gonna try and get an ipod adapter and maybe a camera for the replacement and just burn a copy of the ones i need.

couldnt find any circuit city's in stock or who knew of anyone in stock . . .

no go online or via phone either.

there were i think 3 more stores in the greenville, sc area that still ahd one, i guess you could call around here and find out if they still have any, i could pick it up and ship it to you if they wont do a store transfer.

Thanks for the heads up!

Went down to my local circuit city the other day and they had one open box N3 left. The tag on the wall said it was 603.xx so the price was clearly advertised. Since it was open box I asked if I could get a discount and they dropped it down to $490

Needless to say, I picked it up. Not only was the unit in EXCELLENT condition but it had all the original parts and accessories (no missing discs! haha).

I'm in the Portland, OR area and asked him to check the other stores. One other store has an open box left on hand but all others have zero stock. If anyone is interested, it was the Clackamas CC who has the last one (off 82nd).

I went back to CC tonight and I got them to give me a free Ipod adapter since they can't get me disks, I tried the whole new disks are 250 thing and they tod me they would give me back what i could buy them off e-bay for. I also had them check other stores in the area and the store in Spartanburg SC still had one, its open box but they said it had all the stuff, they offered to switch out units for me but I already installed it and dont feel like ripping it out to put it back in. Figured I will burn the cndv-70 disk since I already downloaded it from the torrent.

I noticed that the new 70 disks dont upgrade your ipod and xm so if anyone has a 60 disk they could either make a torrent of or send to me so i can program my radio with the upgrades before i put the 70 disk in it would be greatly appriceated, or if someone can burn me a copy of the 60 east disk, i would glady pay for shipping and the disk. I figure someone could help me out since i brought the 600.00 N3 to light.

Or if someone has got an east 60 disk they will never use I would greatly apprieciate it since i cant even set my clock, this sucks balls.

I think the store number in Spartanburg is 1616, but im not positve.

Ipod and XM are the same on the 60 and 70 disks, you just need the 70 disks since you already have them downloaded

on the 70 disks it says that it does not upgrade the xm or ipod controls, is are they infering that the 70's do have the same "upgrade" as the 60's?? I just want to do this right the first time since you can't go backwards in firmware easily from what i have reading on here.

Not sure where you are reading that. The 60 disks didn't fix the shitty XM and Ipod display if you stick it in an N1 or N2. That was a hardware change. The N3 included a newer chip that included a better XM and ipod interface

The N3 has a decent ipod control (but not as good as the D3 or N4) and the same XM display whether you stick the 60 or 70 disks in it.

If you want the best ipod controls, buy an N4

on the 70 disks it says that it does not upgrade the xm or ipod controls, is are they infering that the 70's do have the same "upgrade" as the 60's?? I just want to do this right the first time since you can't go backwards in firmware easily from what i have reading on here.

on the 70 disks it says that it does not upgrade the xm or ipod controls, is are they infering that the 70's do have the same "upgrade" as the 60's?? I just want to do this right the first time since you can't go backwards in firmware easily from what i have reading on here.

Like the other member told you to get N3 Ipod interface on N2 and N1 you have to replace the part inside the Unit not only software ... there is guy on Ebay that will do that for I think around $150 his real deal.

If you want the enhanced ipod and xm controls you need to upgrade the hideaway brain. I have an n2 headunit with a n3 brain and I have all the features you are talking about. I didnt have to send it off for a chip replacement or anything like that.

ok guys your getting off course, i have an N3 head and brain unit. I was talking about the "note" on pioneer's website when you look at the upgrade discs. below the picture it says someing like "note: this does not upgrade xm or ipod controls" or close to it, thats all. I just want to know if i got the 70 disks, would it bring my head unit display up to speed, cause i have not loaded any disks and i cant see the xm channel logo's above the channel name.

I am just trying to make sure my N3 is as current as it can be, i know the n4 may have a different controls and chips, and im not trying to achieve that at this time.

Once again, the ipod and XM user interface is built into the hardware. Thats why is says that. If you stick the 70 series disks in your N3, you will get exactly the same interface as the 60 series disks that came with it. This includes the logos on XM. The ipod interface doesn't change at all

ok guys your getting off course, i have an N3 head and brain unit. I was talking about the "note" on pioneer's website when you look at the upgrade discs. below the picture it says someing like "note: this does not upgrade xm or ipod controls" or close to it, thats all. I just want to know if i got the 70 disks, would it bring my head unit display up to speed, cause i have not loaded any disks and i cant see the xm channel logo's above the channel name.

 

I am just trying to make sure my N3 is as current as it can be, i know the n4 may have a different controls and chips, and im not trying to achieve that at this time.

ok thanks, thats what exactly i needed to know, because i currently dont see the logos, dont really care about the ipod, but since i have one its helpful. but i just got an orignal 60 disc for .99 on ebay so i will do the 60 then the 70. so theres nothing missing.

Or if someone has got an east 60 disk they will never use I would greatly apprieciate it since i cant even set my clock, this sucks balls.

 

I just got a refurbed N3 from Pioneer and it came with the 60M east and west. I have DVDFab that can make a perfect clone (for personal back up purposes only of course). I don't know what a torrent is but if you PM me with your email, we can get you EAST.

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Just got my 60 east dsik but i do appreciate the offer.

Just got my 60 east dsik but i do appreciate the offer.

I'll PM with my email just in case you need the back up. I already made it and it is working.

Torrent? yea, found out what that is. Really! $15.00 is much cheaper than the many hours of download/convert/burn. Must be nice to have a T1 I guess.

anybody out there knows someone with a faceplate for Pioneer deh-p8000r. thanksssssssssssss