Bypass lockout on AVIC-N2, AVIC-D1

hi there.

take a 18gauge wire.

solder the ends first... then touch one end of the short 18g wire to one point on the r197 pin.  then touch the wire and it should solder on immediately.

do the same to the other end.

about the parking brake.. you need to have the grounded in order for the bypass to work.

let me know if that helps.

if you just left your soldering gun on the r197 points.. then you could have applied too much heat and who knows what is beneath that..

you might have to take it apart to see what you have melted underneath.

good luck.

Yes, I am a new user.  This as a matter of fact is my first post.  I just purchased a N2.  I was sent to this site for info on bypassing.  I was hoping I would have some info that wouldn't be so confusing.  I'm a girl and have no experience doing anything remotely close to this so I was hoping to get the info and give it to someone who can help me.  Now after reading almost all these posts I get the feeling that it may ruin the N2 that I just paid a f-load of money for.  I know my uncle could make the fix on it but I can't ask him to do it cuz he'll freak out that it's illegal and dangerous so that leaves me sitting next to the dumb boy in the parking lot who thinks he's at the drive in's.  Yes, some of you boy's are pretty stupid too. 

I'm just frusterated that I'm not sure who's info I should trust on here, and who would actually be qualified to make the changes for me.

Its fairly simple, you just have to connect the pins as described hundreds of times in here.  If you know anyone with basic electrical experience, they should know how to solder.  If you don't know anyone, try the wire thing described here.  I have done the solder and its easy but if you don't know anyone qualified, I would stick with the wire because you have less chance of messing up your new deck

Your probably better off buying an N2.  If you get an N1 and decide to upgrade the software now or down the line, you will not be able to bypass it.  The navigation is better than alpine and eclipse, sound quality is dependent on what model you are comparing it to in those lines.  Pioneers best sound quality screen is the 7600DVD so you might consider that if your very concerned about it, but is expensive and you would have seperate nav like the alpine systems

You can put the N2 software in their standalone navi for the same mapping and databases, but they will not do navtraffic.  Not sure if they have one for next year