Bypass lockout on AVIC-N2, AVIC-D1

No, the D1 does not have an onboard DVD drive for DVD movies so you would have to use an external DVD player.  

Jeeze you got a great deal, an Avic N2 without CDs and it doesn't work, all for $900. You could have bought a new or refurb Avic N2 for $150.00 more from 12 Volt on EBay, comes with a warantee, two disks, and looks to be the same as new. If I were you, I'd pull the unit, put it back in the box, coil up the wires, sell it on EBay and recover as much of the $900 as you can. Then start all over again and buy a unit from an EBay seller that sells new or refurb. radios. You could spend the rest of your life trying to get this unknown unit to work. From what you wrote, you do not sound like radio tech.

OK , if you insist on keeping the bargain unit,  I wouldn't touch anything until I got those disks. I think the system needs a disk when you originally fire the unit up. The disk initializes the system and performs some tests. In my opinion,  you are a long way from doing any bypass stuff. You may not have even hooked up the unit correctly. Perhaps you should sit down, organize your thoughts a little more before you jump into anything more than getting the unit to work in a stock configuration.

When  you buy a new computer, all assembled, do you replace the internal cards before you even check to see it the computer actually works? Do you start soldering the mother board before you even plug the computer in? Do you try to start the computer before you even hook up the monitor or keyboard? If you did, you would find that the computer needs the keyboard and monitor in order to work. Same with the Avic N2. I think It needs a disk in order to tell it to be smart. Then, you can pull the disk out later. In ordinary terms,  the Avic's eprom needs to be flashed with an operating system, I believe the disk does that.

Good Luck

Al

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