Bypass lockout on AVIC-N2, AVIC-D1

LOL - this is funny to run into you - yeah I just checked it's the same seller and item hehe :).

Nope

Well, curiousity bit me.

I had an extra n2 lying around that was returned. missing some parts, so you can guess what i did. =)

of course i'm smart enough to figure out the guy was right. Boards are coated =) so.. I scraped away what i could, bought a tracing pen @ radio shack (3.99, better than solder when working on circuit boards) and made me a nice little connection.

get in the car, drive it. get on the road, 25-30-40-50 mph, still works, all the gps features are unlocked. everything. and so far, so good, we're testing it out in one of my guys cars.

you may say another newbie posting good news. but just so you know i am a supervisor @ best buy in virginia. Not trying to pull your chains. You can email me (Ask via private message and i'll tell you what you need to know i.e. real email address or whatever)  

as said, so far, so good. i'll update you if i have ANY problems. the key here is to remember to remove the coating off the board. otherwise, you can drop as much solder there as you want and it'll nEVER make contact.

if you look at the bottom of the n1, and use common sense.. the n1 has no opening as such. no covered up holes, no anything to access the board. Use your common sense, pioneer put this there for a reason. when i get a chance i'll call my pioneer representative and see what they know of this. I probably should have done that before but the avec was going to be sent back so why not put it to use? anyways. good luck you guys

Something tells me that Pioneer is gonna get rid of that R197 hack on the newer models or even newer N2's. 

Does this mean that our (older)  AVIC-N2's will be worth like $5000? LOL.

That Sucks. Guess you better keep the old discs ...

Pcguy:

Probably won't be worth 5 grand, but the closer to Christmas it will sure be worth closer to the $ 2200 MSRP.  When it snows perhaps guys will make out in parked cars and try to convince those dumb girls that they are in the drive in.

The other side of the value equasion,  what  good is a unit that only works when it is parked? Can't even put he unit in your boat, the GPS function will kill the Video.  Censorship Sucks!

The worst part of the whole thing, I wouldn't sell a unit that has been soldered. Suppose the buyer screwed up the install and then claimed that you sold a defective used radio? So, it looks like we might be stuck with our soldered units. My motto, once the radio is installed, just sell the car and don't remove the radio. Not worth the trouble.