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<blockquote data-quote="Chromatic" data-source="post: 8220325" data-attributes="member: 659121"><p>I'm posting this in my threads I'm keeping up with here,.. Due to buying a new Headunit from BestBuy tomorrow. (Read to see why)</p><p></p><p><strong>**If you don't want to read this post.. I would like some help picking out a headunit from Bestbuy (I'm doing 18months interest free.. all I can do this month) -- The "must haves" are Double Din - Touch Screen - Built In Bluetooth - 4V Pre-outs (not 2v) - and 3 RCA Pre-outs (OR, 2 RCA Pre-outs and A "Sub-out") --- Go to the bottom of the post and you will see a link I made that takes you right to the headunits at bestbuy to scan through and help me pick one. Budget around $300-$550. Thanks **</strong></p><p></p><p>Well<strong> good news (Car is finished completely)</strong>, and really.. really <strong>bad news (</strong><strong>Head Unit stopped working!</strong><strong>)</strong>.</p><p></p><p>I figured out how to flush the head unit.. I just grabbed the dremel for the billionth time and opened up the holes and was able to flush it.</p><p></p><p>I buttoned everything back up.. turned the key! -- And,..<strong>nothing from the headunit</strong>.. <strong>no lights</strong>, <strong>no screen</strong>... then it starts this <strong>constant beeping</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Beep beep.... beep beep...... beep beep... and it never stops.</p><p></p><p>I was like this is bad..</p><p></p><p>I took it ALL apart again,.. checked all the wiring.. (Good)</p><p></p><p>I pulled all wires off headunit,.. and checked fuse -- Even put a new one in. (Good)</p><p></p><p>At this point I was like.. I don't think this is going to work again. But I continued.. over the next 2-3 hours I pulled every Fuse from the vehicle and independently checked them. Yes, really. (All good).</p><p></p><p>I went online.. nothing much about just 2 beeps, pause.. 2 beeps pause.. 2 beeps.. forever.. and no lights, no screen display .. on a Pioneer headunit.. or my specific headunit the Pioneer AVH-P4100DVD . I found a FEW help threads on the issue.. and every single one of them the person ended up taking it out for service and the unit was DEAD.</p><p></p><p>I read the entire manual on my model online.. No mention of "beeps" .. Did mention a reset button. So I pressed and held it.. nothing. I did that another 20 times in different ways.</p><p></p><p>So I was like ok.. I'll pull the battery cables and let it sit for an hour. (Did nothing).</p><p></p><p>I was out of ideas.. Everything I could think of.. I did. And I figured there would be a million topics about this online,.. but I couldn't find them.</p><p></p><p>SO.. I'm assuming I need a <strong>new headunit</strong>.</p><p></p><p>So the only <strong>UPSIDE</strong> to this is this headunit doesn't have <strong>Bluetooth</strong> in it.. and it's like $200 just for the adapter to enable it.. so,.. the new headunit WILL have bluetooth , to make it not just a carbon copy of what I have. I'd like GPS, but they are $200+ more dollars generally.</p><p></p><p>The <strong>good news?</strong> I <strong>finished the car</strong>. Everything is in.. nothing broken.. it's back like she was. Again.. camera is taking grainy pics.. but here she is:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/111739693@N04/11976262193/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/11976262193_aa3a21ac36.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Now.. here's the deal. My intuition tells me the HU is just not going to work again.</p><p></p><p>So,.. I really can't order one online at the moment,.. and it's really ****** to have done 40+ hours of work with this and now it doesn't work cause of the HU.</p><p></p><p>SO.. I do have a good best buy account.. with 18 months interest free.. I always pay single purchases off in less than 6 months from there.</p><p></p><p>So while I don't think you guys can give me a magical "fix" for this headunit (If you've heard/read or seen this issue with a Pioneer headunit and KNOW an absolute way to fix it, please tell.)</p><p></p><p>But otherwise -- I'm now in the market to get another headunit and fast.. like tomorrow fast.</p><p></p><p>I'm limited to Bestbuy. Surprisingly they have a decent selection.</p><p></p><p>I DID notice some of the ones I preferred had 2V pre-outs instead of 4V preouts.. And some of these with 2V pre-outs were top of the line $750+ headunits.</p><p></p><p>So here's the criteria. Must have 4V preouts (must have 3 sets.. or, 2 sets, and a sub woofer set of "preouts, aka: RCA's) (As I'm running fronts, rears, and the sub off three pair of RCA's.)</p><p></p><p>To make this have an "upside".. it must have built in Blue tooth. I've wanted that , and never had it in any vehicle in my life. So might as well.</p><p></p><p>So (<em>must haves</em>), <strong>Double Din</strong> - <strong>Touch Screen</strong> - <strong>Blue Tooth</strong> Built In - and <strong>4V Preouts</strong> (<strong>3 sets of RCA's, or 2 sets and a Sub out</strong>).</p><p></p><p>Can/will you guys can <strong>help recommend the best one in a $300-$550 pricerange</strong> (ish).. <strong>from bestbuy</strong>. I'll even give you the direct link to browse to make it quick for you:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/nxv8ll4" target="_blank">In-Dash with DVD : Best Buy | Double DIN Double DIN - Best Buy</a></p><p></p><p>Help me pick out a good headunit.. I'm probably going to grab it tomorrow afternoon.</p><p></p><p>Thanks..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chromatic, post: 8220325, member: 659121"] I'm posting this in my threads I'm keeping up with here,.. Due to buying a new Headunit from BestBuy tomorrow. (Read to see why) [B]**If you don't want to read this post.. I would like some help picking out a headunit from Bestbuy (I'm doing 18months interest free.. all I can do this month) -- The "must haves" are Double Din - Touch Screen - Built In Bluetooth - 4V Pre-outs (not 2v) - and 3 RCA Pre-outs (OR, 2 RCA Pre-outs and A "Sub-out") --- Go to the bottom of the post and you will see a link I made that takes you right to the headunits at bestbuy to scan through and help me pick one. Budget around $300-$550. Thanks **[/B] Well[B] good news (Car is finished completely)[/B], and really.. really [B]bad news ([/B][B]Head Unit stopped working![/B][B])[/B]. I figured out how to flush the head unit.. I just grabbed the dremel for the billionth time and opened up the holes and was able to flush it. I buttoned everything back up.. turned the key! -- And,..[B]nothing from the headunit[/B].. [B]no lights[/B], [B]no screen[/B]... then it starts this [B]constant beeping[/B]. Beep beep.... beep beep...... beep beep... and it never stops. I was like this is bad.. I took it ALL apart again,.. checked all the wiring.. (Good) I pulled all wires off headunit,.. and checked fuse -- Even put a new one in. (Good) At this point I was like.. I don't think this is going to work again. But I continued.. over the next 2-3 hours I pulled every Fuse from the vehicle and independently checked them. Yes, really. (All good). I went online.. nothing much about just 2 beeps, pause.. 2 beeps pause.. 2 beeps.. forever.. and no lights, no screen display .. on a Pioneer headunit.. or my specific headunit the Pioneer AVH-P4100DVD . I found a FEW help threads on the issue.. and every single one of them the person ended up taking it out for service and the unit was DEAD. I read the entire manual on my model online.. No mention of "beeps" .. Did mention a reset button. So I pressed and held it.. nothing. I did that another 20 times in different ways. So I was like ok.. I'll pull the battery cables and let it sit for an hour. (Did nothing). I was out of ideas.. Everything I could think of.. I did. And I figured there would be a million topics about this online,.. but I couldn't find them. SO.. I'm assuming I need a [B]new headunit[/B]. So the only [B]UPSIDE[/B] to this is this headunit doesn't have [B]Bluetooth[/B] in it.. and it's like $200 just for the adapter to enable it.. so,.. the new headunit WILL have bluetooth , to make it not just a carbon copy of what I have. I'd like GPS, but they are $200+ more dollars generally. The [B]good news?[/B] I [B]finished the car[/B]. Everything is in.. nothing broken.. it's back like she was. Again.. camera is taking grainy pics.. but here she is: [URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/111739693@N04/11976262193/"][IMG]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/11976262193_aa3a21ac36.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Now.. here's the deal. My intuition tells me the HU is just not going to work again. So,.. I really can't order one online at the moment,.. and it's really ****** to have done 40+ hours of work with this and now it doesn't work cause of the HU. SO.. I do have a good best buy account.. with 18 months interest free.. I always pay single purchases off in less than 6 months from there. So while I don't think you guys can give me a magical "fix" for this headunit (If you've heard/read or seen this issue with a Pioneer headunit and KNOW an absolute way to fix it, please tell.) But otherwise -- I'm now in the market to get another headunit and fast.. like tomorrow fast. I'm limited to Bestbuy. Surprisingly they have a decent selection. I DID notice some of the ones I preferred had 2V pre-outs instead of 4V preouts.. And some of these with 2V pre-outs were top of the line $750+ headunits. So here's the criteria. Must have 4V preouts (must have 3 sets.. or, 2 sets, and a sub woofer set of "preouts, aka: RCA's) (As I'm running fronts, rears, and the sub off three pair of RCA's.) To make this have an "upside".. it must have built in Blue tooth. I've wanted that , and never had it in any vehicle in my life. So might as well. So ([I]must haves[/I]), [B]Double Din[/B] - [B]Touch Screen[/B] - [B]Blue Tooth[/B] Built In - and [B]4V Preouts[/B] ([B]3 sets of RCA's, or 2 sets and a Sub out[/B]). Can/will you guys can [B]help recommend the best one in a $300-$550 pricerange[/B] (ish).. [B]from bestbuy[/B]. I'll even give you the direct link to browse to make it quick for you: [URL="http://tinyurl.com/nxv8ll4"]In-Dash with DVD : Best Buy | Double DIN Double DIN - Best Buy[/URL] Help me pick out a good headunit.. I'm probably going to grab it tomorrow afternoon. Thanks.. [/QUOTE]
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