spyderpig

Hi everyone,

I started my mod with interior.
Navi+Bluetooth ready.
CA-R-PI 131 not ready. It came with instructions and did it fairly easy.
PIONEER message appears on the cluster, but the control of the volume is not working neither the track change on the treering wheel.
Any thought or comments? I'm just stuck
Your help would be welcome
If your tell me it is not the right carpi for my car or navi,...

Any ways feel free to post but don't be too hard on my mistakes
thx

ELBMAN

Looks like you have the Capri plugged into the Digital Signal Output instead of the Remote Control input.

The remote control input is a 1/8" black phono plug attached to a black cable on the back of the AVIC.

spyderpig

Well actually I did not find it because it was located on the connector2 of the avic along with the rear view cam input. this connector was still in the dusty box in the back of the storage!!
hahaha, anyways now it works! soo cool.
It was not difficult at all every one can do it if I can. I am just too clumsy
Im very happy to get my steering control back ! What a joy!
Thx a lot ELBMAN for your quick answer I really appreciate it
I should have done a DIY but I think by looking at the pictures, people could do it.

Harry Madan

post pic of the completed project. i would like to see how it all look put back together. and i wounder how well ur bluetooth phone work? can u use the staring controls to make the phone work? do u get caller id and all the other features?

WaveyKat

it should be plug into where its say Wired Remote! hey atleast yours say "PIONEER" mines say "PIONEERE"

LuxuryC240

Spyder which avic is yours?? I'm dying to get the z2...someday!

spyderpig

Here are the pictures of the end result! and also the receiving call with caller id. (note : this number was not in the pioneer's phone book so the name of the person did not appear but number instead).
picking up the call with steering wheel did not work.

I did plugged every wires even the one said "wired remote"
and I don't know this brand : Pioneere
At least the phone control works on your pioneere.

It's the Z1

WaveyKat

lol have no idea of that brand but other than that everything works in mines

spyderpig

I already noticed some weird things... with the speed sensor and reverse sensor.

When I turn on the power position 1 it happends :
the car position on the navi: going forward so fast ! like I was going 100 mph(the gear is on neutral).
when I put reverse(when the unit was wired) it goes backward at the same speed

If I turn to position 2 everything is normal. oh well it might just be a bug with manual trany.

Now the thing is I don't know how to hook the parking break wire... without picture. I might wana search fot the 2 wire ground technique... wish me luck hahaha

kouka86

same thing happens to me when the key is in position one and i have a auto tranny...

Just ground the parking brake wire (green if I remember correctly) and then move an unused wire from another connector (I used the yellow "mute" wire) to the bottom right of connector 2.
some pics here:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/163395-diy-installation-avic-other-aftermarket-hu-s-w203-warning-lots-images.html#post1775408

and then if your z2 is pre-june 2007 then you need to update it for the 2wire bypass to work. you can get the file here:
http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8783

spyderpig

Yeah, thx, I was reading this thread, and the P brake wire is green.
Now as a lazy boy, I wonder if there is already a ground wire in the dash or on the MB harness. My green wire already runs allthe way to the pedals. I don't really wanna do the same thing with the second wire on the connector2.
Btw, if you had the same bug, can you tell me if you can use the phone button on the steering to call via bluetooth? thx

spyderpig

bypass was successful.
Flashing with bluetooth update for model pre-Jun '06 and ground the 2 wires.
By the way the groung wire in the dash near the parking brake pedal is the black one. (I've read somewhere "ground=dirt=brown").
Next work? ... maybe convenience light over the pedals ...

kouka86

mine used to say "PIONEERE" too... but today i unhooked my battery to change my amp and when i hooked it back up an turned the car on my dash says "pioneer" and not "pioneere" anymore... kinda weird... but maybe give it a try...

kouka86

no, unfortunately you can't use the phone buttons on the steering to make phone calls...

tropics

I have the Pioneer AVIC-Z2 with all the extras just need to buy one of these for my 2004 C230 Sport Sedan.

I just don't know what one is for the 04' model (the year before they upgraded the dash etc)?

If any body knows please let me know, neet to order it on ebay asap

Cheers,

jedcred

For the 2004, the one you want is the 131. Search a little more next time though, the info is available here under several other threads. Good luck, and hopefully it won't be too expensive from ebay.