If you don’t have much slack, easiest way is to loosen a screw on the head unit frame and ground the wire there, worked like a charm
@ignaciocantillanaalvarado597910 ай бұрын
Cómo es eso ?
@landonb28844 жыл бұрын
I went through way more trouble than I should’ve to fix the problem, but it worked! Thank you
@forthegame76576 ай бұрын
Don't through all that. Had the same issue. I solved it by not even touching the headunit. Just hard reset/factory reset the system from settings. Works.
@zphass3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I have a different Pioneer (MVH-210EX) that worked great until I tried to connect a new phone a couple weeks ago. This only took about 20 minutes and fixed the problem right away.
@prestonhall80693 жыл бұрын
Wait what happened when you connected your phone
@smithzk Жыл бұрын
@@prestonhall8069 I think what they're saying is that the unit was working great until they tried to connect another phone. Then it failed and he did the procedure above, which fixed it.
@lewissheves62513 жыл бұрын
For everyone wondering you can also just turn off safe mode from the settings and you don’t have to do any wiring
@beezydaone3 жыл бұрын
I’m going to try it out right now
@LisaManningMusic3 жыл бұрын
This worked! So easy, thank you!
@haroonahmed56113 жыл бұрын
Worked a treat, thanks!
@EH-LOWK2 жыл бұрын
There isn't a safe mode option on mine
@JuanGarcia-fy2ug2 жыл бұрын
I cant fine safe mode on my radio
@megawasted3 жыл бұрын
My Bluetooth stopped working and I couldn’t reconnect to it. In the Bluetooth settings there is an option called Bluetooth Memory Clear. I selected this, cleared it, and was able to reconnect my phone to the stereo again.
@oustxflavourzz4533 жыл бұрын
Can't get into this.
@RBoysMedia3 жыл бұрын
@@oustxflavourzz453 same did you figure yours out? Mines an old avh p4800bh I tried updating it so I can see what song is playing and it turned my BT off and it’s all grey wd out I tried everything lol but I can use a cord to show what song now... just want my wireless back
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
Ran into the same issue was able to solve it by simply engaging the parking brake. No rewiring needed.
@juliosandoval82444 ай бұрын
Yes pioneer radios when u have lots a bluetooth phones connected you will have connection problems.you need to erase it all and re run bluetooth again.also green parking wite has to be connected to ground or bypass switch to work bluetooth functions.
@pete6142 жыл бұрын
Note (on mvh-a210bt) you still need to do a FACTORY RESET via device menu after connecting light green wire to device black ground wire.
@cameronmuscat7702 Жыл бұрын
😊
@freddyacosta23582 жыл бұрын
Great video. Straight to the point and no BS this and that. I have the AVH-211EX. Will give it a try tomorrow. Thanks.
@TravelingDirector2 жыл бұрын
Good luck 🤞
@calebst1000 Жыл бұрын
Did it work?
@lll_cabo_624_lll3Ай бұрын
Did it worked?
@patrickryan2988 Жыл бұрын
Bro! Worked like a charm. Been trying to figure this out for 3 months.
@JaredElliott13 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Now I have to do more wiring.
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
Ran into the same issue was able to solve it by simply engaging the parking brake. No rewiring needed.
@postdeep Жыл бұрын
Thanks bud. I literally only had to engage my parking brake and wouldn't have thought to try that it not for your video! mine worked, but couldn't add new phone because memory was full and Bluetooth settings were grayed out until I engaged the handbrake! woohoo🎉!
@davidw94033 жыл бұрын
Great video!!! Problem solved for me too. I stripped the green parking brake wire and connected it to ground (black).
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
So you connected two wires coming out of the head unit or the green parking brake to your cars black ground?
@davidw94033 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingDirector I connected the the green from the radio harness to the black on the radio harness. The car's factory wires are way too confusing 😂
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
I have the same problem but I just engaged the parking brake instead of rewiring
@stefaniestromwall34022 жыл бұрын
@@TheGoatfather865 Yes. Thank you for your comment. Engaging the parking brake worked.
@TheGoatfather8652 жыл бұрын
@@stefaniestromwall3402 good to hear. Glad I could help
@osvaldocarrazco67278 ай бұрын
Hey how u know what the parking break wire cause mine don’t come label?
@peasugarpie Жыл бұрын
This saved me from buying a new radio! Thank you so much!❤
@NotsoHero5101 Жыл бұрын
I have an SPH-DA120, put on the parking brake, suddenly I can do everything I needed to regarding Bluetooth. Thanks for the help
@brettprince1528 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that. Grounded park brake wire and now we have Bluetooth again
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
Ran into the same issue was able to solve it by simply engaging the parking brake. No rewiring needed.
@drod877053 жыл бұрын
This comment saved me so much time! Thank you
@angelruiz1113 Жыл бұрын
Yo bro me to. At first I didn’t believe it could be solved so easily but it worked. THANKYOU SO MUCH MAN 🙏🏽
@amanofgold38 Жыл бұрын
Bruuuuuuuuh.......thank you!!
@bakerXderek3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this
@418lightning82 жыл бұрын
hey bikes don't have radios man cheah
@vladimirbarajas57243 жыл бұрын
Wow that work on my unit Thank you for this short but really usefull video 👍🏻
@Edgar-bj5cr Жыл бұрын
I got a radio from Amazon and this worked ! Thank you
@AZQuadRunner6 ай бұрын
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I can't believe it was that easy.
@IKanye_south2 жыл бұрын
I own a buick century with a pioneer and we have to have 2 people 1 to pair and 1 to crush your finger pushing the ground wire onto the door panel. Was pretty tedious but after you paired you didn't have to do it anymore so it was alright
@MrDaithi191612 күн бұрын
I'm having an issue with a pioneer mvh av270bt, I installed recently but it won't allow me to search for a radio signal every thing else works just the radio function won't work 🤷♂️
@luvcupkaye6863 жыл бұрын
Just got a car with Pioneee AVIC5000NEX. The Bluetooth comes on but the options (such as the connection) are grayed out. Any idea on how to get it to work? Thanks
@gabeulrickson2496 Жыл бұрын
This video is how you get it to work
@jungkook42185 күн бұрын
I bought a car and it came with the pioneer system. The Bluetooth works it’s just that when I play music, I can’t hear it and idk what to do😭
@attilavidacs2426 күн бұрын
What gauge wire should the parking brake to ground wire be?
@dabloesco8 ай бұрын
I have a 2660 nex and a gm11 rp5 I comes with the 3.5 swc plug and installed it. The swc wires seemed to run right into the harness yet I’ve had zero response. Am I missing something? Thanks so much😊
@aenmelendez3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Worked for my Pioneer AVH-A215BT. The reset button from the stereo was not able to clear the previous bluetooth devices, your video did the trick and have unlocked a lot of greyed out and unavailable settings! I left the parking brake wire connected to the ground, did you had issues leaving it like that?
@mackjg2 жыл бұрын
That’s what mine is doing. My factory reset is grayed out and my Bluetooth memory is full and I can’t reset it or delete any old phones out of the memory and I’m clueless
@davidceniceros97052 жыл бұрын
@@mackjg did you ever figure out what to do ?
@mackjg2 жыл бұрын
@@davidceniceros9705 I did. I grounded the parking break wire to my constant ground black wire and it opened all the settings up. I haven’t had any problems leaving it grounded since then either. All is good!
@kidd15482 жыл бұрын
@@mackjg TY for this 🙏🏼
@ChevySS19682 жыл бұрын
@@mackjg Hey Mack, after you get it working, did you have any problems pairing phone(s)?? Thanks.... My AVH-P3300BT Bluetooth suddenly is all greyed out. No Bluetooth service or tools available.
@m0rtigitempo2 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro. This saved me so much grief.
@asociallife2070Ай бұрын
Gonna try when I get home perfect
@neilstevenson14853 ай бұрын
I have lots of greyed out settings, is this just for Bluetooth or other settings as my Bluetooth is fine but lots of setting options greyed?
@sunithavlogs0511 Жыл бұрын
My car pioneer system not working suddenly what is the problem may I know that
@andrewosborne754410 ай бұрын
Thank You!! I did the very same thing and it worked great!
@jcuomo3667 Жыл бұрын
Worked like a charm, Thank you....
@Robykee842 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your help in resolving the problem🍻🍻🍻🍻👍👍👍
@1Tm3k6 ай бұрын
How do I fix it I don't have a grounding brake I drive a ford edge truck
@aznnp773 жыл бұрын
My bluetooth works, it was having trouble connecting. It did after a while. However, the music function is grayed out. The phone calls option is enabled. I hope I don't have to take any wires out, because i didn't do the install myself.
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
Try engaging the parking brake
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
I'm going to gues your phone is going into what they call "driving mode" try searching for driving mode and settings and disabling.
@aznnp773 жыл бұрын
@@TheGoatfather865 I have the parking brake bypass installed. I forget what I did. I think I just reset the head unit and the blueooth worked after that.
@shanesullivan9059 ай бұрын
Good day smartphone setup disappeared on my head unit have a 500ex any help will be appreciated
@911mykid3 жыл бұрын
I have 3 different pioneer touch screen radios.... They all do this!
@chozhaschozhas55303 жыл бұрын
Hi I have pioneer car stereo, When I tried to connect by Bluetooth, it shows as memory full and I can't deletes there mobile which was already connected... Kindly advise me
@RBoysMedia3 жыл бұрын
Pull e brake and clear BT memory. If it’s still greets out try what this guy did
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
Have you tried multiple phones? To make sure that the phone is not the issue?
@chozhaschozhas55303 жыл бұрын
@@TheGoatfather865 yes, three phones are stored in memory, when i try to delete, it doesn't also can't connect the other phone.... Shows as memory full...
@ChevySS19682 жыл бұрын
Great vid, thanks!! Did you have any issues pairing up your phone, or any other phone, after this? Thanks again....... 🙂 I have same symptoms on AVH-P3300BT... Bluetooth is suddenly all greyed out. EDIT: FIXED! I can't believe it worked! Woohoo!
@TravelingDirector2 жыл бұрын
Nope. After I grounded that wire, never had a problem again.
@ChevySS19682 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingDirector - Thanks for the reply!
@ChevySS19682 жыл бұрын
Buddy, I'd be buying you a beer if you were nearby. I cannot believe this fix worked!!! Took me about 90 minutes total, and my phone is now paired to my newly fixed head unit. I absolutely LOVE this Pioneer, so I was depressed at the thought of dumping it, PLUS there's hardly any units available to buy. Thanks again!!!!!!!!! Much, much appreciated. I'm gonna go drink some beers for both of us. ;-)
@TravelingDirector2 жыл бұрын
@@ChevySS1968 hell ya man! Glad I could help!
@alexhood9438 Жыл бұрын
i broke my digitizer over this i feel so stupid thanks for the tutorial!
@iluvpiez23 Жыл бұрын
I have the AVH-501EX, and I had this problem. All I had to do was put my parking brake on and the Bluetooth icon immediately lit up & was functional!
@juliosandoval82444 ай бұрын
Pioneer,kenwood,jvc,stinger if you dont ground the brake wire bluetooth fuctions will not work at all.in order to delete history on phones you need to have brake wire grounded
@GiraffeFiesta Жыл бұрын
Turned my Bluetooth off and on on the pioneer unit and seemed to resolve it
@sandrosprenger94462 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your help. Very good vid!!!
@charlesxavier83793 жыл бұрын
Wait so is all you have to do is connect any piece of metal to the parking brake?
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
Yep, blew my mind too!
@charlesxavier83793 жыл бұрын
Thanks I did it and it worked. 👍
@lefreyre3 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingDirector how do I know which is the parking brake
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
@@lefreyre the wire should Have a little tag on it. If not a quick Google search will tell you what color to look for
@princenoah212 жыл бұрын
Mine only sort of works. It knows the phone is there, it can call people, but it refuses to let me play music from the phone's bluetooth 😑
@TravelingDirector2 жыл бұрын
You have it connected as a phone and not a media device
@LoaditHoe Жыл бұрын
Man mine is all back not turning on In my 2008 Silverado idk what went wrong Ima have to try this hopefully it’s that
@thatoneguy8801 Жыл бұрын
Would connecting to blue tooth cause it to reset over and over?
@albertawheat68323 жыл бұрын
I have a avic-x930BT and I can't access blue tooth menu's at all even with the electronic parking brake engaged...Do I need to ground the green wire from the head unit ? plus the parking break wire. Thanks in advance.
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
I don't want to give you the wrong advice. I just had to ground that one parking brake wire. I know there is another setting where you can change parking brake to battery power, maybe try that since you have the electronic parking brake
@albertawheat68323 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingDirector It's my sisters unit... I told her to take it into the dealer ship where she bought it and get them to fix it... In my eyes it's fixed , lol thanks for replying I appreciate it.
@bradbarbury46333 жыл бұрын
People you just need to put safe mode from off to on and it comes back on I tried for ages taking the stero out
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
Over 100k views and no one has mentioned it. I'm assuming its somewhere in the settings?
@bradbarbury46333 жыл бұрын
Yes I just spent 2 hours taking my sterio apparent and my gf when on setting and pressed safe mode from on to OFF guessing to safe for when your driving and it worked
@rodnelson192 жыл бұрын
@@bradbarbury4633 Proofread next time. This is horrible to understand.
@paolagzzgzzАй бұрын
So... my stop working, maybe because I changed the battery... mmmmm maybe I only need to disconnect the battery again and should work ??
@pathummanisha9135 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone have issues with auto- reconnect ? after auto-reconnecting my AVH always gets Lagged, the music keeps getting lagged, thereafter i should forget it from the connection and re connect manually several times ? any solutions for this ?
@alejandroluna8041 Жыл бұрын
I’m having this issue with my DMH-1500nex, is this the only way to solve it
@aaronsamaroo4853 Жыл бұрын
My usb option grayed out on me and I have no idea why just like that it happened while my phone was plugged in CarPlay mode
@ryancolter21702 жыл бұрын
Mine is doing that but the wire is spliced to a red wire so idk
@jkwan19892 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro, this worked for me.
@Tudawg Жыл бұрын
Question. Can you download apps to it? Like waze or Spotify?
@alexisyadhiracastilloalcoc5520 Жыл бұрын
Hello , i need to see how can i unlock my scree , because its asking me for a password 😪 i dont know what to type
@TidalShemtov2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. One would think such simple solution would be in the trouble shooting of the manual.
@chinolacorridos95763 жыл бұрын
IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO CONNECT YOUR PHONE TO APPRADIO sph-Da210 and the BREAK THING DOESNT WORK. Here’s your solution: 1. TURN OFF THE RADIO ( TURN OFF THE SOUND ICON) 2. GO TO YOUR SETTINGS 3. LOOK FOR CLEAR BLUETOOTH CLEAR 4. BAMMM!!! You’re welcome I struggled for 12 and Half Hours
@vloneluv91153 жыл бұрын
appreciate it bro it worked for me 😎
@pallastye47033 жыл бұрын
What if it's installed on a boat? What color is the parking brake wire ?
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
The parking brake color wire won't change because its on a boat. You'll have to check the harness guide to be sure. If its the one that came with the unit, it should be brown. Good luck!
@lukejohnson53598 күн бұрын
Brilliant 👏 👏
@xxi_danny5861 Жыл бұрын
Can anybody tell me how to fix mine , I think something got unplugged from the back and now it won’t turn on
@elusive66533 жыл бұрын
Ive taped the wire around metal it works but when i drive off somehow the audio doesnt work??
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
I want to say there is a setting you need to change, ill get back to you
@dacodadavis1292 жыл бұрын
You just have to put on the parking brake I'm pretty sure..
@TravelingDirector2 жыл бұрын
Yes, If it's wired already
@Notjobincome4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@shoncook823211 ай бұрын
Parking brake has to be on to access Bluetooth menu.
@charlesm84823 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I was just installing a avh-120bt in my vehicle and was checking it out before I put the dash back together, noticed the Bluetooth wasn't working. I was planning on hooking that wire up to the parking break. So does this mean if I hooked it up I would only be able to use blue tooth while I was driving....that would totally suck
@Thecruisingtyflosion3 жыл бұрын
That's why you ground it instead. It's a safety feature that really isn't all that safe. Some of the newer pioneer units need a bypass kit
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
You'd only be able to connect a new Bluetooth device while in park within the parking brake engaged
@nimitz422 жыл бұрын
I just earthed it to the back of the stereo unit with a grub screw! 👍
@gabeulrickson2496 Жыл бұрын
No you just can't access settings while driving
@foskr49 ай бұрын
can anyone help me! mine is stuck on the language pageee! the arrow button is not registering on my touch screen but the rest of the screen works fine! so annoyed, suddenly happened once i reset it
@HotBiteKid11 ай бұрын
Life Saver!
@frakevich Жыл бұрын
What worked for me is just engaging the parking break.
@eironhendrix Жыл бұрын
Could also just use the phone and search the bluetooth for it. Thats what i did and connected through the phone instead
@4wheels2693 жыл бұрын
I have the pioneer avic x920bt and as soon as I start moving the radio completely stops working I can't even listen to the radio but as soon as I get over 40 it comes back on and I can see the DVD and the radio stations and everything but then I have no sound any suggestions
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
Whoa that's a new problem that I haven't heard of. Hmmmm 🤔 You know how they built in the safety features so that people can't watch DVDs etc when driving? It almost sounds like that is happening to you.
@4wheels2693 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingDirector yeah and it's crazy cuz I can't even listen to the radio but I have everything bypassed and I have tried bypassing it with a toggle switch with a relay tried switching the prong like they say to do I just don't know what to do anymore it works great if I'm not moving but as soon as I start moving the whole radio goes dead but then as soon as I get over 40 everything turns back on the DVD plays but I have no sound it's bizarre
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
I'm going to gues your phone is going into what they call "driving mode" try searching for driving mode and settings and disabling.
@TheGoatfather8653 жыл бұрын
I'm going to gues your phone is going into what they call "driving mode" try searching for driving mode and settings and disabling. @travelingdirector
@4wheels2693 жыл бұрын
@@TheGoatfather865 I thought that but my phone is not even connected to it
@ATourville19843 жыл бұрын
My pioneer won’t turn on… how do I fix that problem
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
It won't turn on at all? Most likely that's a simple fuse issue
@xtame2 жыл бұрын
Does this work for the avh-x3800bhs as well?
@TravelingDirector2 жыл бұрын
The overall concept should be the same, so I imagine that it should. Good luck!
@user-se7jk7fm1y2 жыл бұрын
Здравствуйте автор. Объясните пожалуста каким цветом провод. И куда его надо подсоединить. Заранее спасибо
@greatandpowerfulldile1553 жыл бұрын
dude your amazing, thank you. my shit now works
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
Right on man!
@AllOfMyLOVE2U3 жыл бұрын
How do I know which is parking brake?
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
The easiest thing to do is google your model number and wiring harness color code. Chances are that you'll only have one or two options to choose from since the rest will be already wired up.
@tonycervantes48163 жыл бұрын
Bro I have a pionner avh-120bt my Bluetooth only work for calls 📞 not for audio you think I need do of same ??
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
Whoa weird. I wonder if that's a phone setting?
@tonycervantes48163 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingDirector ok so what can I do there travelingdirector
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
@@tonycervantes4816 my first guess would be to unpair and re-pair. You can also try removing the device from your phone and adding it back. I'll try to think of more ideas, good luck
@tonycervantes48163 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingDirector bro you tight together of ground wire and of parking brake.. ??
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
@@tonycervantes4816 To fix the problem, the parking brake was grounded. The normal ground wire from the headunit should already be grounded. If you're asking about combining the parking brake wire and the ground wire and then grounding them together, it should be fine. Keep in mind that in the future, you will need that parking brake wire to do the DVD bypass mod.
@arnoldgarcia98273 жыл бұрын
On my pioneer I can’t even pass the Language idk why I reset it useless
@carterarreola856411 ай бұрын
Make sure parking brake is on
@mtg_wavyy6433 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if you can access car play with this system
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
What's car play?
@justvibin___3 ай бұрын
mine just say “off” no matter what i do
@westkillacali17473 жыл бұрын
My radio stopped working! It says it connected to my phone but I can make calls and the radio works but my Bluetooth like for music stopped working like its playing the songs but audio at all idk what wrong with!
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm. Very strange if you can make calls. My first thought is the volume on the phone is down, or the mute is on for the song. My next thought would be that the phone is on like a do not disturb or something.
@Richard-qv5py3 жыл бұрын
Did you ever fix it??i have the exact problem
@Sloff11554 жыл бұрын
I have a manual transmission I do not have a parking gear.
@samuel96f3 жыл бұрын
Your e brake
@moosedahlheim84012 жыл бұрын
totally worked.
@noahjodon4927 Жыл бұрын
Bro you just have to turn on the parking break then u can access it
@michelledelarosa53192 жыл бұрын
My screen broke , how can i replace it ?
@TravelingDirector2 жыл бұрын
Since the screen faces come off, maybe you can buy a new screen?
@kearstincraft5662 Жыл бұрын
It still doesn’t work for me 😢
@Accuratetranslationservices2 жыл бұрын
How do you take the unit out
@TravelingDirector2 жыл бұрын
There are 2 large screws / bolts on each side
@FJHDZ3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man !
@kodymcpherson28935 ай бұрын
I just hooked it to the ground wire
@charley408 Жыл бұрын
I hope he tried the parking break before taking it out, lol
@Chinov9152 жыл бұрын
So watching this video mine was the same, i applied my parking brake and boom no need to take apart the dash
@SabiraEvans Жыл бұрын
Thank you soooo much!!
@madkatt3334 жыл бұрын
Hey, my bf doesn't have a working parking brake. Will that hinder being able to fix this issue?
@TravelingDirector4 жыл бұрын
Apparently not. I just attached the one wire to the ground and it works
@madkatt3334 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingDirector thank you! Now, we just have to figure out which wire that is. Do you have any suggestions on that?
@TravelingDirector4 жыл бұрын
@@madkatt333 It should be a simple thing to find online. The pioneer wiring harness colors. Good luck!
@madkatt3334 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! We will have a try when he gets a day off!
@inqrintz34663 жыл бұрын
i still don’t have a bluetooth option in the main screen
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that. This worked for me. I feel like there is a setting for ground or battery power maybe yours is on battery?
@911mykid3 жыл бұрын
Your radio will still have a parking brake wire. It’s a safety feature on all radios , so people can watch movies while driving.
@RBoysMedia3 жыл бұрын
@@911mykid only thing that does is make people find a work around to watch movies while driving lol
@LouUnkonfinedАй бұрын
Okay but how tf I take it out
@nathanosuna52763 жыл бұрын
Will it work on a pioneer mvh 300-ex aswell?
@TravelingDirector3 жыл бұрын
I can't say for sure, but why not? The functionality should be the same. Give it a shot and let us know!