AVIC X-Series Firmware Update Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOWNLOADING FIRMWARE UPDATE
FOR AVIC-X910BT, AVIC-X710BT, AVIC-X9115BT and AVICX7115BT
**After you download the firmware update files onto your computer, you will need to
transfer the files to an SD card (512MB or larger) in order to install them on your
navigation system.
Important
Please print or save these Instructions before downloading and installing the firmware update
-- it is very important that you complete all steps correctly and in the order described below.
Failure to do so could cause data stored onto your navigation system to be permanently lost.
WARNING!
If you have any difficulty carrying out these instructions, please contact the Pioneer Customer
Service Center at 1-800-421-1404. Pioneer service representatives are available Monday
through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).
This firmware update applies only to models sold in the U.S.
Before Downloading the Firmware Update
Please check your system version number by doing the following to determine whether your
system has already been updated with the new firmware update:
1. Press the "Menu" button
2. Touch the "Settings" tab;
3. Touch the “System Settings” tab;
4. Touch the “Service Information” tab;
5. The "Map version" number and the "Version" number are both displayed -- please look at the
"Version" number, which is displayed on the lower line; and
6. If the "Version" number is "3.010100" or an earlier/smaller number, please install the new
firmware update. If the "Version" number is "3.020100" or a later/larger number, the system
has already been updated with the new firmware.
Downloading the Firmware Update & Transfer to an SD Card
Step 1
1-1. Download the system firmware update Zipfile onto your computer by clicking here
location where you save the downloaded Zipfile should be accessible and easily remembered.
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1-2. After you have downloaded the Zipfile, locate it on your computer and double click to
decompress it.*
Once the Zipfile is decompressed, locate and open the folder named "X-Series Firmware
Update".
Once the folder "X-Series Firmware Update" has been opened, locate within it the subfolders named "LPUE080".
*If you do not have a decompression utility on your computer, you can download WinZip
at http://www.winzip.com
1-3. Transfer the "LPUE080" folder onto the top layer (folder) of your SD card. **
**You must use a SD card that is 512MB or larger and formatted with a FAT16 or FAT32
file system.
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Installing the System Firmware Update on Your Navigation System
Step 2
Disconnect any iPod, iPhone, or USB device from the system before proceeding.
After you have transferred the "LPUE080" folder onto the top layer/folder of your SD card,
insert the SD card into your AVIC-X910BT / X710BT / X9115BT /X7115BT while your vehicle
is turned OFF.
Next, turn ON your vehicle and navigation system. The system will automatically start the
update process in one minute.
WARNING
NOT turn off the power to the navigation system. Severe damage to your navigation
system could result from your failure to do so, including but not limited to the loss of
all content/data that is stored on the internal Flash Memory of your system (such as
address book entries, destination history, and other user information).
If your system does not automatically start the update process, please check your system and
SD card as follows:
Step 3
Please wait for the firmware update to be installed - this should take approximately 10 minutes.
The system will automatically reboot after the firmware update is completed.
Step 4
After your system has rebooted itself, press and hold down the system "reset" button (which is
located just to the left of the "eject" button) for five (5) seconds and release it.
! While your navigation system is being updated with the new firmware, do
Check your system version again to confirm the necessity of this firmware update.
Check your SD card to confirm that the SD card contains the correct file in the correct
format.
Next, determine which of the following applies:
1. If the system boots ups and displays the main menu, go to Step 5.
2. If the system does not display the main menu AND the screen is blacked out
the reset button and the eject button at the same time for five seconds and then release them.
The system should reboot automatically and display the main menu. Now proceed to Step 5.
3. If the system shows the "boot up screen" (see depiction below) BUT does not proceed to the
main menu, press and hold down the "reset" button for five seconds and then release it. The
system should reboot automatically and display the main menu. Now proceed to Step 5.
, press and hold