"SECRET MODE" on Pioneer Radio!!!

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01-30-2005, 05:30 AM

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OMG guys guess what?! If I turn my car on and off real quick 20,000 times, I need a new starter, AAAND the car tells me I need it in African on my head unit!!

acc doesnt mean crank position...

01-30-2005, 07:19 PM

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old news..the 05's can do it..there was an old thread on it months ago

01-31-2005, 02:09 AM

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I did all of them and left it on the JAPANESE, since it looked cool.
Thanks for the info!

01-31-2005, 04:11 AM

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OMG guys guess what?! If I turn my car on and off real quick 20,000 times, I need a new starter, AAAND the car tells me I need it in African on my head unit!!

acc doesnt mean crank position...

quite you!

01-31-2005, 05:44 PM

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I wonder what they have in store for us next that they havn't told us.

01-31-2005, 06:09 PM

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pretty cool but how on earth did you stumble upon this?

I attended a Scion Meeting on Friday and they told us there.

did they happen to tell you of any other secret modes? like one to adjust the SSP?

01-31-2005, 06:12 PM

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Does anyone else think this is a completely useless feature? Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand why this 'feature' is so cool.

01-31-2005, 06:21 PM

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gotta love the pessimism in this thread

01-31-2005, 08:39 PM

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Does anyone else think this is a completely useless feature? Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand why this 'feature' is so cool.

whoa cares..its there..people like it...some don't...

01-31-2005, 09:08 PM

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whats SSP? do you notice when you press A after in secret mode it turns somethign on and off, i forgot what it said but maybe i was that SSP thing,

01-31-2005, 09:16 PM

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Re: "SECRET MODE" on Pioneer Radio!!!

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Originally Posted by nairod

Can we say EASTER EGGS
I don't know if anyone has seen this or not on their headunits. You know how you can put custom welcome greetings on your headunit by holding M then turning the key to ACC and so forth. Well I saw a way of entering a SECRET MODE instead...

I wrote a post back in June, 2004 asking about this "Secret" feature but no one believed it existed. Thanks for finally finding this "Easter Egg." Here's the thread I'm refering to:

05 Radio: Hidden Personalized Messages?
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18025

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Originally Posted by In June 2004 RPMxb

What's the deal with the mysterious "Hidden Personalized Messages" that "Create Customer Excitement." Is this another Scion marketing hype feature or a somewhat useful feature allowing owners to store "text strings" in memory? Anybody know?

:D RPM

01-31-2005, 09:19 PM

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So is this confirmed not to be included with the 2004 models...?

01-31-2005, 09:32 PM

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So is this confirmed not to be included with the 2004 models...?

Yes.

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New features of the 2005 Scion audio units include:

Features/Functions Benefits
-MP3 Sound Re-touch(SRT feature -Enhances lost sound from MP3 burning process
-Personilized message on display -Allows for unique 12-character message
-Hidden personiled messages in unit -Creates customer excitment for Scion audio

01-31-2005, 09:35 PM

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yeah it worked for my 05 Xb, i just did it, it was also listed in the scion catalog as well as the audio users manual

02-02-2005, 02:28 AM

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Does anyone else think this is a completely useless feature? Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand why this 'feature' is so cool.

The "secret" features are,,, interesting, but the ability to change the startup text is real nice for those of us that are buying the Scion HUs and are putting them in other Toyotas.

Similarly, those of you explaining features that are in the manual are helpful for those of us that do not have the manual.

02-03-2005, 03:17 AM

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02-03-2005, 07:54 PM

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I'm having problems changin to JP too ; ;

Thanks for making this thread, i don't have a scion, but i have a scion HU and of course i didn't get a manual when i bought it lol.

Is there any indication that you've went into "Secret Mode"? I don't see/hear anything when i hold "A" and turn the key to ACC. I'm wondering if this only works with a scion HU in a scion car, i hope not. I think i have a 2005 unit too because when i hold the SSP button for 10 sec to change the setting for what type of scion, i have options xA,xB, & tC. Someone told me the 04's don't have the tC option. Please help me out, i speak/read/write JP and it would be pimp to have Scion in katakana m(__)m

02-03-2005, 11:39 PM

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I finally got it done but it took awhile to do it right. Here's a tip. Before you start, load the CD and put it on track 2 then shut of the key, then hold A and turn the key to ACC, then do whichever one of the 4 that you want and shut off the key quick. I tried doing it as writen but loading the CD and going to track 2 took too long!

02-04-2005, 12:39 AM

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ohhh. So before u even put the key in you hold "A" and turn it from OFF>ACC? lol, i was going from ON>ACC damn, thanks

EDIT: got it to work w00t "saion" <(__)>

what was the other trick, to like set some personal message. The one were you hold "M" instead of "A"?