Alarm Sound when Replacing Stereo (2015 CX-9 w/ Bose)

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I tried removing the fuse, disconnecting the battery, reset the unit, multiple different combinations of starting up the car in different positions (ACC, ON, START), tried a voltage reducer, tried a different supply to the amp trigger, rewired bits of the harness (my nice AERPRO harness now looks like a frankenstein mess). All the audio techs I had look at it found it very interesting lol, but none could help. A couple suggested trying a different harness (before I pointed out that there are multiple forums with people having the same issue with other harnesses). It was actually my idea to replace the amp, and a few of the techs were doubtful it would work, so it was a gamble spending that much, but I'm very glad I did.
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Zapco makes outstanding equipment. You chose well.
 
I FIXED this problem.

I recently was installing an Alpine ILX-507 and Maestro RR device to retain the Bose and the steering wheels controls. The Maestro is a CAN bus <> iDataLink converter that talks to the car and to the radio translating the messages.

When connecting the battery after wiring up all the devices, the amplifier would beep (1 sec on, 1 sec off) loudly. Putting on ON vs. ACC didn't solve that.
Then, I flashed the Maestro RR module to v.1.1 as opposed to the latest 1.6 version, and as a result the system operated correctly.
When I plugged it in and connected the battery, the car did beep 4 times on ACC but that was it. Now it works fine.

Thanks to the Crutchfield tech who suggested trying older versions of the Maestro firmware.
 
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Wow interesting I ended up removing everything but your post makes want to retry.

So you just flashed an old firmware? Mind explaining please
 
giachello said:
I FIXED this problem.

I recently was installing an Alpine ILX-507 and Maestro RR device to retain the Bose and the steering wheels controls. The Maestro is a CAN bus <> iDataLink converter that talks to the car and to the radio translating the messages.

When connecting the battery after wiring up all the devices, the amplifier would beep (1 sec on, 1 sec off) loudly. Putting on ON vs. ACC didn't solve that.
Then, I flashed the Maestro RR module to v.1.1 as opposed to the latest 1.6 version, and as a result the system operated correctly.
When I plugged it in and connected the battery, the car did beep 4 times on ACC but that was it. Now it works fine.

Thanks to the Crutchfield tech who suggested trying older versions of the Maestro firmware.
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ROCK ON!! HELL YEAH!

Crutchfield is amazing. Glad you got the correct advice.
 
mazdacx9112 said:
Wow interesting I ended up removing everything but your post makes want to retry.

So you just flashed an old firmware? Mind explaining please
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You have to flash the Maestro using the Maestro desktop app to configure your RR... when you get to the last screen, where it says "Maestro firmware version ..." , there is a little blue link "other options / versions" ... click that, it will expand the older versions available. I picked the oldest one... not sure which one is the most recent that works, only tried 1.0 and 1.1 and both worked. By the way, my CX-9 is a late 2013 but probably it's the same issue.
 
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I have a Maestro RR in both my MZ5 and my CX-5. I can't recommend one highly enough.

I use a Kenwood Excelon DDX-8706S in both cars.
 
BTW I got this email from the Maestro development team "Hi Giovanni, we are aware of this issue at the moment and working on it, if you'd like to call in we have a beta firmware we can send you to try" so that's another option to try.
 
Will try some weekend reinstalling everything and flashing the older firmware. Just wondering if there are any other issues present since its a very old version.
 
SOLUTION (I came to this problem twice, so now I am posting this to also remember if it hapens to me again):
My system: Maestro RR + JVC stereo KW-M785 (the radio is not relevant)

(1) Firmware of Maestro HAS to be an old one (1.1) instead of the new ones (1.8 or 1.10). New ones do not work!
(2) When installed, or whenever the battery goes off (now and in the future), you have to directly start the engine witout going through ACC. Wait for some beeps (say about 8). Then turn off the vehicle. Then go to ACC, you will hear still about three beeps, but after those it will be ready. Then you can schut off and start without any issue.

Hope it helps (it took me much time to figure out all this, because when you hear the loud beeps your temptation is to think it does not work and to shut off before the CANBUS and the Maestro understand each other).

That what solved to me first by Crutchfield and then by Weblink assistance.

Enjoy!
 
Another hint here, for people grappling with this issue.

I recently brought the car to service, and they disconnected the battery. For some reason the Maestro RR module got messed up because of that, so when I reconnected it, it beeped, and none of the ACC/ON etc. tricks worked.

What did end up working at the end was resetting the Maestro from the iDatalink menu on the radio (go into iDataLink settings, Maestro Module, Module Reset). When I did that, the beeping stopped immediately.
 
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