It is quite difficult to imagine a car without a radio. It is installed both by the manufacturer before the vehicle is released, and by the owner himself. The value of the radio is quite large. It allows you to enjoy music while on the road, listen to the radio, find out news and other important information.
How to get rid of error 23?
What does this mean
Error 23 on the Pioneer radio reports that the contents of the flash drive or disk cannot be read by the main device. Sometimes this happens due to mechanical damage to the radio or media.
In this case, you won’t be able to fix the problem yourself; only replacing the flash drive or repairing the player will help.
When reading a disc
In this situation, the cause of the problem may be computer viruses, scratches on the surface of the media, or an incorrect track name.
Some radios do not work with Latin or Cyrillic alphabet.
To find out what the player responds to, you need to conduct an “experiment”: rename several files and check which of them will be read.
In addition, tracks on the disc may not play because the format is incorrect. You can check this information in the technical data sheet of the device.
When connecting a flash drive
The Pioneer radio does not read the flash drive for the same reasons that arise when connecting an optical drive:
- incorrect name;
- mechanical damage;
- viral infection.
Sometimes an error occurs when reading flash drives larger than 4 GB. This is due to the fact that most radios are still tailored to outdated standards, but this problem can be solved by dividing the memory of a USB flash drive into sectors. In addition, the problem may occur if the storage device is not formatted correctly.
Also, sometimes the problem is with USB; the connector does not turn on due to the radio being connected incorrectly and the corresponding lack of power for the player to work correctly.
In this case, only contacting a car service or reinstalling the GU yourself will help.
Radio with flash drive: features
Modern Pioneer radios can read not only discs, but also flash drives. This is very convenient, as it allows the driver to record musical compositions independently. If necessary, they can be easily replaced with new ones. The playback quality is quite high and does not depend on what media is used.
Today, most people prefer such devices. Because they have more opportunities. In addition, they are convenient to use and economical. There is no need to spend extra money on purchasing new disks.
How to fix
You can fix the problem in different ways, depending on the cause of its occurrence. For example, in the event of a virus infection, the removable drive needs to be connected to the laptop and run an antivirus program scan. At the same time, it is important to have updated malicious code databases, since they are periodically modified and outdated detection algorithms may not recognize the threat. In some cases, the infection is so extensive that it is impossible to recover information.
There are other causes of failure, and, accordingly, methods for solving them.
Formatting
Modern media have the NTFS file system, which is not always recognized by car radios. To fix the problem, you need to reformat the device to FAT16 or FAT32. To do this, you need to connect the drive to your PC, wait for it to appear in the task manager under the “Computer” tab and right-click on it to select “Format”.
In the window that opens, you need to change the “File system” parameter to the desired one and, if necessary, change the cluster size. It is better to choose a standard size, after which the system will start the process, warning you about the loss of files. Because of this formatting feature, all tracks must be transferred to the computer and moved back at the end of the procedure.
Wrong name
The specificity of some radio tape recorders has already been mentioned above.
After testing, during which it becomes clear which alphabet the equipment works correctly with, it will be enough to rename all the files.
Wrong format
In this case, everything is extremely simple: you need to convert the files into a suitable format. For this, there are various programs (FSS Audio Converter, etc.) and online services that do not require installation on a computer.
They have intuitive controls and work with many files, so there is no need to provide detailed explanations for their operation.
Possible faults
If the Pioneer radio does not read the flash drive, this may indicate the following:
- Drive failure.
- Damage to the audio player connector.
- There is a virus on the flash drive.
- Incorrect music file names.
- The media capacity does not match the playback capabilities of the player.
- Music files are recorded in a format that cannot be played by the device.
You can fix some of these problems yourself.
Media failure
To determine whether the disc is working properly, you should connect it to a computer, player, etc. If another device also does not recognize it or Error 23 is displayed, then the problem is mechanical damage to the flash card.
A USB drive can also fail due to voltage fluctuations or active use for a long time.
In some cases, the drive can be repaired at a service center, but sometimes it is cheaper to buy a new drive.
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Any technology, even the best, can fail its owner at some point. The Pioneer radio is no exception in this sense. Even in this device from a well-known manufacturer, annoying errors periodically occur that can confuse even an experienced car enthusiast. What are these errors and why do they occur? Is it possible to eliminate them yourself? We’ll talk further about eliminating typical errors with flash drives of type 23 and 19 on Pioneer.
Why is there an amplifier error?
Now we need to figure out what's going on. Why do the above errors appear and the radios fail?
According to statistics, a lot of car radios come in for repair with one problem - the sound from the radio has disappeared. After identifying a malfunction, the problem is often expressed in the failure of the car radio's audio amplifier.
After diagnosing the radio, the identified cause was very simple - the car radio amplifier burned out. Why are amplifiers burning?
We all like to turn up the music louder when driving a car, so that our ears get blocked. This is often the reason why car radios burn. This does not mean at all that you can only listen to music quietly. This means that the manufacturer, initially saving on spare parts, puts obviously low-quality microcircuits into the radios. Basically, this problem occurs with car radios that are not the original brand of the manufacturer, but so-called “copies” assembled in China.
Therefore, this problem only occurs with low-quality radios. Owners of original radios do not encounter such problems.
Another common reason when the Pioneer radio writes “amplifier error” is a short circuit. It can happen anywhere: in the connections on the radio, on the wires that go to the speakers, on the speakers themselves. It is possible that the wire is shorting because it is interrupted by something. This is exactly the case when it is necessary to check all the connections, as well as the wires in general, but of course it would be better to immediately go to a car service center, where they will carry out diagnostics using professional equipment and identify the short circuit. And they will immediately check the car radio amplifier, because if in this case the Pioneer radio amplifier error does not go away, there is a possibility that the amplifier has simply burned out.
Another way to troubleshoot an amplifier error, but only for people who know and understand electronics. The amplifier itself is a microcircuit with several so-called legs - metal pins. So we cut off the first of them, and that’s it - there is no message, and the car radio is working properly, but I repeat, if you don’t understand what is written about, it’s better not to interfere.
Next, let's look at car radio malfunctions in a little more detail.
List of the most famous Pioneer radio errors and how to fix them
Most often problems arise with USB drives. Let's start with them.
CHECK USB error
The message CHECK USB appears on the display of the radio when it refuses to read a flash drive or some other storage device (for example, a portable hard drive). This message indicates a power failure in the USB device. A failure may occur either due to the incompatibility of this drive with the radio, or due to a short circuit in the connector itself.
- First you should carefully inspect the USB port on the radio. Perhaps dirt or some foreign object got into it, which caused a short circuit;
- if there is no short circuit, you should pay attention to the amount of current consumed by the USB drive (this figure can be found in the instructions for the device). The fact is that some flash drives require a current slightly higher than 500 mA for normal operation, while the radio is designed for exactly 500 mA, which leads to the CHECK USB error. There is only one way out: replace the flash drive, having previously specified the amount of current consumed;
ERROR 23 with flash drive
When error 23 occurs, the user sees the message ERROR-23 on the radio display. This happens immediately after installing the flash drive into the USB port of the radio. The error means that the file system in which the flash drive is formatted is incompatible with this radio. That is, if the drive was formatted in the outdated FAT32 (or even FAT16) system, the error is guaranteed to appear.
Solution: format the flash drive in the NTFS system, supported by all Pioneer radios.
- The flash drive is removed from the radio and inserted into the home computer. When it appears in the list of connected devices, you should right-click on it. A context menu will appear in which you should select “Format”;
In the context menu, select the option to format the drive
Select the NTFS file system from the drop-down menu
Troubleshooting Error 19
This error is shown on the display as ERROR-19. This can occur either due to improper formatting of the drive, or due to storing files on it with extensions other than .mp3 (such as .doc, .exe, .txt, .pdf, .com). MP3 files can also cause an error if they are stored in many folders with a high level of nesting and an abundance of Cyrillic characters in the names.
- remove all extraneous files from the flash drive, except mp3. If mp3 files are “scattered” across many folders, organize their structure by placing them in 3-4 new folders, and the names of these folders must be written in Latin letters;
- If this does not help, you should insert the USB flash drive into the computer and check it for viruses. As a rule, viruses do not harm the radio, but often copy executable files onto a flash drive, which the standard Windows file manager does not “see”, but the radio “sees” perfectly;
- if the anti-virus program for some reason failed to remove the detected viruses, there is only one thing left: completely formatting the drive in the NTFS system, as shown above;
ERROR 11
There are two problems that cause ERROR-11 to appear on the display. Either the CD inserted into the radio is seriously scratched or covered with dirt, or there is some kind of mechanical fault in the radio (most often the CD drive of the radio fails).
- remove the disc and gently wipe it with a piece of soft cloth;
- clean the drive lens using a special cleaning disk;
- if it doesn’t help, there is only one way out: contact the nearest Pioneer service center;
Pioneer DEH-2220UB
When loading the flash drive, error-23 appears. What should I do. In other machines the flash drive works fine.
Answers 1
Error-23 - invalid data format. Apparently your flash drive is formatted in an unsupported file system. Check the file system - if NTFS, then you need to format it to FAT32. This error also appears if you use a flash drive larger than the radio specification allows.
In the window that opens, set the parameters as shown in the figure below and click the button.
