NEW TIP: Push To Start Button
 

I have an aftermarket headunit (Pioneer AvicF900bt).

It always takes awhile to startup (30 seconds).

A lot of the time the car is running while parked and I want to listen to music but shut the car off. Well generally I used to just go from "ON" to "OFF" and then to either "ACC" or "ON" but not turning the engine on. Unfortunately when I do that the car shuts my headunit off and then its another 30 seconds until everything goes back on again.

If you are in "ON" and quickly hit the push to start button 2x. The car will go into ACC and will leave your aftermarket headunit on and running but will shut off the car and everything else completely!

It took me a couple times to figure out the proper way to push the button quickly enough. But i do it all the time now when I am early for work or waiting to pick someone up!

Hopefully this little tip helps someone else!

I just discovered this by accident the other day. I was like "WTF...? How did I do that?"
Nice catch.

Hi, is this a feature or your are just pressing the button so that you do OFF/ACC really fast? And in the latter case, how safe is that for the start button components?

That's a cool tip!

Its just pressing the button 2x really fast.

I highly doubt its unsafe for the button components hah :tup:

It should be safe & sound. Its just for those who want to keep the song going but shut the car off.

I wonder if this works on people with the stock setup, ill have to try it next time I think of it.

:tiphat: I will rep when my reps reset, and I am back in town

I must have not pushed it quick enough that few times I had tried this randomly. I don't even have an aftermarket HU that takes forever to boot, and this bothered the hell out of me :icon17:

Excellent tip! While I don't have a head unit yet, it will be good to remember for the future.

This works. I do it all the time. I have been doing it for around 40k miles(2.5 years). No problems yet!

wouldn't it be a drain on the battery though?

Me too! ^^^ :tup::tiphat:

Using the ACC without the car being turned will drain the cars battery slightly.

But its not like I am sitting in the car blaring music for +15 minutes at a time haha.

Anyone that doesn't know about draining battery from a radio or lights left on should do some reading or life experience!

It does. This is a feature of every Nissan push button. Been doing this since '08 with my Altima. Z is the same way. It's basically the same as turning your key to ACC to stop the engine but still have your accessories running. Also- if you leave it in ACC for awhile (I think it's around 1.5-2hours) the car will automatically shut off to conserve battery.

I've been doing this since I got the car. I was trying to figure out how I can put my car in ACC mode and it sounded really stupid to turn off everything and press the ON again, so I just tried the quick 2x and it worked!

... or update your HU? :confused:

All aftermarket headunits turn off when the cars not on. So this bypasses having the unit shut off.

Im sure it does the same thing on stock HU's & even the Nav packages

Great info, especially when you read the manual. It's all there in mine :ugh2:

i think i'v read somewhere this is supposed to b emergency engine shut down

my pioneer HU does not require 30 sec for initialization was wat i was referring to. :)

Haha oh! Well aren't you special :)

I shouldve read about the boot time of the unit i bought. I have had it for 5 years though! So its well worth waiting 30 seconds

You have to hit it five times fast for that

The emergency shutdown (ESD) only works when the car is in gear (and it may have to be moving, also). You can either tap the button a few times or hold the button in for a few secs.

When the car is parked, holding the button in shuts down the engine immediately (no pause).

Details are in the Owner's Manual and the FSM (see link in sig).

:iagree:

thought everyone read the manual? guess it's just us :icon23:

lol :tup: yah, and im special, he said. :woot:

On that note, after im done with acc mode. Is there a way to shut off the car without have to put it in the on mode first. I think its a waste to prime the fuel pump if i dont intend to start the car.

If you hit the button 3 times fast, you can actually turn it off, cycle to acc and back to ON, and the engine will keep running...

No practical use for this and I found it out by accident while trying to turn the engine off to put a new ROM on.. lol I guess it was still turning a couple hundred RPM when it got back to ON so it fired back up.

I know in the manual it says if you need to kill the engine while driving its 3x fast or something like that

This has been know for quite awhile now,but thanks for posting.:hello:

I swear I searched high and low on this site for something about this almost immediately after purchasing the Z two years ago. I would be interested in a link to a post or thread I might have missed concerning this.

rep to the OP finally :tiphat:

If you hit the button 7 times fast a genie comes out and grants you 3 wishes - but he can't grant you more wishes, true love, or Nissan TSBs. :tup:

Note: i tried this on sunday at the car wash . It worked. Then realized i didnt want to leave it like that while getting change so i hit the button once, it turned off. I got out of the car, shut the doir etc etc. started washing car and notice dor was ajar. I opened it waiting on the window to do it's dance. IT DID NOT LOWER SLIGHTLY! :wtf: opened door and i got in to see if it was just me or what. I had to fully start the car again and shut it off normally to reset window. What did i do? Anybody else have this happen? Kinda freaked me out.

Check your owners manual.:hello:

Can't wait to try this!

Thanks for the tip man...I have a similar unit and its a mood killer when you're jammin or whatever!!!

Absolute Boner killer when theres a good song on!