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The setting is digital. The adapter is a genuine apple adapter purchased at best buy $49. Tried 2 different HDMIs the first a basic dynex from bbuy, second an amazon that you reported was working. VBLUE42, Thanks for all of your work on this forum, as I see you have many posts throughout several topics. I have done a lot of reading here (and at appradio world) trying to find a solution to get this up and running. For what seems like a rather simple setup for whatever reason my appradio2 and 5s never fully communicate with each other and the apps are not accessible (greyed out).

I have been having issues with the appradio2/ 5s setup, so far for me it is not working. From what I've seen on the forums the 30 pin to lightning does not work. When you connect a iphone5, the ipod controls are disabled so no playing music through usb. Pioneer insists that without their cable it will not work. I have seen others that have the iphone5 and have everything working, not sure if my issue is because I have the 5s with ios7 or I have another problem. You will also need to get the 8.3 firmware update and the install instructions.

I ordered the HDMI cable from amazon that VBLUE42 reported using with the appradio2/iphone5 setup but this does not work for me either. A very long call with tech support at Pioneer was not very helpful... They insist that if you are not using the Pioneer cable it will not work, that it is a different grade HDMI cable. I dont know how or if this is supposed to effect the bluetooth connection. I am wondering now if this is a bluetooth issue or because it is a 5s with ios7? Is there anyone with the appradio2 and 5s that has been able to get this setup to work?

Thanks for the reply. If I wasn't clear, when connecting the i5 I had it on the digital setting as in the instructions. The app and pandora icons stay grayed out, I have no access to them. I was just saying that when I retested the 4s I switched it to the 'others' setting to see that it wasn't a park brake input or something else causing the i5s apps not to work. Withe the 4s everything works. With the 5s (changing it back to digital) It seems like the bluetooth doesn't fully connect or connect correctly after restarting the radio, resetting the 5s... I can dial and receive calls and

I have updated the firmware to 8.3 and I have the apple HDMI adapter and a standard HDMI cable is connected to the appradio. For some reason my 5s will not 'fully' connect to the appradio 2. The bluetooth connects but only phone functions are available. The phone settings cog when you select the phone is grayed out. The app button, pandora and ipod buttons remain grayed out and are never accessible (i know ipod is disabled with iphone 5) To be sure I switched back to the original setup with a 4s, connected my 4s to the 30 pin cable and selected the "others" setting for the phone. Everyth