Mark1979

Not that anyone will be as relieved as me, or even interested, but turned out the extension cable in USB1 was just not connected properly - as predicted.

Love this unit. Wife is starting to get a bit jealous.

Something unexpected (to me at least) happened today as well - bluetooth music streaming kicked in from my phone in my pocket (despite smartphone being set to USB). Happened after my wife unplugged her phone from USB2.

Tremendous. Anyway - thanks for previous replies!

use an original apple charge cable. if your using a a cheap cable its not going to recognize. USB1 is used for iphones and ipods and usb2 for android devices

Thanks Mikemaan and Drenyce

Yes, absolutely using apple cables that plug into the extension cables that are supplied with the unit.

When you say USB 2 is for android devices, assume you mean to get the aha service etc. I should still be able to plug an iPod in (as I am) and play music through it.

I had aimed to have my 5s plugged into USB1 where I could make use of aha the my old iPhone 3GS into USB 2 to use as an iPod. That setup isn't unreasonable is it?

Thanks again.

Got my F60DAB (8000NEX) installed today.

Love it.

One issue though which I am assuming is either a dodgy extension lead (or the connection had fallen out the back), but USB 1 does not seem to work at all. It doesn't charge either my iphone 5s or my old 3GS (using as an iPod) and doesn't show any connection on the unit it at all. Both phones work fine through USB2 (but I can't get aha to work through USB 2). Initially the guy who installed it said USB1 was just for android but after re-reading these posts I think that sounds like nonsense and now I have played round with it I think that there must be a connection issue.

My question is - is there any other reason why USB 1 wouldn't be working at all? I have an hdmi cable installed as well but I'm not connecting it to anything just yet - that shouldn't affect USB1 should it?

Thoughts gratefully received!

Cheers

Mark

and it only works when plugged into usb1 or at least for me anyway...lol

Ok great! Thanks for the info.

Hi All,

Quick query regarding aha radio.

I haven't got my unit (15th of May is the install date!) but was wondering if you need the hdmi and digital av adapter for aha radio to work, or whether it just works through standard USB lightning cable?

I've got an iphone 5s and am getting the 8000nex ( or rather the F60DAB as it's known in Europe).

Cheers

Mark

You can't use usb2 for app radio. Only usb1/iPod for app radio.

Hey Mark, to answer your questions

Yes. You get album artwork with the lightning connected as USB.

Sound quality is much better than Bluetooth streaming with the cable.

Also album artwork doesn't work with Bluetooth streaming.

Your entire library is shown and you have full control of your liberty via the head unit.

If your using the digital av adapter, you have to setup the unit to see the adapter. My personal opinion. Digital adapter sucks. App radio is laggy. I thought i would be excited about it. Quality is not great in app radio being it is connected via HDMI.

Hope this answered your questions. But overall I'm excited and love this unit.

Thanks for the info. Really appreciated. Am going to dive in and get one next week then!

Ok, this is really interesting, am looking at getting this unit and after reading some of these posts I am LOT more confused about the functionality than I thought I would have been and really don't know whether I should bother with the additional hdmi digital av cable connection or not.

1) assume that just using the lightning cable to iphone 5s connection does not give you album art but does transfer the native library. Is that right?

2) what is the difference between using bluetooth audio connection vs the lightning cable only for iphone5s? I had assumed both transfer the music library and work identically? Is the difference just audio quality?

3) Does anyone think that id be missing out on core functionality if I didn't bother with the digital av adapter? I'm not able to install the unit myself so am not sure if I should get the full digital av set of cables installed now or not. Assume both USB connections are round the back of the unit?

Any advice really appreciated.

Cheers

Mark

The only downside is the NX604 isn't coming out until June per a few retailers. I really want the NX504 which is the same unit without a CD/DVD transport which I'll never use.

Aw is this true? I thought March was the release date.

I had thought that this announcement covered the European models

http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/newsroom/news/ces/page.html

Are these units the same as the NEX units but with different numbering or am I being a bit stupid?

Am keen too to know when they are available.