philfrompa

The screen on my avh-x7700bt stops about 1/2" to 3/4 of an inch from parallel when closing. This means the screen will not go back into the radio unit. It must go parallel for it to slide into the unit.

Has any one with a flip-out single din had this problem and is it fixable?

Thanks

Phil

So no one knows/cares?  

 

I ended up buying the Navi unit that goes to it.... not fully happy with this setup.  I am going to see if I can trade up to the 7100 or 8100

 

It all works well, but it seems that you can't have the NAvi and Android Auto going on the 4100.  It's one or the other.

I am pretty sure it will work that way no matter which unit you own. CarPlay or Android Auto work as its own system, and your Navi will not work while either one of those is loaded.

Like I said, I am pretty sure.

Phil

after the initial 10 seconds, everything is ready except for navi, that is another 10 seconds.

I know this is an old topic, but I am in the process of installing the avic-u260 and was wondering where you placed the TMC antenna? I also saw somewhere that you do not need to put the GPS antenna on the dash, but you could put it under the dash and it will still work fine as long it is still has sight of the front window. 

Thanks,

Phil

Waze works fine with AppRadioLive.

For the CBS News, is there a special app that works with CarPlay? I have the one just labeled CBS News and it does not show up on my CarPlay. I read every build on the app, and no where did it state that it works with CarPlay. But yet some say it does.

Thanks

Phil

I think once you have CarPlay open, you can go back to NEX mode and start SiriusXM, and then go back to CarPlay/Maps, and XM will still continue to play. You just would not have any control over XM unless you went all the way out to NEX again.

Phil

iHeart Radio, Rdio, Spotify, Stitcher, and Overcast,  I think are the only apps that work with carplay right now. That is besides their own stock apps, messages, phone, maps, etc.

I thought CBS News was supposed to, but it does not show up in my CarPlay.

Phil

I am thinking they should change the name of this forum to "The Forgotten NEX".

Then they can start a new one for the NEX 2015

Phil

I am not at my unit right now, but I think there is a setting in Nav to let you select how much data you want displayed/spoken. Maybe someone else can help out.

Phil

I imagine now that the new models are coming out, all work on the 2014 models will come to a stop. Including AvicSync which I thought they promised by years end.

A few days left yet.

Phil

I personally think App Radio is not even worth the effort. Almost every app you try to open requires you to go to your phone to click the ok button. Same with App Radio Live.

Why does pioneer think we even need these on the NEX. The NEX units by themselves do everything you really need while driving. Now add CarPlay which is not perfect, but 99% better than any of their App Radio modes.

Really, how much can you really be playing around with while you are driving?

I am pretty sure that when you use the "Hey Siri" function, you must say everything in one statement. You can not wait for a beep, or a prompt.

Just say "Hey Siri do I have any messages. You have to find out what statements she will respond to. I never used the direction one so I am not sure how you ask for directions. I imagine if you do a search for her commands, many search pages should come up.

Phil

I am pretty sure you need to select Digital AV adaptor mode in your phone settings on the NEX for App Radio and App Radio Live to work.

You have your choice of Bluetooth, Digital Adaptor and USB. You can not select more then one. And I am pretty sure Waze works in App Radio mode.

Settings I would like to see:

Being able to set different sound levels for Siri,  Phone Calls, Music, etc.

Would like to be able to have an alert beep when getting a message. Right now there is only a notice on the screen. If you are not looking at the screen, you miss it. Maybe that is because I always have my phone on vibrate. Have to check that out.

I would like to be able to set my position and maybe size of the icons.

I would like to just click once for the "warning screen" in settings, and then never see it again.

A setting to "Auto Answer" calls.

Maybe some of these already exist, not sure.

Phil

I think Siri uses iCloud for its interaction, so it might have something to do with your cell connection. But just guessing on that.

Phone calls are fine on my 7000 using CarPlay. They sound just as good as when I am on Bluetooth.

I still wish there were an app on my phone for CarPlay settings. There are various settings that I would like to control.

I have had this problem only with CarPlay. Sometimes when I turn the system on, I will not get any sound. If I unplug the phone and plug it back in the sound comes back.

I think it already happened after a phone call also.

I imagine you are talking about the navigation.

Mine does ding now just before I get the instructions. I never noticed them before this last update.

Phil

Do not rename it. From what you posted, it seems as though you did everything right.

Phil

I am pretty sure this is not possible. As soon as you activate CarPlay, Bluetooth is automatically disabled.

Why would you want to hook up another pbone for calls when CarPlay already does that?

Just curious.

Phil

To use CarPlay, you must connect by USB, which then disables Bluetooth. You can't have both at this time.

You can go back out to NEX and the art work is fine and the music plays fine. But then you won't see when you get new messages, but the phone will still connect fine. But then also, you are out of CarPlay.

Phil

You said you can click on the folder and it contains 31 files. You did not actually open the folder and leave the 31 files open on the drive?

Do you have smart phones settings set to USB? If you have it set to Bluetooth, CarPlay won't fire up.

It does match up to the actual house numbers, but they do seem to be not perfectly exact as you go by them. I forget if you are past them or ahead of them as they are listed.

CarPlay really needs to have a visible app on the phone with a settings option.

It would be nice to adjust volume on various functions for CarPlay as well as move icons around etc.

Have you tried adjusting the volume while Siri is talking?

Phil