Mr. Furious

It appears that you will need an adapter. http://www.jeepgarage.org/f155/jeep-backup-camera-w-aftermarket-headunit-55252.html I hope it's easier for you to find than it was for me to find one for my Passat. VW uses an RGB camera, so I had to buy a converter to connect the OEM 26-pin interface to the camera input on my 8000.

That's likely the fault of whoever built the complex. My wife's old boss had that problem - his housing development wasn't on maps nearly ten years after it was built. So he went to the county, and the builder hadn't submitted whatever needed to be submitted in order for that to happen. He and a few other homeowners got together and got it taken care of.

Yeah, the US English TTS is horrible. Like, I get not being able to appropriately pronounce everything, but it sounds drunk when saying the number "eight." Given that the Interstates that I travel on most frequently both here and when I travel start with an 8, I couldn't take it.

There's got to be something else going on, then (perhaps what jwq suggests). Seriously, my mom called me once when I was in the car with the kids and she could hear them clearly, and they were both in the back seat.

That's basically how mine is. It happens both with my iPod (also via cable) and SiriusXM, but it's not constant or even consistent. Those are the only two sources I use, so I don't know if it also happens on AM/FM or over Bluetooth.

I don't think you blew your speakers. It happens with mine, too. The loud one when navigation starts startles me every time. I also notice the other crackling. That isn't nearly as bad, and it comes and goes. My Passat has the Fender system, and my first thought was that the amp connection was loose. I checked that, though, and it was fine.

I'm using the microphone that came with the 8000 and I've received reports that the SQ is very good - slightly better than the OEM Bluetooth in my Passat. It's mounted just to the right of the driver's side visor, clipped to the headliner.

There was a piece of paper in the bundle with the manuals for my 8000 that had the serial number. You may have one of those as well.

Yep, that's a good deal. We switched from Sprint to Verizon last month and got two S5s at Costco for $99 each. Plus, we got the SquareTrade warranties (also $99 each) at the same time; I could've gotten the warranty slightly cheaper by going to ST directly, but the deductible is only $50 (as opposed to $75) if you buy it through Costco. I didn't even realize that the Note has a slower CPU.

I picked the S5 over the Note because the latter is too darn big for my tastes. If I need more screen real estate, I use my tablet; the S5 is big enough for me to do everything that I do on my phone (e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, texting, etc.). I'd recommend going to a place that has both and putting them through the paces. See which one works best in your hands, and how they feel in your pocket.

I wonder what I'm doing wrong, then. I can fire up the AppRadio app on my phone, hit the "Apps" button on the 8000, and it shows the phone's screen on the HU. What I can't do, though, is bring up any apps. I know that I have at least one that's compatible. I did notice that BT is only connected to phone audio (according to the phone) and not SPP, so perhaps that's it.

I have a Galaxy S5 and I haven't gotten it to work in Apps mode. The S5 isn't on the list of devices compatible with the AppRadio app, so I'm guessing that's why. I have it hooked to USB2 and to HDMI via the MHL adapter, as well as via Bluetooth. I can get the screen to mirror, but that's it.

I'm pretty sure that can't be disabled. It displays album art when it's available, but it displays the SiriusXM logo when it isn't.

I also got all of my VW antenna adapters from Enfig. I have a 2013 Passat TDI SEL. The GPS antenna adapter linked by jhren above worked perfectly for me. I also purchased an AM/FM antenna adapter and SiriusXM antenna adapter from them.