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  1. Thank you, I read in a owners manual for the z140bh simply go to AV settings and under appmode control select bluetooth. I was getting things confused with app radio 2, which I guess has some sort of HDMI Android control. As long as I can get Pandora control with album art I think im happy. I gave most features up with the iphone 5 anyway ha. Thanks,
  2. Hey Guys, I never tried using an android phone with the Pioneer Z series since Android compatibility was introduced. I check pioneers website but coming from the iphone, latest being iphone 5, could someone just answer real quick the following? 1. What cable do I need to hook up to the Pioneer? Is it quite simply USB to mini USB or is it something similiar to the cable used for the iphone with a different connector on the end? 2. Are you able to control Pandora and the on board music player app the same as with iphone? 3. How does it support video? and advanced app mode? 3. The
  3. I havea z 120bt updated to 2012 navteq and an iphone 5, I just got the lightning to 30 pin adapter and it works as before, album art, controls, charging all working. (of course no video, and I never tried it with app radio features, but I saw its not supported so prob wont work.) Its actually pretty nice with the new adapter/8 pin you just plug it in and its secure, small, simple and orientation doesn't matter. It does add a bit of length to the cable but it seems to be fine. And the adapter latches in so it doesn't pull apart. I always found it a bit annoying how you had to lin
  4. http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Apple+Compatibility Pioneer updated their list to show what works with the adapter. What doesn't work is video, and app radio features and app mode video. But Pandora, steering wheel controls, audio and album art all work. So if that's the case I can live with that. Netflix on the head unit was neat but I guess thats history granted I never used it.
  5. I have a feeling going to navteq maps must of broken all VR for poi/address. That is the only thing that explains why they would actually go to less features. And in addition to that with Siri on all the new phones 4S and newer, maybe they thought no one would miss it. Now that the iphone 5 is out, I really wasted my money. Everything is done via bluetooth and I can't seem to get my hands on a 30 pin to lightning adapter. I have a feeling pioneers car audio division is in some deep crap. Factory stereos now have ipod integration and bluetooth audio, along with navigation coming free
  6. So usb is for information transfer only album art, forward and back controls, starting up apps like pandora from the head unit. Is video moved over usb or the external cable I wonder?
  7. It looks like version of software installed in the unit seems to have something to do with if it will or won't work with the actual lightning to 30 pin adapter. (plugging the cable that comes with the iphone 5 directly into the head unit will not work, period) Also this link: http://www.pioneerel...e Compatibility seems to just talk about out of the box cable that comes with the iphone 5, not the adapter. as mentioned at the top of the page iPhone® 5 with iOS 6 using Lightning to USB cable included with phone I will order the 30 pin to lightning adapter. I have the z120b
  8. I have to disagree, the iphone 5 is the future of iphone/ipod touch dock interface. The old 30 pin dock connector is history. As far as you're opinion about iphone 5 not being worth an upgrade, it is the biggest change to iphone since its inception. the new dock connector is tiny and slick. I have no idea what the future holds for the new dock and compatibility with the old 30 pin. I hope to be able to plug it into the Z120bt etc, but we will see. I am currently having to use the bluetooth pairing to use audio. It's not bad, you see the song info on the head unit and you can p
  9. Other then the HD radio being built in and style/chassis differences there is zero difference between the features of the Z1xxxxx software upgrade to 2012 (4.00000)and the z140bh. I owend the z140bh and went to the z120bt because it still had voice recognition for address/poi. Now that has been removed from the z series with the 2012 upgrade (aka feature downgrade with newer maps)
  10. Incase you guys didn't se emy other post THE 2012 UPDATE WILL REMOVE VOICE SEARCH FOR POI'S AND ADDRESS! So prepare for a loss of features.
  11. My unit didn't have any issues, granted I haven't used the traffic tuner yet. Try unhooking it and see if it continues.
  12. hey guys just upgraded my z120bt to the 2012 navteq update. I paid 120 dollars for it from navigation.com So here are my observations 5 mins playing with it. 1. Unit is snappier buttons seem to respond much faster when pressed screen touch included along with physical buttons. 2. When the voice recognition button is pressed there are only 3 options available: Search for album and change source and call (someone). Address and poi voice recongition is completely removed/gone.search by artist, gone. 3. Maps are much better, my neighborhood is all there which is really surprising ( a
  13. I think its funny how people pay 120 dollars to say hey please hack this for everyone else to have for free. You know in the end some dude is going to be on ebay charging 50 dollars or something to sell that shit on ebay. 10 or 20 times over. Makes me sick. I ordered mine from navigation.com, I dont know why Pioneer went that route, but my guess is given the ipod integration in all the new cars and navigation built in all the new phones I dont see this market lasting much longer. Its a dying to dead business. I've seen the new Camry's and ford's, its getting pretty close to what we h
  14. You know what makes me sick is people are selling this on ebay for 40-50 dollars each. And people are giving it positive ratings not even knowing they could do it for free here! Just go on ebay and search 2011 map upgrade. It's one thing to pirate, its another thing to sell it and make money off pirated material!
  15. I went from the x920bt to the z140bh, other then the screen size I actually feel I went backwords in terms of features and quality. I can't return the unit so im going to resell it on amazon or ebay. I went ahead and bought a z120bt and bought the 2011 3.0 update. I really need the 4 volt output and I really want the voice recognition for address entry. So this seems to be the best choice too bad I couldn't of thought of that before and saved the time/money.
  16. I do wonder if they will still retain the voice recognition going to the new maps even in the older z series. I know going from x920bt with the 3.0 upgrade they kept it. But it was also still using teleatlas maps still. I doubt they have some sort of ethical or legal requirement to retain those features or do they? We bought the radio saying it has a feature, can they remove those features in a future paid for update?
  17. That's a great point, here I have an HD tuner thinking I was getting a station, and it was simply the song/radio station info being received. I do notice it flipping back and forth from HD to normal, and I can hardly notice a difference. Rdio, Pandora etc are all pretty awesome and work great with the new advanced app mode. Granted I wish they would just do the same interface features as pandora for rdio. If you can get one of these units with an iphone that has data, you dont need xm or an HD tuner. Which is pretty funny because I upgraded to the z140bh, and it was a complete waste o
  18. I guess the best of both worlds ( big screen and same features while retaining voice commands for address ) would be getting a z120bt and getting all the paid updates. I guess it comes down to just how much all thats worth. It really is sad that their are actually regressing over time with features. And then adding weird features half assed Have you guys used advanced app mode? I played with it for 5 mins and see really no use, plus it was crashing the app, its slow and required multiple careful swipes accross the screen to get the icons to move, there was a total of 21 apps supporte
  19. Yes my x920bt was running the 2011 upgrade so it had all the features of x930bt upgraded that unit with with the z140bh. Which is running 4.0 software. Guess I could just return the z140. Basically same thing and is the extra screen space worth the grand I dropped? I'm sure the paid update this year will once again add all the same features since everything is still the same for the most part on the new unit.
  20. Well Overall im pretty happy I do like the bigger more clear display but with the X920bt having all the features of the X930bt, the Z140BH here is is all I noticed different: Overall same look at and feel and speed is identical to x920bt Screen is much clearer The app radio (advanced app mode) is pretty much a joke, its buggy slow and pretty much worthless. Has same aha and pandora interface Has built in HD radio tuner which is pretty cool. I do notice a difference in clarity. Regarding connections and cables: Uses the same power harness so I didn't have to swap that out
  21. cranbers

    D 3 to x930bt

    Wow D3. It's been a long time. Really nothing is kept from that unit. All the connections in the back changed that you mentioned. You still get to use two antennas, one for the xm other for gps. However lots of stuff is built in now. Hands free calling for one. I haven't used xm with the new unit so you will have to look that up. I haven't missed xm at all with Pandora via iphone. The new unit really integrates nice with the iphone. You can even watch netflix movies and in app mode you can use motion x gps pushed to the display. It's pretty awesome, I would ditch xm and go p
  22. The issue im having now with ios 5 and the x920bt, with before and after the cnsd 210fm update is this battle between what source is actually active. Example: You plug your iphone 4 with ios 5 in to the unit via the cable. Automatically the source switches to "ipod" and music starts playing You select via the audio source selection menu on the unit, Pandora for example Notice says to start pandora up on your device , you start pandora on the device pandora info will show up on the screen, music will play from pandora for an instant, then pause. You have to move to ipod source to
  23. Actually you haven't needed the pandora link app for a long time. The pandora app itself was updated at least 6 months ago to support the accessories I found this out on accident when I didn't have the pandora app link installed and it started working. Always make sure your pandora app is up to date and just delete the app link from your phone.
  24. That's great any word on availability for software upgrades?
  25. x930bt upgrade for the x920bt, do we have any eta?
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