mrKO

When I first installed the camera in my VW, I wired the camera directly to the reverse lights And grounded the to the chassis. The picture had "noise" lots of lines and sometimes it would not turn on. So I checked and noticed the reverse lights didn't turn on with 12v... It had about 8~9v. The solution to my problem was to add a relay, with the reverse lights as trigger and the output from the relay would throw a full 12v.

The wire behind the head unit is there only to change to the camera screen. Make sure your camera has a solid 12v source and you ground the camera to the chassis or a solid/clean ground.

Also, I was reading on the manual from my camera and it said if you leave the camera on for too long, it would show "rain" or artifacts. For this reason my camera only turns on when reverse lights are on.

If I press the camera button and leave it blue while the car is on drive or park, all I get is a intermittent black screen that comes on and off randomly. So that's why I leave it grey.

I also installed my cameras with a wireless transmitter for reverse cameras that I bought on eBay for $19. This way I didn't have to run the composite wire all the way back making my installation super easy.

I installed the wince66.exe file into a pen drive and.... nothing. I guess it has to be done over the .hat update file, or there is a hidden service mode that we are unaware. 

Ok, here's the thing:

Before i updated the firmware and got the AV adapter, i was using the 30 pin to lightning adapter and it was working perfect, no bluetooth connection, so this means all touchscreen+audio+video running on the cable. 

Then updated and swapped to lighting av + usb lighting over original pioneer cable... I honestly thought the the hdmi part was carrying the audio+video and the usb part was doing the software talk(touch input) + charging. 

turn polarity to battery or ground, then on main screen just hit the blue camera and leave it grey. then shift reverse to check if camera works. the blue camera button is supposed to turn on the camera whenever you would like(in case you wired this way), so you want to leave it grey, this way whenever the radio sees the reverse signal it will switch automatically to the camera. 

what if........................... SD card reader in USB? Or on a USB pen-drive???

Hi, 

Is there a way to know if it would work with the AR2?

Hi all, thanks for your hard work coding and searching for this project to be 100%.

Just wanted to tell you that i just updated my AR2 to 8.3.0 + Lighting AV + USB Lightning(at old 30 pin cable) with my iPhone 5 6.1.2 jailbroken, with AppRadio App 2.0.1

I understand the AR Extension only works with the AppRadio APP 1.8.2 so i haven't installed the old version, mainly just installed the HDMI and etc and wanted to see what was working. 

I don't remember if anybody stated their results with this setup, so here it is:

- Bluetooth MUST be paired in order for the Apps button and Pandora 

- I don't know why I'm able to mirror my iphone screen on the AR. (no touch supported, i know, even the extension doesn't support yet)

- Pandora is super laggy

This is all for now. 

Search SBRotator in cydia. It will rotate everything to landscape thus using almost the entire screen.

Well I went and purchased app radio 2 last night to replace my old app radio 1. I installed it and did all the updates for the iPhone 5 and used all the proper apple cables. Except for a regular hdmi (which works fine). I think. The pioneer cable that you have to buy might include an hdmi and a new usb to pioneer deck connector minus the old 30 pin connector. So if anyone is thinking of making the jump, I'd say do it. So far driving around this morning I find app radio 2 much faster then the previous one. The waze GPS traffic app works but doesn't fit on the screen. I assume an update soon will fix that. I will post more later.

I just installed the Waze app via app radio recommended apps and after it installed, the screen was all squeezed. Then i turned off the ignition and unplugged and plugged back the lightning adapter and it works perfect.

I am looking at purchasing an APPRADIO 2, since BestBuy and Crutchfield have them on sale right now.  I did hava couple of quick questions on the new firmware and the iPhone 5.

 

I have both a 5 and a 4s (one is personal, the other is a work phone).  Am I able to add a USB splitter to the back of the deck and run both sets of cables so I can use either or, or will I only be able to use one or the other with the current firmware?

 

Also, both of my devices are jailbroken.  Does appradio extentions still work?

 

Lastly, does the TR7 relay still work as well?

 

TIA!!!  

The appradio will only talk to one iphone at a time. 

Hi all,

I just updated the firmware and ran the HDMI cable + Lightning AV adapter + USB Lightning(on old 30 pin cable) and i'm frustrated that in order for the AppRadio to work, bluetooth must be paired.

REALLY?????

What for? My guess is for the audio part? If so, why is Pandora artwork and list of artists so laggy to load up? 

Lots of features on the app radio are locked if you don't apply the parking brake.

Is your camera button at the app radio blue or grey?

Just to double check before i do it:

AR2, iPhone 5, iOS 6.1............        Can i update my head unit to Pioneer's FW 8.30 and have the A-EX beta to work as in post #1?

I want to see when the new cable is out. I think that skipping/other features are not properly wired on the old 30 pin cable. 

MrKO: How does the wireless reverse camera work? I installed a regular one on my old truck and man what a pain in the ass running the cable was

The wireless kit works great. Simple installation and it cost $16.

ooo i want to know also... i can't wait for the new cable to come out for the iphone5. I just want to see the map on screen. Right now, when i listen to pandora and the maps is on background, i hear SIRI telling me the next turn no problems.

I just installed a camera today with my app radio.

Connect camera 12v+ to 12+ reverse light and the camera GROUND- wire to a ground source. It could be the - "negative" of the reverse light, or, you could make yourself a ground, by scraping the paint on the body of the car and check clearance then drill a small screw into the area you scraped and put the ground- wire there.

Then at the app radio, go to settings, polarity, select Positive or negative, doesn't matter, this will enable the camera. Then at the home screen at the app radio, tap the camera button on the top right corner and it will be blue. If you connected the appradio to the correct REVERSE signal wire of the car, then every time you shift reverse it will automatically bring the camera, and the reverse light at the camera will turn the camera on, and you will have a picture.

I used this, instead of running wires. It is a wireless video kit. I bought it on ebay:

This link....

http://www.appradiodev.com/accounts/login/?next=/

http://store.apple.c...JY74UH9422KPJFD

Answer

 

You have to purchase the VGA adapter from Apple website it will be available in 2-3 weeks.

You mean the Lightning Digital AV cable... i wonder if...

I called Pioneer Tech support today about iPhone 5 support and also asked your question, and this is the solution they provided:

Yes, follow this procedure:

- On the Appradio 2, tap over the Clock;

- Listen to your favorite radio station until they say what time it is;

- Adjust the time accordingly.

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i saw 2 posts at the pioneer facebook page where they tried the lightning adapter in 2 different models and it WORKS, except video out. One person said he would post a video on youtube and here as well.

My guess is that Pioneer is going to make a cable similar to the android hdmi. I just hope it won't cost the same as the current Android cable.

This is a broken PDF. I too want to know about the adapter.

Thank you!

Hey guys, i wanted to know if the latest AR extensions work with the latest AR update from pioneer?

I want to know about this also. Someone?