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I haven't used CarPlay in a long while on my AVIC-8000NEX, but last night I updated my NEX to 1.15 and tried CarPlay but it doesn't connect.  I'm not sure if the 1.15 update broke it or an iOS update?

Does anybody else have this problem?

EDIT:  Hmm... I just updated to iOS 11.4 (on iPhone X) and now CarPlay works?  Maybe I just needed to reboot the phone?  Very odd.

Confirmed working on new AVIC-W8400NEX.

I've confirmed that you cannot play any external media (except DVD it seems) to the rear displays when carplay or android auto is being used.  This seems to really limit the dual-zone capability of the unit making it somewhat pointless.

Overall the W8400NEX is a bit more snappy than the 8000NEX and the screen is a little nicer but I'm not sure it's worth the upgrade...

(FYI, the Kenwood stereos also don't allow rear video playback when carplay/android auto is being used... seems very strange!)

It looks like the brand new AVIC-W8400NEX is now available for sale on Crutchfield and other sites.

I'm really excited for the wireless Apple Carplay (and Android Auto if I ever switch).  It looks like it also supports WiFi Miracast if you have an older Android phone or other device that supports it.

Hopefully you can use the controls while the car is driving or a bypass is discovered!

EDIT: It looks like you can't play video from SD/USB to the rear displays when CarPlay is being used?!!

I'm trying to transcode some videos for my AVIC-8000NEX (to be displayed on rear headrest screens) but I'm a little confused.

The manual for the NEX says the screen is:

• Screen size/aspect ratio: 6.95 in / 16:9
• Effective display area: 156.6 mm x 81.6 mm
• Pixels: 1152000 (2400x480) (this must be incorrect???)

After doing some research I believe the screen is actually 800x480 (WVGA)​.  However, this resolution is 5:3 and not 16:9 unless the pixels aren't square.  I'm also confused even more because 156.6 / 81.6 is ~1.91.

Can anybody help me with the confusion?

Does this disable WARP?

I'm a little confused... I don't plan on upgrading right away, but are any of these for the AVIC-8000NEX?

I've been away for a while so I'm wondering if there has been any progress on upgrading the 8000NEX to 81000NEX for Android Auto support?

Hmmm, I don't know but I thought I read that Bluetooth does not work if you do that.  (at least when flashing the AVIC-8000NEX with the AVIC-8100NEX image)

I'm trying to an create an image of the internal memory card (using the copy script and DD), but I got a read error:

/dev/block/mmcblk0: read error: I/O error

Is this normal?  I think I can retry and ignore read errors using conv=noerror, but I'm not sure.

Thanks.

Maybe with the new 2016 NEX units being released it will drop the prices of the older NEX units so they could be used for testing.  I'd love to run some tests on my AVIC-8000NEX but it's installed in my car and much too difficult to remove and perform tests, etc.

I did look on eBay for some older AVIC-4000NEX units but they still seem to costs several hundred dollars which is too expensive for a test/bench unit.

I'm going to backup the NOR and SD card later from my 8000-NEX (v1.11).  Would this be useful to upload anywhere?

Also, any progress on re-enabling WARP?

Lastly, if you install a custom launcher, can you re-launch the NEX launcher/apps?  (It sounds like somebody needs to get a USB wifi dongle working though for Google Maps, unless you use the later versions that support offline maps?)

Hmmm, is there any way to run Google Maps or another Android launcher on the 8000-NEX?

If you can install Xposed it seems like you could easily install a different launcher?

Right, so is there any benefit to this crack besides map updates? (for the AVIC-8000NEX units)

What's the advantage for 8000-NEX users?  It sounds like I can get map updates for ... cheaper shall we say?

Is there anything else that would be available that is not currently available?

Oh, hmmm... what exactly is new then?

Wireless Carplay was definitely my #1 request ...

Hmm... What exactly is new in these models?  I'm still using the 8000-NEX and I don't see almost anything new?  (except for FLAC music playback?)

I just thought about updating the maps on my AVIC-8000NEX and like most of you, it's $129 for the 2015.Q1 maps which seems insane.  I thought (incorrectly) that all maps updates were free but I'm really disappointed.

Do you need to open the AvicSync app on the iPhone every time to get into the car?  That seems like a bit of an inconvenience.

If so, can you just leave it disconnected and only open the app when you want to sync a contact or transfer a router from the phone to the car?

Wow ... It's really fantastic to see developments on these units!

I'm not sure I can contribute anything, but I can't begin to imagine how awesome it would be to have a custom launcher and all Google apps available.

(I'm actually a .NET developer with some experience with C and a little Java, but I've never debugged Java and don't know much about Android.  I'm tempted to fool around with my 8000-NEX but I just don't think I'd get very far...)

I'd be more than willing to dump the SD card (and unlock it) if somebody wanted to open their 8100 and send me the card but of course that voids the warranty and somebody will be without a working stereo for a few days...

I've read through most of this topic, but can anybody give any reports about flashing the 8100 firmware to the 8000?  How well is it working?

Is there anything new in the 8100 firmware besides Android Auto?

I'm using an AVIC-8000NEX and I know it doesn't support playlists on the SD card, but are there any workarounds?

I was thinking that if you have a big enough card you could create folders for each playlist and just duplicate the songs across the folders if needed.

Is this the only thing that will work?

Also, does the AVIC-8000NEX support voice-searching for music on the SD card, etc?

Do you see this on the website or do you have to download the software?  I'm looking on naviextras.com and I see the AVIC-8000NEX but it doesn't show any extras at all.