Marc202

Sudennly the Sirius icon does not show up anymore as an input device. Any ideas?

I have a Subaru Outback 2012 that had this random station change problem with the X9310BT. I reported it to my Subaru dealer (Canada) and he said that there was a technical bulletin on this which includes a fix. They installed the fix, which I think is a capacitor to counter an interference problem. The first fix did not solve the problem but after doing a second fix at the dealer the problem is gone, i.e. no more random station changes without touching anything.

This is new for Subaru Canada this year. In previous years Canadian Subarus had the same Harmon Kardon radio as the US models. I wonder if Subaru of America is contemplating switching the US Subarus to Pioneer next year, which would be good since the more there are the bigger the user community and maybe Pioneer support (like updated maps). I was happy to see the switch to Pioneer for Canadian models since people were saying that the navigation system interface on the Harmon Kardon unit feels obsolete.

Just to clarify my original post, this Pioneer nav unit IS the stock unit on 2012 Subaru Outback Limited in Canada. The 7-min discharge comment came from the person at the dealership whose job is to explain everything about the new car when you take delivery. The radio part took most of the time as it is more complicated than the rest of the car . She was wrong, i.e. contradicting the car manual, on a few other points so I assume she got that one wrong as well.

I got a 2012 Subaru Outback with an X930BT in it. The Subaru dealer told me that without the car engine running the Pioneer system would completely discharge my car battery within 5 to 7 minutes. Do any of you have some experience with for instance watching a video while the car engine is off? How long can you go before needing a jump start? Marc

When I change mode from Bluetooth streaming (for listening to audio from my phone) to other modes like FM, my phone does not reconnect through Bluetooth for phone handsfree operation. Any idea?