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I've probably posted in this thread at some point. I had an AppRadio2 do the same thing. It was out of warranty. I moved on with another head unit. Pioneer has changed the construction of its AppRadio Screens. I was told directly from Pioneer that the AR4 screen is not made the same way as the AR2 screen was. I would never expect Pioneer to fix all the broken AR2s. That's ludicrous. They're out of warranty. The sceens failed after that period. It's an OLD model. You're not entitled to having it fixed for free. Let's be accountable for our own decisions.

No, if you have both Bluetooth and CarPlay set up then the head unit will connect via Bluetooth whenever you do not connect the lightning cable. The problem is something else. Are there volume settings for Bluetooth that need to be adjusted? I can't remember from memory... If not, I'd "forget" the bluetooth device on both the head unit and iPhone and start again. Good luck.

Maybe you need to enable CarPlay on the phone itself? I think it shows up in the phone's settings when it's plugged into the radio. It's not there when not plugged in.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showpost.php?p=38949834&postcount=8

It looks like disconnecting the battery puts the head unit back to its default settings. Do you lose radio presets too? I don't know because I haven't disconnected my battery in a long time. No need to go weeks without CarPlay as this can be fixed in a couple of seconds. You probably need to re-do the phone settings in order to re-enable CarPlay. It's in the head unit's settings menu. Further details are in the owner's manual.

Happy reading! http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Unassigned-Content/Manuals/AVH-4100NEX+OWNERS+MANUAL

You're right, thanks for reading that carefully. That sentence should have read, "...Example: A LPF set at 80Hz with a slope of -18dB/octave means that the output will be 18dB quieter for every octave HIGHER..." Additionally, I was unaware that there was some sort of inherent -3dB at the crossover frequency. Makes perfect sense to avoid a 3dB bump at that frequency when the speakers are coupled. I should read up on this more to find out why exactly.

The above information is needs some clarification. A low pass filter (LPF) allows frequencies under the crossover point through to your subwoofer. If you set it at 80Hz, then all frequencies below 80Hz will pass through to the subwoofer. Lowering that crossover point to 63Hz or 50Hz won't make the woofer play any deeper (it just wont play as high). In conjunction, the HPF does the opposite and allows frequencies above the crossover setpoint to get to your main speakers. The crossover point isn't a hard cutoff, so it's not like 81Hz won't play through your subwoofer. The slope determines how dr

I had an audio shop test this for me. They tested both Alpine and Pioneer head units with an iPhone 6 on Verizon. They had the hotspot on and a wi-fi only iPad connected to it. When CarPlay was in use the iPad remained connected. It was repeated a few times for validation.

I don't have any experience with using my phone as a hotspot since it's currently disabled. I may enable it at some point... For those of you on AT&T (or other), does your hotspot still operate when using CarPlay? Thanks.

Below are excerpts from the AppRadio forum when everyone was figuring out the new lightning cable debacle. I was happy that Pioneer worked out a solution, but it was (still is) a clunky way to do it. Q: why can't I just use a lightning to 30 pin connector to use my appradio 2? A: the lightning to 30 pin connector does not provide a video output necessary for appradio apps to work. It only provides USB data, power, and analog audio out. Q: why does it need Bluetooth to control my phone? A: because the lightning AV adaptor does not provide the appradio 2 with a usb data connection. Th

Please tell us a little more about your system to help us help you. What components does your system consist of? Are you using any external amplifiers? Do you have a subwoofer? My guess is that your powering your speakers off of the head unit itself and have the bass turned up fairly high. That is a recipe for overheating your head unit (thermal shutdown). Bass requires lots of power and that's why separate amps and subwoofers help take the load off of your head unit. If you have to add bass boost via EQ then you probably need more power and a dedicated subwoofer. A well-powered system

I'm just guessing here, but perhaps ATT just sounds like a full mute because your starting volume wasn't that loud to begin with? How does it work if you're listening at a higher volume and then try to mute [attenuate] the volume?

I replied to to your question asking the same thing in another thread two days ago. It's copied again below. The answer exists in the owner's manual. You cannot do what you want to do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from owner's manual (SPH-DA120), although it should be the same as an NEX head unit. Selecting the video for the rear display You can choose either to show the same image as the front screen or to show the selected source on the rear display. This function is not av

Excerpt from owner's manual (SPH-DA120), although it should be the same as an NEX head unit. Selecting the video for the rear display You can choose either to show the same image as the front screen or to show the selected source on the rear display. This function is not available during a call in Apple CarPlay iPod is not available as a source for the rear display when Apple CarPlay is on. Video Files on the USB storage device cannot be played back when Apple CarPlay is on.

When an iPhone is plugged into USB1 with CarPlay enabled, there is no need for Bluetooth at all. Without being given any other details, I can only confirm that USB1 is disabled when CarPlay is in use (iPhone plugged into USB1). That is because CarPlay uses the wired connection to make and receive calls (among all the other CarPlay features). It obviously needs to disable Bluetooth in order to do that. If your question wasn't answered you need to provide some additional details of what you're trying to do.

I have to chime in as well on this matter. CarPlay sounds as good as I can expect it to. I definitely do not think that Bluetooth sounds better - it's worse if anything. It does have greater output (i.e. louder) than CarPlay. ...and FLAC sounds most excellent compared to all.

What you are asking for cannot be done with any settings on your head unit because you can only apply high pass filters to the speakers. Pioneer used to have a feature called Direct Sub Drive, where you could run your rear speakers as "subwoofers". The best thing would be to figure out how to pass the power cable through your firewall for a proper amp/subwoofer setup. But if you want make your rear 6x9s play only bass, then you can wire in something like these: http://www.parts-express.com/parts-express-80-hz-low-pass-4-ohm-crossover--266-440

Care to elaborate how this can be done? I didn't think you can choose which icons to move to subsequent pages.

I had to look this up... This Pioneer feature was called "Direct Sub Drive" and allowed a pair of 4 ohm 'subwoofers' (rear speakers) to be run off the rear speaker outputs of the head unit in bridged mode (2 ohm load), for more power. It's not the best way to get bass, but it seem(ed) like a pretty good idea. Too bad it's no longer offered, but maybe that's a sign that it wasn't a commonly used feature or maybe it resulted in too many repairs or amp failures (my speculation). The best way to use your current rear speakers as subwoofers would be to run a small external amp to the

I can't help with your question, but this seems more like an Audi issue than a Pioneer issue. I Googled "Audi A4 B7 stereo install" and many links came out which might be helpful to you. Does this help? http://enfigcarstereo.com/RADIO_AUDI_A4_07.html

I'd probably find a used one and swap the whole unit rather than having the screen replaced - it would probably cost less. My AR2 did that and it was becoming more obsolete by the day, so my solution was to replace it with an Appradio4, which supposedly has better screen construction (according to an email from Pioneer when I complained about their crappy AR2 screen).

I believe there are details in the owner's manual regarding what/how video can be sent to the rear display(s). There might be something along the lines about not allowing mirroring if USB1 is in-use (just an example - could be wrong).

Do you still have the papers that came with it? I found an unboxing video where the SN was printed on a sticker on a yellow sheet of paper in the box.

I had this figured out a while back but have forgotten most of if. There is reason for the graying out - it may take some testing and reading of the manual to break it all down. I don't think it's buggy, but there are certain scenarios that will not allow sending video to the rear. If you take a look at the owner's manual, there should be a section called, "Selecting the video for the rear display". Reading that should help a lot.