Dazed&Confused

Did you try the brake bypass? I think the keyboard will only show when your parking brake is on.

Hmm..that's interesting that you didn't have any problems with TomTom. In order to get TomTom working on my iPhone 4 again, I had to unplug the GPS receiver that came with the AppRadio 2. After that, TomTom was able to receive GPS data from the phone itself.

Thanks Amblix! Hmm I'm actually a bit surprised that by wiping your S3 fixed the tuner issue. I thought that radio function was independent from our phones. As for the mom and pop shop, I will give that a try if the problem occurs again. The eBay seller just received my old unit and they are going to ship me a new one. I might consider getting that SquareTrade 3 year warranty for $53 if this is a frequent problem.

Also, I read your other post under AppRadio 2 Update and found out you use an Android phone. I have an iPhone 4. Since it happened with you as well, we can at least rule out our phones causing the problems.

Amblix, do you mind telling me what you did before it happened? I have a feeling it's the new firmware.

Agreed! I'm surprised there was no hard reset button like they do with the 1st AppRadio. I figured by the time the 2nd AppRadio came around, most bugs would be resolved. Maybe I should've gotten that AVH-P8400BH instead . Guess that's the price we pay to be "early" adopters. Sigh yea...lesson learned Hey, at least this eBay seller was super prompt. Just sent the unit back today and hopefully they will send me a new one fast. Although when I got the first unit, everything was wrapped in plastic and nothing seemed to be opened. Maybe it's just me being naive thinking it's new. J

Yea unfortunately I tried that as well. I even left it unplugged for a good hour or so before reattempting. Still no luck. I guess I'm gonna take this as me being unlucky and got a funky unit. I kinda wished their software was better designed though.

Yay! Thanks for the heads up! Now...hopefully I can get my AppRadio 2 replaced so I can try it out

Yup Outcastrc...I redownloaded and reupdated the firmware with no luck. I tried downgrading the unit back to 8.15 but apparently the AppRadio 2 doesn't allow downgrades So now I'm just waiting word from the eBay seller, but thanks for the suggestions though!

Yea I figured AppExt didn't have anything to do with the unit. I was just testing out the "on-off-on" bypass manually before installing a permanent switch. I'm positive I grounded the correct wire since it was clearly labeled parking brake. Everything was working fine the first time I tried it out, but after I put everything back into my car to install the permanent switch, the unit just stopped working. I'm just wondering if that new firmware caused it to go haywire. It seems like it's software related.

Is there anyone? Is my situation that unique? I got the unit from a top rated seller on eBay and pioneer does not cover eBay purchases :'(

Hey AVIC411 community, I hope someone can help me since I cannot find anyone that has this same problem. I just installed my AppRadio 2 in my car with the new firmware 8.17, but I came into a problem after I was trying to test out the e-brake bypass. I came into 3 problems: 1. When I press "Radio" on my AppRadio, the tuner loads, but I end up with a blank template...like all the numbers/stations are missing. It's just a blank radio layout with no numbers/letters. (Please see pic) 2. I discovered that audio went out for everything including calls, iPods, iPhones, App Mode. Nada...