dougleonard

I have a Samsung Note 2 and this program works perfect with it. Best money I have spent on software EVER. Made the Appradio 2 what it should have been out of the box. I was able to use a MHL cable to connect the units (11-pin SIII series) without buying the $100 Pioneer kit (I can't believe what these companies charge for stuff sometimes). I love this radio now and with this APP I can't see having any other radio out there. It is now everything I have ever wanted in the dash of my car. I will have to say though, that the iPad mini's that are being adapted for the car are pretty cool too and you can take it with you to avoid theft. Google those and check it out. I will say though, that after you spend the money for an iPad and a bluetooth deck along with the other wiring stuff and modding required to install it, this is still a much better value. Anyway,you usually have your phone with you anyway.

I would say you will need some kind of y adapter that splits off the USB data and power. I don't know if those are made but you can splice the cord. Just make sure not to back feed power into the radio. I would buy one of those cigarette lighter USB power ports and run the power from that and then connect the USB data lines to the Appradio.

I would assume the red wire is a feedback from the back (camera) that feeds the sense line from the head unit (the pink wire). If I recall, there may be a setting with the Appradio that you need to set to enable the camera. Put a volt meter on the red wire from the camera (the other to GND) and see if it energizes when you put the car in reverse.

It would be a software/firmware limitation. Someone would have to hack the software on the unit to make it happen. I think the CPU would handle the decoding but I don't know the specs off hand. I can manipulate hardware but the software is the limit here. It's not like the old days of discrete logic lines, everything is done via serial communications. Back in the day the controller was designed for simple functions (display, tuner control and volume controls and input routing to the IC amp) and had discrete hi/lo lines that would change the input (like when a cassette was inserted). The ipod/usb connector does have a sense pin but it is labeled as NC so I don't know if it will do anything. Pioneer could have put that in this radio easily but chose not to as I guess they figured you would connect a phone that already has this functionality.

I bought it from here: Service-Manuals-Schematics.com it is $12.99 for the schematic/service manual and they send you a link to get it in your email so there is no deliveries.

I tried a similar device that I used to turn an iPod dock into a Bluetooth dock. Texbuck stated it properly already. You need to signal the unit that there is an iPod/iPhone connected or it is greyed out on the screen. I was able to fool it into working by connecting an iPod and then connecting the Bluetooth adapter. The unit seems to stay on the last input it was assigned. If you go to radio, it will forget and you will need to trick it again. I guess you can double press the home button on the radio and use the mix function. For me, I found it not to be a good solution. They could have easily put in an AUX function with these units. I love the idea of these radios but due to corporate liability they are very limited. I can't blame them though because there is someone out there that would watch a video or play a game while driving and then sue Pioneer when they hurt someone. Pioneer didn't make them do that but they sold the item that made it possible even though common sense says not to do that....sounds like something else everyone is talking about lately....but I digress as this is not a political forum.

I am going to answer my own question and share it with you guys in case you need this info down the road. I went ahead and bought the service manual for this unit and got the pinouts from it. I soldered on my USB jack and all is good and I don't have that cord that will go bad on the unit. The picture below has the true pinout numbers and here is the key!

1 USB -

2 USB +

3 NC

4 USB 5V

5 USB GND

6 A-Return

7 LOUT

8 V-RETURN

9 NC (Apple Device Rx)

10 NC (Apple Device Detect)

11 V_RETURN

12 V_RETURN

13 Component Pb / CVBS

14 Component Y

15 Component Pr

16 ROUT

17 NC (Acc Detect)

I bought an Appradio 2 that is missing the iphone cable. I am wondering if anyone would be willing to ohm out the pins. I just need the USB pins (should be 4) 5V, +D, -D, GND. I will need from the female jack to the header that connects to the radio. I have attached pictures to show some pin numbers. Thanks for any help. I hate these proprietary connectors. They have no use. They could have easily put a usb port and the RCA AV connectors for ipod on the back of the unit.