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I'm not able to really understand what JPGs are and what aren't compatible with the Pioneer AVH-X8500BHS.  I thought that as long as I was under the max resolution specified (4092x4092) I was safe, but that wasn't the case.  I loaded about 20 JPGs onto a SD card and only 7 of them were read.  I suspect this snippet from the owner's manual is the cause.  Can somebody who knows more about JPEG compatibility explain?

I have tried and tried and can't get my AVH-8500BHS to change from others to the digital setting.  A few folks mentioned that they did it, but weren't sure how they did it.  Did anyone figure it out?  Would love some help to get that setting to flip over so I can use things as intended.

I had the same problem as all you guys (changing from "Others" to "Digital AV (iPhone)", but this has worked every single time (you have to redo this every time you pull the power from the unit.  

1.) Make sure the parking brake signal is getting what it needs (via the real parking brake or the Microbypass)

2.) Turn off all sources

3.) Turn off bluetooth on your devices

4.) Unplug (from the BACK of the unit) the HDMI cable and the 2 USB cables

5.) While it is on, you should be able to make the change to "Digital AV (iPhone)" at that point.

I know it is retarded that you need to pull the cables from the BACK of the unit to get things to work... I'm not sure if it is my cheap HDMI/USB cables or what but regardless, this has worked for me every time. 

You do realize only the songs that iTunes does match will use that 20K limit right. At least as far as I understand.

The last time I looked into it, there wasn't a simple way to partition your music collection if you're over their limit.  BTW, I just looked at it appears the limit is 25K and not 20K.

If you have space issues on your phone you might want to consider iTunes Match and stream your from iCloud. You can also try the gMusic app which is AR compatible. This will allow you to have access to all of your music while freeing space on your iDevice for apps.

Yeah, I looked into going down that iTunes Match route but my music collection a bit larger than 20K songs. Actually I just need to clean out some photos from my phone.

I resolved the problem of not being able to select "Digital AV (iPhone)" yesterday.  I had to completely disconnect the HDMI cable and my two USB cables FROM THE BACK of the Pioneer AVH-X8500BHS before I was able to make the selection.  My guess is that it was the HDMI cable.  Maybe Pioneer did need to sell consumers a HDMI cable with specific tolerances (such as in the CD-IH202 kit) for it to work perfectly (total 100% guess on my part).  My HDMI cable was a cheapie $4 cable from Amazon.  

Now that I have AppRadio working, honestly it is somewhat uneventful.  It kind of sucks you cannot play music from non-AppRadio sources while in AppRadio mode, but a simple press of the Mode button switches you back and forth.  As far as Navigation goes, I tried to download iGo lite for my phone, but since I don't have much space on my 16GB iPhone 5 I couldn't download to see how well it works.  GPS Drive Motion X requires a $25 upgrade to be able to use the touch functionality on the AVH-X8500BHS screen.  Waze actually seems to work pretty well for me, especially considering it is a completely free App from Apple's appstore.  

My iPhone 5 is not jail-broken running 6.1.3.

I figured out the problem.  I was hanging too many devices off the AVH-8500BHS's blue remote amp turn-on signal.  I had the Microbypass, actual amp turn-on, and the powered antenna on this single signal that the owner's manual says can only do 300mA at 12VDC max.  I guess with my headlights on in my Scion FRS, it pulled the current below what was necessary to keep the Microbypass in the ON position.

This is the correspondence with the Ebay seller with the Microbypass.  So far he seems very responsive:

Don't have that issue with mine. Are you sure you wired your microbypass properly? Sounds like you might have accidentally run one of the wires to the dimmer wire on your harness.

I'll check my wires again sometime this week if I get a chance, but I'm pretty sure even I didn't mistake the orange illumination wire for some other wire.  I think the problem is that I have too much of a load on the remote amp turn-on signal coming from the Pioneer AVH-X8500BHS.  It is now going to 1.) Microbypass 2.) OEM Power (Amplified) Antenna and the 3.) OEM amp turn-on signal.  The OEM amp turn-on signal actually isn't even strong enough to turn on my aftermarket Rockford Fosgate amp so I had to tap into ACC for my actual amp turn-on signal.  I'm hoping if I just disconnect the #3 signal above (OEM amp turn-on signal) the act of flipping the lights on my Scion FRS wouldn't perturb anything with the Microbypass.  (I'm actually at a real lost right now what's going on with the X8500BHS and the Microbypass).  I'm currently have problems setting the "App Connection Settings" from "Others" to "Digital AV (iPhone)" so hopefully whatever I do here will fix that as well.

I have the AVH-X8500BHS installed with a Microbypass installed working perfectly until last night. It took me a day to figure out why all of a sudden it stopped working, but was able to repeat the "fault" by simply turning on the headlights. Seems to be some type of voltage drop somewhere that is causing the head unit to think the parking brake is engaged. Since the Microbypass uses the Amp turn on signal, Parking brake signal, and Ground... I'm guessing the newer AVH also is triggered by the illumination signal? as in it doesn't believe a parked car should have headlights on?

I did all that, plus took the SD card out, took out the DVD, removed the thumb drive on USB2, turned off BT on my iPhone 5, turned off BT Audio on the X8500BHS, disconnected everything, turned off all sources... it still won't let me make the change.  My iPhone 5 isn't even jail-broken.  I'll try to go in and disconnect the battery when I get home to reset the X8500BHS to see if that changes anything.  I'm trying to avoid messing around with the microbypass if at all possible.  

By the way @mattesonb, now that you have AppRadio working how is it?  Is it pretty cool?  I'm thinking I like the X8500BHS so much, I can live with the simple Mirror-mode with my iPhone 5 for navigation on the few occasions that I need it.  I had set my expectations very very low with respect to AppRadio after the reading various reviews online and with respect to the AppRadio apps in the Apple store.  

I'm just glad I didn't spend the $50-60 on the "necessary" Pioneer CD-IH202 cables.

I can't even get it to give me the option to go to "iphone (digital AV)" yet... still says "others" for me so all it does now is mirror my iPhone 5.  When you say disconnect all cables, do you mean physically disconnect USB and HDMI from the back of the HU as well (as opposed to just from the devices at the end)?  Also when you say turn off bluetooth, that's just on the device(s) themselves, right?  Sorry seems like obvious answers to my questions but I can't for the life of me give it any combo that would allow me to change things to "iphone (digitial AV)".

I have the same problem as the OP.  I have an iPhone 5, this X8500BHS, and a microbypass that seems to work for everything else (DVDs) but I can't seem to be able to change the App Connection Settings from "Others" to "iPhone (Digitial AV)".  I've disconnected all cables, turned off bluetooth, turned off all sources but still can't get in to make the change.  All I can do is mirror my iPhone's screen on unit (which is actually pretty cool and almost good enough for my navigation needs), but it is really driving me nuts why can't I go in to make the change to the App Connection Settings.

I had a Parrot Asteroid Smart before the Pioneer X8500BHS currently in my car.  The Parrot HU had built in iGo navigation which I though was pretty good, but the Parrot HU just didn't have any physical volume buttons and the sound quality on the Pioneer is much better (at least based on the sample I had) so I returned it and got the Pioneer HU.  I wonder if the iGo navigation software integrated onto a iPhone 5 works as well as the one integrated into other navigation systems.  Also, does iGo lite (the free version) work at all with AppRadio?

the unit works pretty well, i piad the $60 for igo and the appradio add on.  it works pretty well though it is annoying that you cant use the physical track forward or backward from  the appradiocontrol app.

 

one other strange thing is not being able to use an ipod in usb2 while set to iphone digital av,  it says "incompatible" and wont do anything.

I just recently bought the X8500BHS and own the iPhone 5 as well.  Going to install it tomorrow.  I was considering making the purchase for iGo as well if it works well, but was thinking about trying out the free alternatives first.  How well (if at all) does Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, etc work with the X8500bhs?