I ended up buying the apple composite cable and it charged fine after that, the pioneer cable I bought seems to have been defective, my main point in the end was not knowing if it charged given the changes with the unit vs older standards.
But point is, yes the unit charges it just fine, just have a cable that hits all the right pins, the one I had seemed to have had issues with the connector, a weird warmping with the pins, you could actually see it.
Mine charges have 3g and pioneer cable. Its slow as hell but it charges. For you guys that dont think it charges you might be using your phone a lot.
I've discovered that sometimes mine charges, sometimes it does not. I suspect that it has to do with the fact that my phone is Jailbroken. Since it is jailbroken, it drains the battery faster. Probably faster than the Stereo can charge it.
For those having charging problems, what cable are you using and is it jailbroken?
If you find that it's charging slow, it's probably because the mA (miliamps) from the USB are low. I'm not sure what the AVICs' USB ports are rated as to mA, but a lower mA would result in slower charging.
My 3G seems to charge fine so far. I left the house with a little lower than a full charge, plugged in the phone with the Pioneer cable, kept playing through the iPod on my phone the whole trip (approx. 20 minutes of driving) and when I got home the phone was fully charged.
I see that this thread is kind of dead, but I came across it when researching this problem. I have a Pioneer system with the CD-IB200 iPod interface and I was experiencing the reported charging issues, but I just found this kit that fixes it perfectly. I got it from CableJive and it works great. I recommend anyone who is having this problem to check it out.
Mine charges just fine, drove for well over 7 hours talking on the phone, pulling audio from the iPhone 3G and at some point my friend (in the passenger seat) was browsing youtube videos and showing them on the AVIC f700 screen... never had to charge it with a separate charger, just using the iPod splitter that Pioneer suggests to plug into the usb and audio/video ports. Phone was fully charged, never noticed it not charging before that trip either. I would say that it doesnt charge as fast as a regular power adapter charge, but I have not tested it officially to say that is true or not.
My I touch V2 charges just fine I cant imagine it's and different then the I Phone
Yeah, the AVIC will charge the iPhone 3G. However, it charges slower then a regular wall or car charger.
I verified this by running my iPhone all the way down to where it would no longer turn on, and then plugged it into the AVIC.
I too am using a non-Pioneer AV cable, and my iPhone 3G does not charge.
Though I ordered the Pioneer cable, it was out of stock, so I just grabbed the closest thing with I was picking up the mounting hardware. The cable worked for music, and looked like it was charging, so I kept it.
Sounds like I'll need to donate it to a good cause (but I'm not holding my breath for the $50 tax receipt).