f90bt and iphone 3g — AVIC411 Forum Archive

Posted Mar 28, 2009 · 22:00 UTC#1

Hey guys, I'm looking at getting the f90bt and I currently have the iphone 3g. I was wondering what is the best cable to get for the f90bt to play/charge the iphone 3g. Is the one that comes in the box good or is there a better one out there?

thanks,

j

Posted Mar 28, 2009 · 22:12 UTC#2

The one that comes with it is ok, people are saying that they are having issues with that cable and they are going with the Apple one. I personaly have had no issues with the OEM cable. I would say keep the one you got and wait till you have issues because the Apple cable is something like $50.

Posted Mar 28, 2009 · 22:32 UTC#3

thanks mtnbiker, so the OEM one does charge it? thats my biggest concern, and do you know which apple one it is, I might already have it. lol

thanks again

Posted Mar 28, 2009 · 22:48 UTC#4

Apple composite av

Posted Mar 28, 2009 · 23:43 UTC#5

so the OEM one does charge it?

yes

Posted Mar 29, 2009 · 09:16 UTC#6

Ok cool, thanks guys I appreciate all of the info.

j

Posted Apr 12, 2009 · 13:56 UTC#7

I have both Cables. The Cable that came with the radio (Avic-F90bt) Charges the iPhone 3g. However, the video output doesnt work on this cable. With the Apple Composite AV Cable, video Does work. I still get the incompatibility message on the phone with both cables. I am running 2.2.1 firmware on the phone (Jailbroken).

Posted Apr 14, 2009 · 12:17 UTC#8

I have both Cables. The Cable that came with the radio (Avic-F90bt) Charges the iPhone 3g. However, the video output doesnt work on this cable. With the Apple Composite AV Cable, video Does work. I still get the incompatibility message on the phone with both cables. I am running 2.2.1 firmware on the phone (Jailbroken).

UPDATE (14 April 2009) I noticed yesterday that my iPhone 3G, Running 2.2.1 (Jailbroken) does NOT get a charge while connected to my AVIC-F90BT. Here's what I found...

With the Apple Composite AV Video, while playing music on the iPhone from the Stereo, it doesn't get a charge. Well, if there is any charge, the amount of power required to run the iPhone is greater than the amount of power being supplied to the iPhone via the Apple Composite Video. I didn't NOTICE any change when I left it plugged in for 20 minutes and had the iPhone 3G sitting idle (I.E. it wasnt playing music and the Stereo was in OFF mode).

With the Supplied Cable (the CD-IU230V), it's ALMOST the same as the Apple Cable. While playing music there is no Charge, like the Apple Composite AV cable (read Above). However, when it's in idle mode, it gets a trickle charge. Meaning in the course of 10 minutes, the charge went up 1 %. How could I tell? My phone is jailbroken, and it shows the battery in percentage vice a useless picture of a battery.

Does anyone know of a fix to this? Does anyone know what caused this? Did the iPhone 3G work on past firmware versions?

Theses are my questions, I hope someone has the answers. Smart ass commenters need not reply, this forum has enough of those. It doesn't help anyone if you say "look it up". I carefully research, literally, for hours before I post in a forum. Bring solutions, not problems. If you are going to bring a problem, be detailed in your report so others can help.

Enough ranting, on to the helping.... THANKS!

Posted Apr 20, 2009 · 19:17 UTC#9

I have both Cables. The Cable that came with the radio (Avic-F90bt) Charges the iPhone 3g. However, the video output doesnt work on this cable. With the Apple Composite AV Cable, video Does work. I still get the incompatibility message on the phone with both cables. I am running 2.2.1 firmware on the phone (Jailbroken).

I have the cable that came with the unit and I can do both music and videos. It also charges. Last time I drove to OK it kept it charged for the 2 hour trip. It is also a non jail broken iphone 3g