I'm on the same boat. I have mine for sell too. $15 shipped in US.

Pm me!

I wanted to bring this thread back to life for anyone that may still be interested.

I can't find it on Sprint's site anymore. Anyone know where to get it?

Will this work with an ipod touch?

if you have a newer model with BT then yes.

Found some on google shopping / amazon for around $50... Just searched for "Anycom FIPO"

for the last time...this works with iphone 3gs and whilst connected you can hear all the alerts as well, such as new text.

I bought two of these from my local best buy before christmas for $10 each. They are the Insignia brand (best buy's house brand). They are most often used to play non-ipod devices via bluetooth in a standard iPod boombox with a ipod dock connector.

Explain it like that to your best buy guys and they'll go right to it.

I've got an AVIC F90BT and both a Samsung Moment and Treo 755p (both A2DP capable), so is this something I can use as well on my stereo? I'd like to avoid having to use two seperate cables since Moment uses a 3.5mm jack and the 755p uses a 2.5mm jack.

One a side note, I've got the stereo installed in my BMW X5. I've got the steering wheel stereo controls programmed and the R/T switches source between CD/DVD, FM/AM, SD card, but it skips right past Aux 1 or 2. Is there a way to hack/program the stereo so it includes the aux inputs in the inputs rotation?

Yes it will work. And AV1/2 should be selectable from the steering wheele controls just as any other source does. You just need to make sure you have those sources turned on and set to VIDEO.

Another update...I haven't purchased one of these yet, but they're all over eBay for around $20 http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_trkparms=6 ... p=15&_sc=1, I just searched for bluetooth audio receiver. It sounds like it's mixed results between being the same or worse sound quality vs a 3.5mm jack, so until I'm super desperate and tired of the 3.5mm, I'll stick with this since I don't wanna waste $20 for something that isn't any better sounding.

I found these using "a2dp receiver" for my search, I wonder if these would work. http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=a2dp+r ... m270.l1313

Also, stupid question...but what are these http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-Bluetooth-Dong ... 2a078239e3 I don't suppose these would do anything for us, either to stream music or allow the stereo to get wifi internet?

Put a new ROM on my phone yesterday, so now I've got wifi tethering....so cool. Now I just need to figure out which of the links I posted above will give my AVIC internet.

It sounds like it's mixed results between being the same or worse sound quality vs a 3.5mm jack, so until I'm super desperate and tired of the 3.5mm, I'll stick with this since I don't wanna waste $20 for something that isn't any better sounding.

my vote is on it sounding worse(maybe by a little maybe by a lot), the headphone jack will deliver the sound as good as possible right out of the phone, compressing it to send wireless through BT will only affect the SQ negatively, it definitely cant make it any better!

I just received this unit which I purchased off eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0398926219

Works great with my iPhone 3GS running IOS 4! Set AV1 input on my F90BT to "Video" and use the source button to switch to it. Finally can play my Slacker radio without having to connect the iPhone via cable. Is the sound worse than stock? Probably by just a little - but not enough to bother me. The convenience of finally being able to play audio thru the F90 is worth it - and it's certainly worth the $20 I paid for this device.

Anything special that needs to be done to get one of these "Sprint" Anycom adapters working? Just received mine, but no luck getting my F500 to recognize it.

I wonder why you need to switch AV1 to Video from Ipod. This thing emulates an Ipod interface for all intents and purposes, it looks like. It also supports AVRCP, so it technically should be able to provide your AVIC with Artist/Title information, and let you control your connected bluetooth device from AVIC with commands such as Play, Pause and Rewind. If all you get is a generic audio input over bluetooth, it seems it would be underwhelming - after all, 3.5mm to Bluetooth dongles have been on the market for a while.

I wonder if such devices exist to support video as well as audio. I don't know much about Bluetooth protocols and bandwidths, but it'd be awesome to be able to play movies from your bluetooth phone over this dongle on your AVIC. Anyone knows if this is even remotely possible?

EDIT: Apparently, there's a Bluetooth Profile called VDP that's similar to A2DP but for video. So technologically it's possible - it'd be awesome to have A/V capabilities between your phone and your avic without a mess of cables.

I wonder why you need to switch AV1 to Video from Ipod.

Because if the input is not changed, the unit is going to be looking for an iPod and will not work for the intended purpose.

This thing emulates an Ipod interface for all intents and purposes

No, not really, it opens the USB input as a simple USB device.

It also supports AVRCP

If the software in the unit doesn't support that protocol, it doesn't matter what is plugged in, its not going to support it.

after all, 3.5mm to Bluetooth dongles have been on the market for a while.

Hmm, interesting. That might actually be a better option anyway.

I wonder if such devices exist to support video as well as audio.

Although there is a video over BT protocol (AVDTP), as far as I know, there is no consumer device that supports it currently available.

Thanks for the reply VBlue. That's a shame that this device transforms IPOD connector into simple usb with A/V. I thought that it actually emulates the IPOD interface, with all its bells and whistles. If it did support the Ipod interface, then AVIC wouldn't have to be compatible with AVRCP. AVIC just sends a standard Ipod "Pause" command, for instance, and the bluetooth module converts Ipod Pause to AVRCP pause. I guess that's too much to hope for.

In that case, I don't see anything new - as I said, you can get a cheap 3.5mm bluetooth dongle and get A2DP from your AV2 (in the front) as well as having your IPod plugged in in your glove compartment (at least that's where I routed my Ipod cable).

Yea that 3.5 thing is a good idea and probably a lot more readily available. If you can, post so,e links to some examples.

Yea that 3.5 thing is a good idea and probably a lot more readily available. If you can, post so,e links to some examples.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8422

That one seems to do the job (look at the videos). One thing that's nicer about this Ipod adapter is that it doesn't need batteries, since it draws power from the usb port. The 3.5mm adapter works with mini-usb to keep it powered, but it's certainly not as elegant of a solution.

Has anyone had any luck getting the Sprint FIPO working with an X710BT? I hook it up to the iPod connector and pair/start streaming, but the USB (which I've switched to Video) never becomes selectable. I've verified that the FIPO works on a pair of iPod speakers.

I'll be keeping the FIPO either way - It saves my investment in my iPod speakers since I just switched to an Android phone - but I'd love to get it working in the car!

Thanks!!

Ok I am trying to resurrect this thread. I have a friend from Japan and I had them buy and send me the Bluetribe SBT05 which is bluetooth v2.1 and provides the radio with CRYSTAL CLEAR high bitrate sound. Sounds just as good as an ipod cable, I promise.

I paid $65 to get it here, plugged it in, and realized that I failed to read this whole thread and notice that no matter what, the radio won't display the song info or let you control the iphone...

So someone has got to know how to get this to work. If the device can plug into regular devices and provide AVRCP A2DP etc...i.e. music info and controls, then why can't the Avic F do it.

I understand that the device never supported it originally, but pioneer never intended for modified firmwares and files to be run on the radio.

So it would seem like theres gotta be someone out there that can figure out how to make the radio accept the bluetribe (2.1) or anycom fipo (2.0) and the data that the devices are capable of outputting via the ipod dock cable.

PLEASE SOMEONE HELP! I know I'm the idiot that bought it before reading the 3rd page, but I don't want to have to buy a new radio just to get my music wirelessly from my iphone with the ability to see what im listening to and control it.

Sure there are people that can do what you want but they're not on this board and the likelyhood someone of that talant will even care is slim. This is not going to happen so it is best to just utilize what the unit can do.

who ever said the the bluetooth hardware that is in the F-series even has those capability built in to it? bluetooth isnt always about software changes, the hardware also has to support this kind of the too, and the companies that choose what parts to use inside of these units can save money by using hardware that doesn't have all of the newest features, if it was all about software, then every bluetooth device would have every option, and thats just not the case, sure most newer phones have most if not all of the newer profiles but then again this is not a new model and there are a lot of old phones that dont support ad2p, or music control.

who ever said the the bluetooth hardware that is in the F-series even has those capability built in to it? bluetooth isnt always about software changes, the hardware also has to support this kind of the too, and the companies that choose what parts to use inside of these units can save money by using hardware that doesn't have all of the newest features, if it was all about software, then every bluetooth device would have every option, and thats just not the case, sure most newer phones have most if not all of the newer profiles but then again this is not a new model and there are a lot of old phones that dont support ad2p, or music control.

Just look how long it took Apple to add A2DP to the iphones!