So I am pretty much a Newbie here and am wondering which cord to go with?
Getting ready to drop some $ on a F series unit and have heard talk about what certain cords can and cannot do...
I can buy either, but I am wanting to have my iPhone charge and be able to watch video on my screen.
And, oh, by the way, I've also read that when watching video on my F series, it's NOT full screen???
Thanks for all your help!
I've got a F500BT and the cables for it are different than anything I saw on the Apple website.
The Pioneer cable came for free with the package deal, along with the amp I was hoping to stuff in my wife's 6 (mine will have audio mini jack), but sounds like that wont happen with her factory Bose system. It seems to do alright but still waiting on delivery of my car to test the quality through a real stereo (only tried on built in speaker so far 
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Do yourself a favor and buy the Apple cable, yes it cost $50.00 but it was a big improvement from the Pioneer one that came with my F90BT. With the Pioneer cable my 3G iPhone would drop connection and the music had static in the background. Switching to the Apple cable was like going from a tape deck to CD, the audio sounded much cleaner, my video no longer had static and my iPhone connects every time.
Can you link the cable you got on apple's website? I'm pretty sure it's different than the one the F500BT has, but never hurts to check. I was not able to find anything matching the Pioneer one that came with mine on Apple's site 
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB128LL/B?fnode=MTY1NDAzOQ&mco=MjE1NTI2OA
It's the standard component cable, has the USB/Audio/Vidio exactly like the cable that comes with the F90BT, just better.
I just recently installed the F700BT in my Envoy. Picked up the Apple Composite Cable for $20 on clearance at Best Buy. -- Had to look online, was only available at some stores. Works like a charm. No problems with it whatsoever, and it includes a free USB to AC charger for your ipod. The component (red/blue/green) cable listed above won't work for the 700. Don't know if the other models have component inputs, but the 700 has composite (red/white/yellow) inputs
Yep, way different than F500BT
So...Any feedback regarding video to F series...Is it full screen or partial?
Thanks for all the feedback so far.
Just curious. My ipod classic (120GB I think) will lose connection at random. Sometimes it will work all day but other days it needs to be disconnected and reconnect every time I turn the car on.
Will the apple cable solve this issue?
2002 wrx
F90BT
Running 3.01
To use the apple cable, do I have to pull the unit and plug the comp plugs into its back? Or can it just plug into the end of a straight USB cable?
To use the apple cable, do I have to pull the unit and plug the comp plugs into its back? Or can it just plug into the end of a straight USB cable?
you have to do both. USB into the plug, and the component connectors into the back of the unit.
i prefer the pioneer cord myself
Is there a cable that works best so that I don't have to unplug and reconnect the cable every day?