One of the first things I tried with my new iPhone is hooking it up to my F900 navy to test and make sure everything still works. When I first plugged it in I got a message saying "this device is not configured to work optimally with this product.." then i selected "ok" and to my surprise I saw the charge symbol on my iPhone 4.

I had several problems trying to get my iPhone 3Gs to charge (tried workarounds, bought adapters, etc), but nothing worked. Now for some reason the new iPhone works. I know this will be a good cherry on top for a lot of you who have upgraded.

Definitely happy! Other than that, everything works as normal.

Cool that's great news. I bought a 3gs like 2 months ago after breaking my 3g and was upset to discover it wouldn't charge. I'll be picking up a white iphone4 when they're released, I'm stoked to know it's compatible. My buddy told me his clarion nav is completely incompatible with his iphone4. Sucks for him.

Has anyone checked with a 3GS with 4.0 OS or was this purely a hardware issue?

Thanks

HR

3GS with OS4 doesn't charge.

Yah, I'm pretty sure this was a hardware issue on the 3Gs.

Also, I've noticed a few times that when my iPhone is connected, the iPod works but the song title/artist/album arent listed. To fix this, I just restarted the iPhone. It's not a problem with our navy, but the new OS is kind of buggy. Hope 4.0.1 fixes this.

does anyone know if the apple composite cable fixes this issue, or is this something with the hardware of the f-series?

im at the point where i just want my 3gs to friggin charge when i plug it in - if i have to shell out the extra $50 to get it to work right, so be it

and id also just like to mention - like a couple of the other people have already posted - i am also having the "alphabet problem" with os4 - whereby clicking on a letter no longer takes me there in the artist list...

Look. I have a 3GS, an apple composite cable and a US F900BT. I have not once had a problem with it charging. Both iso4 and the previous firmware revisions both charged. WIth the previous revision everything worked fine except for album artwork. It was pixelated beyond belief and looked like shit.

While this now works with iOS4 I have another problem in which fast forwarding of songs is buggy and doesnt really do anything and also i can no longer alphabetically search for songs and artists. Tapping the letter does not take me to the begging of the artists starting with that letter.

My various iPods and Nano's, 3G, 3GS and now iPhone 4 all charge perfectly with my F700BT and the Pioneer branded cable that I bought separately. They all charged fine with older OS's and all work fine with iOS 4, now the artwork is fixed, but like tobsta says you cant search for songs and artists via tapping the letters in. I also noticed that when playing back podcasts, after shutting down the car, restarting the F700BT with my iPhone attached the podcast wont play, it shows on the screen but wont play until i go through PODCASTS and reselect the one i was listening to, it resumes fine then.

^ thats interesting - i have the same setup: f700bt + pioneer branded ipod composite / usb cable

- with my original iphone and any ipod i hook up to it, no problems

- with my 3gs - i could get it to charge maybe a 25% of the time i plugged it in before os4 - with os4, im barely ever able to get it to charge...

i have no problems using the ipod function, however - its just that the phone doesnt charge

Guys the 3GS does charge with all versions of F/X series units. You guys need to check your cables. Whatever problem you had with the 3GS will likely surface again with your i4s.

My 3GS did NOT charge with my F700BT. Pioneer says that it is due to the apple chip that is inside the unit. The X series has the new chip and charges the iphone fully. HOWEVER, When I switched over to IOS4 on my 3GS, the iphone charges with my F700BT

i think im gonna pull the unit out of the dash - just to see if by coincidence, something got unplugged

i just dont get how that could be - i can play music / videos / see artwork through the iphone - its just not charging - so i doubt its a loose connection - but ill give it a shot next time i have some free time...

Replace the cable.

I actually just ordered the Apple composite cable - hopefully this takes care of my problems.

Now I just hope there's some way to resolve the issue of navigating through the artist/album lists alphabetically...

VBLUE...good god...please stop telling everyone to check and replace their cables. WE HAVE!!! Im on my third cable and still having intermittent problems. I have a 3GS with avic f700bt with pioneer cables. I can get it to charge about one out of every four tries. I hate to rant...but unless you have something more constructive to say other then..."rip your unit back out and replace with another 50$ cable and try again" you should reconsider. Maybe just because something works well for you...you may be lucky...others, in the case of this forum...are having legit problems.

VBLUE...good god...please stop telling everyone to check and replace their cables. WE HAVE!!! Im on my third cable and still having intermittent problems. I have a 3GS with avic f700bt with pioneer cables. I can get it to charge about one out of every four tries. I hate to rant...but unless you have something more constructive to say other then..."rip your unit back out and replace with another 50$ cable and try again" you should reconsider. Maybe just because something works well for you...you may be lucky...others, in the case of this forum...are having legit problems.

jb, you have one post, so welcome!

As Vblue and many others have found over time, the number 1 issue with ipod and iphone connectivity is indeed cheap cables, individuals come and go and say "I bought this $10 cable on ebay and it works, so ALL ebay cables are fine!" but the empirical data on the site over the years shows over and over that cheap cables are at the root of more issues then good quality cables.

VBLUE...good god...please stop telling everyone to check and replace their cables.

I hate to rant...but unless you have something more constructive to say other then..."rip your unit back out and replace with another 50$ cable and try again" you should reconsider.

I am not going to reconsider anything. Replacing the cable is the first line of troubleshooting. It should be considered the first component to fail and usually is. Maybe you should take about a week and search the troubleshooting forum and count the amount of times the cable was the problem as opposed to anything else. Regardless, this is easy to eliminate. Go to Best Buy and buy either a new Pioneer or Apple Composite AV cable. If the problem doesn't go away then you can return the cable. Then at least you will know that you have another problem. I would expect a noob like you however to be able to figure that out on your own. So as soon as you do have something useful to contribute yourself, please feel free to let us know.

VBLUE...good god...please stop telling everyone to check and replace their cables. WE HAVE!!! Im on my third cable and still having intermittent problems. I have a 3GS with avic f700bt with pioneer cables. I can get it to charge about one out of every four tries. I hate to rant...but unless you have something more constructive to say other then..."rip your unit back out and replace with another 50$ cable and try again" you should reconsider. Maybe just because something works well for you...you may be lucky...others, in the case of this forum...are having legit problems.

The iphone 3GS DOES NOT CHARGE PROPERLY WITH THE F SERIES DUE TO ITS OLDER APPLE CHIP! This has been confirmed by Pioneer. That is the reason that I purchased an X910bt BECAUSE it has the new Apple chip that charges the iphone 3GS. I have since gone to the IOS4 software for my 3GS and found that it does charge in my F700 (now a spare that I use for modding and testing), but NOT ALWAYS. This is a hardware problem and nothing else, this cannot be fixed unless you go with the X series of AVIC's. The iphone 3GS charges EVERYTIME in my X series, and that is why I upgraded

my 3gs charged until I upgraded to OS4, now it doesn't anymore. Thats ok, I hate this POS headunit anyways. The Nav sucks. Looking for another Z3 now.

There's no chip that controls the charging. It's only a certain resistor value in the plug, so the Apple Composite Video Cable, which is designed to charge an iPhone 3GS, and let it output video (that's the only thing the Apple chip controls), will charge your iPhone. JVC also has a cable they make for some of their head units that will also work. I use one in my car with my F700BT.

ok - months later - i have an update for everyone

so - my problems with pioneer's cable got worse and worse - at first, it would just intermittently charge - then, i was only able to get audio out of the left speakers - then it wouldnt charge my iphone at all (and still - audio out of the left channel only) - then when i bought my iphone 4, i lost the ability to skip to a certain letter in searching through songs/artists/etc - and finally, it wouldnt charge the iphone - and i could barely hear any audio from the left channel (in addition to the no audio coming from the right channel)

i finally got around to installing the apple branded cable and now EVERYTHING works as it should

- audio from both channels

- my iphone charges every single time i plug it in

- im able to skip to a certain letter when searching through albums and songs

a lot of people were giving vblue flack for recommending the purchase of the apple branded cable - but in my case - it solved all of my problems

I dont know what everyone's issue is... but apparently I dont have it.

Ive had my iPhone 3GS since August of 2009 (that was before iOS 4.0) and have been using it with my AVIC-F700BT without any issues. Granted every time I plug it in to the head unit, it says "Device is not optimized for this product" or whatever, but other than that it works flawlessly. All iPod controls work, I can watch videos, etc. Every once in a while I'd have trouble getting it to charge, but I contribute that to the awkward angle the iPod cable connects to the iPhone at when its sitting in the cradle I have in my car.

OK...finally got around to trying out the "apple branded" cable. Same issue for me. Does not charge...everything else works fine. I have to come to the conclusion that as others have said this is a hardware issue stemming from the AVIC itself. There is no one solution fits all here...as much as VBLUE would like to think so. If you'd like I can invite you over to my house and you can watch me install the cable...we can both stare in awe as the 3GS does not charge....

Get a 2 amp cigarette to USB

This will charge crapple products

then use the 3.5mm for audio (it's clearer than USB)

Problem solved

And that will give you no control what so ever of the iPod from the unit and that is what most people are going to want that are using these units. And there is no audio over USB on these units for iPod so the sound quality will be the same.