Hello, I am looking to buy the pioneer avic z130bt for my 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. The only problem I am worried about is if I buy unit and it does not work with the android os system? I talked with pioneer but they said they did not have a phone capability list for the unit. Does anyone know if it will work? Bluetooth streaming music, syncing contacts, Pandora, ect? Does it work with the older models like the incredible and the x or the newer models like the thunderbolt or all of them? If you have any info that would greatly help.

Hello, I am looking to buy the pioneer avic z130bt for my 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. The only problem I am worried about is if I buy unit and it does not work with the android os system? I talked with pioneer but they said they did not have a phone capability list for the unit. Does anyone know if it will work? Bluetooth streaming music, syncing contacts, Pandora, ect? Does it work with the older models like the incredible and the x or the newer models like the thunderbolt or all of them? If you have any info that would greatly help.

Android phones work fine. Contacts transfer, voice dialing, streaming audio. The built-in Pandora app only works with iPhones, but you can stream the audio over BT.

The only Android issue I am aware of is the inability to display MP3 tags and control the playback from the AVIC. However, this is an Android problem, not the HU. Apparently current Android releaes do not support AVRCP (neither does iPhone). It works find on Windows 6.5 and 7 phones.

Android phones work fine. Contacts transfer, voice dialing, streaming audio. The built-in Pandora app only works with iPhones, but you can stream the audio over BT.

 

The only Android issue I am aware of is the inability to display MP3 tags and control the playback from the AVIC. However, this is an Android problem, not the HU. Apparently current Android releaes do not support AVRCP (neither does iPhone). It works find on Windows 6.5 and 7 phones.

I don't know where you get your infomation from but when i sync my phone and my z120 via Bluetooth, I do see what songs are playing and i am able to fast forward, rewind, change tracks, pause and play when i use my Bluetooth connection. If you can't it has nothing to do with the android operating system it has to do with the phone's hardware, the Bluetooth chip in the phone doesn't support it. and as far as i understand AVRCP was added to the Android OS version 1.5. So if you are having issues with android it is your phone not Android its self. I don't know about other manufacturers but HTCs phones do support those functions.

Thank you so much for your info. One more question though, I have heard that you can watch Netflix or other videos on the unit through your Iphone. Can you watch movies on the unit with the droid somehow?

No, iPhone only. Unless the Android platform will output video from USB and you have a USB to RCA conversion cable.

I don't know where you get your infomation from but when i sync my phone and my z120 via Bluetooth, I do see what songs are playing and i am able to fast forward, rewind, change tracks, pause and play when i use my Bluetooth connection. If you can't it has nothing to do with the android operating system it has to do with the phone's hardware, the Bluetooth chip in the phone doesn't support it. and as far as i understand AVRCP was added to the Android OS version 1.5. So if you are having issues with android it is your phone not Android its self. I don't know about other manufacturers but HTCs phones do support those functions.

Nothing to do with syncing the phone. And we are talking about control via the HU, right? Just want to be sure we are talking about the same issue. BTW, it requires AVRCP 1.3 or higher.

Simply google "AVRCP android" and you will see lots of complaints about lack of support for ID3 tags and playback control. Even in Gingerbread. And it is not a hardware issue. I have an HTC HD2, which originally came with WM6.5. It worked fine for AVRCP (although, being WM, it had lots of other issues). I have tried dozens of ports of Android, all > 2.0. None has worked correctly re. BT ID tags or control. It is possible that it is a driver issue with these ported OS's,. That is why I googled the above and assumed it was a common issue. There might have been some releases with a hack/patch (which supposedly was available in 2008), and it possibly is not an OS issue as much as the media player support.

I'm glad your's works. So, what model HTC phone do you have, and what app are you using to playback? I'm sure that those who think this is an important feature would like to know.

I only mention this because it is a known issue. I don't really care about this feature since I play my music/video through my iTouch. I do stream internet audio from the HD2 over BT, and have very few issues (that matter to me) with the BT stack. More importantly, Android's TCP/IP stack seems more robust that WM6.5 in its ability to recover from errors and intermittant wireless signal dropouts.

Nothing to do with syncing the phone. And we are talking about control via the HU, right? Just want to be sure we are talking about the same issue. BTW, it requires AVRCP 1.3 or higher.

 

Simply google "AVRCP android" and you will see lots of complaints about lack of support for ID3 tags and playback control. Even in Gingerbread. And it is not a hardware issue. I have an HTC HD2, which originally came with WM6.5. It worked fine for AVRCP (although, being WM, it had lots of other issues). I have tried dozens of ports of Android, all > 2.0. None has worked correctly re. BT ID tags or control. It is possible that it is a driver issue with these ported OS's,. That is why I googled the above and assumed it was a common issue. There might have been some releases with a hack/patch (which supposedly was available in 2008), and it possibly is not an OS issue as much as the media player support.

 

I'm glad your's works. So, what model HTC phone do you have, and what app are you using to playback? I'm sure that those who think this is an important feature would like to know.

 

I only mention this because it is a known issue. I don't really care about this feature since I play my music/video through my iTouch. I do stream internet audio from the HD2 over BT, and have very few issues (that matter to me) with the BT stack. More importantly, Android's TCP/IP stack seems more robust that WM6.5 in its ability to recover from errors and intermittant wireless signal dropouts.

I have the HTC EVO shift and it also worked with my friends HTC phone, i wanna say Hero but i think its a different phone. And yes i we are talking about the same thing when i connect via Bluetooth and in the media menu and i select Bluetooth as my source i can control what song is playing and it shows what song is playing. the HTCs media player, i can't seem to get the controls to work with any other media player. Maybe HTC added the slack into their phones so you can use the media controls, HTC does a very good job in tweaking Android for there phones, in my opinion HTC makes some of the nicest widgets and apps for android, but you know what they say about opinions. I understand what you mean about the AVRCP. Media controls were not add until version 1.3 and android officially doesn't support version 1.3 yet. Maybe I should look into why my phone is able to do it.

From what i know there is no way to connect an android phone to z120 through USB and i can't transfer video through Bluetooth, so as far as i know there is no way to watch netflix through an android phone and the z120. you can watch the video on your phone and play the sounds through your radio but i don't think that is what you are talking about.

If I wanted to hook up my video camera or something of that sort to the unit how could I do that? Does the unit have audio and video inputs?

If I wanted to hook up my video camera or something of that sort to the unit how could I do that? Does the unit have audio and video inputs?

Yes, standard RCA.

If I wanted to hook up my video camera or something of that sort to the unit how could I do that? Does the unit have audio and video inputs?

Chino,

You should probably start a new thread rather than change the subject of this one. I guess technically you can't hijack a thread that you started, but it helps others later when they are searching for similar answers.

The Z130 has very similar hardware features and capabilities as the Z110/Z120. Here are the Specs http://www.pioneerel...igation.Support

You can also download the users manual for the Z130. Unfortunately, Pioneer hasn't posted the installation manual for it, but you can get the one for the Z120. That should give you an idea of the inputs. Just be aware, there are some physical differences between the Z110/Z120 and the Z130. But the basic idea is very similar.

Anyway, that would be a good place to start learning about these units

Chino,

You should probably start a new thread rather than change the subject of this one. I guess technically you can't hijack a thread that you started, but it helps others later when they are searching for similar answers.

 

The Z130 has very similar hardware features and capabilities as the Z110/Z120. Here are the Specs http://www.pioneerel...igation.Support

You can also download the users manual for the Z130. Unfortunately, Pioneer hasn't posted the installation manual for it, but you can get the one for the Z120. That should give you an idea of the inputs. Just be aware, there are some physical differences between the Z110/Z120 and the Z130. But the basic idea is very similar.

 

Anyway, that would be a good place to start learning about these units

Sorry about that, yes I will definitely start a new one every time. Thank you all for your answers

Sorry about that, yes I will definitely start a new one every time. Thank you all for your answers

No problem, and I'm not suggesting a new thread for every question. Often, you'll find an existing thread which addresses the subject of your question. You can post it there if it doesn't lead that thread in a totally different direction. Or, if you want to have a general dialog about several related subjects, just start a new one with a generic subject title, like "Z130 questions" or whatever. That just makes it easier for mods to keep this great site tidy and organized over the years.

Hello, I am looking to buy the pioneer avic z130bt for my 2006 Nissan Pathfinder. The only problem I am worried about is if I buy unit and it does not work with the android os system? I talked with pioneer but they said they did not have a phone capability list for the unit. Does anyone know if it will work? Bluetooth streaming music, syncing contacts, Pandora, ect? Does it work with the older models like the incredible and the x or the newer models like the thunderbolt or all of them? If you have any info that would greatly help.

I just bought a Pioneer AVIC Z130BT. I have an EVO 4G on Sprint. The phone will connect to the Z and all functions except voice dialing from the contact list work fine. I can stream Pandora from the phone headset jack, but cannot control any functions from the HU. The voice recognition for dialing from the contact list is useless. It will not recognize any names and either asks you to repeat or offers totally unrelated options. I updated to Gingerbread yesterday and the problem is worse. I uninstalled and re-installed Google Voice and Google Voice search to make sure I had the latest version to no avail. The people at Parrot Bluetooth told me that the problem was because Android had such a poor voice recognition engine. I have spoken with HTC and Pioneer also and no one seems to be able to offer a solution. Just something to think about.

I just bought a Pioneer AVIC Z130BT. I have an EVO 4G on Sprint. The phone will connect to the Z and all functions except voice dialing from the contact list work fine. I can stream Pandora from the phone headset jack, but cannot control any functions from the HU. The voice recognition for dialing from the contact list is useless. It will not recognize any names and either asks you to repeat or offers totally unrelated options. I updated to Gingerbread yesterday and the problem is worse. I uninstalled and re-installed Google Voice and Google Voice search to make sure I had the latest version to no avail. The people at Parrot Bluetooth told me that the problem was because Android had such a poor voice recognition engine. I have spoken with HTC and Pioneer also and no one seems to be able to offer a solution. Just something to think about.

I have a hacked HTC HD2 and I have been running many versions of Android over the last 6 months. I have never had a problem with VR for either dialing or ipod. Sounds like your problem is with the mic or placement of the mic. It isn't an Android issue. And it is not a Blue Tooth issue.

However, make sure that the HU has downloaded your contact list from the phone. Immediately after pairing, the phone should prompt you, asking if it is OK for the HU to access the contacts. I think there also is a box indicating that the HU is always to be allowed access. I've noticed that sometimes this prompt does not come to the foreground. Instead, it is an alert (like a pending text message or missed call) indicated by some icon in the upper left corner of the phone. So, you may have to quickly look for it. It will time-out if not acknowledged. If not acknowledged, the contact list may not be transferred to the AVIC. Then VR dialing will behave as you described.

There are some things that don't seem to be supported yet under Android (or Android apps). AVRCP 1.3 seems lacking. The AVIC won't display MP3 ID3 tags from some Android phones. You can't pause/rewind/ff the phone's Player. These things work correctly Ion Win Mobil 6.5, but only on some Android phones.

I have a hacked HTC HD2 and I have been running many versions of Android over the last 6 months. I have never had a problem with VR for either dialing or ipod. Sounds like your problem is with the mic or placement of the mic. It isn't an Android issue. And it is not a Blue Tooth issue.

 

However, make sure that the HU has downloaded your contact list from the phone. Immediately after pairing, the phone should prompt you, asking if it is OK for the HU to access the contacts. I think there also is a box indicating that the HU is always to be allowed access. I've noticed that sometimes this prompt does not come to the foreground. Instead, it is an alert (like a pending text message or missed call) indicated by some icon in the upper left corner of the phone. So, you may have to quickly look for it. It will time-out if not acknowledged. If not acknowledged, the contact list may not be transferred to the AVIC. Then VR dialing will behave as you described.

 

There are some things that don't seem to be supported yet under Android (or Android apps). AVRCP 1.3 seems lacking. The AVIC won't display MP3 ID3 tags from some Android phones. You can't pause/rewind/ff the phone's Player. These things work correctly Ion Win Mobil 6.5, but only on some Android phones.

The microphone works fine on all voice applications except dialing from contacts. I have checked the always accept box on the pairing. It does not ask for permission to download contacts but downloads them automatically. Also sometimes it does not download the full list, but if I turn the key off and back on, it loads the full list the second time. I download choice dialer + from the market and it is a little better. but it still only recognizes some contacts.

I just bought a Pioneer AVIC Z130BT. I have an EVO 4G on Sprint. The phone will connect to the Z and all functions except voice dialing from the contact list work fine. I can stream Pandora from the phone headset jack, but cannot control any functions from the HU. The voice recognition for dialing from the contact list is useless. It will not recognize any names and either asks you to repeat or offers totally unrelated options. I updated to Gingerbread yesterday and the problem is worse. I uninstalled and re-installed Google Voice and Google Voice search to make sure I had the latest version to no avail. The people at Parrot Bluetooth told me that the problem was because Android had such a poor voice recognition engine. I have spoken with HTC and Pioneer also and no one seems to be able to offer a solution. Just something to think about.

That's funny, I have a Z120BT and stream Pandora and MP3 to the HU using my Motorola Droid X and I can control the music via HU. When I'm playing Pandora I can pause or skip to the next track as well as when I'm playing an MP3. The only thing that doesn't work is not song info is displayed when streaming Pandora, and when I play Mp3 I get all the track, artist info, just no Album Art. I upgraded to Gingerbread a week ago and I haven't streamed since then, so I'll test to see if it still works.

Yeah, the VR sucks big hairy balls, I don't even use it at all.

I have a Z130 and HTC EVO as well.

After the latest HTC upgrade, my contacts will no longer sync to the head unit.

I have even tried to transfer them via Bluetooth and my phone tells me that the Z130, does NOT have OPP(Object Push Profile), which Pioneer says is required by the phone.

Any suggestions?

Hi Guys!

I have Samsung Galaxy S and i found this phone can TV out with 3.5mm-RCA to TV my phone flash to Gingerbread 2.3.3 can play Netflix .( i found this on youtube . The guys is not me .l.o.l)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcICE4K0Uw&feature=related

I try to hook up with 3.5mm on the HU but it not thing come out . Will the converter 3.5mm iphone to 3.5 android help ?

Hi Guys!

I have Samsung Galaxy S and i found this phone can TV out with 3.5mm-RCA to TV my phone flash to Gingerbread 2.3.3 can play Netflix .( i found this on youtube . The guys is not me .l.o.l)

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

 

I try to hook up with 3.5mm on the HU but it not thing come out . Will the converter 3.5mm iphone to 3.5 android help ?

That's great. Were you using the AV2 input (RCA Red/White/Yellow)? That should work if your phone output cable has RCA on the other end. The AV1/iPod AV connector has a non-standard band/conductor mapping Simplest is to use an CD-RM10 cable from Pioneer. However you can probably use any AV 3.5 mini to RCA cable if you can map the RCA ends correctly (use a multi-meter or continuity tester to verify which mini band maps to which RCA connector.

The Pioneer AV1 input mini plug bands are (starting from tip Left, Right, Ground, Video. So you just need to connect the phone output to the correct AVIC input and ignore the colors.

First, I'd do like the guy in the YouTube video and connect the RCAs to a TV. Than makes sure your phone and cable work. Then connect to the AVIC.

I have a Z130 and HTC EVO as well.

After the latest HTC upgrade, my contacts will no longer sync to the head unit.

I have even tried to transfer them via Bluetooth and my phone tells me that the Z130, does NOT have OPP(Object Push Profile), which Pioneer says is required by the phone.

Any suggestions?

Anybody else having this problem? Pioneer is of no help whatso ever.

That's great. Were you using the AV2 input (RCA Red/White/Yellow)? That should work if your phone output cable has RCA on the other end. The AV1/iPod AV connector has a non-standard band/conductor mapping Simplest is to use an CD-RM10 cable from Pioneer. However you can probably use any AV 3.5 mini to RCA cable if you can map the RCA ends correctly (use a multi-meter or continuity tester to verify which mini band maps to which RCA connector.

The Pioneer AV1 input mini plug bands are (starting from tip Left, Right, Ground, Video. So you just need to connect the phone output to the correct AVIC input and ignore the colors.

 

First, I'd do like the guy in the YouTube video and connect the RCAs to a TV. Than makes sure your phone and cable work. Then connect to the AVIC.

Thanks for response with usefully info! Yes, my cable have RCA in other end that i bought of from ebay and it work like the guys on youtube . That means I have to open HU and replace cabble .Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr .

hello all

i have an evo 3d and a z120

i notice that the Bluetooth music streaming sucks (or i am doing something wrong). When ever i connect my phone via Bluetooth to stream my mp3, i notice that the sound quality is bad. is there any way to change the music quality? or any other way to listen to music from the phone with great quality?

another question.....................

the iPhone connection on the z120 (the usb and the audio in cable) if i plug in any mp3 player via the head phone jack in it wont play any music nor any sound.

how would i play music from a mp3 player (example zune, sony walkman....) on the z120

another question..............

what can i plug into a usb and will be recognize by the z120

-usb flash drive

-portable hardrive

-camera

=anything that i may have missed

another question............

how do i know if i have the latest update software?

how do i update?

Read the manual.

Yes, read the manual. You'll learn lots of useful stuff. As far as BT streaming audio quality, I think it is good. It will never be quite as good as playing a DVD/CD, or an MP3 on SD or via USB. That isn't the fault of BT, it is because when you stream an MP3 from the phone over BT, the phone converts the digital MP3 to analog, then the BT audio layer re-samples the audio (sample rate is not published but probably 48K) back to digital for streaming. The HU then has to convert the digital stream back to analog. So when streaming a digital source over BT, you add another A to D conversion (or in other words, you add another generation - like making an analog copy of a CD then converting it back to digital). In most cases this won't degrade the audio that much, unless the quality was border-line to begin with.

Try setting up custom EQ profiles for all of your audio sources (it does no good to set just one source).

You can plug a jump drive or ipod (with the proper cable) into the USB. Some have tried an external hard drive with mixed results. There isn't enough power over the USB cable to power an HD. Also, support for many flash drives is lacking. I couldn't get my 16GB one to work. Definitely no camera will work.

You can download the latest update for the Z120 from Pioneer. The instructions tell you how to display your current internal version. Your Z120 should be s/w version 2.003. However, it may say v2.0. In order to display the actual version, follow the update instructions on the Pioneer site.

Hello everyone,

I have Nexus One Android phone. This is a pure Gingerbread android. I have recently purchased an AVIC-Z130BT and I have been able to connect my phone via bluetooth to Media and Phone. I am able to synchronize the phones contacts, make and receive calls but I haven't been able to stream music via bluetooth pairing. I have wired the AV imputs on the HU and I can connect the phone with a stereo jack to do it but I would rather have the convenience and the ability to control music from the HU rather from the phone. I have allowed full BT exchange protocol access on the phone and yet I am unable to stream music. When I play a song it only sounds on the phone and not on the HU. I have a Motorola V9 HD bluetooth and I am able to stream music through it. I am also able to stream through my Laptop PC so I know it is not a cellphone setting/issue. FYI, I have the latest 3.001 firmware vesion on the HU.

Can anyone advice on what I am doing wrong!? Thanks in advance for your time.