I just go off the phone with Apple and they made it sound like it's up to Pioneer to come up this a firmware up-date to address the problem.

My bet....they got the AVIC X920BT/X930BT Pandora app made by pioneer that is having issues with IOS5 with our older F900BT/F90BT/F700BT/X910BT/710BT units.

I'm likely getting a 4GS soon as part of our annual phone upgrade rotation. I'm thinking of taking advantage of the new mirroring feature of the 4GS when using the HDMI video cable. I will need an HDMI to composite converter, but those aren't too expensive. The advantage here is that no further IOS update will likely break anything and generally anything that can appear on the iPhone screen will show on the AVIC. I may use the AV2 input for this and hook up my old iPod Video to the AVIC IPod interface.

So I have the iphone 4s and the Avic-700BT and when I plug in the iphone the usb icon never changes to ipod and the usb stays greyed out ..... all the other posts say people cant do video, but I cant do regualr ipod funtions. But I plug in my girls ipod touch "not ios5" and it works perfect .... any ideas on my problem? thanks

I did my own digging and this is what came up. Curiously i was told bu the rep on the phone that they had no idea about the issue, to which i suggested a quick perusal of the internet. His reply shocked me, in less words he told me that pioneer did not have the time to be listening to what people had to say on the internet. In this day and age where the internet has become our central knowledgebase for almost anything i find it strange that an electronics company would have such a response. At any rate i attached their very corporate response for the perusal of the people.

Cheers

ORION

Good day Mr. Fleming,

I have reviewed your email to our Customer Contact Centre. Please open the

attached file for our response.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions.

(See attached file: Fleming_AVICF900BT.pdf)

Regards

Louis Boucher

Senior Service Manager

Business Services

Pioneer Electronics of Canada, Inc.

Tel. 905-946-7412

Fax. 905-946-7424

Fleming_AVICF900BT.pdf

Ok, so I got in touch with Pioneer today. There was no issue as far as sending the unit in for password retrieval. But as far as the IOS5 software issues go they have received several complaints and suggest for me to take it up with Apple. Hopefully Apple fixes this in the software, but I hope this doesn't mean Pioneer is leaving previous model owners in the cold. This file from the previous post:

-With regards to the current in-dash navigation models, AVIC-X930BT and AVIC-Z130BT, all are certified to support iPhone and work with IOS 5.

Ok yes its not Pioneers fault but and same time they are in no hurry to help. We have iPhone 4s iPhone 4 and two iPods. If you update to IOS 5 you will loose your video output. Pioneers software is out out date in todays world. I also have 2010 Ram 6.7L diesel truck with a factory Nav called a Mygig. It has a 40 Gb hard drive built in with 20 gb's for storage. I also have a lock pic installed. Kinda like a bypass for the AVIC's so you input nav or watch DVD or video while in gear or in motion, this also has a factory iPod cable witch can used by the touch screen just like an AVIC but you need the lock pic to play video or DVD,s the lock pic has an iPod / iPhone / iPad cable and will play Video / Music while in motion. Anyway it works just fine on IOS 5.0 and now IOS 5.0.1 witch came out yesturday. Anyway this is what customer sevice should be. There was a problem with iPhone 4 and bluetooth. So Chrysler sent a FREE CD UPGRADE thats right FREE NO chagre uprgade. I installed the upgrade and it fixed the connection with the bluetooth. Okay so I do not have my F90BT any more but my wife has an F900BT in her car. And I will never purchase a Pioneer product again. So we will see if Pioneer will step to the plate. Not !!

Agreed on Pioneer dragging a$$ to at least keep the units relevant with support and constant changes. I have 4 AVIC's (2 F900BT's, 2 X910BT's) and upgrades can be frustrating especially when Pioneer releases official software at $100+ and only one use per unit! Don't get me wrong I do like them but you would not think an electronic giant like Pioneer to release a product and drop the ball i.e., support, dated software, and incompatibility with HD radio and XM modules.

However my wife contacted Apple that said they had no knowledge of the current problems. To leave a description of the problems at Apple.com/feedback so their techs can find a solution. So maybe with enough feedback from users they'll fix the problem.

I bet somebody from AVIC 411 will get it fixed before Pioneer does They really do not care or give Sh..... I don't think it,s apples, problem more like Pioneer

Good luck Jeff

I've got same issue after upgrading my iPhone 4 to iOS5. My f900bt device cannot able to play iPod/iPhone videos any more. When connected my iPhone to device and when pressing the video button on iPod screen, my device restart itself... Any solution or advice?

Yes, I have this same problem too. My F900BT is on 2.0 firmware, and my iPhone 4 is in iOS 5 and videos make it reboot. I also loose charging capability from time to time as well, Im going to look into a new cable as my 2nd issue might be that. Hopefully videos get fixed soon.

I have the same issue with my iPhone 4S and 700Bt. I also have my wife's iTouch with the previous operating system and video works fine so this is definitely a problem with the iOS 5. I contacted Apple back in the beginning of October and they were "unaware of the problem". I was on the phone for about 45 minutes. From what I understand, with the new operating system, Apple has change the way video files are handled and Pioneer has not addressed this change. I am not sure who can fix it but I am not holding my breath for Pioneer to address the issue (and maybe they can't?). The tech at Apple suggested I submit feedback to the Apple site. He said that the engineers frequently monitor the feedback submitted through the link below and it is the best way to get problems addressed. So like "spankedmonkey" suggested,the more people who submit feedback requesting a fix, maybe the issue will be addressed. I am not sure how much this will help either but it may be worth a shot!

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Maybe the best bet is a hack/mod. Is anyone trying to figure this one out??

WR

Finally tried my Iphone 4s with my F90bt and was happy to see Pandora working then when I tried video I was sad that no videos worked,however the audio did and there was no rebooting issues my unit just wouldn't let me chose video option. I really hope a fix comes because I was looking forward to using netflix!

I really hope a fix comes because I was looking forward to using netflix!

There's not reason to wait! Go to your settings menu and change the Video 1 input from iPod to AV1. Select AV1 as your source and Netflix should work just fine.

Anyone have any update to this? I was hoping after waiting a few months there would be a fix. Still unable to play video from ipod touch to F90bt

Bump!

I too am waiting for a fix for this issue, anyone have any new ideas?

There will be no fix from Pioneer. These units are long discontinued and are no longer supported.