I recently upgraded to 8.30 and now I can't use my iPhone 4S or iPod nano. I already tried switching to "Other" in the settings, and have tried running the AppRadio app, and the CarMediPlay app. Could anyone instruct me how to downgrade, if its possible, or how to get this working again? I've already opened the older 8.15.HAT with a text editor and changed the version to 8.30 and that didn't work.  I also contacted pioneer but I've yet to receive a reply. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Sorry if this is not the correct thread, but I need some help with myheadunit, here is my problem:

I have the AVH-8450BT I updated firmware and bluetooth version for it to work with iPhone 5. I bought and connected the new iPhone 5 interface cable and lightning to vga cable and lightning to usb cable. Appradio mode is working. Now the problem is the bluetooth phone call quality is really bad and voice of the person talking with me keeps breaking up, although they can hear me with no problems. The weird thing is when i first pair the phone and radio together the sound quality is very good but when i turn the ignition key off and then on the radio turns on as usual but bluetooth quality suffers again. To make it work i have to disable then renable bluetooth on my phone then it works for this session until next restart. I also notice bluetooth song streaming also suffers a bit so does appradio mode reaction times, buts its not as bad or unusable like when placing calls. Can you please help me fix it.

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone newbies here.

I was wondering if you could all help me with my Appradio 2 Pioneer SPH da100.  I have had it a few years and am trying to work my iPhone 5 with it and update the 8.30 firmware but to no avail.  I have downloaded the firmware update onto my USB from both my iMac and my windows laptop but when I plug the USB in to my car stereo it says the following:

"The update file can't be read

Please save only one update file to USB memory

Press BACK to return and retry update"

Now this message appears even when I plug in a blank USB.  Am I doing anything wrong? Am I downloading the update wrong?!

Any help would be much appreciated. 

Thanks

Chris

Hi everyone newbies here.

I was wondering if you could all help me with my Appradio 2 Pioneer SPH da100.  I have had it a few years and am trying to work my iPhone 5 with it and update the 8.30 firmware but to no avail.  I have downloaded the firmware update onto my USB from both my iMac and my windows laptop but when I plug the USB in to my car stereo it says the following:

 

"The update file can't be read

 

Please save only one update file to USB memory

 

Press BACK to return and retry update"

 

Now this message appears even when I plug in a blank USB.  Am I doing anything wrong? Am I downloading the update wrong?!

 

Any help would be much appreciated. 

 

Thanks

Chris

There are hidden files that the Appradio will detect when you format the USB drive on a Mac. If you have access to a windows PC, reformat the USB stick to FAT32 and then copy the update files. It should work after that. 

There are hidden files that the Appradio will detect when you format the USB drive on a Mac. If you have access to a windows PC, reformat the USB stick to FAT32 and then copy the update files. It should work after that. 

Cheers Rockthebeef I did just that today and it worked and i installed version 8.30.  Sorry I only just saw this today!

Now that I have done that, I plugged my iPhone 5S in and it recognises the phone, shows the yellow music sign and will PLAy the music but no sound will come out!  Also, when I try and use WAZE or anything it says "Appradio wants to connect with your phone, allow etc" and I then say yes but it does not connect.  I have waited minutes but nothing happens.  When I use the iPhone4s again everything works.  Is there a reason for this why the iPhone 5S still does not work?

Have you read the connection requirements for i5 devices? It's plastered all over Pioneer's site as well as on this site.

Cheers Rockthebeef I did just that today and it worked and i installed version 8.30. Sorry I only just saw this today!

 

Now that I have done that, I plugged my iPhone 5S in and it recognises the phone, shows the yellow music sign and will PLAy the music but no sound will come out! Also, when I try and use WAZE or anything it says "Appradio wants to connect with your phone, allow etc" and I then say yes but it does not connect. I have waited minutes but nothing happens. When I use the iPhone4s again everything works. Is there a reason for this why the iPhone 5S still does not work?

I'd try clearing out the Bluetooth phones from your radio memory and start over. Pair the 5S first and see if that works. It does take a while to make a connection. When I used an appradio 2 with my iphone 6 it would take a while before the connection established itself.

I'd try clearing out the Bluetooth phones from your radio memory and start over. Pair the 5S first and see if that works. It does take a while to make a connection. When I used an appradio 2 with my iphone 6 it would take a while before the connection established itself.

hello there, bit late again! I have successfully paired the bluetooth to my iPhone 5s and it charges, it recognises my songs, it plays them, it plays my spotify but with no sound!

Also, I have waited 5, 10 mins to get a connection to the app radio but nothing. How long did you wait?

I note above where  VBLUE42 says about the leads but I am not sure if buying any of them will work.  My App radio is connected with a HDMI Cable to USB, and I am then using a APPLE USB to lightning to go into my iPhone 5s. 

Any help? Is there any other lead I could use? If I bought a USB to HDMI Converter, then bought an Apple Lightning Digital AV Adapter would that possibly work?

Have you read the connection requirements for i5 devices? It's plastered all over Pioneer's site as well as on this site.

I have yes, but I am not sure if they will work as I cannot change what comes out of the App radio as I have a nissan 350z and to take it all out you need an expert to do it, and the wiring is all beneath the flooring.  So I am stuck with having a HDMI lead coming from the AppRadio with a USB Female end.  So I can only plug a USB lead into the female USB connector.

First of all to my knowledge you cant convert HDMI to USB so whatever you have , that aint it! The bottom line is you will have the adapters that are required if you want it to work.

yeh, just looked at the pioneer diagram of the App radio and it looks like I have USB to USB. So will need to buy the Apple Lighning Digital AV Adapter.

Apologies, I hadn't seen that diagram before, so hopefully this will work once I buy the adapter.

edit- actually, I have just noticed that as I cannot access the back of the stereo I am screwed. I already have the lightning to USB lead which goes into my phone so the Apple Lightning AV Adapter is useless unless I have an HDMI lead plugged into it.

so hopefully this will work once I buy the adapter.

It most assuradly will work once you have the required adapters.

It most assuradly will work once you have the required adapters.

I am sure it will, but I don't have access to the back of the stereo to add a HDMI lead which can then go into the Lightning AV Adapter.  

Its not that difficult to access or remove a head unit from your vehicle. I suggest a Google search on how to accomplish this task with your vehicle.

Its not that difficult to access or remove a head unit from your vehicle. I suggest a Google search on how to accomplish this task with your vehicle.

you clearly haven't got any idea of how hard it is for a 350z. It takes hours and you have to take the whole gear stick cover/ front dashboard out….

Well that's complete and utter bullshit then as ive just spent 3 hours adding a hdmi lead to the back of the stereo and now bought an apple hdmi lightning adapter for £40 and its not even showing the songs now. Yep, good advice people.

Well that's complete and utter bullshit then as ive just spent 3 hours adding a hdmi lead to the back of the stereo and now bought an apple hdmi lightning adapter for £40 and its not even showing the songs now. Yep, good advice people.

I'm not an expert here by any means but I do know that the iPhone 5s does work when set up properly and I'm pretty sure that you do have to have HDMI plugged in and the adapter from HDMI to lightning. However, I am not posting any ideas or solutions here because it is a waste of time for everyone here. I got email notifications about you asking questions and I thought I would log in and see if I could help. Then I see this crap response by someone new to the forums. We can't sit with you in your car and tell you every single little mistake you are making but you are obviously making a few mistakes because this does work and the advice you have been given is correct. Don't get mad at people here because they can't magically tell the newb, lame mistakes that you are making. It is apparent that you are not very knowledgeable and you know what, that is ok as long as you are nice and patient about it. But when you come in here asking people to help you because you don't know what you're doing it is not ok for you to start throwing around insults to people taking time out of their day to help you. Go somewhere else for help or maybe educate yourself but stop wasting people's time here. People here know what they're doing.

I'm not an expert here by any means but I do know that the iPhone 5s does work when set up properly and I'm pretty sure that you do have to have HDMI plugged in and the adapter from HDMI to lightning. However, I am not posting any ideas or solutions here because it is a waste of time for everyone here. I got email notifications about you asking questions and I thought I would log in and see if I could help. Then I see this crap response by someone new to the forums. We can't sit with you in your car and tell you every single little mistake you are making but you are obviously making a few mistakes because this does work and the advice you have been given is correct. Don't get mad at people here because they can't magically tell the newb, lame mistakes that you are making. It is apparent that you are not very knowledgeable and you know what, that is ok as long as you are nice and patient about it. But when you come in here asking people to help you because you don't know what you're doing it is not ok for you to start throwing around insults to people taking time out of their day to help you. Go somewhere else for help or maybe educate yourself but stop wasting people's time here. People here know what they're doing.

thanks

Well said Wachanim! And what's funny is his issue is so easily fixed and I would have directed him in the right path if it weren't for the temper tantrum.

Well said Wachanim! And what's funny is his issue is so easily fixed and I would have directed him in the right path if it weren't for the temper tantrum.

no you wouldn't, because you're a wind up merchant and didn't help me before. 

Hi there everyone! Lisa here! Newbie!

I'm pretty good with electronics and stuff but am struggling with my Appradio 2 at the moment.  I got it last year and was using my iPhone 4 but now have an iPhone 5s and need to be using that in the car now.

So, I followed the pioneer guide and updated the software to 8.30 and everything appeared to be going along nicely until I put my phone in.   The apps icon is greyed out along with the iPod icon.  I gather most of you are from the states and have different updates but would the basics of the set up stay the same?

So I am using an Apple HDMI Lightning lead, and have a HDMI lead plugged in along with the lightning/USB lead and it is charging it fine, but it is not accepting the iPhone at all.  Before it would say "Appradio is trying to connect…" (that was just through the lightning lead / USB lead but no sound was coming through and it would never connect to the apps) but now it won't even recognise it.  I must be doing something wrong as the leads are exactly the same as the Pioneer EU Software update PDF which has a diagram of what leads to use.

I have tried both settings on the Appradio to "AV iPhone" and "Others" but again nothing is happening.

Any help would be much appreciated.  Hope y'all having a fabulous weekend!

EssexLisa I'm really sorry. I think you have the worst timing ever. You can see from the posts directly above that moorsinho was asking almost the exact same thing just a few minutes earlier. He was super rude to people here and I don't think anyone is going to help him anymore. If you are a different person EssexLisa I really am sorry but all appearances show that you are most likely the same person as moorsinho. Given that this board can go for months without questions it is really weird to have 2 people with the same problem within minutes. Not to mention you creating a profile just today asking the same questions, saying things the same way, same phrases... it is all just very unlikely.

So I'm really sorry but I don't think anyone will be helping you anytime soon. Hopefully you aren't real cause if you are that it just the worst timing. I don't think I've ever seen someone from the UK type y'all like they were from Texas in the US. I would've been interested in knowing all about that.

erm, not sure what to say really but I didn't even read any of the posts above until now so that is a bit weird! I can assure you I am not that other guy I genuinely have an issue with my app radio but can also see how much of a coincidence it looked!

We say Y'all for a joke to the americans as I work with a lot of them in London!  

If you can't help me, don't worry.  I'm sure I will find a way.

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Wachanim LMAO!

Its alright I've done it now. I'm quite "knowledgeable" after all Wachanim. 

No need for all the drama ladies.

Laters