Martinex -- I don't think the firmware patch applies to the x8500, the AppRadio should work out of the box w/ an i5

RootBeer -- I think this one will work, I have it ordered I'll post when I get it

I'm having trouble with my Toyota Metra harness the package/wires are mislabeled. The package says the Illumination wire is Orange, and the dimmer wire Orange/White. Of course there is no Orange wire on the actual harness. There is an Orange/White wire on the main harness that has Dimmer printed on it, and an Orange/Black wire on the rear speaker harness that has Dimmer Ground printed on it, and that's it.

Anyone know off hand if the Orange/White wire on the Metra harness labeled Dimmer is actually the one I connect to the Pioneer harness? From what I can find it seems to be the case (not totally clear), but want to be sure before I hook up the wrong cable.

Another install question -- the x8500 AUX port says it is 4 pole and will take video. I wanted to put a flush port on my dash, and had originally ordered this one, but that is just audio. Has anyone seen a 4 pole extension that would work for this? Maybe this one? Doesn't say video but I don't think that matters? Still would need to figure out how to flush mount it...

Hi again, sorry for the week delay, I had to order a pair of factory brackets for my Toyota Celica.

 

Just got it installed today. I connected my iPhone 5 using only the included male/female USB cable and a Lightning to USB cable that I bought. I can navigate the songs/albums/genres fine just like I could on my previous Pioneer touchscreen stereo. I haven't tried to use the AppRadio mode since it's been said that the firmware patch isn't out yet. I did have the installer plug in a HDMI cable and I've purchased the Lightning to HDMI adapter.

Have you tried the iTunes tagging? I don't have mine installed yet. The manual doesn't list the i5 in the list of devices that it works with, but it also doesn't say you can just plug the i5 into the USB port and use the ipod controls so I'm hoping it does.

Had this installed by a local shop yesterday, along with the XA-R800C Sony backup camera and everything seems to be working fine except the parking brake bypass that I purchased on ebay.  That and there's a constant static sound that I need alleviating by the shop as soon as I have some time to drop by. 

Don't have my android phone yet to test appradio mode with (waiting for the preordered HTC One to be released this month).  Find it strange that there's a mini-hdmi cable sticking out of my dash, which I'm guessing is part of the Pioneer CD-AH200C android kit.  Are there any phones that still use mini-usb instead of micro-usb?  My girlfriend's Samsung galaxy phone is micro-usb. 

the AVH-X8500BHS does app radio out the box no update needed just set App connection to digital

someone should do a walk thro on how to change that setting, took me forever to get it in digital,and I'm still not sure how I did it

part I wasn't to happy with was hooking up 3 cords and having the bulky apple adapter plug in the phone

takes HDMI cord, USB cord that comes with radio, USB cord that comes with iphone 5 and the HDMI adapter

lot of cords since the radio controls the phone with blue tooth

Almost forgot... hook up the usb cord to usb1 on back of radio

part I wasn't to happy with was hooking up 3 cords and having the bulky apple adapter plug in the phone

takes HDMI cord, USB cord that comes with radio, USB cord that comes with iphone 5 and the HDMI adapter

lot of cords since the radio controls the phone with blue tooth

 

Almost forgot... hook up the usb cord to usb1 on back of radio

That last part is important, only USB Port 1 (the bottom one) can apply a firmware update. I bought an extra blue USB cable to hook in there and put the included black cable into the top slot for USB thumb drives. Thanks for the tip Jason about setting the App connection to Digital, I'll try that today.

the AVH-X8500BHS does app radio out the box no update needed just set App connection to digitalsomeone should do a walk thro on how to change that setting, took me forever to get it in digital,and I'm still not sure how I did it

That's where I am stuck. I hit the button to switch to digital and it just shows me the screen that says to turn off Bluetooth, disconnect the device, etc. yet when I follow the steps nothing works...

i finally got the button to work that lets me switch to digital AV.

Now i have a new issue, when i plug in my iphone 5 it launches the appradio app and then all it does is mirrors my phone. i am not seeing any appradio functionality and nothing   on the head unit touch screen does anything.

has anyone gotten an iphone 5 to work with appradio functions?

has anyone gotten an iphone 5 to work with appradio functions?

Yes. Try restarting your phone.

Yes. Try restarting your phone.

when you hit the app's icon does it automatically launch the appradio application?

as soon as i hit app it launches appradio and just mirrors my phone display, any other app i launch (carmediaplayer, mygps, navfree) just continue to mirror my display.

i have tried restarting the phone and nothing happens

when you hit the app's icon does it automatically launch the appradio application?

Yes. Try reseting the unit.

Yes. Try reseting the unit.

that looks like the next thing i have to try

so i re-set the unit and tried everything all over again, still stuck in the screen mirroring

Well do you have the App Radio app installed on the phone?

Well do you have the App Radio app installed on the phone?

yes the app is on my phone, it opens and i just see it mirrored on the head unit

It doesn't appear to be launched in the above pic. Try launching the app from the phone.

It doesn't appear to be launched in the above pic. Try launching the app from the phone.

i took the photo with my phone which was mirroring to the unit at the time. but i have launched it multiple times and it still just mirrored it

Man I dont know. The only thing I can suggest at this point is to remove the app from your phone and redownload it. If that doesn't work a full restore of your phone may fix the problem. Other then that without me being there i cant help you.

Man I dont know. The only thing I can suggest at this point is to remove the app from your phone and redownload it. If that doesn't work a full restore of your phone may fix the problem. Other then that without me being there i cant help you.

ive tried reinstalling the app's as well, i cant do a restore on my phone unfortunately as it is jailbroken and i wont be able to re-jailbreak.

i highly doubt my jailbreak has anything to do with it though

Why cant you re-jailbreak?

Why cant you re-jailbreak?

apple stopped signing off on the 6.1.2 so if you restore from back up it will force you to update to 6.1.3 which cant be jailbroken

anyone?

what software is your unit running? mine is on .08.19

can anyone with this unit confirm what software they are running?