So I upgrade to an iphone 5, woo!

I find out I need a new $50 cable, AND a $50 apple adapter to make it work. Awesome.

I buy said parts and hook it all up.

First of all, my damn appradio wont do a thing because it thinks its paired to an Android device! I'm using the CD-IH202 kit from Pioneer, and genuine apple cables and adapters. And it thinks its a damn android!

AND, AND, I come here for a solution, and see that this setup makes me lose half the damn functionality I actually want! Assuming I can convince my Appradio that it's an iphone and NOT an android... somehow (any clue how?) I lose my ipod app (so presumably Siri control over itunes too) AND I need to play Pandora over bluetooth?

What do I gain?

Some crappy apps on the head unit?

What the hell? Why the heck id the iphone 5 WORSE than my 4 was?

Total fail Pioneer.

Did you upgrade the firmware to 8.30?

Did you upgrade the firmware to 8.30?

Yep.

Also forgot to mention. Furiously pissed that in the $50 HDMI cable box that I waited 2 months for the instructions tell me I dont even NEED the goddamned $50 HDMI cable. Any USB Lightning + HDMI will work.

What doesn't work exactly? Why do you say it thinks it's connected to an Android?

Well I am having no issues with my setup so it must be something with you. And the change in the way things now work is what Pioneer had to do to compensate for the change in standard that Apple implemented. Pioneer simply could have chose not to address anything with these units and only offered an upgrade with next years unit but they didn't so I see it as win.

I only started using the appradio with the iPhone 5 so I don't have much experience besides testing it out with my iPhone 4 and wasn't able to get it to mirror. That alone on the 5 is worth it for me

Still waiting for rdio to update it's app!

First off calm down. I know the changes are annoying at first, and yes in some ways you are losing some capability with the change. Remember it is still far better than having to replace you're entire radio because you got a new phone. 

Calm yet? Hope so. 

Pandora doesn't play over bluetooth, it's controlled via bluetooth. All audio is routed from the HDMI and is actually better quality than the analog audio you were sending before. So there is your first improvement. 

Your phone thinks it's an Android phone because you have the radio set to Other mode. disconnect your iPhone, turn off bluetooth on your iPhone, turn the radio off by sliding to the right and pressing the speaker icon and then go into settings. In settings find the device chooser. Based on your post I am thinking it is set to Other. Change it to iPhone AV Digital. Once you have done that re-enable your bluetooth and plug your iPhone back in. Your car should recognize your phone correctly now. 

You do not lose Siri control. I chose new songs through siri all the time with my 5 and it works without a problem. You do lose the iPod app but you just use the carmediaplayer app instead. It is a far smoother app than the built in app. 

Any other questions? Feel free to ask, but don't yell at us. We didn't do anything to you and are happy to help when you're calm about it. 

Well said dannyz.

Phone disconnected, BT off. Turn appradio off.

Have to turn it back on to get into settings.

Click App Connection Settings. It does say Others.

But when I click it it just tells me to do what you just did. I can't change it.

Now what,

No don't turn it off all the way. Press the speaker on the second page. That turns off the amp but lets you go into settings. Once you do that you will be able to switch other to iPhone AV

and again don't have your iPhone plugged in at all. 

When I press the speaker the screen clears and it says Off at the top. I can't do anything til I hit the center home button and turn it back on.

Pressing the speaker does this:

Video of behavior:

That's weird, with the phone disconnected from the cable and bluetooth you should be able to change that.

When you updated your appradio did you copy only the SPH-DA100_SYS_UC_Ver08.30.yuk file to the USB and update then copy only the SPH-DA100_MMD_UC_Ver08.30.hat file to the usb and run that update?

Maybe just confirm your update using the instructions here: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/StaticFiles/PUSA/Files/Car-Firmware/SPHDA100_AppRadio2-FW-Update_v8.30_INSTRUCTIONS.pdf

Also try a reset on the unit.

I redid the firmware upgrade and it seems the second file, the yuk, never applied correctly? Or maybe I cancelled it by mistake? I dont know - either way - after reapplying the yuk file it works.

So I partially retract my previous statements - its not 100% suck. But the fact I cannot listen to the radio or pandora while I monitor traffic really sucks.

But its not as bad as I feared.

Does mix mode not work while monitoring traffic?

Mix mode still works fine. And you can still listen to pandora while using other apps. I don't see what the problem is there. 

LordDamax it appears most if not all of your issues are user error. So just ask advice about an issue in the future before commenting on how things suck.

WHOLY CRAP! LETS SWAP! I CANT CHANGE MY IPHONE AV SETTING INTO OTHER!!!! AS I WANT TO USE THE ANDROID INSTEAD OF THE IPHONE 5!!!! Just started to post as well, why I cant change it back to the android system

OKE I managed to swap into Android system! With the Off button as you guys said. However when I tried to put it back to Iphone 5, it really got stock!!! THA next problem is that apps are not running! Everything is black! any help?