I have the same problem as the OP.  I have an iPhone 5, this X8500BHS, and a microbypass that seems to work for everything else (DVDs) but I can't seem to be able to change the App Connection Settings from "Others" to "iPhone (Digitial AV)".  I've disconnected all cables, turned off bluetooth, turned off all sources but still can't get in to make the change.  All I can do is mirror my iPhone's screen on unit (which is actually pretty cool and almost good enough for my navigation needs), but it is really driving me nuts why can't I go in to make the change to the App Connection Settings.

Hi,

i'm italian and sorry for my bad english....

me too this problem, i'm stop in the menù and i can't select "AV IPHONE"  I rest in OTHERS

I've an iphone 5 jailbreak

Help please

I resolved the problem of not being able to select "Digital AV (iPhone)" yesterday.  I had to completely disconnect the HDMI cable and my two USB cables FROM THE BACK of the Pioneer AVH-X8500BHS before I was able to make the selection.  My guess is that it was the HDMI cable.  Maybe Pioneer did need to sell consumers a HDMI cable with specific tolerances (such as in the CD-IH202 kit) for it to work perfectly (total 100% guess on my part).  My HDMI cable was a cheapie $4 cable from Amazon.  

Now that I have AppRadio working, honestly it is somewhat uneventful.  It kind of sucks you cannot play music from non-AppRadio sources while in AppRadio mode, but a simple press of the Mode button switches you back and forth.  As far as Navigation goes, I tried to download iGo lite for my phone, but since I don't have much space on my 16GB iPhone 5 I couldn't download to see how well it works.  GPS Drive Motion X requires a $25 upgrade to be able to use the touch functionality on the AVH-X8500BHS screen.  Waze actually seems to work pretty well for me, especially considering it is a completely free App from Apple's appstore.  

My iPhone 5 is not jail-broken running 6.1.3.

As far as Navigation goes, I tried to download iGo lite for my phone, but since I don't have much space on my 16GB iPhone 5 I couldn't download to see how well it works.

If you have space issues on your phone you might want to consider iTunes Match and stream your from iCloud. You can also try the gMusic app which is AR compatible. This will allow you to have access to all of your music while freeing space on your iDevice for apps.

If you have space issues on your phone you might want to consider iTunes Match and stream your from iCloud. You can also try the gMusic app which is AR compatible. This will allow you to have access to all of your music while freeing space on your iDevice for apps.

Yeah, I looked into going down that iTunes Match route but my music collection a bit larger than 20K songs. Actually I just need to clean out some photos from my phone.

You do realize only the songs that iTunes does match will use that 20K limit right. At least as far as I understand.

You do realize only the songs that iTunes does match will use that 20K limit right. At least as far as I understand.

The last time I looked into it, there wasn't a simple way to partition your music collection if you're over their limit.  BTW, I just looked at it appears the limit is 25K and not 20K.

Yeah it analyzes all of your music. But it only uploads to the limit what iTunes doesn't have. It simply "matches" whats in your collection to what they have available which is streamed right from their server so no need to have it uploaded to the 25K limit. I only have a little over 5k songs so this was a no brainer for my 16GB iPhone. It may be worth a try for you. As I understand they do offer a 14 day refund if you don't like it.

I had the same problem as a lot of people in this thread (not being able to change the App Connection Settings from "Others" to "iPhone (Digitial AV)).  All the unit would do is a mirror function.  What I did to make the option come up on the Menu.  I don't know if all of these need to be done.

1) Turned off Bluetooth on phone and the auto detect in the Bluetooth menu

2) Disconnected the HDMI cable from the back of the unit.

3) removed USB stick from USB port 2.

4) disconnected HDMI cable from lightning adapter.

5) left the USB to lightning connected to the phone.

6) got the unit to the off state.

7) got to the menu App Connections Settings page.

Disconnected the phone at the lightning port.

I think #8 is the key.

I than was able to change the settings from "Others" to "iPhone Digitial AV".

Hope that helps some people.

Hello everyone, I just purchased a AVH-X8500BHS last week and I am still working on getting everything in order. However I can't seem to change the digital av to iPhone 5 or anything other then other, I can sometimes run appradio mode but the actual head unit will not allow for me to control or select any of the apps, a finger with a red X shows up. I am guessing that has a lot to do with the digital av.

This is what I have tried so far:

I did not purchase the Pioneer recommended HDMI cable and just used one I had laying around, after not being successful with one cable I changed it to another which is allowing me to open appradio mode. If I have another app they support in the background (Waze) while I plug in the phone then open the appradio app on my iPhone 5 app radio mode says hello then loads a few apps, I managed to change my background picture on the appradio from the app on the phone but that is the only functionality it has other then being able to see some apps that are compatible. I have a 2 lightning cables I have also tried and the apple HDMI AV adapter is also the real deal.

Is the CD-IH202 really necessary? It's a $45 aspirin at this point...

I would greatly appreciate any help from anyone that might know what might be causing this.

If you don't have it on DIGITAL AV its not going to work properly.

Hey there all,

I'm having issues getting app mode to work too.  All I have currently is mirroring as well.  I've tried everything that people have listed in here and the problem that I'm running in to is that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to change the "app mode" settings.  I keep getting the following message....

I've unhooked all usb cables, and HDMI cable.  I verified I'm using the corrent USB port on the back of the HU.  I've turned off bluetooth on the phone and the HU.  I've powered off the phone all together.  I've tried it with app radio app on, and even uninstalled.  I'm really at a loss.  The only reason I even want app mode is for navigation but at this point I'm starting to wonder if I should just hold out and buy the avic-u250 add on and call it a day.  This is really getting frustrating.  Any help would be GREATLY apreciated.

Thanks,

Billy

Can anyone tell me if I can control iGO on the unit using an iPhone 5? I've tried Waze, but you have to use the phone (no touch screen controls on the unit itself work for me). I want to download it and buy the AppRadio extension, but not if it's not going to work on my iPhone 5 the way I want it to. 

Edit: Got Waze working, still wondering if iGO works like Waze does. I don't want to drop $50 on something and it not be what I was expecting. Thanks

Yes it does. After all it is listed as a compatible app. 

Billy, you need to get the digital AV enabled. Try unplugging the phone, disable Bluetooth and unplug mhl/av dongles and hit the tiny reset button with a pen tip on the bottom left. I didn't need to unplug anything behind the HU. Note that your camera and other settings might go to default, but that's how I got my digital av enabled.

 

I bought it, but I'm now suspecting its no more than a typical MHL adaptor.

For some reason my AVH-X8500BHS defaults to Other anytime i unplug the harness from the back. So i just need to make sure I switch it to Iphone AV before plugging in the iphone or I'll have to disable bluetooth and unplug everything form the back again.

The main problem I run into is using an ipod with the X8500BHS. At first I couldnt get one to work in either USB port with the Pioneer USB extension or without, but then i switched to a different older 32pin ipod cable and it worked in USB port2 with the USB extension cable. Then I realized my appradio input source was reset back to other when i was testing all this. So i unplugged everything again and now it wont work again HAHA. Such a finicky stereo!

Here is how i have my wiring:

• Lighting Cable plugged directly into USB Port1 connected to Apple AV HDMI Adapter
• Rocketfish HDMI Cable plugged into back connected to Apple AV HDMI Adapter
• Pioneer USB Extension Cable that came with the unit plugged into USB port 2

With this configuration i am able to:

• Use waze(now works as touchscreen for me!) in appradio mode and listen to bluetooth audio(Spotify,Soundcloud, Mixcloud)
• Plug USB Thumbdrives into the USB extension and play movies or audio
• I WAS able to plug in my ipod nano into the USB extension with with my 32pin cable and play music but that has stopped working after unplugged everything and plugged it back in to switch out of Other mode.

How does everyone else have theirs wired?

Hi new to pioneer does any one know if there's a way to play video off iphone 5 to you back seat monitors my just says format read on back seat monitors but the DVD will work

I had the same problem here, try this:

1. unplug your phone from the AV adapter
2. turn off the bluetooth on your iPhone
3. with a pen or sharp object, press the reset button on the botton left of the screen for 10 seconds
4. go to the config screen and change to iPhone AV (before reconnecting the bluetooth and AV adapter)
5. turn bluetooth on
6. connect AV adapter
7. enjoy!

If this does'l work repeat the process.

regards from Brazil

Jota Stroeter

the above worked perfected for me as well.  Now I'm tring to figure out how to listen to satellite radio or music while in appradio mode to mirror or using one of the compapitble nav apps.  If I just mirror i can use my ipod function in the iphone 5 and google maps, but I still can't figure out how to listen to siriusXM while mirroring,etc.  Maybe it's not possible.....

the above worked perfected for me as well.  Now I'm tring to figure out how to listen to satellite radio or music while in appradio mode to mirror or using one of the compapitble nav apps.  If I just mirror i can use my ipod function in the iphone 5 and google maps, but I still can't figure out how to listen to siriusXM while mirroring,etc.  Maybe it's not possible.....

Unless you the SirusXM app I don't think you'll be able to listen to SiriusXM at the same time you're in App Mode.  Hopefully this is something Pioneer could fix with a firmware update?

AVH-X8850bt cames with 1.04, actually upgrade to 1.05, then to the last vesion al Latin américa was 1.06 and the lastest in Australia was 1.07, but i don´t know if works at latin américa.