I have read the forum and getting somewhat confused on what specific cables are needed to solely get the appradio mode working for the NEX7000 and an iPhone 5s? I understand the consensus appears to be that appradio mode sucks, however I anticipate the cables will be needed when the firmware update is released for carplay. Thanks in advance for your help.

Yes you need a regular hdmi cAble, apple lightning cable and apple digital av to lightning adapter.

Or you can go the pioneer route and pay 80 bucks for their hdmi and lightning cable and you still need the apple digital av lightning adapter

Perfect! Thank you

Perfect! Thank you