Here's another image of the ILX-007 I found buried in the depths of the internets.

This is the difference. It's pretty significant in my opinion.

 

Sure on paper, but what about real word usage?

I mean, most of the GPS I've bought wee 5", and were ok for nagigation...

Of course you'll be able to see a 6.2" screen during real-world usage. I'm thinking more of the overall aesthetic of the car's interior. Smallish in-dash screens look silly to me when the overall space can easily fit 7" (or more if double-DIN wasn't the limiting factor). Portable units notwithstanding - they will always look out of place, regardless of size. 

Anyone with a AR4 that upgraded from AR2-3 can comment on the smaller screen?

I would have definitely preferred the full size screen and retained physical buttons. However the trade off for carplay and the extra functions makes it worth it still. I got 2/3 the cost back selling my AR3 and as long as you can do that I'd say it's still worth it.

That said, if you are on Android, picking up an AR3 cheap is probably the way to go.

Apologies for the delay in replying guys! i'll try and answer as much as i can...

Cool! I do not use Spotify, so should not affect me at all. 

 

Usual question: how much you pay for it? and where did you buy it?

I paid £350 for it from Halfords, but i did not get them to install it!

 

I have a couple questions that hopefully you can help with. Thanks.

 

• Since Carplay is inherently made for using while driving, is the feature set identical whether you're parked or driving? Does anything get blocked out? 
• Can you get any video playback, such as a video podcast while using Carplay? If not, does that change if you have the car parked? 
• Is there any need/desire to have a bypass if all you want to use is Carplay?

 

1. Yes it is, being parked or driving doesn't effect the unit.

2. I downloaded a video podcast to test, and no video was played back, just the audio was played.

3. No need to bypass anything.

I still have to see it to figure out if the 0.8" less is a real disaster, but they probably had to cut somewhere to add new features such as the BT functionality you're talking about. Other than that, someone can invest a bit more and get a 7000NEX that is 7" and have built in GPS/navigation software.

Anyone with a AR4 that upgraded from AR2-3 can comment on the smaller screen?

I upgraded from an AppRadio 3 to the AppRadio 4 and to be honest, the size difference doesn't really make much different over the functionality you gain. 

When i installed it, i didn't 'feel' it was a lot smaller, the screen is clear and bright. 

I've been using the new unit for a week now and definitely impressed with it.

If anyone else has any questions please let me know..!

Hi Mate,

You said Carplay was primarily designed for driving and no bypass is required.

Does that mean that Carplay does not have an on-screen keyboard?  For example, you wish to use Apple Maps to navigate to an address.  Do you have to use Siri to input your destination?  Or can you also manually type in an address.

All the review videos i have seen has not shown any sort of keyboard, only Siri.

Cheers,

Hi Mate,

 

You said Carplay was primarily designed for driving and no bypass is required.

 

Does that mean that Carplay does not have an on-screen keyboard?  For example, you wish to use Apple Maps to navigate to an address.  Do you have to use Siri to input your destination?  Or can you also manually type in an address.

 

All the review videos i have seen has not shown any sort of keyboard, only Siri.

 

Cheers,

Awesome! Thanks for the reply mate.

Can you keep an iPod plugged in to USB 2 and easily switch between it and CarPlay with an iPhone on USB 1?

You can certainly have a USB hard drive in USB2 and switch seamless to carplay, or even have the music from it on in the background while using carplay.

I have a question.

Is the stupid warning screen there at start up like in AR2?

The warning messages is the most annoying part on my AR2.

There isn't one there anymore, but there is one when you enter carplay unfortunately.

It is better though as if you just want radio, iPod, USB or bluetooth you don't have to put up with it. Personally, only bother plugging in my phone and using carplay if it's a long journey so it's not as bad. For all the little journeys where you don't do that, you're straight in now.

There isn't one there anymore, but there is one when you enter carplay unfortunately.

 

It is better though as if you just want radio, iPod, USB or bluetooth you don't have to put up with it. Personally, only bother plugging in my phone and using carplay if it's a long journey so it's not as bad. For all the little journeys where you don't do that, you're straight in now.

That's great!

And if I remember you said that you can play music via Bluetooth from your iPhone without plugging it to the car play interface, right?

Yeah that's right. You can even browse the folders to pick what music you want without having to do it on the phone.

Yeah that's right. You can even browse the folders to pick what music you want without having to do it on the phone.

Does this work for both the music app and the Podcast app?

Just arrived.

Im from Australia and bought the US version.  Looking to install it or at least have a working harness this weekend.

Im still waiting on the Micro Bypass and SWC units.

Ill keep you guys posted.

Ok. Just did a test run with my harness. Everything works ok. I'm still waiting on my microbypass so the parking wire is not connected to anything.

I got car play to work but my biggest issue is that I can't seem to get the onscreen keyboard to appear in Apple maps. I go to search for a destination and Siri pops up asking me where I want to go but there is no keyboard icon as stated in an earlier post. Does anyone know if this is because I don't have my bypass? I'm hoping its some security feature that's disabling the keyboard because the appradio thinks I'm "driving".

Does this work for both the music app and the Podcast app?

It does, but the podcast seems slightly fiddly but I think that is the fault of the phone rather than the HU because the behaviour is very similar to when you start music or podcasts from the control centre. Basically, if you've been listening to a podcast, then what you see is all the podcasts when you browse. If you've been listening to music/audiobooks or anything that the music app plays, you see all of that. What you can do though is tell Siri what to play and it always works.

When you are on carplay, they are separate apps so you just select the one you want.

Just arrived.

 

 

I'm jealous of you!!!!!

JJ, your right about the keyboard. I have a European version and only have the keyboatd with the parking brake on, I've since grounded the parking wire and get the keyboatd all the time now.

Everything seems to work but appradio, I've got the hdmi and lightning cable into the apple adaptor but still nothing.

Grant

Everything seems to work but appradio, I've got the hdmi and lightning cable into the apple adaptor but still nothing.

Grant

If I remember well you can enable App Radio mode or Car Play, but not the 2 at the same time. Which make me say App Radio is going to die soon...

Yup - You've got the charge smartphone setup from USB to Digital AV.

Yep tried all of that I even reset the unit and started all again, same result CarPlay works great but no screen mirroring in appradio.

Yep tried all of that I even reset the unit and started all again, same result CarPlay works great but no screen mirroring in appradio.

Why do you want screen mirroring?

I do not understand what you're trying to accomplish here...

Poor choice of words by me. Ok I'll start again. Reset the unit and paired my iPhone 6 with Bluetooth. Set the connection to av adaptor and turned CarPlay off. When I connect my phone via the av adaptor and open appradio on it I get the blue bar at the top of the phone screen.

If I select hdmi on the radio I get a box with apps on the top left with an icon below of appradio. Selecting appradio on the radio I get a connected screen on the phone but the radio screen remains blank. Tapping around the radio screen will launch apps on the phone but no dilay on the radio.

I'm starting to think my av adaptor is knackered.

Grant