Pioneer Appradio 2 questions
06-11-2013, 03:06 PM
#1
Pioneer Appradio 2 questions
A little background, my stock HU had been acting up recently. Goes in/out sometimes. I do have the 445u installed, but i know its not that. Its definitely something loose in the head unit itself.
Anyway i want to install a double din. I figure might as well get a nice one. So i was looking at the appradio 2. Seems to fit my needs. IPhone/Android compatible. Supposed to be able to run your apps from your phone thru it. I like that, as i primarily use my phones nav, and i use slacker/Pandora allot as well. I don't care about the lack of a cd player as I've only had a CD in my stock hu once in 2 years.
Here's my questions. Its ipod/phone ready out of the box. I have an old iPod 30gb classic, and a galaxy s2 Android phone. I was talking to a guy at best buy (i know, not always a reliable source). I'm not going to buy it there, but that's where i wanted to check it out. He was saying that i won't be able to run both. I have to choose. To run my phone thru it and use the apps from my phone, i need an expensive adapter kit. That's fine with me.
Now the question: if i set it up with my phone, can't i just use the aux input/headphone plug (like i do now) for my old iPod? And use both that way? He said it had both USB and an aux plug input on the back of it.
Also he said to use it with Android you need a $35 app!? This blew me away, I've never heard of an app that expensive.
Any info good or bad you may have well be helpful, even if you don't have an answer to my questions. Who knows, I may not even go with this HU depending in the answers/info i get.
Thanks guys
Anyway i want to install a double din. I figure might as well get a nice one. So i was looking at the appradio 2. Seems to fit my needs. IPhone/Android compatible. Supposed to be able to run your apps from your phone thru it. I like that, as i primarily use my phones nav, and i use slacker/Pandora allot as well. I don't care about the lack of a cd player as I've only had a CD in my stock hu once in 2 years.
Here's my questions. Its ipod/phone ready out of the box. I have an old iPod 30gb classic, and a galaxy s2 Android phone. I was talking to a guy at best buy (i know, not always a reliable source). I'm not going to buy it there, but that's where i wanted to check it out. He was saying that i won't be able to run both. I have to choose. To run my phone thru it and use the apps from my phone, i need an expensive adapter kit. That's fine with me.
Now the question: if i set it up with my phone, can't i just use the aux input/headphone plug (like i do now) for my old iPod? And use both that way? He said it had both USB and an aux plug input on the back of it.
Also he said to use it with Android you need a $35 app!? This blew me away, I've never heard of an app that expensive.
Any info good or bad you may have well be helpful, even if you don't have an answer to my questions. Who knows, I may not even go with this HU depending in the answers/info i get.
Thanks guys
06-11-2013, 03:48 PM
#2
A little background, my stock HU had been acting up recently. Goes in/out sometimes. I do have the 445u installed, but i know its not that. Its definitely something loose in the head unit itself.
Anyway i want to install a double din. I figure might as well get a nice one. So i was looking at the appradio 2. Seems to fit my needs. IPhone/Android compatible. Supposed to be able to run your apps from your phone thru it. I like that, as i primarily use my phones nav, and i use slacker/Pandora allot as well. I don't care about the lack of a cd player as I've only had a CD in my stock hu once in 2 years.
Here's my questions. Its ipod/phone ready out of the box. I have an old iPod 30gb classic, and a galaxy s2 Android phone. I was talking to a guy at best buy (i know, not always a reliable source). I'm not going to buy it there, but that's where i wanted to check it out. He was saying that i won't be able to run both. I have to choose. To run my phone thru it and use the apps from my phone, i need an expensive adapter kit. That's fine with me.
Now the question: if i set it up with my phone, can't i just use the aux input/headphone plug (like i do now) for my old iPod? And use both that way? He said it had both USB and an aux plug input on the back of it.
Also he said to use it with Android you need a $35 app!? This blew me away, I've never heard of an app that expensive.
Any info good or bad you may have well be helpful, even if you don't have an answer to my questions. Who knows, I may not even go with this HU depending in the answers/info i get.
Thanks guys
Anyway i want to install a double din. I figure might as well get a nice one. So i was looking at the appradio 2. Seems to fit my needs. IPhone/Android compatible. Supposed to be able to run your apps from your phone thru it. I like that, as i primarily use my phones nav, and i use slacker/Pandora allot as well. I don't care about the lack of a cd player as I've only had a CD in my stock hu once in 2 years.
Here's my questions. Its ipod/phone ready out of the box. I have an old iPod 30gb classic, and a galaxy s2 Android phone. I was talking to a guy at best buy (i know, not always a reliable source). I'm not going to buy it there, but that's where i wanted to check it out. He was saying that i won't be able to run both. I have to choose. To run my phone thru it and use the apps from my phone, i need an expensive adapter kit. That's fine with me.
Now the question: if i set it up with my phone, can't i just use the aux input/headphone plug (like i do now) for my old iPod? And use both that way? He said it had both USB and an aux plug input on the back of it.
Also he said to use it with Android you need a $35 app!? This blew me away, I've never heard of an app that expensive.
Any info good or bad you may have well be helpful, even if you don't have an answer to my questions. Who knows, I may not even go with this HU depending in the answers/info i get.
Thanks guys
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21RRF150 (06-11-2013)
06-11-2013, 04:32 PM
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06-13-2013, 02:40 PM
#5
Ok I'm bumping this because i don't want to start a new thread. Any good suggestions for a double din head unit? All i really want to do is use my phones nav(google maps) through it when i need to, I can live without using my other apps. Is this even possible?
