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Old 23 May 2015, 08:41 PM
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I fitted a Pioneer Apple Car Play headunit yesterday and it's awesome.

You loose the ability to play cd's but seeing as all my music in now on my phone it makes good sense.

Google maps works like a sat nav and is very accurate with the included gps antenna.

Also can send and receive texts via voice activation, make receive calls, audio streaming with album art ect.

Its like having a tablet in the dash so far I'm very impressed...

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Old 23 May 2015, 08:52 PM
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Can you use you phones 3G data ?
Old 23 May 2015, 08:57 PM
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Yes I believe so. It's comes up at the top of the screen saying 3G/4G
Forgot to mention it also has a spotfiy app.
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I have the same head unit and I love it.
Very fluid and easy to use. However it could do with a firm ware update. On ios7 you could use dash command and had more app capability I have a DAB app that works very well though.
The fact you can use mirror link for android devices is pretty awesome.
I have thought about the reverse camera too
Old 23 May 2015, 09:09 PM
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Yeah I would like to add the reverse camera. What dab radio app are you using?
Old 23 May 2015, 09:13 PM
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Guess radio plays like a conventional car radio through the cars radio aerial?

Been thinking about 1 of these for a while
Old 23 May 2015, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by InTurbo
Yeah I would like to add the reverse camera. What dab radio app are you using?
It's called dabradio free
Old 23 May 2015, 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooby Wagon
Guess radio plays like a conventional car radio through the cars radio aerial?

Been thinking about 1 of these for a while
Yeah still plays conventional radio, plenty of USB ports too. I spent years with cables adaptors, *** lighter sockets trying to integrate my iPhone's but this is turn it on plug it in done totally seamless.
Old 23 May 2015, 09:35 PM
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Whats the pre out on this? Ive been put off changing my single din pioneer deh-80prs as I cannot find a double din with a 5v pre out?

Is very appealing though!
Old 24 May 2015, 10:32 AM
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Not sure about the pre outs but this is the info from the manual.
RCA Preouts 3 (4V)
Built-in Amplifier MOSFET 50W x 4
MIXTRAX®
Auto EQ
Easy EQ (EEQ) Preset Equalizer
Customizable Graphic Equalizer 13-Band
Time Alignment
Crossover LPF, HPF
Subwoofer Control
Listening Position Selector
Advanced Sound Retriever
Old 24 May 2015, 12:08 PM
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Which model did you go for?
Old 24 May 2015, 03:45 PM
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It's a Pioneer Sph-da120
Old 24 May 2015, 06:59 PM
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Did you need to buy something for it to work with iPhone 5? Been looking on amazon at 1 of these for a few days but it says i need to buy a adaptor for it to work with the 5?
Old 24 May 2015, 08:01 PM
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These are great units, I've had one for a while and the integration is fantastic.
Old 24 May 2015, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by night_51
Did you need to buy something for it to work with iPhone 5? Been looking on amazon at 1 of these for a few days but it says i need to buy a adaptor for it to work with the 5?
No all you need to usb lead supplied with your iPhone, if you wish to use the mirror link and pioneer app radio app you'll need the hdmi kit
Old 25 May 2015, 09:28 AM
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I generally use TomTom on my phone for nav, does MirrorLink mean that you could get that app to show on the screen? I was looking at the Parrot one because that can get the app itself but if MirrorLink works that way then that's even better.
Old 25 May 2015, 11:18 AM
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+1 for dash command I'd be happy with that, the only thing I miss is a volume ****, can be fiddley trying to turn music down in a hurry. Nice unit though.
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Originally Posted by night_51
Did you need to buy something for it to work with iPhone 5? Been looking on amazon at 1 of these for a few days but it says i need to buy a adaptor for it to work with the 5?
Nope I have my iPhone 6 plunged in using the everything provided in the box. You can either use bluetooth or use your I phone 5 cable to plug into the usb connection provided. I installed it into my centre console storage box.

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Old 25 May 2015, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnnyBlaze
+1 for dash command I'd be happy with that, the only thing I miss is a volume ****, can be fiddley trying to turn music down in a hurry. Nice unit though.
Mute button with adjustable volume!
Old 25 May 2015, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by InTurbo
Mute button with adjustable volume!
Still prefer a physical option then I can keep my eyes on the road.
Old 26 May 2015, 08:53 PM
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Had the chance to have more of a play around with it today. And found another nice feature.
You can customise the start up screen to any picture you like when you turn your ignition on.

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Old 26 May 2015, 09:09 PM
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And the background also
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Pretty cool
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Just ordered one of these yesterday, looking forward to fitting it. seem to be allot of folk impressed with them.
Old 03 June 2015, 05:05 PM
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FYI, screen protectors are available off eBay, a few quid for 6, from Germany but didn't take long to come.
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Originally Posted by Yardz
It's called dabradio free
Does that go over mobile data?
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Will it do screen mirroring? I have the TomTom app and would prefer to use that or 'Nav Free' over Apple maps any day of the week.
Old 07 June 2015, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by riiidaa
Will it do screen mirroring? I have the TomTom app and would prefer to use that or 'Nav Free' over Apple maps any day of the week.
I'm pretty sure it's not compatible with CarPlay as yet, there isn't a great deal what is. Not sure about app radio mode as I don't have it.

It's a app that should be able to work with CarPlay, like a few others (DASH COMMAND!!), but I suppose they have to work with Apple to get it on there.
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Originally Posted by BurningSky
Does that go over mobile data?
Yeah it will do, I don't have much data on my phone contact but when I renew in a few months il be getting as much as I can to make use of apps like that and "tune in" radio, I think spotify would be worth a go as well.
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Moving from a 4s plus having the cable for the 4s i do use dashcommand and now have a 6 its rather expensive to change cable to the lightening adapter. Is dashcommand included in the car play. If not i will use the 4s cable and buy the converter adapter and see if it works that way


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