Any experience with appradio2 ? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

staycrushing · 06-10-2012, 10:48 PM

Rather than spend 895 on a factory option... Was considering the appradio2 unit... Also will the stock mic and USB port work?

ken.sayers · 06-10-2012, 11:13 PM

I had one installed yesterday. Could not hook up radio because he did not have the proper adapter. Any help here would be appreciated.

I had him do the right thing with the parking brake and it really gets in the way. I suggest bypassing.

Overall, I like the AppRadio better than the stock radio, but there are a number of issues.

It is slow to move between apps.
There is no way to stop the music without going to the music app which may be in the background.
I have to have the phone handy because I am constantly asked to allow access to the iphone.

I'd say I don't have enough time with it to give a proper opinion yet.

Ishii Motors · 06-11-2012, 04:33 AM

Word of caution on watching DVDs with newer nav decks and app radios:

Before you could just ground the parking brake line and all was good.
Now days, you have to release the P-brake and pull it again to enable the viewing of movies etc...

I've bypassed this on Appradios by getting a programmable relay to wait 4sec then ground, relase and then reground the p-brake line upon turning the ignition on. Thus allowing viewing of the screen whilst driving.

Just throwing that out there.

Ishii

staycrushing · 06-11-2012, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ken.sayers

I had one installed yesterday. Could not hook up radio because he did not have the proper adapter. Any help here would be appreciated.

I had him do the right thing with the parking brake and it really gets in the way. I suggest bypassing.

Overall, I like the AppRadio better than the stock radio, but there are a number of issues.

It is slow to move between apps.
There is no way to stop the music without going to the music app which may be in the background.
I have to have the phone handy because I am constantly asked to allow access to the iphone.

I'd say I don't have enough time with it to give a proper opinion yet.

slow to move between apps? (care to explain more about this?)

having to constantly access phone?

keep me posted cause i dont want to drop money on something that could become an annoyance

Juanito08 · 06-11-2012, 03:14 PM

I wouldn't recommend it, I read reviews on amazon and they said the stereo was supper laggy and not enough apps. I bought myself a pioneer AVH-4400BH works great

06-10-2012, 10:48 PM	#1
staycrushing Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: A Hot Mess Location: SO CAL Posts: 199 Thanks: 22 Thanked 150 Times in 67 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Any experience with appradio2 ? Rather than spend 895 on a factory option... Was considering the appradio2 unit... Also will the stock mic and USB port work? __________________ one of the first people to ruin the frs.

06-10-2012, 11:13 PM	#2
ken.sayers Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Hot Lava FR-S Location: South Jersey, USA Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	AppRadio 2 Installed I had one installed yesterday. Could not hook up radio because he did not have the proper adapter. Any help here would be appreciated. I had him do the right thing with the parking brake and it really gets in the way. I suggest bypassing. Overall, I like the AppRadio better than the stock radio, but there are a number of issues. It is slow to move between apps. There is no way to stop the music without going to the music app which may be in the background. I have to have the phone handy because I am constantly asked to allow access to the iphone. I'd say I don't have enough time with it to give a proper opinion yet.

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06-11-2012, 04:33 AM	#3
Ishii Motors Join Date: May 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Location: Bellevue WA Posts: 186 Thanks: 13 Thanked 153 Times in 61 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Word of caution on watching DVDs with newer nav decks and app radios: Before you could just ground the parking brake line and all was good. Now days, you have to release the P-brake and pull it again to enable the viewing of movies etc... I've bypassed this on Appradios by getting a programmable relay to wait 4sec then ground, relase and then reground the p-brake line upon turning the ignition on. Thus allowing viewing of the screen whilst driving. Just throwing that out there. Ishii

06-11-2012, 03:14 PM	#5
Juanito08 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: Scion Fr-s Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 524 Thanks: 38 Thanked 283 Times in 100 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I wouldn't recommend it, I read reviews on amazon and they said the stereo was supper laggy and not enough apps. I bought myself a pioneer AVH-4400BH works great

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