apprently i tend to push very controversial buttons. :tup:

keeps the place alive, and to the truth. :p

"If it matters, it produces controversy."
-Jay Greene

Attached: One super grainy nighttime iPhone picture of my z.:eekdance:

Nice choice on the HU OP! I got the 4500 which is pretty much the same except I don't have the HD radio.

I bought this model to use my waze app for GPS as well, the only complaint I have is that when you run the app you can't listen to music too you are just stuck at the screen with GPS. Do you have this same problem or have I just not figured it out yet?

It also takes me forever to get to the app screen cause I have to keep checking my phone to allow them to communicate. It gets kind of frustrating that I just end up streaming Pandora to the HU via bluetooth.

Same thing with the waze app and music. There's gotta be a way around it. However if I leave waze on and use pandora, waze speaks thru the music to provide direction, just no image. :confused:

if you're taking about the steering control you need to use the 3.5mm input with W/R or R/W or watever on the far right. :D

i just got done installing a 2500BT in my honda using ASWC. no issues. the scroll in FM is still the same as my PAC in my Z running 4500BT with only going up a few increments in frequency, does not jump to the next preset. oh well. i dont really use FM so no biggie for me.

BT worked and i placed the mic in my honda where jenz has it on her Z. :D

I had this issue w/Waze the other day (stock, non-Bose HU using just an Aux cable). It was the first (and only) time it did it. I tried to replicate it and couldn't, but wonder if you open the music app first then Waze if it will bypass it? :confused: I dunno, Waze shouldn't block/mute music like that.

I could only get the volume to work...:icon14:

I think it may be the fact that the stereo can't run 2 apps at the same time. I just got the HU though and I need to do some more playing around with it.

I tried that. I also tried the reverse. For some reason when waze displays on the HU- no music. :ugh2:

:thumbsdown: Well that just sucks.

Are you able to have Waze open on the phone and have music playing in the HU? Or vice-versa?

I've never used a bluetooth HU, so I'm not sure how it works, etc.

Haven't tried streaming music via Bluetooth yet so maybe ill try that. Still sucks though cause I'd like to utilize the HU for nav whenever needed. The good thing is that the times I need it will be far and few between. My husbands mini actually has more luggage room than the z so that's gonna be our road tripper.

Yeah you can definitely do that. I actually prefer it. So what I do now, is stream my music from my phone via pandora straight to the HU via bluetooth. THE HU displays the artist information and album as well via bluetooth. Then if I need to go somewhere and need GPS, I will program the destination into the phone and while I am driving the voice prompts come right through the speakers. The music does not turn off when the voice prompts come through, the volume of the music just simply goes down, and then the GPS lady says where to go.

I often use this feature, but to be honest I bought the HU so I could see the map on the screen.

so i did more tests with the ASWC and 2500BT on my dd which is a honda, but shouldn't matter since the wired remote and the BT part is no different than 5500BH, 4500BT.

1. i could not use google nav (off my droid) to sound the directions through the BT to car speakers while audio (FM, MP3, DVD, etc) is playing. :(

2. i tried using steering controls while im in the pioneer's setup mode (like EQ setup, display setting ,etc) the ASWC freezes and no longer works until the car is restarted. which i thought was a pita :ugh2: since ive never had this issue using PAC. like my Z runs PAC with the 4500BT, and it has no issue skipping tracks, volume control while im in setup mode in the 4500BT.

as for nav, i use a nuvi in my Z which also works as my obd2 gauge, so it's no issue.

not sure wat i need to do with my dd though...hummm... was hoping i can get the audio directions off google nav while MP3 was playing. if i enable BT audio streaming, the phone battery dies pretty quickly if not in the cradle, so that's kind of a pita to have to place in the cradle each time i get in the car.


but anyway, my 2500BT and 4500BT were cheap and sounds good so im okay with it for now. :tup:

my x5500 is getting delivered today!!! I figure if I can do all the preinstall stuff (like connecting all the harnesses) I should be able to do the install tomorrow night.