Anyone have a Pioneer AppRadio head?

[SuperBuickGuy]

I finally found something that said that if you have navigation, you have an amp... :gaah:so I get to buy another harness.

 

[SedonaBound]

I finally found something that said that if you have navigation, you have an amp... :gaah:so I get to buy another harness.

I hope you can return it for credit.

 

[SuperBuickGuy]

nope, already used.

 

[H3HummerLineX]

I had to buy the harness for the radio and the harness to keep all the factory stuff like the chime and on star. I'm running one of the first app radio hybrids. Pioneer 850BT. Had to also buy the adapter to ad the app radio function .


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[ABNTROOP]

I'm debating on swapping but am still on the fence. The reviews still have enough grumbling that I fear the kinks haven't been flushed out yet. That and the H3 is such an electrical nightmare that I shy away from modding it.

 

[SedonaBound]

That and the H3 is such an electrical nightmare that I shy away from modding it.

I wouldn't let it hold you back. Upgrading the head unit in the H3 is very simple and easy. Most of the work; splicing the new harness plug to the head unit wiring; can be done at the kitchen table. Jut make sure you get the correct harness. Swapping out the heads in the truck is just a few screws and plugging it in. It took me longer to run the new mic up into the OnStar mic mount in the overhead (optional) than to wire the harness and swap the heads. It only gets complicated when your adding an amp, sub, etc.

As far as the AppRadio (I can't comment on CarPlay), there aren't very many compatible apps yet but they are enough do everything I want in a car; Bluetooth for both phone and music, and nav (and other) apps on the connected phone instead of adding $500 to the head cost. I'm adding a BT OBDII scanner and DashCommander app so I'll have access to all sorts of data from the BCU/ECU. I'm not a compulsive phone upgrader so I figure my iPhone 4S will serve for quite a while with this head unit. I think all head units will integrate with the driver's smartphone in a few years.