Pioneer SPH-DA120 Apple CarPlay compatible with large 6.2-Inch Capacitive Touch Screen, GPS, Bluetooth, Android and iPhone. Also supports AppRadio Mode

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With two USB ports, you have the opportunity to have a fixed connection for your iPhone whilst having the ability to connect additional media, such as video and image files. Well that depends on your wants and desires, as well as what media sources you plan on connecting to it.

Connect the phone using a CD-MU200 Mirrorlink cable, connected to USB port 2 (bottom) on the rear of the unit. AppRadio allows you to control your phone’s contacts, calendar, maps and more through your car’s head unit.Within this menu, you can adjust brightness, contrast, color settings, and even choose from different display themes to personalize your viewing experience. From there, you can access various options such as equalizer settings, balance, fader, and other audio adjustments to tailor the sound to your preference. Bluetooth audio can be controlled via its built-in music player, with music meta-data such as title, artist, album name and genre being populated into the player’s interface.

You don’t have to be distracted to look at and touch-control your head unit again and again while driving. AppRadioLIVE pulls content from many different sources and services which you likely already have an account with. It supports both – Pioneer’s own proprietary software “AppRadio” which already has both Android and iOS support, and Apple’s CarPlay.To the extent permitted by applicable law, and as provided in the GPL and LGPL, Pioneer and its licensors provide and you accept the firmware "As is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This is great if you find CarPlay’s crashing a real burden from time to time, and it’s a nice way to have something a bit more stable to use until Apple iron out all the niggles that its CarPlay platform can bring! inch capacitive touch-screen, with a resolution of 800×480 – similar to both the Alpine and JBL headunits, and most other headunits selling in 2016 come to think of it. The AppRadio 4 is certainly feature packed for a ‘budget’ receiver, and it will allow you many media options, all of which I’ll touch on later. By simply connecting up to your car’s backup camera, the receiver will show its rear-view video feed on the display along with parking assist guidelines.

Here is where aftermarket radio systems like the Pioneer AppRadio 4 SPH-DA120 with CarPlay make life easier.

If you have an alternative video source; via the HDMI port at the back, you can plug this source in and have its content display on the AppRadio 4’s screen. It lets you connect your iPhone to the car’s head unit through either a USB port, or wirelessly, and becomes a receiver for CarPlay functions. Navigating through tracks is then done either on the device, via the controls on the headunit or by your own steering wheel interface controls (if compatible). The Pioneer SPH-DA120 is a well-designed and reliable car radio that delivers excellent audio quality.

With its silver edge rimmed bezel design, the AppRadio 4 carries a close resemblance to an Apple iPad. The SPH-DA120 also supports AppRadio Mode, CarPlay and other connectivity solutions like Bluetooth wireless streaming. In today’s age of digital displays and tough-screens, I think it is now time for Pioneer to heavily invest some time in this area. By entering the ‘Themes’ area in the settings menu, you can choose from a variety of backgrounds, including a way to add your own images from a USB drive. Simply download Pioneer’s free of charge AppRadio application onto your iPhone® or Android™ device and connect to the AppRadio receiver using the appropriate Pioneer connectivity kit (sold separately) to unleash the power of compatible apps right from the dash of your car!

First, ensure that your iPhone (for Apple CarPlay) or Android phone (for Android Auto) is connected to the radio via USB cable.