Taking the confusion out of the 2012 Pioneer touch screen dvd head units that support Android phones.

I must admit , i have been installing Pioneer Head units for 18 year and even i was confused with the 2012 line up. So let me try to clarify a little bit.

The IPhone / Ipod is the undisputed king of all in car media. Every aftermarket radio company make a Ipod / IPhone compatible usb head unit (some as low as $79.00 retail!!!) and 80 % of car manufacturers offer Ipod / iPhone adaptors in new vehicles. But in the past few years Android phones have dominated the cell phone market in the shear number of units sold. Android owns 50% of the market and  IPhone 35%. With that many Millions of Android phone users they simply could not be ignored. So for 2012 11 of Pioneer's head units have some sort of Android phone support (this is where it gets tricky).

We'll start from the top.
App Radio 2
This is Pioneer's Mech-less (no moving parts) radio
It is basically a 7 inch touch screen am/fm usb display with blue tooth (no cd payer, no dvd player much like the Mac Book air and net books , tablets , etc..) But when you plug in your IPhone they unit comes alive displaying sum (not all) of your iPhone content on the touch screen. The App radio is on its second production run since it was released last year with the APP radio 1. In the App radio 2 they added more apps and better app support for the IPhone and Finlay Android phone support!!! BUT you must get the Android cable kit (the radio already comes with the Ipod/ IPhone cable kit in the box). The part number for the Android cable kit is CD-AH-200c with a retail cost of $120

Since there is only 1 IPhone made by Apple , IPhone compatibility is guaranteed, not the case with Android. Android is a operating system owned by Google and many phone manufacturers like Samsung, Motorola, HTC and others just build there hardware to work with the Google software. Since there are differt standards from handset to handset and maker to maker 100% compatibility can not be guaranteed. Unlike the Ipod / IPhone there is not even a standard usb sync cable for Android devices like the standard 30 PIN Ipod cable!
Here is a list of the compatible Android devices as of 4-16-12
 

MANUFACTURER	MODEL	OS VERSION	CONNECTION TYPE
Apple	iPhone® 4S	iOS 5.1	30-Pin
	iPhone® 4	iOS 5.1	30-Pin
HTC	Amaze™ 4G	Android 2.3.4	MHL
	EVO™ 3D	Android 2.3.4	MHL
	Rezound™	Android 2.3.4	MHL
	Sensation™ XE	Android 2.3.4	MHL
LG	Optimus 2X (P990)	Android 2.3.4	HDMI
Motorola	Atrix™ 2	Android 2.3.6	HDMI
	DROID 4	Android 2.3.6	HDMI
	DROID RAZR	Android 2.3.6	HDMI
	DROID RAZR MAXX	Android 2.3.6	HDMI
Samsung	Droid Charge	Android 2.3.6	HDMI
	Galaxy Note™	Android 2.3.6	MHL
	Galaxy S™ II	Android 2.3.6	MHL
	Galaxy S™ II, Epic™ 4G Touch	Android 2.3.6	MHL
Sony Ericsson	Xperia™ arc S	Android 2.3.4	HDMI
	Xperia™ neo V	Android 2.3.4	HDMI

The Head unit paired with one of the above listed Android devices will allow you to control Pandora internet radio from the touch screen of the pioneer headunit if the phone is conected via the usb cable or via bluetooth and the same applies to playing music from the phones memory chip . You will get song title and artist info along with basic track skip features.

 MAIN FEATURES

• Compatible with iPhone 4S (cable included), iPhone 4(cable included), iPod® Touch 4th Gen (cable included), and select Android™ devices (CD-AH200C interface cable required)
• 7" WVGA capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 800 pixels x 480 pixels and multi-touch operation.
• FM/AM radio tuner with RDS
• Direct control for iPod/iPhone (cable included)
• Built-In Bluetooth® for hands-free calling with phone book access, dial pad, and included microphone
• Built-in MOSFET 50W x 4 amplifier, Easy EQ preset equalizer, 5-band graphic equalizer, subwoofer control, and two sets of RCA preouts (2 x 2V) for system expansion.
• External GPS antenna for improved positioning accuracy
• Rear-view camera input

 The App radio 2 is the ONLY 2012 head unit that alows your android device to have a phisical connection to the head unit (so you can charge you phone while palying your music)
The rest of the headunits only suport Android devices via Blue tooth!!!!! and only for Pandora and AHA apps.


The 2012 product line of CD, DVD, and Navigation receivers that feature built-in Bluetooth® have a capability of wirelessly streaming audio and track metadata to the unit with basic control from your Android device.

• A2DP profile for audio streaming.
• AVRCP profile for audio control (track metadata available on 2012 AVIC and AVH models with AVRCP 1.3).
• SPP (Serial Port Profile) for full, on-screen control of Pandora® internet radio and Aha™ Radio apps (when installed on Android device) on AVIC-Z140BH and AVIC-X940BT.

2012 Navigation Receivers with Bluetooth (A2DP/AVRCP/SPP)

AVIC-Z140BH

AVIC-X940BT

2012 DVD Receivers with Bluetooth (A2DP/AVRCP 1.3)

AVH-P8400BH

AVH-P4400BH

AVH-P3400BH

AVH-P2400BT

2012 CD Receivers with Bluetooth (A2DP/AVRCP)

DEH-80PRS

DEH-P9400BH

DEH-P8400BH

DEH-6400BT

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