Glad I tested this app at a shop before buying Sony

I was looking to do an iPad install in my cars dash and use this head unit behind the iPad and then use the iPad as my interface for changing sources, using the radio, etc. I knew from the start this app was crap according to everyone else but I was excited to find an installer that had a compatible head unit installed on their demo board so I could download this app on my iPad and test before buying. Setup is not very easy as it kept telling me to turn on WiFi but really it only uses Bluetooth. Once I got the Bluetooth paired it started working and I was able to change between radio and CD and Aux. But once you leave the app to play your own music like Pandora or Spotify thats when the problems start. Once you leave the Song pal app and come back it has to reconnect with the head unit which takes about 30 seconds. Sometimes it worked ok but most of the time it would just hang. The installer was able to fix it by pushing buttons on the head unit to get it back into app mode, but in my setup I wont have access to the head unit unless I took my whole dash apart. Forget that! This app is too buggy and Ive decided not to go with Sony for my project. The problem is I cant find any alternatives. Most head units these days want you to take content from you phone and use it on the head unit. I want to go the other way, using my phone to control the head unit.

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