Pretty much the same here… Head Unit: Kenwood DNX692 with latest firmware update Phone: UMX U693CL Android Ver: 9 Pandora Ver: 2208.2 (Android-Tuner 22082003) Connection to Pandora Via: 4G Cellular Connection to Head Unit Via: Bluetooth (Only option for Android devices on this head unit) Standard operating procedure: Tap on PandoraLink icon on head unit, open Pandora on phone, head unit shows “Connecting” for a few seconds and good to go. I’ve never seen the black screen on this phone which shows “Kenwood Accessory” with this head unit / this Phone, however I never had the “Launch from car” option enabled which doesn’t seem to make a difference with Pioneer head units. Everything worked fine (Playlist, Album Art, Artist Info, Song Title, Play, Pause, Skip, etc...) up until and including 09/13/22. Starting on 09/14/22, all I get is the Kenwood wallpaper on the screen with a black rectangle which shows “Connecting” and occasionally shows “Reading”. Audio from Pandora plays fine but that’s it, everything else is gone. When I switch from PandoraLink to Bluetooth Audio on the head unit, everything shows on the screen with the exception of the Album Art and the Playlist. Things I’ve done so far… Un-Paired and Re-Paired phone from the Bluetooth Settings option. Result: No Change Un-Paired and Re-Paired phone starting from Standby Mode. Result: The navigation bar at the bottom of the screen (Play, Pause, Skip, etc…) is back, however the actual button icons are still missing. No other changes. Contacted Kenwood support and was told that their newer models are not shipping with PandoraLink because Pandora no longer supports this option. No other resolution from Kenwood regarding my older head unit. Possibly a scheduled shutdown event built into Pandora Ver. 2208.2 which kicked in mid-September or just an inadvertent error by one of the programmers? So let’s play with an older iPad with a non-updatable version of Pandora due to the IOS Version… Head Unit: Kenwood DNX692 with latest firmware update (same as above) iPad: A1458 (Non Cellular) IOS Ver: 10.3.3 (Max Per Apple) Pandora Ver: 1901.1.1 Connection to Pandora Via: WiFi Connection to Head Unit Via: USB Testing Environment: Verified USB Connection between iPad and aforementioned Head Unit with Pandora turned off on the iPad. Tap on PandoraLink on Head Unit, iPad Screen turns black with the expected “Kenwood Accessory” wording and all is good in Kenwood / Pandora Land.
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