I've had this deck for a while, and it works great. However, I run it with Pandora quite often, and keep my dash cover closed, use the left hand controls for volume, and iPhone screen (mounted next to the stereo) for controlling songs, etc.

The Alpine "takes over" the iPhone screen with Pandora, so you can't see artist/song, can't thumb up/down, etc (Just shows "Pandora through Alpine" or some such thing logo). Is there any way to keep the Pandora playing from the iPhone but not have the Alpine deck take over the screen, so you can still control Pandora from the phone?

 

Is this with Bluetooth or USB connection? Maybe, one or the other will work?

 

Did you ever figure this out? I have the same issue, BT or USB, both ways. PIA.