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Tony, your SC kit may be for sale soon unfitted if I leave the country....

Same here mate but I know I don't wanna miss out on this as the man himself might not be around for long You'd have to take a bit loss on the Nurrish nav but I'm just going to sell mine for stupid money probably under 3 figers as it's better than throwing it in the bin The plastic cubby is worth about £100 alone...

All questions answered in the first post. Thanks for the complements about it too, I was a little unsure how it would be view by the masses initially. Cookie

The button on the left is the power button. A short press puts it into sleep where it will survive about 10 hours before the battery is flat. It does resume from sleep mode in less than a second though. A long press turns it off where the battery will last days (I've not left it more as I've always driven within 5 days. Another long pres to turn it on, where boot up takes about 30 seconds. I recommend turning it fully off at the end of your journey unless you know you're using the car again soon.

My in dash car puter is now ready and more info can be found by following the links. http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=49801 http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=47410 Cookie

I'm getting some cubbys this weekend hopefully, so will have a look then. There's a video uploading at the mo, 40mb down, 110mb to go.....

safe, I'm already there!

If you wish to read about the development of the unit follow this link: http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=47410 Right, the finished version is here and I've set the basic price for those who can supply their own cubby (those who have an old bird view or nurrish nav system) at £375 which includes: -The full nav/computer thingy bobber which I will need to build into your cubby -All software shown on the video and more -An 8Gb genuine sandisk SD memory card -A ground loop isolator and associated audio wiring so you can wire in your Bose hack or non aftermarket head unit right away For those who need the cubby, it's £495, but that's direct from Nissan. I'm hoping I can find them £20 less so they may be ££475. Having just looked at Eck1's car, he has an 03 car with a cubby, but I can remove the box part off the back to make use of the surround. Have a look or send me a pic and I'll do my best to tell you what you need. Here's what his looks like and will work fine: To gain access to the internet functions (web radio, web browser, google maps etc) you will need either: - A smart phone that is capable of tethering - The iPhone 4, HTC based phones and I think most blackberrys can. You will also need to ensure you have a data plan that won't cost £££'s if you exceed it. -A Three Mifi dongle or similar that create their own wifi hot spot - A USB plug in 3G dongle. These are available for about £20 on pay as you go and £10 gets you about 5Gb I think. As for how much data you will use is up to you, but using Google nav used 12Mb for 100 miles of distance traveled, so not much. Web radio and video streaming will hammer your data plan though (I use about 100mb an hour using the web radio) There's also a choice of buttons: In black though, unless bright red buttons are your thing! Limitations There are a few limitations and I feel it's best you know now, regardless of how trivial they are: -If you use the Bose hack method of connecting to the unit, to get the audio to a useable level, you will need to put the car volume up to around 25-30, instead of the normal 10-15. This hasn't caused me an issue as the radio/CD player haven't been used since, but if you do forget it's set like that and select the radio.... POW it's quite loud! I'm working on an inline amp though and will make it available to everyone even if they didn't get it initially. -If you decide to sit in your car and use the device for more than 4 hours with the ignition off (i.e the nav not receiving power from the car, the screen will flash when the on board nav battery gets to about 5%. Turning on the ignition/driving makes it resume charging. Can't really see why you'd like to sit in your car for that long, but thought it's best you all know! -The power button has 2 uses. -The first is a short press which puts the unit into sleep mode. The unit will only last about 10 hours in sleep mode before running out of power, however it takes less than a second to wake up. It tend to use this if I know I'm going to be using the car again the same day. -A long press will turn the unit fully off which takes about 30 secs to turn off. The on board battery will last about 5 days, before the battery is empty and it takes about 30 seconds to boot up. I tend to use this last thing when I know I'm not going to use the car again. -If the battery is allowed to run flat, the on board clock looses its time, but finds it again when you get go online as it auto syncs over the internet. It still doesn't know about BST though so reverts 1 hour out. The same time is given by the GPS satellites too, i.e 1 hour behind. Specs -1GHz Processor -512MB RAM. -Large 7" capacitive, multi touch display with 800x480 resolution screen -GPS -Bluetooth connectivity -full-sized USB HOST port for use with 3G dongles/HD drives -Google Android 2.3 -Internal storage: 256MB -MicroSD expansion (16GB verified; 32GB unknown) -WiFi 802.11 b/g/n -GPS -Bluetooth 2.1 -3.5mm headphone jack for the bose hack if you've had it done, if not there are onboard speakers, but they're naff! Included Software -Web Browser -Music Player -Picture Viewer -Movie player -Web Radio -'Torque' OBD2 software -SNES Emulator comapatable with a Wii remote over bluetooth -Google maps -Google Nav -Navigon Nav -Mobile Maps Nav -Email -BBC iPlayer -Angry Birds -Android App store Upgrades/Extras 16gb memory card instead of an 8gb card - +£10 32gb memory card instead of an 8gb car - +£45 The OBD2 bluetooth dongle (needed for the torque application) - +£15 Carrying out the Bose hack - +£30 although there is a guide in the 'Guides' section for those who are happy to rip apart their head unit and solder to it. Questions Q. When you say the Bose Hack, do you mean this can replace the standard Birdview and the system still works directly through the standard sound system? If so I'm very interested... A. Yep, the bird view is totaly removed so you can either keep it to turn the car back to stock when you sell or sell on ebay. The nv unit uses a 3.5mm phono jack (earphone size) to connect between the nav unit and the Bose head unit. Aftermarket head units may use the red and white separate phone cables, but adapters ar cheap and plenty full on ebay. Q. How do you get the app store & web browser? Subscription? A. You must use either: -A USB dongle -A smart phone that allows tethering -Your house wifi or public wifi if it will reach the car Q. Did you manage to see if the bluetooth adapter will work with JODB and the same for torque or will people with imports have to go with something like dash command? A. I've not managed to try the OBD2 dongle on a JDM car, but you're welcome to come over and try mine whenever. Q. What did you do with your old system? A. This is my second generation of this nav as soldering parts off and on the unit and removing fitting components did it no good and it stopped charging. Q. How long will you be selling these for? A. At least another 5 month yet. Q. Do you have to fit them? A. It would be better for me to fit, but if you're miles away and are capable of finding an earth and a 12v temporary cable you should be ok to do it your self. Q. I asked about splicing the OBD2 cable which seems very risky but does the OBD2 bluetooth dongle upgrade mean the OBD2 port will be freed up? If not what other options are there to run the torque application and have the port free for other uses. A. To be honest, splicing 2 things into your OBD2 is not something I'd want to do as its a direct link into your ECU and is VERY risky. If your adamant you have to have both and don't mind the risk of blowing your ECU then I'll do it, but I wouldn't be able to take responsibility if it did do wrong and you'd need to have a tow truck on standyby. To use the Torque app, you would need to plug the OBD2 bluetooth adapter directly into the OBD2 port at all times. Q To upload the music, photos and videos im presuming that its just a usb cable to sync it to your laptop. when its in the car and fitted is the usb port still accessible or does the centre console have to come out to gain access to it? A. Yep there's 2 USB slots on the nav, one is a full size USB that will accept 3G dogles/ pen drives/ external HD, the other is for connecting to a laptop. The best place to put a USB wire is down to where the gear stick is as that is a really easy piece to remove for access. Just plug it in and the unit will recognize and ask what you want it to do, be it access files, sync contacts etc. Q. Can we have a pic of what the buttons look like? A. Bear in mind I had to make the part the buttons are fixed on from scratch, it used to be a plastic box lid from Maplin. The cubby I used is for a pre facelift car, where my car is a facelift model. Those who have pre facelift cars will get all genuine Nissan parts. Face lift cars will have to accept I may have to build it like the one in the picture, which is both difficult and time consuming to make look good! Q. What are the connections like that can be connected to an aftermarket head unit? mine has phono leads, are they the same? A. Bose hack users will most likely have a 3.5mm jack, but some aftermarket head units may accept the red/white phonos. 3.5mm jack to phono adapters are available on eBay for next to nothing though. Cookie

Thanks for the praise people and just ordered the parts for a lucky member on here this morning as he already has the cubby surround in his car. I'm getting 3 of the cubbys hopefully this weekend though, so will be able to, take more orders then.

I'm not sure although I don't see why not, it would just need the rom flashing.

Just built another one tonight to see if I have the same niggling troubles as before and it seems all good so far. you can tell it's slightly faster with 1ghz processor too. Not long before they should be ready now too.

Nah, that's $96,000 per month with an xmas bonus on top. Mega win! This does now mean my Z and HKS supercharger will be for sale soon! Told the mother today too, she's not impressed....

We've had a bit of a function in the mess tonight and the vote also seems to be "do it you tool". It's not as though I'm taking a pay drop to go, its actually a rise as It's $96,000 per month working for Cathy Pacific, but then again, it's not all about money in the end. happiness comes a world further ahead than material things. It would only be a minimum of 5 years out there anyway and girlfriendless have nothing holding me here, so will probably go for it. A fairly one sided vote there from the forum!!!

I few of you will know that I lost my job a while back and have basically been milling around scratching my balls looking for something to do for the last year! (hence the mirror relays/ Dash computer) I'm now getting ready to make my big move and I'm struggling to decide not what to do, but where to do it? I pretty much have the option of staying in the Uk or more to the point of this post.... Hong Kong. Has anyone ever lived there or at least experienced it? From a lot of what I've read on the internet, it's really really good, the pays better, the tax is less etc. This does however mean I have to sell not just the Z, but pretty much everything I own. Cookie

You're not going to be able to replace one at 3am on a dark European road anyway, they're of mega awkward design!

Yep, as above or air tools provide the shock it needs to break their hold. I'm fairly certain some newer cars don't have an idler pulley anyway.

£12,800 in £20 notes. He was originally asking £14,000, nuff said...

You can load windows CE on it via an SD card, but to be fair win ce is papp! Not sure what what software is available for win ce either, but I think it's a dying operating system so don't expect much. Android on the other hand is still growing.

Stuff and things: if you use the Google Nav software when you have an internet connection (i.e at your house) and have a route planned, it loads enough of the map to get you to your destination and works even if you loose connection. I tested this for about 15 miles and it got me home. It even handled detours well. I've since loaded 3 other sat nav programs on as well to decide which is the best, they're only about 1gb for them all anyway. I'm still waiting for a price for the cubby surrounds. Cookie

That's just full blown retarded! There are other ways to get rid of a dog without lobbing it out of a window. I've got my OBD2 thigy connected to my nav system and I'm at M1 J30. feel free to come use it.

Do I get free ring ding too?

I had a custom one from exhausts uk. All good as far as I'm concerned

Nissan Technical Service Bulletin. Does that apply for cars out of warranty?

Mine did it yesterday, although still had enough movement in it to work, probably slipped the clutch to death though. As above, whats the NSTB? Is it worth removing the master cylinder and giving it a once over?

Yea, I've not tried connecting a 3g dongle to it, but others have had success. I usually use my three Mifi dongle or tether from the iPhone. It will need an angled usb cable though so it doesn't foul on the dash though. like this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Usb-male-up-Angled-90-USB-female-extendsion-cable-/390310558198?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5ae05279f6