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Motorised Cubby


spursmaddave

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Not posted anything in here for a while as I have been unbelievably busy :surrender:

 

But a couple of months back a member was selling a Jap SatNav cubby (without all the associated electrics) so I thought I would take a punt.

 

I knew it would fit in my Zed but after reading up on retro fitting motorised cubbies (mainly in the US) I thought I had made a mistake as it looked insanely difficult.

 

I looked on utube and found this -

 

 

After looking at the button on the cubby and reading up it was obvious that I lacked the technical ability to make relays etc etc so I sulked for a bit then had an idea.... why not bypass the button on the cubby and use a seperate switch to drive the motor....

 

It Worked :yahoo:

 

So first attempt looked like this -

 

 

I looked around for a better switch, couldn't find a perfect one but this one is near enough -

 

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Moved the heated seat switch so it looks even.

 

Then I had to decide what to put in the cubby :blush: maybe I should have thought about that first...

 

Now I already have a Pioneer f900bt which does EVERYTHING, but the screen is small and fiddly for satnav and if you want to have the ipod screen you cant have the satnav screen.....

 

So I looked at a cookbot tablet, very very cool and nice with the odbII screen etc but dont think I would use it that much and could get costly with data downloads for satnav etc.

Thought about making a little carPC and getting a screen, but a lot of work...

Looked at stand alone satnavs but most were too small (4" or 5")

 

Then the other weekend I say a Panoramic Navman with a 7" screen :yahoo:

 

Bought it and straight away dismantled it :lol:

 

 

All working so I set about soldering, glueing and generally messing about with it until it fitted...

 

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Now that was by no means an easy feat :surrender:

 

So then back into the car -

 

 

Not hard wired in yet until I am completely happy all is working ok.... only niggle, the battery won't charge, not a huge issue but makes updating it tricky, but I have ordered a mains charger that should sort it out, if not a new battery too....

 

Some more pics, you can see how big the screen is compared to the Pioneer B)

 

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The lid retracts a bit further in now which looks better...

 

Just some other cosmetics to take care of and I will be happy :thumbs:

 

Next thing if the satnav works ok is to replace my Pioneer with a JVC AVX840

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9bfVEhRJ-Q&feature=related

 

And sell the Pioneer to some lucky member ;)

 

Thanks for looking :teeth:

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  • 4 weeks later...

Trim arrived from Concept Z Performance today and I got a push button off eBay and decided where to put it :thumbs:

 

Looks nice and neat now :D

 

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Nice small button hidden nicely out of the way, basically just a reset button and off button to preserve the battery in the satnav so it boots nice and quickly when you start the car up :thumbs:

 

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Going to get my new HU in the morning :yahoo:

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Look!!, He's got Smurf boots :thumbs::thumbs:B)

 

Trim arrived from Concept Z Performance today and I got a push button off eBay and decided where to put it :thumbs:

 

Looks nice and neat now :D

 

9001ece7.jpg?t=1320429669

 

Nice small button hidden nicely out of the way, basically just a reset button and off button to preserve the battery in the satnav so it boots nice and quickly when you start the car up :thumbs:

 

ec57e670.jpg?t=1320429674

 

Going to get my new HU in the morning :yahoo:

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