N15MNO-Daron Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 Dear All.. Does anyone know any economical ways to convert the sat nav to UK specs?? (besides steal a UK unit from an Xtrail/other 350z!!) IF its too expensive, can the unit behind the seats be converted into a UK region DVD player without messing about with the centre console or screen? Imports are real pain in the neck! Do they have any advantages at all? Quote
Sarnie Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 Dear All.. Does anyone know any economical ways to convert the sat nav to UK specs?? (besides steal a UK unit from an Xtrail/other 350z!!) IF its too expensive, can the unit behind the seats be converted into a UK region DVD player without messing about with the centre console or screen? Imports are real pain in the neck! Do they have any advantages at all? Some one on here bought a X-trail nav unit on it and swapped it with his one and it worked. Might of been a bit more complicated than that but I can't remember. Think it cost about £125 iirc Quote
N15MNO-Daron Posted June 15, 2007 Author Posted June 15, 2007 Yeah i read it.. was genius.. but not many 2nd hand Xtrail sat navs lying around, dont really want to resort to break and entry Quote
lomoto Posted June 16, 2007 Posted June 16, 2007 other than the x-trail mod , there is a guy who converts them for about £800 on Ebay Quote
Zedrush Posted June 16, 2007 Posted June 16, 2007 Get a carputer like pingu, works great especially sat nav and cheaper too Quote
N15MNO-Daron Posted June 16, 2007 Author Posted June 16, 2007 Get a carputer like pingu, works great especially sat nav and cheaper too U mean install a small laptop? know any guys who can set that up for good price? and the sat nav will work too after that? Theres got to be someone who knows about this here!! Quote
M13KYF Posted June 17, 2007 Posted June 17, 2007 other than the x-trail mod , there is a guy who converts them for about £800 on Ebay think it a bit more than that. He basically rips alot of it out but still uses the original screen it's these guys http://stores.ebay.co.uk/caraudiovisual Quote
N15MNO-Daron Posted June 18, 2007 Author Posted June 18, 2007 other than the x-trail mod , there is a guy who converts them for about £800 on Ebay think it a bit more than that. He basically rips alot of it out but still uses the original screen it's these guys http://stores.ebay.co.uk/caraudiovisual Just been in contact with them, communication is good, replied within minutes .. but their replacement sat nav option costs £1100 and their replacement touch screen sat nav/IPOD/MP3/cd option is about £1600! Just a bit over my budget. Quote
N15MNO-Daron Posted June 18, 2007 Author Posted June 18, 2007 Cheers for the link... il check it out Quote
flakmunky Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 Hi, I have the pin out for the screen, it seems to only accept RGB Sync which is a pain because most cheapy in-car DVD & reversing cameras are Composite and there isn't a cheap (~£20) way of converting the signal. The upside of this is that you could fit a PS2 / Xbox / Pooter no problem but I have read that the screen is actually pretty bad... I have found an option on my JDM OEM sat nav for 'VTR' which hints that you can hook up an external video source. I am planning on taking my DVD drive out today or tomorrow to get the pin-out for that as there is a glimmer of hope that the VTR input is composite. I will post back and let you know, I will also post back the pin-out of the screen... fM Quote
N15MNO-Daron Posted July 2, 2007 Author Posted July 2, 2007 Sounds interesting..pls update us what happens.. Cheers Quote
flakmunky Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Didn't get a chance to do anything yesterday and have an interview today so it will be the weekend... Quote
N15MNO-Daron Posted July 4, 2007 Author Posted July 4, 2007 No probs.. whenever u get chance will be good to hear the result. Cheers Quote
michaelwr Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Yeah i read it.. was genius.. but not many 2nd hand Xtrail sat navs lying around, dont really want to resort to break and entry ----------------------------------------------------------- Thank you, for your kind words..... Quote
Pingu2 Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 its possible to wire up an input to the oem satnav screen and then you can feed it whatever you like - remember that the screen isnt terrible good quality/resolution though.. see http://www.swooby.com/z/navpc/ in particular.. http://www.swooby.com/z/navpc/ Quote
flakmunky Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Hey Pingu2, Yeah, I've seen that but it doesn't show you the pin-out for the 'headunit'... The screen only takes RGB input... fM Quote
Pingu2 Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 the pinout for the nissan sat nav dvd drive thing? Quote
JAP350Z Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 I swapped out my JDM sat nav DVD player for one I got off Ebay for £55. Think it was from an X-Trail or Primera. Took about 20 minutes. Sure I posted here before about how to change it. About to head home so don't have a chance to search for the link. If you are still interested in how to do it, I can post up a reply in the morning - or just PM me. Quote
SunGodRA Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 any idea how much the karputer is? - i looked on their e-commerce website but it was down (https://www.karputerdirect.com/) Quote
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