N15MNO-Daron Posted June 15, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted June 15, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15MNO-Daron Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 other than the x-trail mod , there is a guy who converts them for about £800 on Ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Get a carputer like pingu, works great especially sat nav and cheaper too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15MNO-Daron Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted June 17, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15MNO-Daron Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
live2themaxuk Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 www.karputer.co.uk Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15MNO-Daron Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 Cheers for the link... il check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmunky Posted July 2, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15MNO-Daron Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Sounds interesting..pls update us what happens.. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmunky Posted July 4, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15MNO-Daron Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 No probs.. whenever u get chance will be good to hear the result. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwr Posted July 6, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu2 Posted July 7, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmunky Posted July 9, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu2 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 the pinout for the nissan sat nav dvd drive thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAP350Z Posted July 9, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunGodRA Posted July 30, 2007 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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