I have a 2003 limited 4runner black. The other day my navigation stopeed working while driving..... So i opened up the 1,000 page navigation booklet. It didn't help me find the problem my dealer did. But what i found intresting was in the navigation booklet it talked about watching dvds from the navigation unit with a cd/dvd changer. I asked my dealer and he said it was the first he had heard of it and did not belive me till i showed him. Has anyone else ever noticed this or has this working?
dvd player on navi?
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slowginjoe
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4route said:
i know people with lexus and siennas with them working with the same nav as ours. there's a safety feature that doesn't allow you to play dvds unless the truck is in park. i've seen ps2 and xbox installed as well!
Luxury
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Yes, but I think there are probably ways to bypass that park feature just like there is a way to bypass being in reverse to use the backup camera I think. It would still be fun to have the feature if the vehicle is in park. Thanks Calderone for the tip on the manual. I'll have to check that out. Do you have a page #? Wouldn't it be sweet if we didn't even need the expensive adapters that some companies are selling, or that it has an interface built in already.slowginjoe said:i know people with lexus and siennas with them working with the same nav as ours. there's a safety feature that doesn't allow you to play dvds unless the truck is in park. i've seen ps2 and xbox installed as well!
slowginjoe
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Luxury said:
yep, it's just one ground wire in the back of the nav that prevents you from watching dvds while you drive!
I'm sure this has been discussed in this forum as well as in other forums, so I hope to kinda give a summary of what I have been able to gather on this topic. Maybe it'll spark something in someone to try something. Well, anyways, here goes:
The orginal way to achieve nav/tv was to use an RGB converter (purchased from Audio Authority). You would basically take your PS2 or Xbox and use component video cables (purchased from Monster Cable) and connect it to the RGB converter. The RGB converter would then be connected to a switch, which had to be spliced into the video cable coming out of the oem navigational unit located in the trunk. The switch, when turned on, would allow signal from the PS2 or Xbox to interrupt the navigation signal, and thus show video. Nothing would happen to the navigational unit and so it would still run properly, even while you were watching video.
The next way simplified this process. PAC introduced a unit that basically combined the converter and the switch together and uses a standard video out instead of a component video cables. Basically, you take your PS2 or Xbox, connect it to the PAC unit and then splice the PAC unit into the same video cable as mentioned above. The unit is operated with a switch and the same results are achieved.
The last way that I have found comes from a company called VAIS Technology. They are in the process of developing a true plug n play system, which will allow you to plug in a unit directly into the back of your stock navigation head unit, using all oem Toyota connectors. The company mainly focuses on Lexus/Toyota, but more on Lexus right now as most the owners own Lexus'. I have been talking with some of their engineers and have been trying to work out a test fit for a 4Runner. It's still in the early discussion stages, so please don't get all excited and start including this in your letter to Santa. If you want to find out more about it, check them out at www.vaistech.com.
The biggest difference I think between the first 2 ways and the third is that the Vais unit is plug n play (i.e. no wire cutting period) and it completely integrates audio output as well as video output (the other 2 units only incorporate video - audio is usually achieved by fm modulator or some other way - there is actually another PAC unit that does this seperately).
Anyways, that's pretty much nav/tv in a nutshell. There are a couple of other companies out there saying that they can do it, but it all pretty much boils down to a rehash of the PAC unit.
So yeah, just my 2 cents.
The orginal way to achieve nav/tv was to use an RGB converter (purchased from Audio Authority). You would basically take your PS2 or Xbox and use component video cables (purchased from Monster Cable) and connect it to the RGB converter. The RGB converter would then be connected to a switch, which had to be spliced into the video cable coming out of the oem navigational unit located in the trunk. The switch, when turned on, would allow signal from the PS2 or Xbox to interrupt the navigation signal, and thus show video. Nothing would happen to the navigational unit and so it would still run properly, even while you were watching video.
The next way simplified this process. PAC introduced a unit that basically combined the converter and the switch together and uses a standard video out instead of a component video cables. Basically, you take your PS2 or Xbox, connect it to the PAC unit and then splice the PAC unit into the same video cable as mentioned above. The unit is operated with a switch and the same results are achieved.
The last way that I have found comes from a company called VAIS Technology. They are in the process of developing a true plug n play system, which will allow you to plug in a unit directly into the back of your stock navigation head unit, using all oem Toyota connectors. The company mainly focuses on Lexus/Toyota, but more on Lexus right now as most the owners own Lexus'. I have been talking with some of their engineers and have been trying to work out a test fit for a 4Runner. It's still in the early discussion stages, so please don't get all excited and start including this in your letter to Santa. If you want to find out more about it, check them out at www.vaistech.com.
The biggest difference I think between the first 2 ways and the third is that the Vais unit is plug n play (i.e. no wire cutting period) and it completely integrates audio output as well as video output (the other 2 units only incorporate video - audio is usually achieved by fm modulator or some other way - there is actually another PAC unit that does this seperately).
Anyways, that's pretty much nav/tv in a nutshell. There are a couple of other companies out there saying that they can do it, but it all pretty much boils down to a rehash of the PAC unit.
So yeah, just my 2 cents.
