2006 owners with NAVI can turn the navi screen into a video screen without the expensive nav to tv module. here is how http://www.geocities.com/bngu1/tsx/

sorry MODS not sure where to put this, so move this thread if you need to. thank you..

 

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I had read over in the TL area that it is possible but didn't find any details until this guy tried it. And like he said it will only work on the newer 06 TSX and I thinnk 07 TL (which got the TSX navi). Now I wonder who will be the first to try it on Acruazine??

 

Does anyone know if the link is only temporarily out of service?

 

 

sorry guys, here's the new link http://www.ez-nails.com/tsx/

 

Original link works for me. This method has been known for a while but this is the best writeup I've seen of it yet.

 

great write-up!! will be doing this mod sometime..........currently being busy in school.......too much work and tests and stuff......lol

 

Great writeup! Good stuff

 

^^Kenny, I like your new avatar.

 

does thgis work for the RDX?

 

THANK YOU!!!!!

 

Seems easy enough, but I don't think I want to attempt this unless I can see the wiring schematics (lol, my electrical engineering skills are wary of just blindly following directions). I think that wire he added for auto-switching would be better done near the navi unit, unless you're planning to put the dvd player in the trunk...

 

Haha...Thanks man!

 

Does anyone know how you would connect the audio to the dvd player or do you have to run an rca from the back to the front where the head unit is and get a auxiliary input converter or is there a easier way of doing it.

 

A few questions;

Is this the way it's suppose to tape up?


And also here:

Does that mean the 12V+ coming out of the DVD player will cause the screen on the navi to jump to the homemade composite harness? If so, how would the back up camera work? Is it possible to have both dvd and backup camera?

One last thing, from the back of the navi system, it looks like the navi screen is just a screen and all the information goes back to the navi dvd unit. Is it possible to unplug that wire and add a y-split, with one going to the navi unit, and one going to the dvd player and add a switch to it?

 

For the 06, I think the aux input is the only other input the car supports, unless you kill off XM completely (which might not be a bad idea).

There is a post where someone added a module to an 04/05 in order to tap the unused aux input. But since the 06 comes with the aux input already, you'd have to get an RCA y-splitter in order to plug both aux devices in at once. Since you should only hear from one source at a time, why not take the extra time to unplug the dvd one and plug the other back in (or vice versa)?

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3148

 

so......can i add a backup camera in it ??

 

Don't get me wrong... that's great that someone figured out how to do it. Even though these directions are quite easy to follow, I can't help but think it's just so much easier to use Dom's unit... I think my time is worth something. Dom's unit (not the DVD player up front) only took about 10-15 minutes...

 

if the dvd-rom gets a 12v+ then it will automatically switch the screen. if the dvd-rom does not have a 12v+ going in to it, it will be on the navi screen. yes you can have a dvd player and a backup camera. that's why i add the diodes and an extra wire to the reverse wire. if you were to have a dvd player and a backup camera, only one of the source can be on. for example, if you dvd player is off and you put your car into reverse, the backup camera will show picture. if you have dvd player on and reverse your car, the picture will be scrambled, because there are two video sources.

yes, you can unplug that wire and add a switch if it's easier for you.

 

i did installed Dom's unit on my 05 and it will require more work then this. you have to cut more wires and have to find a place for the module. with this all you have to do is run the video and the added wire to the front of the car. you can add a dvd player and run the the audio wires into the armrest. but if you wanna spend $200, that's ok too.

 

Thanks, I'll put this in today and get a dvd player when I've got the cash

 

i would never attempt this.. i'd have a black screen on my dash for years to come if you start asking me to cut any wires

 

That guy has gotta learn how to use the macro lens on his camera.

 

ditto.. while i wouldn't consider myself technically challenged. (i have taken apart computers, monitors, tv's, recievers etc and soldered pieces back together. This for some reason seems difficult.

Like that piece you plug into the back of the dvd. I would have no problem installing it. I just don't know if i could fabricate all the pieces that you did.

 

aaaaaargh... gotta stay away from these threads <== non-nav owner

 

so.. this isn't possible for 05 models?

 

i was wondering this too, although my TSX is 04, i wouldnt think they changed anything on the navi system.

 

this will not work on 04s and 05s. the 06s have a newer navi system.

 

looks interesting...

where else might i find one of these plugs seeing as they're 'not used anymore' ???

 

you can still buy them at computer parts stores.

 

and if i don't want the reverse backup camera in the future i can just hook up the blue wire to that green wire that's labeled there???

 

if you're not hooking up a camera, you still need to cut the green wire in half and connect the blue wire to the end of the green wire that goes to the back of the navi dvd-rom. reason for that is so it will not switch over to the other screen when you reverse and to prevent current feed back. that's why i cut the wire and added diodes..

 

sweet thanks!! i will defintely try this either this week or next...

 

Does that replace the navi? can you switch from navi to tv back and forth?

 

^^ yes, that's what the 12v is for... when it gets 12v it will switch to that video input.. when the 12v is gone it switches back to regular input... (navi)

i'm thinking maybe it would be nicer to have it on a switch... that way the DVD player can stay on if you want to switch back to navi for a bit, and then back to the dvd player again... instead of turning the DVD player on/off etc...

 

I know 06s have a newer navi system, but can you explain a bit more why it won't work with 04 & 05s?

 

from what i know, the 04 or 05 does not have that 7 pin plug in the back for the backup camera, thats why you need the nav to tv module. i might be wrong if you want look in the back of the navi dvd drive to see if there is that plug. i don't remember there is such plug on my 05, but not 100% sure. can someone verify this, please...

 

wooo hooo!!!! go 06 navi users
i might attempt this...then again maybe not i seem to have a reputation for not doing things right

 

Terrible pictures, but good mod!