This was done to calidog's TL-S. Check out how easy this navi conversion is! No navi wire spilicing required! 3 RCA inputs! A TV tuner! It's sweet! And you switch back and forth between the navi and navi conversion by remote...

http://www.bui4ever.com/projects.htm

click on navi conversion.

 

how much is the AV Electronics Audio/Video Tuner Controller and where do ya get it.

anyone wanna buy my StreetEffectz navi conversion

 

cost me $495 for the unit and $75 for the Blitz Safe Adapter. Streeteffectz unit cost too much, they quoted me $800+ for extra inputs and a TV tuner incorporated into it. Did you install yours already?

 

ya installed in like december unfortunately.

 

oh and not only is the StreetEffectz unit overpriced but it took them 3 months to send me the thing and then another 2 weeks to send me a working one... even though they charged me the day i placed the order.

fucking morons.

 

yeah, good thing someone around here pointed me to this unit. I'm so happy with it. I can give you the guy's contact. He got the unit out 2 days later after I ordered it. He's pretty helpful so let me know if you want his email. pics are on peiqinglong's site.

 

I wish I had navi so I could do this

 

I installed the same AV electronic convertor in my 2002 cls. Works great! I have a reverse camera in input 3 and a dvd player for input 1. It was all plug and play with no wire cutting at all. Pics are below courtesy of silverknight

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...threadid=94431

Got it for 400 off a group buy on the acuramdx site. sound through blitz adaptor. Accele reverse image bullet camera.

 

yeah that's a great module, I love it. I'm still thinking whether i should mount a camera or not. Is it worth it? I installed some AV inputs in my rear ashtray for input 2. I have a pic of it under the navi section.
http://photos.yahoo.com/alansaccount

 

yeah, this has been posted several times already

 

Yea but now there are pics and a DIY

 

thats hot. so the unit is 495 then ya gotta buy the Blitzsafe cable? not bad at all. all u need is a DVD player i guess. how hard and how long is it to do yourself if you know nothing about AV installation?

 

Just click on the link I provided and click "Navi Conversion". I've detailed virtually every step in the installation and all the tools you need.

 

calidog,
The AV inputs in the ashtray are tight.
What kinda DVD player did you get? And where did you put it?

The rear camera isn't too difficult to mount. The tough part was doin all of the research to find a good one. Plus, its great for scoping out who's behind ya.

 

peiqinglong

I was wondering if you will be kind enough to help me put in a system like this in my CLS when i get down to cali this summer. Hopefully this exact one to be precise. thanks

 

Yeah please give me the contacts. Also, if anybody knows whats the best camera to use for reversing and where i can get it. Thanks a lot

 

Webhead
the AV inputs are nice but be careful with putting them there if you have big hands. I don't have big hands and I still have a little trouble plugging things into there. It's a nice hidden location though. About the DVD player, I put mine in the glove box. It's actually a nice one since it plays all region DVDs, DVD-R, VCD, CDr, MP3 and CD. It's only slightly bigger than a discman. I picked it up in Taiwan. One of those No-brand-Made-in-Taiwan players but works well!

 

kritikadeo
Here is the website for the Navi conversion unit.
http://www.avelectronic.com/products.htm
The guy's name that helped me is Sam. He was really helpful. I'm at work now so I don't have anything with me, I have all his info at home. Email me and I'll send you his contact info.
alanliu@attbi.com

I'm also looking for a nice camera to mount. I'll take suggestions!
Alan

 

The guy's name is Sam and his email is

productinquirynow@yahoo.com

The camera I have is a made by accelevision. It is waterproof, color, reverse image, 92H 72v and 130D, 0.2 lux sensi, about the size of a small lipstick. In low light, it switches to black and white. The picture is very clear and is great even in very low light. It looks a lot like and has similar specs to the one on the AV elec site.

 

Webhead
Where did you mount the camera by the way? behind the license plate?

 

calidog,

The camera comes with a mounting bracket that I secured with some metal plates from Home Depot to the rear metal bumper (not the plastic shell). It peaks over the rear license plate. It's not noticeable unless you are looking for it and has a great view of the rear of the vehicle.
Silverknight did a stealth install in his car with the same camera. He mounted his in the lower part of the license plate. Very clean.

 

wooo! I want to see. Gotta ask him for pics!!

 

I should add the contact and buying information to my website.

 

I already have the Blitzsafe adapter and am using it with my FM modulated XM unit so I can have digital sound. My question is can I use this device to do the navi conversion and still use my XM unit? I am assuming I can just plug it into one of the other inputs and then also hook up a DVD and PS2.

Does anyone know why are my signature tags not working and making my text smaller?

 

your ending SIZE tag is missing the [

you put:
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it's supposed to be:
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Where is the cheapest place to pick up a Blitzsafe RCA adapater

 

Is it possible to wire it so that the camer comes on and the input switches automatically when you put the car in reverse? Or does that have to be done all by hand?

 

The nav tuner device on the AV Elec site will automatically switch to input 3 when the car is shifted into reverse. I have the camera wired to be on whenever the car is on so that I can manually switch to input 3 with the remote anytime i want.

 

At the moment, it only seems like StreetEffectz has it.

 

AV Electronics also has the Blitz Safe Adapter but it's the same price as StreetEffectz.

 

2 1/2 hours from start to finish, but I've done this a few times before. Yes you still need to buy a DVD player. I didn't remove the rear seat, just the rear console and I mounted the unit under the NAVI DVD player. The hardest part is fishing the wires under the rear carpet hump. The rest is plug and splice and play.