That is what I figured on the camera. Anyone out there know what the factory backup camera connection is like on an 07 TL?

Thanks for the link to the iPod cable. I think that completes the connections...now for the fun.

 

Jhal, check out the new pics on the Autotoys site. This look any different than what they shipped for your install? Looks like they listened and are now providing an extension cable.

 

That's great news!

This extended cable is definitely different and much longer than the one they shipped for my install.

The extension cable should make the install easier for anyone who now purchases the interface. Now you should be able to avoid splicing the wires like I had to do.

Thanks for the update gman07!!

 

Hello everybody the manufacture of the Honda Acura Video Interface is in mexico i am sure they will be glad to help with any issues you may have with the video interface unit....... Here a link to the manufactures webpage..
http://www.venturatechnology.com.mx/...-HONUNIVID-PRO


The VT-HONUNIVID-PRO Honda-Acura universal OEM Navigation Video Interface. Focused on providing solutions to today’s challenges, Ventura Technology VT- HONUNIVID-PRO is the answer to providing a quick, easy and high quality Audio/video input to many factory Honda Acura OEM navigation displays.many of the honda Vehicles manufacturer have gone to great lengths in late model vehicles to incorporate high quality Video Screens that are limited to Navigation display. Ventura Technology overcomes this limitation with the introduction of the VT-HONUNIVID-PRO interface. This innovative device allows up to two independent video sources to be viewed on the factory navigation display by seamlessly converting composite video inputs to separate R, G, B, and sync wire signals. These video inputs can be used for a back up camera or any other video source. The VT-HONUNIVID-PRO uses OEM vehicle specific harnesses to integrate video into Honda -Acura with OEM navigation displays. This allows for an easy Plug and Play installation. Additionally, Ventura Technology includes an Infra-Red remote control for the VT-HONUNIVID-PRO This remote control can be used to switch between video inputs and also make adjustments for Brightness, Contrast, and Color thus providing an even greater level of control and performance.

Acura 2010 RL
2010 TL
2010 TSX
2010 MDX
2010 RDX

Honda 2009-2010 Accord Sedan
2009-2010 Accord Coupe
2010 FCX CLARITY
2010 Pilot

 

Here is a link to the manufacture of the Honda-Acura Video Interface you can email them for help.
http://www.venturatechnology.com.mx/...-HONUNIVID-PRO

 

Hey guys,
I haven't posted here before. Been a silent observer and was going to post my installation with documentation after I deemed it a success. I have been reading and following this thread for a while and wanted to let you know how great this thread and forum is.
Anyways, as expected I too got screwed with autotoys. This goes back to gman07 update that they have provided an extended cable for the audio going from the rear to XM at the front.
Here is my problem:
I bought a navigation module to wire at the rear and paid the extra 45 dollars for the TL with XM option and brought the audio plug to plug to the audio system. I installed the unit and after about 6 hours of dismantling and getting to cables the unit did not work. When I turn my car on, the dvd navigation works and then when I switch to AV INPUT, the video plays but there is NO audio.

INSTALLATION:

- The unit is hooked up in the back of my car and the video is going to the DVD Nav.
- The audio is run up to my car in the front behind the head unit.
- I brought brand new extension cables for the RCA and the USB and checked them before install.
- I checked the dipswitches and they are set to the optimal conditions.


TROUBLESHOOTING

- Did all the loop checks on the wires and everything is OK.
- I go into the XM channel and hit audio override and it goes completely blank
- To do a final check, I had to remove my center console again and then with the audio and video connections established, I connected the iPod with the composite directly to the box and it played video but no audio.
- To confirm it wasn’t compatibility i tried an iphone, iPod, iPod touch and nano and nothing worked.

I am certain the AUDIO of the box is not working. I am very disappointed as it took me about 9-10 hours this weekend to remove everything and have everything installed to end up with no audio.

This is pretty much what I told autotoys and their first response was "we have updated black pin" which I know is for the video, but in my case the video works. Then they told me the box doesn't support audio, which makes no sense since I paid an extra 45 just for the extended audio cable and they finally told me it doesnt support audio processing so I need to get an USASpec adapter for audio. This doesnt make sense as right now when I switch to AV out all audio goes to blank on XM, which tells me there is some input.

Anyways, ANY help would be great. I will post pictures soon.

 

First, welcome to AZ. Second, sorry to hear of your troubles. Do post pictures soon. I advise emailing jhal (you've got too few posts to do PM, unfortunately).

 

Hey Guys,
I've been following this thread for awhile as well and would like to also give this interface a try. Only thing is that I'm in Canada and we don't have the XM option on our Radios. Would this still work for my car?
Thanks!

 

Hey Sahadeni,
I just read your post. I'll need to brainstorm a little and see if I can determine why you might not be getting audio. One question I have for you is when you are able to get video (but no audio), do you have the video harness connected behind the headunit or in the trunk?

 

Hey huck-jai,
Without the XM option, unfortunately, you would not be able to get audio. But you could still use the interface for video.

 

Damn, that sucks. Good thing I didn't order it yet.
Thanks for the info Jhal!

 

Hey Huck-Jai if your Navigation radio does not have the XM tuner but still have the (((XM))) Button you can use an iPod interface to Emulate an XM tuner them you can still use the Audio and video Interface...all you would have to do is to hit XM on your navigation radio them on the Video interface remote contro hit A/V INPUT and it will give you full audio....please note that if your radios does not have the XM button this may not work...

the second option will be to get an AUX input for your system Most of the AUX iputs will work they emulate aither an XM tuner or a CD changer mode....the company that manufactures the Video interface also has one that would give you the audio and the video...
http://www.venturatechnology.com.mx/...-ACU-HONIP-100

http://www.venturatechnology.com.mx/...ONUNIVID-PRO-X

 

Thanks for the info Ortega. My car does not have an XM button. I guess I could buy the audio interface unit as well.

 

Hey Jhal,
Sorry didnt get to post this earlier. I did hook up the video and it is in the trunk. I am getting video feed. The audio cable I ordered was to hook up in the front.
The audio out is from the autotoys box in the back and is routed to the front and behind the head unit where it is branched.
So now when the XM is turned on I hear the XM radio. To listen to the iPod when I switch to the AV Input through the remote, the video shows up and the audio blanks out. Hope this helps.

 

All cables order from Autotoys related to the video interface box has to connect at the XM tuner side not behind the radio,locate the XM tuner brain and connect the Autotoys 12 feet XM harness and it will work just fain..when ordering the cables just make sure you order the correct one they may be 2 versions one the connects to the radio side and one that connects at the XM tuner...i am sure that if you get the correct cable it will work....

 

Ortega,
So the audio has to connect at the backend? Just a little confused cause when I got the cable they told me it was 13ft long to be hooked up at the back of the radio unit. As usual the autotoys is of no help and they dont even know their own product so pretty much they told me they shouldnt have sold me the longer cable. Why would I get a 13 ft cable if it just needs to be hooked up in the back? Should be more than 4 feet.

 

Jhal,
I am going to try and troubleshoot the device again this weekend. I will let you know if I have any luck.

 

Hey Sahadeni,

Sorry that I've been a little slow in responding...it's been a crazy week.

From what you're describing, I'm having a difficult time determining why you're not getting audio. Since your getting video, the power is being supplied through the audio harness, so I would think that the audio harness is correctly installed.

I'm wondering if autotoys swapped some of the pins with the extended harness...I would think the pin layout would be the same, but I'm not sure. If so, they might have swapped the Audio in and Audio out pins. (I know that they did something similiar with the Video pin layout for trunk versus headunit install...where the input and output pins were swapped.) Since I didn't experiment with the audio harness (other than extend it) like I did with the video harness, I can't say for certain if this is the case.

If you wanted to experiment, you could try and swap these wires leading into the actual interface to see if this is the case...although I can't say for certain that this will fix it...sorry. If you do want to experiment and need some pointers, let me know and I can let you know what to try.

 

Jhal,
Thanks for the response. My plan this weekend was to mess with the wires. I think they messed up and might have swaped some wires. I planned on working on the car this weekend till I got rear ended by a drunk driver. So that was no fun. Hopefully ill get to look at it after the thanksgiving holidays or after I get my car fixed. Thanks again for the help and will keep you posted.

 

While installing, I wired everything except the ground wiring.

How do I wire this "Ground Input".

My car won't even start. Maybe this ground wire is the prblem.

Can anyone show me the picture of wiring if possible?

Thank you.

 

For the ground input, you'll just want to attach this to metal on the frame. I just found a screw in the trunk under the carpet that was screwed into the frame. I loosened this screw and attached the ground to it and tightened it back up. I'll try to post a picture of what I did.

 

Just wanted to let you know that i bought the new autotoys video to nav with the extension wires for xm connection for my 2006 TL. After reading all of your post it looks like they have fixed the problem. It only took me ten minutes to remove the trunk linning and connect the harness to the dvd nav unit and the xm unit in the trunk. It is for sure worth the money now. Thanks for all your post and info you and others made it easy for me.

 

Welcome to AZ, ktidwellrcp, and thanks for the input. I'm glad to hear the problem has been addressed.

 

AutoToys is the WORST EVER! They sent me the wrong wiring and the wrong unit, then refused to refund my $ after I sent the junk back. Horrible experience with them and they have ZERO customer service.

 

I totally agree with you...Autotoys is the worst...I will never give them my business again. In fact, I was looking for something on the internet the other day and they came up on my search with the lowest price by $20 or so, but I refused to buy it from them because of the customer service I had previously experienced from them.

Sorry you couldn't get the interface to work. If there's anything I can do to try and help, let me know.

 

Whats up all? I am kindof new to acurazine. I have never really posted but have read the valuable information install this autotoys.com video to nav interface. I am not new to installing these video to nav adapters as I have done one on my old Infiniti QX56 and Lexus GS400 but this thing is a pain.........So I bought version 3 of this video to nav adapter and I paid the extra $20 for the audio plug that wires at the radio (front). The directions (or lack of) that came with the unit are not really helpful at all. So I was hoping that I could get some advice on what I am doing wrong. I emailed autotoys about 3 days ago and nada. I dont know if the adapter is defective or if im defective!

Things I have tried.......
I installed the audio harness in the front (it only plugs into one harness off the radio) and then plugged the video harness in the rear (it only plugs into one harness off the dvd player in the trunk). I plugged in the IR, grounded and supplied a accessory 12v to the Video to Nav unit.

All this thing does when I start up my car is make my navigation screen show everything kindof blueish and wavy. I try to turn it on with the remote and nothing happens. I see some people have had luck with this thing. I am wondering if they have sent me the wrong harness as well. Has anyone had the problems I have been running into? Any help would be appreciated. Here are a couple of pics of the harnesses I am using.
everyone posts on this forum. I just bought a 2005 Acura RL Black/Black a couple of months back and am trying to install this autotoys.com video to nav interface. I am not new to installing these video to nav adapters as I have done one on my old Infiniti QX56 and Lexus GS400 but this thing is a pain.........So I bought version 3 of this video to nav adapter and I paid the extra $20 for the audio plug that wires at the radio (front). The directions (or lack of) that came with the unit are not really helpful at all. So I was hoping that I could get some advice on what I am doing wrong. I emailed autotoys about 3 days ago and nada. I dont know if the adapter is defective or if im defective!

Things I have tried.......
I installed the audio harness in the front (it only plugs into one harness off the radio) and then plugged the video harness in the rear (it only plugs into one harness off the dvd player in the trunk). I plugged in the IR, grounded and supplied a accessory 12v to the Video to Nav unit.

All this thing does when I start up my car is make my navigation screen show everything kindof blueish and wavy. I try to turn it on with the remote and nothing happens. I see some people have had luck with this thing. I am wondering if they have sent me the wrong harness as well. Has anyone had the problems I have been running into? Any help would be appreciated. Here are a couple of pics of the harnesses I am using.

This is the Audio Y-Harness and the factory audio harness behind the radio. Why are there more wires coming off the autotoys harness than what my factory plug supplies?




This is the autotoys audio harness in the trunk that I have connected to the video to nav unit.






This is the video harness which connects to the video to nav unit and behind the dvd player.




Thanks in advance for any type of help. I can also take and post additional pictures if need be.

Regards,
Drew

 

Sorry I did not post the pictures correctly. Here they are.

Autotoys Audio Y-Harness (Front)


Autotoys Audio Harness (Rear)


Autotoys Video Harness (Rear)

 

Hi Drew, hopefully I can help. I think you might have received the incorrect video harness. I'm unable to see your pics so I'm not completely sure, but does your harness that connects into the adapter have a pink wire? Although you don't have video are you still able to get audio?

If you do have the pink wire (although it's not needed), then you should have the correct harness. If you don't have the correct harness, let me know, and I can give you pointers on what to do if you don't want to return it for the correct harness. (Mssidah had a similiar problem with his video not coming through and he swapped some wires to get the video to work.)

 

Jhal,

Here is a direct link to the video harness picture on kodakgallery.com (you do not need to login)
http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-.../jpeg/BG/async

Unforunately it does not have the pink wire. Do you think they changed the harness with version 3 of this video to nav unit?

Autotoys finally emailed and they have been zero help and whats funny is if i dont respond back to them within 15 mins they close the trouble ticket. I think they do that to boost their "response" time numbers.

Here are links to the audio harness in the front and the rear of the car.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-.../jpeg/BG/async

http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-.../jpeg/BG/async


I did not test the audio cause I was trying to get the video working first. To test the audio, do i set the radio to XM1 and turn the unit on? Should be able to hear whatever I have plugged into the video to nav unit at that point?

Im fine with swapping wires around on the harness I do have. Seems like autotoys.com will take forever to do an exchange.

Thanks again,
Drew

 

From the pictures, it looks like they sent you the wrong interface for video. It looks like it is the same one Mssidah received (and the first one I received that didn't work). Your AUDIO harness looks to be the correct one, but test it before proceeding just to make sure that the video harness is the only one to be spliced. To test the AUDIO, just make the audio connection to the headunit, start your a/v source, and choose "A/V Input" or "Aux Audio Only" on the remote. If you hear your source, your audio should be good and you only need to worry about the video. If the audio doesn't work after this, let me know, and I can help with some other troubleshooting.

I'm at work right now so I'm unable to repost the picture of the correct and incorrect video harnesses, but refer to the picture in post #45 above.

To correct your video harness, you'll want to swap the wires I have higlighted in the harness on the left (Harness A). You'll need to cut these wires and reattach to the opposite row. You'll want to be careful when you do this because it can get confusing, but I would recommend cutting both red wires first, then swap the connection, then move on to the next colored wires. Lastly, you'll swap the white wire with the yellow wire. After you swap these wires (4 from the top row with the 4 from the bottom row) it should work. If they would have sent you Harness B from the picture, you wouldn't need to swap these wires.

When you cut the wires makes sure you cut far enough away from the actual plug before reconnecting the opposing same colored wire (a couple inches or so) so that you have room to work and that you don’t accidentally pull the wire out of the pins. If you pull the wires out of the plug, it would be a lot of work to get them back in without messing up the plug. You may need to pull the black covering back a little to give you more length on the wires before cutting.

Anyways, let me me know how it goes and if you have any other questions or need clarification on the above instructions. Good luck!

 

Ok to double check before I start splicing the video harness. Here are two pictures of the video harness.

Here is the top:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-.../jpeg/BG/async

Here is the bottom:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-.../jpeg/BG/async

It actually does kindof look like Harness B in your picture which does belong to the dvd player in the trunk of the car.

What do you think?

Regards,
Drew

 

Very terrible
http://www.kodakgallery.com/imaging-.../jpeg/BG/async

Regards,
Drew

 

With those better pics of the top and bottom of the interface, it looks like you might have the correct interface. What I am specifically looking at is the placement of the yellow and white wires. The yellow wire on top, with the white wire on bottom, appears to be the same as the interface that worked for me. Also, with the screen shot of your navi, it looks something is trying to come through...is the jumbled text that is showing from your video source? When I had the problem...the screen was fuzzy, and it didn't appear as if any of the video source was being fed through. I'm wondering if something else is faulty as it appears that harness is correct (assuming autotoys hasn't changed the color coding of wires since mine.) Have you had a chance to verify the audio works? If it doesn't, I'm guessing something is faulty with the actually interface box. At this point, don't do any splicing. Let me know if your audio works, and we can trouble shoot a little more after determining if it is solely the video that isn't working.

 

No that wasn't the video source in the picture of the navigation screen. The video to nav unit is just making whatever is on the screen look like that. As for the audio, I tried to get it to work but all I got was some scratchy feedback that might have been my output. It was really hard to tell. I want to open the unit up and see what's going on inside but if autotoys does offer to replace it I can't modified anything with the current unit I have. It sucks and tech support at autotoys are asking stupid questions like part numbers, etc. I sent them the same pictures ive posted here. I'm very surprised they didn't ask to send it back yet. For anyone who wants to order this in the future I would probably order it direct from the manufacturer. It's very strange but they offer a 1 yr warranty opposed to autotoys 30 day.

 

With the audio not working, I'm wondering if there is something faulty with the actual interface. Unfortunately I haven't had experience with taking apart and tinkering with the actual interface so I wouldn't be able to offer much help...sorry. I'm heading out of town for the weekend, but when I get back, I'll let you know if I thought of any new advice I can give. Right now, if the actual interface is the problem, and although it is such a pain to work with autotoys, you might need to exchange it.

 

Jhal,
Thanks for all your help thus far. I had been working with autotoys and ventura tech on troubleshooting my issues with this video to nav unit and still no luck. On the bright side autotoys will be exchanging the unit only for me. They said not to send back the harness or the remote. Im ok with that, its better than nothing. As soon as I try to reinstall I will let you know how it turns out. I might actually ready your original directions for this thread so I do it exactly as you have.

Regards,
Drew

 

Sorry I couldn't be more help. I was going to take a look at my interface over the weekend and see if I could think of anything else, but on Friday, I had some engine problems with my RL, so it's currently at the Acura dealer getting fixed. I guess I had a plug blow right out of the engine. My Acura dealer said they have never seen anything like it, and that it could take a week or longer to fix. Thank goodness I have the extended warranty.

 

So I didnt forget about you guys. I am still waiting on my exchange of the video to nav unit. I even paid the $15.00 rush processing fee. Exchanging does suck at autotoys, its been forever. Atleast I have a second car to use and yes I really did leave my car in pieces for like a month waiting on this stupid part!! I will keep you posted if this thing ever arrives and works.

 

I finally received my exchanged video to nav unit from autotoys.com and it works. This unit is really just plug and play. All I had to do is plug in the video to the nav dvd player and the audio to the radio in the front. I didnt need to wire any of the additional wires coming off the video harness. I spoke to someone at Ventura Tech (creator of this nav bypass) and he said the wires coming off the video harness are for people not connecting the audio. He also told me that they are creating a new version of this bypass that will control your ipod/iphone music & videos in the near future. I think if that does come out I might need to swap this unit out. He also said if I knew 5 guys who wanted this unit he could do a group buy for a discounted rate straight from Ventura so you dont need to deal with autotoys.com. Jhal thanks for taking the time out and helping me out with some troubleshooting. I will post pics as soon as my rides done. My next project is to fix this notorious AFS light on the dash. Geez it never ends...

 

That's great news!! I'm glad it now works for you...enjoy!