I just bought a DVD-ROM for my 99TL that came out of a 2003Tl. Upon installing the unit in the trunk and plugging it in I get no sign of power when I turn the car on. I have the code also, is there something Im missing here maybe I need to unplug the battery cable or should I just assume that the unit I bought is bad?! Help all that have recently gone through upgrades please!?!?!?!?!

 

I've never done this myself but everything I've read indicates that the DVD unit is a Plug N Play replacement for the hard drive based unit used in the 1999 TL.

Are you sure that it was taken from a 2003 TL?

Check the model numbers against those listed on Paul Mooney's helpful navhelp.com site:

http://navhelp.com/other.html

Was your stock navigation unit functioning properly? If so, you might want to hook it up again to confirm that it still works. Maybe you blew a fuse.

Do you get any sort of message displayed on your nav screen?

Do you have any sort of warranty on the part?

Bob

 

make sure all the connections are tight - one of my wires was kinda hard to connect to the DVD unit when I put mine in. If it works and you connected everything right, it should turn right on.

 

Everything is hooked up correctly, I even plugged in the old unit and the screen came right up. Worst case scenario if this thing is bad, anybody knows how much it takes to repair one and is there a national center that repair these units?

 

No message at all. Screen does not even come on.

 

no idea, you may want to go by a small electronics/tv repair shop and see if they can open it up and find something wrong. Those places can do all sorts of electrical repairs. If that doesnt work - go to Ebay and get a unit - I got mine for about $250 and it is the best purchase I made for my car by far

 

well when i bought by 99 it already had the dvd rom and also had the 04 dvdrom version already. but i am pretty sure that your dvd rom box is bad.

 

thats what im afraid of too buddy.