I haven't been here in a while due to person issues, but in the mean time i've been thinking something out, and finally completed it today. Here's some pics to get us started:
after reading the DIY on removing the radio, this is what my TL looked like:

then i had to put it back together, anyone notice anything different?:

and here's what i've been working on:






sorry for the crappy quality, the video was playing off my IPOD and it looks a LOT clearer in person, i also have it hooked up to a silver PS2 in my glove box, but thinking of changing it out to a black ps2 when i get the money to get a used one....

 

oh, and if y'all wondering, it plays over the factory radio with blitzsafe adapter, for music i use my IPOD, and videos can be done with IPOD or PS2, and i play games with the PS2. In a few weeks if i can find one for a good price, i'm going to add navigation to it, garmin makes a stand alone unit, that can basically mount anywhere with a video out, so i'll be able to do navi with the screen. And i'm thinking about adding a rearview camera...

 

i've thought about something similar, but don't have the funds...or the time to figure it out.

THIS LOOKS GREAT. mad props

i'm glad all your had work pays off...

 

it wasn't expensive, b/c i already owned an IPOD and a PS2,
i didn't want to replace my factory system and factory sub b/c i don't want to waste anymore money in this car, b/c i'm planning on buying a new car soon, and this will just be a daily driver.
So i just bought a cheap screen and did it.... everything works just like it used to, it's just a screen, no receiver

 

can you post up where and how much you got the screen for? and maybe install info and things like that? i would love you add a screen of some sort to my car while retaining the stock look. thanks! it looks great!

 

well the TV has been discontinued, but it's a cheap pyle Tv. pyle is releasing the newer version of the screen in about 2 weeks from what i've read.... I paid ~260 for the screen, but i've seen it range from about there to 450 bucks.... The install wasn't that bad, you're going to have to cut a little metal in the dash...., and i just dremel'd the face of the CD tray thing till it fit the screen.

 

Looks very clean

Do you happen to have a part number for that standalone Garmin unit? I want to add navi to my 7" flip out w/ DVD.

 

Never mind, found it http://www.garmin.com/products/gvn52/

I went at the price

Found some on eBay for about $455

 

yea, for the garmin thing, if you google, the cheapest i found was 450..... and if i really wanted navi that much, i'd rather put out the money to get the avic d3 which i can get for 785..... but than i'd have to buy the double din dash kit which would be another 180 bucks...., so i went this route with no navi, but if i find a cheap navi that's just a brain with video out, i'm going to get it,... DUAL and Pyle make navi add ons also, but they are expensive and i'm not too into their products.... I like to stay with the major brands, but pyle was the only company that i found to have a screen that would work with what i wanted..... and i was surprized by the quality and resolution of the screen....

 

oh yea, the TV had an FM transmitter and tv tuner built in, but i wasn't able to catch any channels...

 

Looks awesome!
I was planning to do something really similar.
Search Ebay for
"NEW 1/2 DIN PYLE IN-DASH MOTORIZED CAR VIDEO 7" MONITOR"

with a bit of mod on the 1/2 din, i'll fit the cd tray area..
must say it again, looks awesome

 

i only have one problem, i can't adjust the screen.... it's all the way out, and on tilt 2 which is the most forward it will tilt, there are no other adjustments you can make with out it hitting the AC thing on top.... I can get past this problem if i mount it forward more, but then it wouldn't be flush, and when you do it, you have to make some brackets to mount it, b/c it sits about a lil more than a 1/4 inch above the radio....

 

Hey Dis.... How Exactly Do You Hook Up The Audio With The Factory Radio?

 

tv has av out, so i just bought a blitzsafe hon/acura dmx. v1 and hooked that up to the av out on the tv, and have my ps2 and ipod hooked up to the av1 and av2 on the radio, there's also a video 3 which i don't use, (can be used for back up camera or navi) and there's reg. tuner tv also

 

nice.

 

Wow thats great disgookonfiya, it's actually a good anti-theft idea lol. No seriously, when people look inside your car they can pratically tell what they can/can't take from your car. Thats one reason i got 15% tints all around. You car looks like its completely stock... but hey, a hidden screen/PS2... You did a great job man, many props keep up the good work

 

nice..................

 

nicely done. another member did this a few years ago too

half dins are clutch (i wanted to do this before i got the mediagate)

 

I would have never thought of that, but mad props! Very clean. You inspired me lol.

 

Wow, I like it alot. Nothin like playin some PS2 while sittin in traffic lol

 

lol, i doubt i'll play while in traffic... but if i come to school early, i can sit in my car, and knock out one or two races in Gran Turismo 4.....

 

Awesome mod.

This is my next project once I find an affordable half-din screen.

(Sorry to bring this back up.)

 

bringing this back from the grave, but i bought a G35 last summer
and I decided to sell my TL (full coverage insurance one two cars got pretty high for a guy in his lower 20's) And i took out the TV/blitzsafe adapter/ps2 slim/ipod/all the wires.... How much do y'all think it's worth? I know they stopped making this TV Last year, pretty much a month after i bought the TV, the Tv couldn't have been bought anywhere for under 400 bucks, and i bought the blitzsafe adapter for ~70 bucks but don't know how much it's worth now. So any of y'all have an estimate of how much i can probably get for the screen and blitz safe adapter together/separately? And if any of y'all have a question on how to do the screen it's fairly simple, i actually still have the trim panel i cut to fit the screen. (I bought a new panel before i sold the car)

 

it's not worth anything. nothing at all. so send it to me and i'll get rid of it for you. i'll even paypal you for the shipping.

 

lol, I know it's worth something. B/c a lot of guys on want the Tv for a kit some dude makes for it, I just don't know how much the blitzsafe is worth, since i think only people with TL's really get it.