Ok Guys, I spent most of this wek in Nags Head for a family vacation and I took all my tools and junk with me. I had a DVD install done by the same people who did SlimmyJimmy's but to be honest, they did an incredibly piss poor job. I was really pissed at how bad an install they did, so I decided to chalk it up to a learning experience and do it myself. Here is what I came up with... Hadn't seen this yet, so I gave it a shot. Took some serious fabrication and several pieces of my baby were left down in Nags Head in order to make this work...

Components:
Doms Unit
Wendys Camera
DVD Switch
PIE X3
Myron Davis AD212 DVD Player
Rio Karma 20g MP3 player wired to PIE X3

Console


Camera


PIE X3 & DVD Switch


IR Sensor


DVD Screen


DVD Player



Wired MP3 Player




Let me know what you guys think... Wasn't too hard to do but it was the most custom thinghave ever done... The door works perfectly and everything is working this time so it is actually done this time and it is done right....

 

Looks good, glad someone finally found a way to get a DVD player to fit in there and close the door. I'm gonna have to save up and get one of those switches from DCC

 

hey that looks pretty good not a fan of the mp3 player but its better than my mp3 player soulution (mp3 player in lap or cupholder+ tape adapter)

 

I can't believe you actually fit the DVD Player in there with the door! From the measurements I took, I thought it was impossible. Congratulations, looks great. Please show us how you did it!

 

It doesnt fit... and the one thing I forgot to take with me was my Camera.

There are two things behind the center console preventing this unit from fitting. A metal crossbar that holds a large wireloom in place and the black ducting for the AC.

The Metal bar was removed, just cut it off with a Dremel, then the ducting was 'adjusted' with a hammer to make it flatter. Once it was flat enough, the player fits. You can see the player is off center behind the pocket, this is because the left side of the pocket has the door mechanism and you cant mess with it. There is just enough room left for the disk to eject.

The pocket was cut down to fit the player, but the top of the pocket and part of the sides could remain intact...

 

Well that explains it. Good job being brave enough to cut that bar. Are you sure that didn't support anything important. Didn't add to a safety design?

 

I couldn't figure out anyway that it supported anything... It was very flimsy to begin with and it had two clips holding a wireloom inplace. Natural assumption was that it was there to keep the wires out of the back of the console.. No way would it have supported anything.

 

Wow! Impressive.



Can't believe you actually cut that bar there. That was the bar that was standing in the way of me "mounting" the Mediagate in that top compartment. I didn't even consider cutting the bar was an option. How much of it did you cut/trim off?

Congrats on the new install. It looks clean!

About that mount for your Rio, where did you pick that up? It matches the parchment interior quite nicely. I wouldn't use it though, but just thought I comment on the match.

 

I cut off all of it... Made my cuts on the blue lines here:



The insert is called KUDA. Interesting that you comment on the match... this is the Camel color that matches the Camel interior. I bought this when I had my OTHER 3G TL with the camel interior. It is very close, but they do have a Parchment that is an exact match:
http://www.kudausa.com/kuda_mount_an..._2004-1-6.html#

 

That is pretty sweet Jeff!

Sorry to hear about my installer not living up to your expectations. I wonder what happened.

Also, where did you get that DVD switch? I was gonna look into that but didn't know how to make the switch. Wanna help?

 

Awesome install.

I think he got the DVD switch from DCC - search for the thread.

 

HEY SLIMMYJIMMY,

I bought my switch off of DCC like waacow said. throw him a PM.

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Edit by datmrman:
Per DCC's request, I have removed his email from this post to prevent bots from crawling this webpage and sending him spam.

 

how much was the switch?

 

Pricey -- see this thread VSA switch to switch b/w NAV and DVD

 

I got the switch and the Doms unit from another member here in the DC area who decided to go with a different setup....

 

WOOPS! Sorry DCC...didn't even think about it! I may get another one for my buddy so keep 'em coming!

 

jmbova: where u get that dvd player from? and what brand is that? how much you got it for?

 

From his first post

From there, try

 

where can i buy the tvandnav2go ?

 

go to the black market section, then sponsored group buy... and you will theres a GB for the tvand nav going on. im in it right now hoping to reach the 21 mark.

 

Just wanna know if Myron&Davis AD212 DVD player plays burn dvd???