Curious about this - maybe existing owners can chime in their thoughts.

I thought the navagation system was pretty cool, and noticed that the system plays from a DVD-ROM drive located in the back. The screen, the DVD-ROM, and the controls - they all seem to add up to DVD movie playback to me (assuming there's an MPEG2 decoder somewhere).

I guess the legal issue is you're not suppose to be playing a movie in the forward seats (at least that's what the sales guy said).

Anyone look into this at all? Wonder what would be required to get this thing playing movies through the LCD screen...

Originally posted by Kremlar
Curious about this - maybe existing owners can chime in their thoughts.

I thought the navagation system was pretty cool, and noticed that the system plays from a DVD-ROM drive located in the back. The screen, the DVD-ROM, and the controls - they all seem to add up to DVD movie playback to me (assuming there's an MPEG2 decoder somewhere).

I guess the legal issue is you're not suppose to be playing a movie in the forward seats (at least that's what the sales guy said).

Anyone look into this at all? Wonder what would be required to get this thing playing movies through the LCD screen...


Yes, I too was wondering this. So, I put in a DVD movie and it couldn't read it. I am assuming that a decoder is needed. One would most likely have to download an MPEG2 decoder somehow. Anybody know how to make this system play movies?

You can't.

Guys with G35's hacked they system to do this.

If i remember correctly, they add a second DVD reader with decoder, then tap into the video feed to the montior. For audio, they get a FM modulator, and tune the radio the the frequency.

I think it *might* be possible, but it would require some modification or replacement/addition to the unit....

Check out these sites:

http://www.navtv.com/products-dealers.htm <--- Japanese NAV
http://forums.vmag.com/suvlc0199/messages/2488.html <--- Sample for Land Cruiser NAV Override
http://www.lextasy.com/storeb/agora.cgi?ca...n&ppinc=search2 <-- Lexus DVD NAV Override

It may be just a matter of time before someone makes it available for our RX8s.....
:p

Originally posted by poison123
You can't.



oh yes you can.. i am almost done :D

post when youre done--I want in

word
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Great. As if we didn't have enough distraction's like cell phones, radio controls, climate controls, etc. Now we want to watch a movie while we're driving 70mph?.....There's a reason it's illegal in most states to be able to view a video in from the front seats.

(Even though I don't think we need this, It would be cool as hell if someone can get it to work :D )

I dont plan on watching movies while driving on freeway or streets for that matter. However, I may watch them while waiting for friends or girlfriend or It will be a nice touch when I enter the car in a car show as soon as I get the car fixed up the way I want it

how are u running the system? a chip or a second dvd player?

Kudos to you Mike...lol

Wouldn't it be easier to try and install a 2nd dvd system to play movies? I would think there'd be alot more work in trying to alter the programming or devise a new chip to allow the decoding.

Originally posted by IWANTMYRX8
Kudos to you Mike...lol

Wouldn't it be easier to try and install a 2nd dvd system to play movies? I would think there'd be alot more work in trying to alter the programming or devise a new chip to allow the decoding.


you are precisely rigth... yeah its cheap but for right now is what we should do. i tired to open up the dvd unit and see the components and comparing it with diagrams that i have from other players, i see that it is missing 'a few' things in order to play mpg files. not to worry thoug. it is fixble, it just takes time, a used dvd from that car from ebay(i don't want to use mine as a guinny pig) , couple of chips and a soder :D .... heck if i can make an xbox to play ANY game under the sun (in cd or dvd format) i can make this darn thing to play movies.
BUT meanwhile, just get a dvd changer (i will use the pioneer one) tap the video signal, some where in the from of the car put a signal xover (to chosee wich one u want to use) and as far as sound goes, well if u decide to use amps, its easier to tap in than without it...

My salesman opened up the rear armest, pointed at the DVD drive and said...

"Here's the DVD drive, you can play movies on it too!"

I paused for like 5 seconds and just laughed in his face {HOLY crap is this guy stupid}!

Later when I was standing looking at the front of the car he came around and pointed beside the fog light and said...

"Do you know what that is in there, I wonder why they left it out in the open like that"

Pause again... Me: "Uhhh, that's the OIL COOLER and there's one on the other side too, it needs to be open to the air just like coolant radiators."

Salesmen just make me wonder how they even got a job in the first place.

please post pics when done

Yes please let me know if and when you get this done and how much it cost you. I talked to someone here who could do it but they want $3000 in labor. No thanks!! ;)

3k is unheard of. Soon enough their will be a kit that will allow you to play movies for like 4 or 5 hundred. they have these kids already for bmw, acura and other cars with nav.

Originally posted by mikeb
3k is unheard of. Soon enough their will be a kit that will allow you to play movies for like 4 or 5 hundred. they have these kids already for bmw, acura and other cars with nav.

Yeah it is!! Thanks Mike. I'll wait and see what other options are available. A kit would be great!

anyone got movies playing yet on their nav

This is very interesting to me too! I didn't get the nav sys because you couldn't play movies! I saw the DVD drive and got all excited to be told no, so no useless 2000.00 feature! Here is a new question where can I get the dash portion to do my own (the intended parts)? I'll just wire it.

Just a thought here...

The Nav system is DVD ROM. So would it be possible to write a DVD-ROM disk with a DIVX movie & player? If the player could be loaded then it might be possible to play the movie. This is most likely not gonna work but I just wonderin if anyone has tried it.

-JiM

Originally posted by j1mb0x99
Just a thought here...

The Nav system is DVD ROM. So would it be possible to write a DVD-ROM disk with a DIVX movie & player? If the player could be loaded then it might be possible to play the movie. This is most likely not gonna work but I just wonderin if anyone has tried it.

-JiM

Doubt it, the nav system will be hard coded into some sort of embeded controller. It only reads data from the disks, and from what has been said there isnt all the physical components to play mgeg video at all.

Even if you could load code and run it, I doubt very much the thing is capable of decoding DIVX, that takes 500mhz+ of CPU power(or custom HW) - it wont have that.

I asked about this in the other thread, haven't gotten an answer...

Does anyone know what sort of input the video display takes? Seems like the easiest solution would be to interface into that and rig up a Latte PC (http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5d5b/) or something similar, with some way to switch between NAV and PC.

Originally posted by Voice of Reason
I asked about this in the other thread, haven't gotten an answer...

Does anyone know what sort of input the video display takes? Seems like the easiest solution would be to interface into that and rig up a Latte PC (http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/handhelds/5d5b/) or something similar, with some way to switch between NAV and PC.

that configuration migth be a bit harder than just adding a dvd changer. specially not only for electricity but sound as well.. also slow since you would have to "boot up" everytime the car is turned on..

Originally posted by U. N. O.
that configuration migth be a bit harder than just adding a dvd changer. specially not only for electricity but sound as well.. also slow since you would have to "boot up" everytime the car is turned on..
The Latte (and its little brother the Cappucino) already operate off DC... hooking them up to draw power from the vehicle's electricity bus would be a challenge but not overtly so. For audio, I was thinking about using the headphone-in hack for the tape player. Actually, I have an MP3 player on order from Trussville, and when it gets here I'll see if it has AUX-IN pads suitable for soldering.

As for boot-up, not a problem. Windows actually boots up quite quickly if you disable about two-thirds of its services, which would be totally unnecessary in a car. Betcha I could get it to boot faster than the NAV system.

Originally posted by Voice of Reason
The Latte (and its little brother the Cappucino) already operate off DC... hooking them up to draw power from the vehicle's electricity bus would be a challenge but not overtly so. For audio, I was thinking about using the headphone-in hack for the tape player. Actually, I have an MP3 player on order from Trussville, and when it gets here I'll see if it has AUX-IN pads suitable for soldering.

well in essence electricity is not the biggest coz u could use a high volume electric converter, it would be still the sound and in essence again the video to switch from nav to "auxiliar" wich you could use a video signal spliter/ selector but to transform the one from computer.. resolution, refresh rate, ect..

As for boot-up, not a problem. Windows actually boots up quite quickly if you disable about two-thirds of its services, which would be totally unnecessary in a car. Betcha I could get it to boot faster than the NAV system.

true that...

Originally posted by U. N. O.
the video to switch from nav to "auxiliar" wich you could use a video signal spliter/ selector but to transform the one from computer.. resolution, refresh rate, ect..
This is why I want to know what inputs the LCD display takes. The little computers output composite and S-Video as well as standard analog RGB... if the LCD can take one of those it'd make the installation much easier.

Eh, who am I fooling, this'll never work.

Originally posted by Voice of Reason
This is why I want to know what inputs the LCD display takes. The little computers output composite and S-Video as well as standard analog RGB... if the LCD can take one of those it'd make the installation much easier.

Eh, who am I fooling, this'll never work.

it could work its just depending on how much work you want to put into it!!

there is a book and a website that i can't recall right now that describes the car totally piece by piece, thus telling hoe to take things apart and put it together. If we can get a hold of this, it will respond your question and many other w/o taking apart anything in anybody's car.

http://www.avelectronic.com

This guy said he could make a switch. And than I could install another dvd rom. But he needed the schematic and I gave him the wrong one. Well it wasn't the one he exactly need he wanted one that showed the connecters. And than you just plug his unit into the head unit of the car and use an FM modulator. I think it was like 400 bucks for the unit. Sorry if you guys have already seen this.

very good
I havent seen that

Originally posted by ShawnC
http://www.avelectronic.com

This guy said he could make a switch. And than I could install another dvd rom. But he needed the schematic and I gave him the wrong one. Well it wasn't the one he exactly need he wanted one that showed the connecters. And than you just plug his unit into the head unit of the car and use an FM modulator. I think it was like 400 bucks for the unit. Sorry if you guys have already seen this.

That is very cool thanks!! I had not seen one of these. I will talk to some people locally about installing one. This could be just what I have been looking for!! :cool:

Originally posted by spasso
Salesmen just make me wonder how they even got a job in the first place.

http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/page001.html

The other day I brought my wife and son to look at the RX-8. The salesman who came out to talk to us (after we had been there for over 10 minutes and were preparing to leave) barely spoke English. I guess he closes the sale using an interpreter?

Oh and another thing. That guy told me he would give me a discount too since he hadn't done an RX-8 yet. So I would bring it up to him. I just had problems getting the schematic from the tech. So I just gave up. I think he said he would give me 10% off.

this is very nice.. did not know that existed.. good feature. a bit expensive, at this rate you would have to pay around $3,500 for a nav system to ply movies (2k factory, 1.5k aftermarket) where if we where to just buy a letsay kenwood on for 1400 we had all of that .. but ofcourse nothing beats factory look..
wonder.. it says the sound passes via radio frecuency? i would hate to be in a place with really bad reception ..

Originally posted by U. N. O.
it could work its just depending on how much work you want to put into it!!

there is a book and a website that i can't recall right now that describes the car totally piece by piece.


Let us know about the site (when you recall). This would be a big help on several things I want to work on.

UNO
where do you get 1500

I thought it was 400

did I miss something?

Originally posted by mikeb
UNO
where do you get 1500

I thought it was 400

did I miss something?

form this website's (http://www.avelectronic.com) , the product costs $535 some dollars, but you have to add the dvd player, their dvd changer is oner $500+ , then shipping and anyother miscellaneous is where i take that $1400. you could use your Ps2 and be doen with it! or Xbox
hope that responds your question

wow
thats a lot of cash just for movies

That's less than half of what someone quoted me here in Colorado. It would be so sweet though!! I just may do it at that price. :cool: Imagine being stuck in traffic and flipping on the news, sporting event or watching your favorite concert DVD? Priceless!! :D

Originally posted by mikeb
wow
thats a lot of cash just for movies

yap but it is a clean fast way to do it. i think i would do the module and them a ps2 but ia m afraid of the electrick inversion. that could be worth it, play games, movies, mp3


yet even better just thoguth of this.. get the module unit and plug a laptop to it! play movies, HUGE mp3 list ext, ext, and when the time comes you can then use that laptop with some software to make changes in the 8 management system (ie once u have a turbo).. great ideas:D

you guys have given great examples of why I NEED one
thanks

:D

i was reading more and more about this idea.. its SWEET!!! according to people that has this mode in other cars it is really good and the reception of local tv channels while moving is good ! this is cool, now you can even whatch the news while sitting in traffic instead of just lisenting... few peps refered to this web site to purchase a better antena .its amplified to reception is even better .. http://owdonald.com/
Oh boy... by next week i will know ofr sure where i keep the car or not and this will be forsure the very first thing i will do to it..!!

thanks for the link UNO

I was thinking of just getting a single DVD rom and mounting it under the passenger seat. Those are cheap and I could easily swap dvd's and avoid the big price of changers. Are you guys planning on mounting a dvd changer in the trunk? I wish there was a hack to convert the stock one to play either nav or dvd.

I prefer a hack to have our stock nav dvd player play dvds
I dont want a dvd player in my trunk
maybe I'll do a custom set up by the dash but I want to be able to change dvds from driver seat hopefully

Originally posted by mikeb
I prefer a hack to have our stock nav dvd player play dvds
I dont want a dvd player in my trunk
maybe I'll do a custom set up by the dash but I want to be able to change dvds from driver seat hopefully


do a ps2 (or can wait for the ps3) in the glob compartment..

our nav syst, can't be hacked to play movies, now i remember reading some about it.. thats why even if u go aftermarket, you will have to separate units, one is the nav player(hidden somewhere) and then the dvd player in a single din at the dash

when's ps3 coming

This TVTuner is great. Just think of the possibilities...
I am definately interested in this. Is it sad that the only reason I will buy a PS2 will be to go in my car?

-JiM

Originally posted by j1mb0x99
This TVTuner is great. Just think of the possibilities...
I am definately interested in this. Is it sad that the only reason I will buy a PS2 will be to go in my car?

-JiM

or like i said do a laptop..

You could also do an x-box.. now you know that they have a hard drive right? well with some small internal modifications, you can use that hard drive as if it was one of a computer, or even put a computer one with way more space(200mb) full of say movies, mp3 or what ever..

Originally posted by mikeb
when's ps3 coming


i dunno nor what it will be the changes but i read in a couple of magazines now that it is development stages... can't wait..

oh yeah i remember i read in a computer magazine that was talking about "RAMBUS" the company that makes memory for computers, they had a new technology for memory coming out that will be used in the new ps3 . it suppost to be cooler than current ones and hava a faster clock speed ratio... so the ps3 will integreat a more computing kind of playing scenario. dunno time fream. will do a search in yahoo and see what there is out there

Originally posted by mikeb
when's ps3 coming

Gonna have to wait a decent while. They haven't even seeded game developers with devkits, or released the general specs to them even. It usually takes at least a year after that happens to 2 years.

damn

UNO got me all excited for nothing j/k

Has anyone bought the NavTV-Tuner from avelectronics yet? I'm wondering how good it is, how easy the install was, etc. If someone gets it let the rest of us know because I think a lot of people are looking to buy but are hesitant that it may not work out correctly.

no one has the nav tv yet

I think you should be the first though:D

how about changing the chip for it for it can read the dvd like the playstation system . that all you had to do was that. to get the copy games to work on the system. can the be done on the nav system to get dvd movies to play.

Originally posted by j-apex rx
how about changing the chip for it for it can read the dvd like the playstation system . that all you had to do was that. to get the copy games to work on the system. can the be done on the nav system to get dvd movies to play.

apparently not

no one has got it working yet

Pictures of nav playing a movie

navtuner (http://www.avelectronic.com/PhotoGallery.htm)

So far MikeB is right. To my knowledge, no one has modified the stock NAV system to play DVD's......yet.

thanks for the link
Is that company respectable

Originally posted by offdaheeze
Pictures of nav playing a movie

navtuner (http://www.avelectronic.com/PhotoGallery.htm)


very nice.. thanks for the update.. now all we need is some one to do it...Unfortunatelly, mine has to go so i won't be doing it..:(

does anyone know what does the little "square" box that is next to the lcd screen? it looks like infrared receiver for like a remote control but i have never figured it out..

I recently added a TV Tuner & 10 DVD changer to my RX-8 (http://www.idenmoto.com/~guerrero/ftp/RX8.jpg).

It's great for morning news & sports. The DVD player comes in handy in long road trips.
PIX 1 (http://www.idenmoto.com/~guerrero/ftp/FnF_DVD.JPG)
PIX 2 (http://www.idenmoto.com/~guerrero/ftp/FastNFurious.JPG)

Go to AVElectronic (http://www.avelectronic.com/NavigationTV-Tuner.htm) they sold me the equipment:
http://www.avelectronic.com/NavigationTV-Tuner.htm

Good luck and enjoy!

Very cool. How about some pix of where the actual boxes are installed?

I forgot that picture :-)
NavTV unit (http://www.idenmoto.com/~guerrero/ftp/NavTV.jpg)

The DVD changer is in the trunk.

Ciao.

Thanks :) How hard was it to remove the back seat?

Oh, and what about the remote? It looked kinda fugly on AVElectronic's site. Where do you have it mounted? Does it look okay?

And did you get the rear-view camera? That sounded like one cool gadget.

To remove the back seat you need to loosen two bolts (~13mm), that's all. Very simple.

The remote is ok but I do plan on getting a universal remote.
I keep it in the center console.

I purchased the extra 7 " LCD for the rear and was mounted using a goose neck (using one bolt from the driver seat).

:D

FernandoGator, could you give a more in-depth review of that Nav-TV unit? Specifically, some of the questions I had were:
- How's the sound and video quality?
- How long does it take to switch inputs? In the video on the site, it shows someone mashing several buttons (including one on the console!) for like half a minute to get it to switch.
- Did run into any snafu's with the installation, or features that weren't what you expected?
- Did you get a rearview camera, and if so, how useful do you find it in an 8?
- How is the TV reception?
- Does it use one each of the inputs and outputs to connect to the nav system and LCD?
- Anything else notworthy about it that's not advertised?
- Do you work for AVElectronic? I had to ask...

Originally posted by FernandoGator


I purchased the extra 7 " LCD for the rear and was mounted using a goose neck (using one bolt from the driver seat).

:D
Can you show us picts of this too? :D

wow that great! i have a few questions, however...

1) was it pretty simple to install? it says there's only 4 wires to cut, or splice into

2) how good is the sound? i guess it uses an FM modulator but is there a way to splice it directly into the Bose?

3) where did you place the input switch?

1) was it pretty simple to install? it says there's only 4 wires to cut, or splice into
ANSWER: I had someone install it for me. The guy was very professional and had previous experience with the AVElectronic NAV-TV units. Yes, they only cut 4 wires at the NAV unit.

2) how good is the sound? i guess it uses an FM modulator but is there a way to splice it directly into the Bose?
ANSWER: Perfect sound since they use an FM modulator.

3) where did you place the input switch?
ANSWER: I have a switch to change between the NAV and TV/DVD video signals. This was placed at the left side of the steering wheel where Mazda left three spots for future/misc switches.

4) (previous question) Did the vibration affect the image quality?
ANSWER: No for the DVD. The TV tuner does loose signal if the car is moving.

BLUESNOWMONKEY WROTE:
FernandoGator, could you give a more in-depth review of that Nav-TV unit? Specifically, some of the questions I had were:
- How's the sound and video quality?
ANSWER: Excellent sound and video signal for DVD player. TV tuner is OK.

- How long does it take to switch inputs? In the video on the site, it shows someone mashing several buttons (including one on the console!) for like half a minute to get it to switch.
ANSWER: Instant. There’s no delay, I just press a switch and in milliseconds it switches.

- Did run into any snafu's with the installation, or features that weren't what you expected?
ANSWER: It took a while (a couple of hours) to get the instructions from my Mazda dealer on how to remove the radio. They needed to tap into the antenna. There’s a locking bolt on the left side by the driver. AVElectronic should now have this information. Ask for Sam. The video was getting out of sync when I switched between the NAV and DVD but this problem disappeared when I grounded the DVD player.

- Did you get a rearview camera, and if so, how useful do you find it in an 8?
ANSWER: I did not get it. Perhaps in the future…

- How is the TV reception?
ANSWER: It’s OK. Not wonderful but it does a reasonable job.

- Does it use one each of the inputs and outputs to connect to the nav system and LCD?
ANSWER: Check with AVElectronic.

- Anything else notworthy about it that's not advertised?
ANSWER: Nope.

- Do you work for AVElectronic? I had to ask...
ANSWER: NO. I live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I drove to Atlanta to have this system installed.

Hey, thanks a lot. Everything I wanted to know.

out of all you guys, how many of you would really remove your backseat and wires all over the place just to play your dvds in your vechicle.

I will

BTW, I called the NAV system designers to find out about an updated DVD mapping system (I have areas in my town that are "black" on my screen because they were built within the last two years.) They say a new DVD will be available in December for "only" $200.00... You would think the first upgrade woul;d be free.

Originally posted by mrtux
out of all you guys, how many of you would really remove your backseat and wires all over the place just to play your dvds in your vechicle.

I am interested in this but not for playing DVDs. I've been thinking about adding a race camera setup to the car and it would be nice to use the Nav screen as a monitor so you check the camera(s) position and review the video clips.

Are you kidding? Hell yeah!! Who cares what's behind the seat?

I need to know,which wires (4) I must cut.
Please help me.
Could you send me the instruction (AVElettronic)?
Thanks a lot

Shoot i'll do it...and when ur done just zip tie all your wires and shove it under the carpet so it won't be expose and put ur seat back. Nice clean. :D

Originally posted by U. N. O.
this is very nice.. did not know that existed.. good feature. a bit expensive, at this rate you would have to pay around $3,500 for a nav system to ply movies (2k factory, 1.5k aftermarket) where if we where to just buy a letsay kenwood on for 1400 we had all of that .. but ofcourse nothing beats factory look..
wonder.. it says the sound passes via radio frecuency? i would hate to be in a place with really bad reception ..

when using an fm modulator reception isnt an issue.. it is transmitting from within your car so it will pick it up. i have had an fm modulator used for my mp3 player before and there were areas here where i couldnt get anything but AM radio stations and i never had a problem with my fm modulator

yep, i'm seriously considering this as well! would be awesome, if for no other reason, just to say you can do it!

has anybody else used AVElectronics for this or any other gadgets? if so, have you gotten similar results?

for those newer folks wondering about this same stuff (i know i was), hopefully this reply will bring the thread back to the top of the list for a couple days! read it! it's very helpful!

-Lynx

I called three stereo places today in cali and none of them have kits for the rx8 yet.

I have the AvElectronic unit and it works like a charm. I mounted it behind the back seat. Can't see a thing. I was kinda nervous yanking the seats out and taking the carpet up to run all the wires. I mounted a AudioVox single DVD rom under the passenger seat where I can reach it from the driver seat. You cannot see anything when looking in the car. But it works great. the only problem is using the TV tuner while driving, it pretty much sucks. I might just buy those Kenwood power antennas, that might work better. But I don't wanna watch the TV anyways.Mostly videos. The FM modular works way better than I expected. Never have had a single problem with it.

thats great
do you have any pics
what parts did you buy from their website and who installed it?

All I bought from them was the TV tuner box. It comes with everthing you need. AVElectronic sends you this little schematic to tell you what wires to cut. My friend installed it. I was kinda nervous about doing it. But after seeing and helping him do it , it wasn't very difficult. It took about 3-4 hours but we didn't work on it constantly. He does this kind of stuff for a living so it went pretty fast. I didn't take any pictures but I mounted mine behind he passenger back seat just like someone else in this forum and he had pictures. I wired up the infared eyes for the DVD rom and Tuner underneath the radio volume knob. I popped out that little plate. But now I have to have a plastic shop make me a smoked plexiglass cover so the eyes can see through it.

Hey people, what's up. I've been lurking around this site for the last few months, reading up on cool things like this to do when I get the 8 (two weeks?). Anyway, I have searched around and can't find out how the resolution is on the factory Nav screen. I'm thinking about hooking up the Avelectronics system and running a PS2 through it, but heard the res on the factory screen isn't that good.

I know LCD screens are about 800x600, and I'd like to know the difference between the two, as I'm deciding whether to get the Nav + hook up through it or build something totally custom. As I have said, I've done a search for this, so if it's been discussed before, please point me in the right direction.

Thanks-

Dave

Originally posted by mrtux
out of all you guys, how many of you would really remove your backseat and wires all over the place just to play your dvds in your vechicle.

I will

The AVelectronic guys are sending out my TV Nav Tuner with a 24 pin connector that "should" make it a "Plug and Play" system. They offerec me a discount if I showed pics of my install on the board, and I will get them posted as soon as its installed!

ohh sweet. that means i wont have to cut any wires..


BTW i have a question has anyone decided to install a real DVD player in the current location of the stock map unit.. It seems to me that it would be a smart idea to move the stock unit into the hidden storage compartment between the rear seats. Then put the new unit in the old spot. I jut wounder if the old stock Map dvd player will mind not sitting flat? This way you can burry the old map unit where its hard to reach and put the new unit within arms reach.. What do you think?

Why do you want to install the avelectronics boxs behind the back seat? is there not a easyer location like in the trunk? behind the glove box? etc... just woundering cause i am getting ready to install mine today.. I am not sure where the wireing harness is that i have to cut into.. IE behind the dvd player in the back.. ? is this why your putting the unit back there ?

Originally posted by FernandoGator
I forgot that picture :-)
NavTV unit (http://www.idenmoto.com/~guerrero/ftp/NavTV.jpg)

The DVD changer is in the trunk.

Ciao.

did you have to cut the foam in the seat back to do this ?
theres no room behind my seat for this to be in there i am goin into my trunk

the back seat is so easy to take out its not that big of a deal. I was nervous at first but there really is nothing to it. the bottom just pops up and the part your back wrests on has two bolts on the bottom and than you lift up.

i know its easy to take out but the box is to thick to be mounted behind without pushing out the seat back after reinstallation of the seat.

i put mine behind that medal bracket but it pushes that plastic piece out in the trunck. I plan on mounting it right on that bracket though. someone else did it that way and it didn't look like his seat pushed out. maybe he did cut out the foam.

he must have cut the foam or my seat is diffrant

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=41063

out of all you guys, how many of you would really remove your backseat and wires all over the place just to play your dvds in your vechicle.

sissy :wiggle:

maybe just get a video iPod or zune and a vent mount? cheaper and less headache

Lol I Was In Ebay They Are Selling A Device To Make Nav Mazda Lexus Nissan To Pay Movies On Nav

All,
After 3.5 years of using my DVD changer with my NAV display I must say that it was worth the original risk. I've enjoyed watching many movies while on long travels or even while parked and reviewing some interesting video footage (under water dives, etc.).

The video unit was sold by AvElectronic.com and installed by one of their partner installers. It was my idea to store it behind the back seat. We did not need to cut the foam. It does allow you to cover the video adapter and hide this extra unit and cables. The DVD changer is visible in the trunk and gives me easy access to change the 10-DVD magazine.

Good luck with your setups...
Fernando

Kab,

I believe those are from Avelectronics as well. They work perfectly with my playstation.