Vaillant

I just (finally) bought my RX-8 a couple of weeks ago and it has the nav system. At first I figured that it was an expensive toy and sort of regretted paying the almost $2k for it. Now, if this works, suddenly it looks like a very good idea. DVDs, game systems, mp3 players...they should all easily hook up.

Sweet!

~ Matt (who is now subscribed to this thread and will be a definite customer once this hook up is proven :D )

thew

hey matt.. I am a Matt To

Vaillant

Hey Matt! I'm a Matt V. and I lived with another Matt V. for about a year...talk about confusing!

I've been following this car for what seems like forever (my Join Date is one indication) and now that I've got one, all I want to do is spend more money on it. I think I blame Pimp My Ride and Monster Garage for my affliction.

~ Matt

Blackout13

I'm in for the group buy, too... looks good - can't wait to hook up the Xbox Media Player w/ 120 GB hard drive.

thew

i shoudl have it next week.. so the Tracking system says..

hey Matt V .. MY wife was married to a MAtt before she married me .. hehehhee
talk about weird... She gets mad and lets a Maaat Slip !!! I dont know the diffrance.. I get mad and let my X wifes name slip and i get a cold sholder ! heheh

Speed Racer

If it works as expected, you can count me in for the group buy too! :D

Unser

Hey guys, any more news?

truemagellen

waiting for thew to get his unit in from japan...and install and test it...we must be patient although I am antsy as all hell to see this thing working!

thew

i think ill get it maybe friday .. if were all lucky.. seems easyer to get stuff from Japan to CAliforina then CA to NY

hehe tracking says it will be in SF tommrow.. if it clears customs ok i could see it friday

Unser

I am holding my breath, I am sure others are too....

I think I'll be shopping for Sirius soon, now that Mazda has officially given up on Sat Radio for RX-8s on the road.

ProtoConVert

hey, i got a question.

Are japan parts orderable from US Dealers? I have a gift certificate that can only be redeemed by a mazda dealer apparently

thew

some parts are but not many..
check with Trussvill MAzda. one of our vendors.. If it can be gotten be a Dealer they will tell ya..

truemagellen

so thew what does tracking say?? (we must sound like kids in the back of the car 'are we there yet???')

truemagellen

oh I forgot it's not friday yet...damn I'm impatient

thew

hehe .. Tracking says "shut up back there.. Dont make me reach back there and pop you one !"

still not in SF yet... I hope tommrow

thew

i can still remember my Dad puting his Giant hand on the back of the front seat.... This was our Cue to shut up .. or suffer the Hand !!

thew

it will take me about 1 hour .. and then ill snap pics and such. So far.. The stupid tracking web site says its still in the air.. hehe long 2 day flight....

thew

There Here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday Delivery to


Now.. From the instructions.. (that i cant read) it looks like theres one of these for the non Nav cars to.. they make one that is just the Audio part of the connector... But Also from the instructions this is supposed to plug into the T.V. tuner that MAzda puts in the 8s in Japan... IT clearly plugs into the back of the tuner witch is mounted in the trunk behind the trunk lining on the passanger side. But the t.v tuner seems to plug into the Nav unit...

So I will be ripping my car apart to see if it can use the connector on the Head unit or the DVD player.. Also we may have the wireing in our trunk. I can see it on the wireing Diag in the shop manual.. So wish me luck .....

And I am not sure about the audio only version.. they clearly make one..

truemagellen

I'll be watching this post for updates tonight and tomorrow...this is a great day thew!

Kel Rx8

he guys any chance of a chat room on this or a final review on it tonight
if so im @ kel rx8 on aim.
cant wait to hear some good news.

thew

Omicron .. I need you..


Do you have any info one the DVD unit in our 8's I think its a Panasonic but it says Matsushita on the bottem.. IN order to make this work we need the Wireing Diag for the DVD unit.

After taking the car apart. I have found that the Head unit connector is all wrong.. Just like I thought.. But the unused connector on the back of the map dvd is almost the same.. Upon futher inspecton I discoverd a hidden connector on the dvd unit.. its cover by some silver tape. Either one of these must be the Input path for the Mazda T.V. unit that we are missing.. It is there that this input is supposed to be plugged in.. IT would be mounted in the trunk. I took mine apart and found that the Wireing harness from the OEM DVD and Sound sysem runs to the spot where the t.v. tuner would be.. But theres no breaks in it.. No plugs nothing.. they just stoped short of givving us the connector to plug this in...

So If were going to make this work we need to get the wireing info for the DVD unit. I am so sure that its one of those to plugs i can taste it...

I need all of you to help me find this info ..

Heres what the DVD unit says on it. :

Matsushita electric industral co
serial no 10246

MOdel number FE0166DF0
ref no cn-vm4360a


I have been searching the web and my eyes hurt....


Whos got the Wireing Diagram ??

thew

p.s i cant get the caht room to work for me.. but we can do it over MSN messager...
thew@sbcreative.com

Kel Rx8

omi is not on aim
but im on the hunt for some skematics
im check some resources and see what i can find
brb

thew

I am not sure if he has taken his dvd player apart yet.. but mines here in my lap... God were so close !!!
Got my MSN on to..

Hey I also run a Team speek server to.. if anyone else has TS.. we can use that for our Chat room.. but live voice chat ...Mic is needed..

Kel Rx8

http://matsushita.co.jp/
im having a hard time on there site
crap we migth need the help from japan8
im keep searching though
there has to be something out there
:D