I decided to post a couple of pictures of how the nav with the bracket and wiring harness should look like for future reference, especially to those who might come across a used nav for sale and without the instruction sheet.





I put the nav/bracket/wiring haness last night, took about 30 minutes. this morning i did the rest and took me another maybe 30 minutes.



I have a question to those that needed the patch to watch dvd's. does it take a while before the nav knows that you are in motion? i started the car and it played the movie, i put it in first gear and moved forward and it was still playing. i put it in reverse and it was still playing.

 

the question is, does it keep playing after you start driving?

 

well i was driving but just in the driveway but it was still playing.

manual says, while driving, video is not displayed and playback is audio only.

 

Damnit i need that nav. If you see another one beetle let me know.

This japanese version i have is useless!

 

^sure i will keep an eye out for you, i will keep checking craigslist. is that the one you got on ebay? cant return anymore? dealer cant change it to english?

 

Yeah its the one from ebay. Seller wouldnt take it back cause they mentioned "sold as is". It apparently has different hardware so it cant be changed. the damn thing has a built in TV.

let me know what you find!

 

nice how much did it run you?

 

man, I want that.
still works with the oem rockford system, right?

 

Nice.

 

im pritty sure you have to hook the E-brake wire to a ground on the chassis that way it makes the navi think its got the E-brake on that should let it keep playing.

it works on the aftermarket ones.

 

thats what i was thinking. he needs to drive and see if the display remains.

i tested a GTS with the Navi and when you start driving, you hear the audio only, but when you roll to a stop, the display (movie) comes back on.

 

take a short drive, like 5 or 10mins and you will know, congrats on the nav i love mine

 

thanks guys, just that after the install i couldnt drive it since i had to go back into the house to attend to more pressing matters. i will drive it tonight to go to our weekly evo meets and will try it out. i gotta say though that the handbrake had nothing to do with it as i was going forward then reverse to backup to the garage and it was still playing.

 

the dvd player works off the gps signal, so it might play for a little bit then cut off, i just loaded the new software, went to run an errand with the dvd on and it worked great

 

software?