Video aux in for Sat Nav....

by **Doctor** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:38 pm

Hi guys,

I've found the video aux in at the back of my OEM Sat Nav, plugged my N95 into it and played video but the image is in B+W and keeps scrolling...Looks to me like a NTSC vs PAL issue but I'm not sure....

When I plug the phone in the TV at home the image is fine....

Does this mean that the OEM Sat Nav is NTSC format??

The guys at LegacyGT say that their vid aux in is fine but of course being in USA they would be inputting NTSC.....

HAs anyone tried this or knows what might be wrong???

by **swingn** » Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:44 pm

Most video phones & camera's should have a setting to change the output between NTSC & Pal.

Most of those kinds of products are the same world wide... Like not it was back it the day

by **gtspec** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:50 am

Are you using the same video cord to connect to both the TV and SatNav when testing?

Also i would say try another video player besides your N95.. if you can get your hands on a Ipod that would be great, i hear they work fine.

If the Ipod doesnt work either i would start leaning towards a faulty SatNav connection...

by **Ric** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:32 am

Doctor wrote:When I plug the phone in the TV at home the image is fine....

Many TVs now have an PAL/NTSC/AUTO setting.
If yours is on AUTO, then this doesn't give any indication of what your N95 is putting out.

by **Doctor** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:45 am

Ahhh I see. Not sure about the Auto setting there Ric....Tv is only an old CRT but that would explain alot though. Gonna try and find a different video device....Thanks for the tips!

by **Moi** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:03 pm

If you have the Kenwood SatNav (it's actually a Denso unit) then it's NTSC only.

I don't know which car model you have but the MY07 GTspecB has the Kenwood SatNav (and yes v14 of the Toyota Denso Sensis maps work on it but that's meaningless now that Subaru have v14 maps out...I think)

Cheers
Teck

by **Doctor** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:10 am

Thanks Moi,
Annoying as that asnwer is atleast I now know....
Makes sense that all the LegacyGT guys had no probs....
Now to completely re-think my carPC!!!

by **UrbanGTB** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:47 am

Hey man, I got Video running in my MY07 and had to traul through so much crap on the american forums and a bunch of sh!t advice from various different people.

The screen is NTSC input only, it does not support PAL. Also there is a wire you have to ground to disconnect the handbrake signal, its a wire that feeds into the screen not the sat nav that you have to ground. I will try and find some suitable images to show you how.

by **Moi** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:03 pm

I think this is what UrbanGTB is referring to

http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36342
http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52355

Cheers
Teck

by **Digital** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:54 pm

hmm thanks doctor you've given me an idea....

originally i was gonna hook up a reverse camera then check to see is there is audio in rca on the back of the unit so then i could run a rca to 3.5mm jack for my very own aux input, but i didnt think to use the video cable for an external player... gotta find someway to share the signal...

anyways my question is is there audio in on the back of the sat nav?

also does anyone happen to 'have' version 14 of the whereis maps?

sorry to jump in on the thread doctor! :roll:

by **Doctor** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:22 pm

You're right Digital...it's all good.
As far as I could find there is no audio aux in on the sat nav as its a display unit only.
You'd have to get the the back of your headunit to find such an input.

Urban GTB - Thanks for the confirmation...Yeah I feel your pain about the LegacyGT stuff...info overload! I knew about the ahndbrake signal but no point cutting wires till I know it'll work

Tell me tho...If you got vid running thru the Sat Nav what is your vid source?? Is it a reverse camera? NTSC DVD player?? car PC??

by **Moi** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:35 pm

Doctor wrote:Tell me tho...If you got vid running thru the Sat Nav what is your vid source?? Is it a reverse camera? NTSC DVD player?? car PC??

You can run both as there are 2 video input sources - one specifically for a rear camera and the other is a standard video rca (NTSC) input. When reverse gear is engaged, the screen automatically switches to the rear camera input. To select the rca video input you press Map button twice I believe.

Cheers
Teck

by **Doctor** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:05 pm

so where do you wire the reverse camera into??
Bare wires into the multipin connector is it?

by **Moi** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:55 pm

Doctor wrote:so where do you wire the reverse camera into??
Bare wires into the multipin connector is it?

That would work but I wouldn't advocate that or you could use a common 4 plug molex and the associated pins (fairly standard PC motherboard equipment nowadays) like so (scroll to the bottom)

http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36342&page=3

Oh and I got it wrong with the rca video input, to select it you press the Info button not the Map button.

And someone asked about v14 maps, try Googling "toyota v14 maps" - assuming you have the Denso unit

by **Digital** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:45 pm

cheers for the info.... the reverse camera i have just has a straight rca video lead... but the damn thing only has 90 degrees vision so im looking for a wide angle one.. but all the ones on ebay 'claim' to be wide angle but im not so sure....

and i've tried my mate's lexus ver 14 maps but they didnt work on mine, im guessing mine's not a denso unit?

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