Non-Nav to Nav Conversion (merged threads)
#46
Lexus Connoisseur
Hey cmusic, thanks for sharing, you just gave alot of 2nd Gen IS owners hope to install an aftermarket unit nav/screen display in their non-nav vehicles.
#47
Pole Position
Alpine 6.5" touchscreen
Alpine 6.5" regular monitor
The Vehicle Hub Pro requires a Alpine video expansion module for a second monitor or the touchcreen to work. The upside is you can have seperate video and audio on each monitor. Like I could have the factory stereo playing on the main speakers and have NAV on the front monitor while a DVD is playing on the rear monitor with the DVD sound going to a set of headphones.
Alpine 6.5" regular monitor
#48
Super Moderator
iTrader: (1)
Alpine 6.5" touchscreen
Alpine 6.5" regular monitor
The Vehicle Hub Pro requires a Alpine video expansion module for a second monitor or the touchcreen to work. The upside is you can have seperate video and audio on each monitor. Like I could have the factory stereo playing on the main speakers and have NAV on the front monitor while a DVD is playing on the rear monitor with the DVD sound going to a set of headphones.
Alpine 6.5" regular monitor
The Vehicle Hub Pro requires a Alpine video expansion module for a second monitor or the touchcreen to work. The upside is you can have seperate video and audio on each monitor. Like I could have the factory stereo playing on the main speakers and have NAV on the front monitor while a DVD is playing on the rear monitor with the DVD sound going to a set of headphones.
#50
Converting non-navi to navi...(merged threads)
Here's the story..
I live in Hawaii and Servco Lexus of Hawaii (the only dealership on the island) told me that there would be no way i would be able to order a IS with navi. They said that the only way i would be able to get my hands on a IS w/ Navi would be to buy one from California and ship it. After realizing that it would cost about $53k to get the car shipped from California, i decided to just order a 07 IS350 from here (hawaii). Anyways, my friend who works in a audio shop told me that i would probably be able to just retrofit the stock navi deck into my non-navi car. The only bad thing would be that the mapping for the navigation wouldnt work. I am totally fine with that because i mainly want the Navi for the dvd player, bluetooth, the screen, and back-up camera. I know i can go aftermarket for all this but i rather have a stock unit that i know was made for the car. (ive had bad experiences with aftermarket decks).
Anyways, ive come to realize that if i wanted to convert my car into a car with navi, i would not only have to buy the Navigation screen head unit but also the buttons that go on the steering wheel for the bluetooth, the back up camera, and all wiring accessories.. I realize that this isn't going to be cheap but im just wondering if it would actually be worth doing all this work. What do you guys think? More importantly do you guys think it will work? My friend said that all the wires should already be there and that hopefullly it will just be plug and play...
please fellow clublexus members, i need your input...
I live in Hawaii and Servco Lexus of Hawaii (the only dealership on the island) told me that there would be no way i would be able to order a IS with navi. They said that the only way i would be able to get my hands on a IS w/ Navi would be to buy one from California and ship it. After realizing that it would cost about $53k to get the car shipped from California, i decided to just order a 07 IS350 from here (hawaii). Anyways, my friend who works in a audio shop told me that i would probably be able to just retrofit the stock navi deck into my non-navi car. The only bad thing would be that the mapping for the navigation wouldnt work. I am totally fine with that because i mainly want the Navi for the dvd player, bluetooth, the screen, and back-up camera. I know i can go aftermarket for all this but i rather have a stock unit that i know was made for the car. (ive had bad experiences with aftermarket decks).
Anyways, ive come to realize that if i wanted to convert my car into a car with navi, i would not only have to buy the Navigation screen head unit but also the buttons that go on the steering wheel for the bluetooth, the back up camera, and all wiring accessories.. I realize that this isn't going to be cheap but im just wondering if it would actually be worth doing all this work. What do you guys think? More importantly do you guys think it will work? My friend said that all the wires should already be there and that hopefullly it will just be plug and play...
please fellow clublexus members, i need your input...
#53
Liquid Bra Champion
You'd need more than navi (the nav dvd drive doesn't play movies). You'll also need the ML with DVD changer. Besides being a nightmare logistically, the price makes such a venture completely unrealistic. You're turning a $4K option into a $8K nightmare.
#55
really?? i was hoping that it would be plug and play...
im not questioning your knowledge about this but are you 100% positive that the wiring is different?
Im just in denial right now... hhahahahaha
im not questioning your knowledge about this but are you 100% positive that the wiring is different?
Im just in denial right now... hhahahahaha
#56
The biggest reason to forget it is Hawaii may not be covered on the DVD disk. The tutorial clearly says coverage is for the “continuous” United States and Canada. Now perhaps the GPS function would work, but you would have no background map to work from. That's probably why it's not offered in Hawaii.
#57
Liquid Bra Champion
The biggest reason to forget it is Hawaii may not be covered on the DVD disk. The tutorial clearly says coverage is for the “continuous” United States and Canada. Now perhaps the GPS function would work, but you would have no background map to work from. That's probably why it's not offered in Hawaii.
#58
#59
plug and play? this isn't a mac... its a pc... errr i mean a lexus! i was totally disappointed that we don't even have the option for the dvd nav. i too was mainly interested in the bluetooth, and the backup camera. besides, can't really get lost here in the islands, however, i do own a portable gps unit that i sometimes use in my car. i guess people in the northeast don't have the option for ML and we do, and we don't have the option for nav, and they do.
#60