MickeyM

Does anyone know if you can play DVD movies on a 2005 RX330 without having the rear DVD entertainment sytem? Is there anyway you can mod the DVD Navigation player unit? I know that you cannot even access the DVD player unit because it is hidden inside behind the front stereo unit. Any suggestions?

Enclenta

I don't think so... but I'm not sure. The navigation screen wouldn't be fit to play DVD's anyways, it's too pixelated.

lexuslover

i have the RSES and it plays very nicely on the factory nav screen. looks just like the picture on the flipdown dvd screen. (it was designed that way)

there are some aftermarket solutions available to play on your nav screen. do a search on this forum and you should come up with one. vaistech used to have one, but i am not sure what happened to it http://vaistech.com/home.html

lexuslover

p.s. the nav unit is in the trunk, not behind the radio. that dvd nav player is only for the nav disc, i don't believe you can use it to play regular dvds or retrofit it to play on the nav screen.

vinster29

Doesn't the GS NAV system play DVD's. How come the RX350 NAV doesn't work the same way?

lexuslover

i haven't seen the 350 yet in person, but i assume it's the same as the IS/GS in that regard. if you have Levinson, it should come w/ DVD changer instead of CD changer. as far as i know the new 350's don't have ML yet (at least not in my region) ...

the 330's don't come with that capability, so you can't just put a DVD in the CD changer.

Vinnyraj

i spoke to a rep at soundgate. They are working on the video module for the rx. The audio module works great from them (made by Vaistech). Vaistech does not have a video module now. As lexuslover was saying they used to, but there were some issues with it...so they stopped selling the AVIC and are trying to make a new one.

Frankr66

i got that same response 4 months ago

AZN Lex

Sorry for bringing up an old thread but did anyone ever find a way to play DVDs on a Nav unit that doesn't have the rear entertainment and doesn't have ML

MC5Wes

To play DVDs you would need to modify your setup on your car.

For the cost of an adaptor cable or unit. You could buy a Portable DVD player. Or better yet a WiFi iPad.

People spend 300 dollars just to hook up an iPod to their RX. And thats just audio.

AZN Lex

Yeah, I was looking at the Vais group buy and was trying to decide if I should get the one that does video from the IPod too. If there was a way to get a DVD to play, I would buy the audio only Vais

Thanks for the info though

juniorz

If you have the Mark Levinson upgraded system it has a cd/dvd changer. With a mod you can play dvd's like the pic below.
Picture quality is very good. Sound is awesome. Car is great.

MC5Wes

If you already have the Mark Levinson with DVD player. Is the mod your talking about how to play the movies while your moving?

thomas1

Yes, the mod allows playing the movie while moving...I used the Beatsonic mod version. just search and you will find it on this site.

MC5Wes

Yeah, I dont need it. I have enough problems driving in Vegas. I dont need to be watching movies in the front.

My comment was for the original poster.