Navigation upgrade screen resolution
#1
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Navigation upgrade screen resolution
I've heard you can swap navigation gen2/3 with gen4 on 2002 sc430. Did anyone ever swapped it with 5 or 6 ?
If gen4 is all you can do can you replace the screen with a screen of higher resolution?
sc430 is not a trendy car (to me). Im sure i'll love it in ten years as much as I do now.
Wouldn't be great if we could just keep on upgrading the accessories to keep it up with nowadays technology?
If gen4 is all you can do can you replace the screen with a screen of higher resolution?
sc430 is not a trendy car (to me). Im sure i'll love it in ten years as much as I do now.
Wouldn't be great if we could just keep on upgrading the accessories to keep it up with nowadays technology?
#4
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Missouri
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
what do you mean? head unit?
well, did anyone try that?
and why couldn't you buy the whole system?
I've seen people trying (successfully ) turning their standard edition into pebble beach edition.
Anyways I'm just asking. I believe (as a sc430 owner) that THE CAR deserves it.
well, did anyone try that?
and why couldn't you buy the whole system?
I've seen people trying (successfully ) turning their standard edition into pebble beach edition.
Anyways I'm just asking. I believe (as a sc430 owner) that THE CAR deserves it.
#6
Instructor
I believe after gen 4 they went to a hard drive / flash based system. My 2010 es 350 has that system ( I tried to steal the navigation disc from the es only to find its hdd based) and I believe it's built into the head unit.
#7
Lexus Test Driver
Trending Topics
#8
The biggest issue with changing the integrated NAV is that it has to interface with the car's ECU (main computer system).....an almost impossible feat. I just came up with a clean mount for my Garmin (with lifetime maps and traffic avoidance) and never looked back:
I used a Garmin Vent mount for this - easy on/off & is rock solid. BTW- it doesn't interfere with the buttons or NAV door either.
I just ordered a newer model (2599LMT-HD) with glass screen (much higher resolution), free lifetime maps and Traffic (HD). I threw in a Garmin wireless backup camera that interfaces with it for about what it costs to buy a NAV update disk for the SC430.
I will run the power cable through the console into the plug in the console so there will be no wires laying all over like I did for the radar detector (above the GPS).... a No-Brainer....
I used a Garmin Vent mount for this - easy on/off & is rock solid. BTW- it doesn't interfere with the buttons or NAV door either.
I just ordered a newer model (2599LMT-HD) with glass screen (much higher resolution), free lifetime maps and Traffic (HD). I threw in a Garmin wireless backup camera that interfaces with it for about what it costs to buy a NAV update disk for the SC430.
I will run the power cable through the console into the plug in the console so there will be no wires laying all over like I did for the radar detector (above the GPS).... a No-Brainer....
Last edited by NAmVet68; 04-07-15 at 05:17 PM.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Sexxilexi
Lexus Audio, Video, Security & Electronics
1
01-28-16 06:48 PM
Lexus2013
SC430 - 2nd Gen (2001-2010)
6
11-20-12 08:06 PM
rclab1
Lexus Audio, Video, Security & Electronics
3
10-30-06 07:06 PM