Just saw the folks over at Vaistech posting a video of their new system. This is so nice, talk about full scale integration!

http://www.youtube.com/user/vaistech

 

Wow! Just wow! First Android integration I've seen. Anymore info on what it's called and when it's going to be released?

 

i think it's still called ml+ (don't quote me on that).

don't know exact release date but should be very soon. they have been working on this for a long time. they already have a waiting list so i say jump on it before the first batch is gone

i was quite speechless when i watched the video

 

damn that looks trick!

I wonder how much this mod will sell for when its released?

 

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god i'm so ****ing tilted i have a 4th gen nav unit which is obv not compatible with this.
grrrrrrrrrrrrr i wish i would have realized this before getting my car i may just have gone with a 2007 just for the 5th gen nav.

i guess i'm going to just have to bite the bullet and swap out my head unit for a 2007+ head unit.

my other option is waiting for the new unit from absolute which is a single din flip up detachable android tablet/radio which looks pretty sweet tho it won't have the OEM look of the ML+.

sigh.

 

what is it about the 4th gen nav units that make it so they can't make these units compatible with them???

pleeeeeeeeeeeeease vaistech make it work i beg you.
you'll be my bestest friends ever and i'll name my first born baby "vaistech".

 

if your car doesnt have ML it will work with the 4th gens. i talked to Henry about this about a year ago when i was in the same boat with my 06 with ML. something about the amp in the 06s is the problem. i even went as far as trying to source an amp from the 07+

 

the current ml+ retails for 500. vaistech is having a GB on that for 400 now. i have no idea how much this one will be, but my guess is (hopefully) somewhat in the same ballpark?

maybe vaistech can chime in more, but i know the system itself, gen5 (and 6) has a lot more features and capabilities that vaistech can leverage on to create / display what they have now. stuff that you can't really do with gen4 (even down to the basic sl2i-up). maybe that's the reason

that's the case for sl2vi, but i doubt on the ml+. iirc, the current ml+ is not compatible with any gen4 already?

 

if that was the case i would gladly replace my stock ML amp with an aftermarket amp and then run the ML+ system.

sadly i think romni is right and that would not work

i'm a very sad panda bear, i want this system so bad.

 

does anyone know if it would really be as simple as replacing the stock ML amp with an aftermarket amp compatible with the vaistech ML+ unit?

this would be the best news ever if true.

 

Hold up, where is the group buy for the ML+?

 

i really don't know the answer to that and if changing the amp is all you need. from what i was told the amp likely has something to do with it, but no details after that

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/clu...-day-sale.html

 

Unfortunately changing just the amp won't do anything. You need a high res screen in order for this unit to work, so you will need to change the whole audio system, screen, radio, and amp. In this case I think it'll be easier to change the car. Sorry tucker21....

 

velcro an Android tablet and it's good. :lol: j/k

Anyway, some of the buttons on this ML are a bit too small for my liking. I prefer Bluetooth streaming + tablet.

 

i honestly would have got a 2007 instead of the 2006 had i known about this issue before hand.