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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 06:10 PM
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To my suprise I have noticed that Navigation unit doesn't play DVDs. In manual it has that capibility. Was anyone able to play a movie? Maybe I have a different version of software.

My 08 GS350 plays all of them without problem. I could hear the audio even when driving. To see the video I had to apply the hand break.
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I believe DVD playback is only possible with the Mark Levinson audio.

The ML upgrade includes a six disc DVD changer instead of the standard CD changer.

I have played DVD's on mine with no problems.

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I believe DVD playback is only possible with the Mark Levinson audio.

The ML upgrade includes a six disc DVD changer instead of the standard CD changer.
too bad. Don't care about playing videos, but would like to use DVDs to store MP3s on.

Is there a way to store MP3s on the hard drive? I couldn't find it yet, but seems there is a lot wasted space as Nav doesn't take more than 10gb.
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Originally Posted by Luke27617
To my suprise I have noticed that Navigation unit doesn't play DVDs. In manual it has that capibility. Was anyone able to play a movie? Maybe I have a different version of software.

My 08 GS350 plays all of them without problem. I could hear the audio even when driving. To see the video I had to apply the hand break.
Please check which Nav did you have, only the Mark Levinson package can play DVD.

To play movie, car must be in P and parking brake has to be on (unless you hack the system)
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I tried to play a DVD on mine, but there was just a blue screen with audio. I didn't apply the parking brake, just had the car in P. Does the DVD region code/zoning matter? I'll try again when I have time.
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Originally Posted by akfd
I tried to play a DVD on mine, but there was just a blue screen with audio. I didn't apply the parking brake, just had the car in P. Does the DVD region code/zoning matter? I'll try again when I have time.
Once you apply the parking brake the blue screen will go away and the video will play on your NAV screen.
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Originally Posted by Luke27617
too bad. Don't care about playing videos, but would like to use DVDs to store MP3s on.

Is there a way to store MP3s on the hard drive? I couldn't find it yet, but seems there is a lot wasted space as Nav doesn't take more than 10gb.
U can't load your sound into the hard drive, at least the the US model.

And, the Nav is not small size, I believe it is more than 10GB, since the Gen 5 9.1 DVD is already around 8.4GB and it still missing a lot of stuff because of the limitation of DVD-DL.
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Originally Posted by akfd
I tried to play a DVD on mine, but there was just a blue screen with audio. I didn't apply the parking brake, just had the car in P. Does the DVD region code/zoning matter? I'll try again when I have time.
As I said... to watch video... u must complete to thing: in P and parking brake
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