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Old Dec 10, 2020 | 01:26 PM
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My nav display screen has been white for about a year now. I went ahead and removed the NAV unit from my dash and replaced it with a non-nav hvac unit. So now my hvac controls are working again. I dont have a radio but thats no big deal to me. My question is has anyone ever had the factory NAV unit repaired/fixed. I recall a few years back a mention of a company that did this sort of repair. IIRC you had to remove the unit and send it to them ???? It would be nice to have the touch screen back and working again. assuming it can be done at a reasonable cost. Any info on cost/repair time/ and the name of the company who did those repairs would be appreciated.
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Old Dec 11, 2020 | 01:21 PM
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I will have mine from the Celsior as I am going to be replacing the radio soon if you are interested in it. It looks like the adhesive under the touch screen was exposed to heat at some point but it works totally fine. Also some of it is in Japanese, I'm not sure if these are interchangeable between the LS and Celsior
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Old Dec 11, 2020 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by saleenssc
My nav display screen has been white for about a year now. I went ahead and removed the NAV unit from my dash and replaced it with a non-nav hvac unit. So now my hvac controls are working again. I dont have a radio but thats no big deal to me. My question is has anyone ever had the factory NAV unit repaired/fixed. I recall a few years back a mention of a company that did this sort of repair. IIRC you had to remove the unit and send it to them ???? It would be nice to have the touch screen back and working again. assuming it can be done at a reasonable cost. Any info on cost/repair time/ and the name of the company who did those repairs would be appreciated.
I don't know the situation in your part of the world and I don't know any company. One idea to fix is to replace only the screen unit below picking up a working one from a Celsior. I believe that the screen unit is just the same and it's not very difficult to swap. In this case, you don't need to worry about the Japanese expressions.


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Old May 30, 2021 | 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by saleenssc
My nav display screen has been white for about a year now. I went ahead and removed the NAV unit from my dash and replaced it with a non-nav hvac unit. So now my hvac controls are working again. I dont have a radio but thats no big deal to me. My question is has anyone ever had the factory NAV unit repaired/fixed. I recall a few years back a mention of a company that did this sort of repair. IIRC you had to remove the unit and send it to them ???? It would be nice to have the touch screen back and working again. assuming it can be done at a reasonable cost. Any info on cost/repair time/ and the name of the company who did those repairs would be appreciated.
Yes your stock headunit can be renovated
also can be upgraded with all stock functions saved
added functions:
- rearview camera
​​​​​​- play video files from usb
- play audio files from usb
​​​​​​- aux
- bluetooth (for music listening wireless)

all functions after repair you can see here :


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Old May 30, 2021 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by emaster
Yes your stock headunit can be renovated
also can be upgraded with all stock functions saved
added functions:
- rearview camera
​​​​​​- play video files from usb
- play audio files from usb
​​​​​​- aux
- bluetooth (for music listening wireless)

all functions after repair you can see here :

https://youtube.com/watch?v=u52sdbPPe18&feature=share
I would like to do this to my Nav unit on my Celsior. Do you have anymore information on this?

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Old Jun 1, 2021 | 08:08 AM
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I would like to do this to my Nav unit on my Celsior. Do you have anymore information on this?
yes I have info sure because I do it
but it implied remove own graphic PCB with own lcd and install a led lcd and other graphic controller.
also install mediaplayer inside cassette deck
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Originally Posted by emaster
Yes your stock headunit can be renovated
also can be upgraded with all stock functions saved
added functions:
- rearview camera
​​​​​​- play video files from usb
- play audio files from usb
​​​​​​- aux
- bluetooth (for music listening wireless)

all functions after repair you can see here :

https://youtube.com/watch?v=u52sdbPPe18&feature=share
omg this is awesome. HOW DO I GET THIS?
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Originally Posted by Stereorob
omg this is awesome. HOW DO I GET THIS?
thank you for your appreciation of this upgrade works
about getting
it implied two ways
  1. You send me your own headunit I do upgrade and resend it to you back
  2. I find a headunit same your do upgrade it and send it to you ( but I need photo front and back side of headunit)
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