Stagea Aftermarket Tv

[FHF]

Hi all,

I am new here. I just bought a Stagea. It's a RS Four NM35.

The car still in transit from Japan and I just wanted to know what options I have with the current TV that it's coming with.

It's a TV, GPS and DVD system. I know already that GPS won't work but how about the TV? Can I install a TV tuner?? have you guys done it?? how much does it cost? How about the DVD?? As it is from XANAVI do you guys reckon that I will be able to look at fuel consumption etc??

Please see picture below attached.

Cheers,

Fabio

Edited December 9, 2010 by FHF

[Chris Rogers]

rip it out and turf it. that is an aftermarket item. totally useless.

[Commsman]

Hi Fabio, welcome to Stagea ownership and these forums.

It I were you, I'd seriously look at a carputer. You can get ones that fit single DIN spaces or mount in upper dash hole (OEM navigation DVD no good here, if yours even has one). Ideally I would try to find the OEM pop up mechanism that most of us have and put your own touch screen in that.

With a carputer you can have GPS, store & play all your music & video files & I've seen guys that link them to the OBD2 connector for displaying vehicle diagnostics & parameters (intake temps, throttle %, injector duty cycle etc).

If you get one with an extra input, or a screen with an extra input, you can get an in car TV tuner to pick up Aust digital signals.

Best thing with a carputer is you don't have to worry about converting languages, working around screens turning off when driving etc etc. All these things take time & sometimes money. You get one box that does everything.

I'm no expert and you are bound to find some downsides when you start researching (possible having to wait 30 secs or more to boot) but I think it's worth investigating.

Cheers, Leon.

[FHF]

Thanks for the info guys.

Cheers,

Fabio

[FHF]

Hi Fabio, welcome to Stagea ownership and these forums.

It I were you, I'd seriously look at a carputer. You can get ones that fit single DIN spaces or mount in upper dash hole (OEM navigation DVD no good here, if yours even has one). Ideally I would try to find the OEM pop up mechanism that most of us have and put your own touch screen in that.

With a carputer you can have GPS, store & play all your music & video files & I've seen guys that link them to the OBD2 connector for displaying vehicle diagnostics & parameters (intake temps, throttle %, injector duty cycle etc).

If you get one with an extra input, or a screen with an extra input, you can get an in car TV tuner to pick up Aust digital signals.

Best thing with a carputer is you don't have to worry about converting languages, working around screens turning off when driving etc etc. All these things take time & sometimes money. You get one box that does everything.

I'm no expert and you are bound to find some downsides when you start researching (possible having to wait 30 secs or more to boot) but I think it's worth investigating.

Cheers, Leon.

Hi Leon,

You made a really good point. After a bit of research I realised that I could easily install a mac mini.

Cheers,

Fabio

[Commsman]

Hi Leon,

You made a really good point. After a bit of research I realised that I could easily install a mac mini.

Cheers,

Fabio

Hi Fabio

Mate, if I'd know you were a MAC fan I wouldn't have been so quick to help. Nah, just joking. They make some nice looking kit.

It is probably very obvious, but I would make sure that the hardware you buy will connect to everything you want to connect to (eg ODB2) and can run the software you want to use. I've bought stuff in the past that later on I wished had (say) a serial port or whatever.

Good luck with the build and PLEASE post some pictures when it's done so I can dream about how I might have done something like that.

Cheers, Leon.

[FHF]

Hi Fabio

Mate, if I'd know you were a MAC fan I wouldn't have been so quick to help. Nah, just joking. They make some nice looking kit.

It is probably very obvious, but I would make sure that the hardware you buy will connect to everything you want to connect to (eg ODB2) and can run the software you want to use. I've bought stuff in the past that later on I wished had (say) a serial port or whatever.

Good luck with the build and PLEASE post some pictures when it's done so I can dream about how I might have done something like that.

Cheers, Leon.

Thanks Leon,

No doudt MAC hardware is really good. I could run XP on it and attach a USB to serial converter as well (I use that myself to connect to switches, routers, etc).

PC and MAC's I don;t mind either of them....

I believe once I get the car my priority will be suspension and wheels... Let's see how the cash goes....

Carputer will depend on how easy I'll get my hands on a MAC mini and other parts...

Cheers,

Fabio