M35 Tv/gps

[zei20l]

OK so as my screen is pretty much useless with the Nismo dash, i want to use it purely for the VTR input of the TV function.

Everyone time i open it, it opens to the GPS. Any way to force it to TV all the time?

I understand grounding some wire in the rear forces the AUX input of the tuner, but this isnt an issue for me. I just dont want to press 'TV' every time i open the screen.

Yes i could leave it up all the time, but i dont want it on all the time.....

I should try removing the disc from the DVD drive, but i think this will just leave an error up on screen and ill have to press TV anyway

[bigkevracer]

I don't have that issue Iain. Mine stays on TV no matter if it's popped up or not.

Do you have the video block on yours? I'm just wondering if it switches to GPS because TV is blocked?

[Sunkist]

Wanna swap facias? Lol

[zei20l]

yeah no i dont wanna swap

i have a screen override thingo installed. works fine.

when i push the screen down and pop it back up. it doesnt go back to the last used function (ie TV)

anyway, ill try turning the override off and see if that changes its operation

[bigkevracer]

Is it translated?

Before I got the TV sorted I always used the leaf screen, and every time I got back in the car it had switched back to TV. But I've noticed since I did the translation and TV it stays on TV.

[zei20l]

nope no point in translating. my instrument cluster doesnt supply the information to the screen anymore. not that i used it

anyway, i was wrong. with the stock deck you cant have radio/cd playing on and tv on the screen. i just tested it then, as soon as you hit the TV button, it puts the head unit into the AUX input for the tv sound. if you click anything else on the head unit, it would stop tv showing on the screen. now that i dont have that communication happening, i can have the TV showing on the screen, but whatever i want from the head unit as its an aftermarket one. so this works out perfectly for me!

i have all the cables from jaycar now, so ill be able to run the video to the rear for ipod video to the tuner, and audio from the tuner to the aux input to the tuner

i was gonna do it tonight, but CBF really. got 1 month free foxtel on xbox so ill make the most of it haha

[Commsman]

now that i dont have that communication happening, i can have the TV showing on the screen, but whatever i want from the head unit as its an aftermarket one. so this works out perfectly for me!

i have all the cables from jaycar now, so ill be able to run the video to the rear for ipod video to the tuner, and audio from the tuner to the aux input to the tuner headunit

That's what I found with my setup, & I love it. I can watch TV on 2 screens (why? I don't know lol) or what I normally do is have GPS running on the head unit with TV playing on pop up screen & TV sound coming from the headunit. With a switch (the earth on C1 mod) I swap instantly between TV & (say) the leaf screen or whatever I was last on. Too easy.

Also, I edited your post to what I think you meant

[zei20l]

doh yeah thanks mate. i was so excited i worked it all out that i mis-typed a few times haha

yup, loving this way! had ch7 news on while listening to my ipod via bluetooth. no wires!!!!