Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

For those of you who have the Pop Up xanavi screen still in place and have wondered if it can be put to some use. (Other than a paperweight or door stop)

Have just reconfigured mine as follows. Firstly we need to remove the mechanism from the dash.

1. Remove centre air vents

2. Remove the two screws retaining the cover and pop it up and remove it.

3. Remove the four screws holding the mechanism in place and the two wiring plugs at the rear.

Now the next step is to make the screen raise and lower when needed. Remove the cover from the circuit board where the loom plugs into. You are looking for M- and M+ which are on your left hand side. These two are the motor up/down control points. Carefully solder two wires to these points ( ordinary thin type speaker wire is fine for this as the current draw to raise and lower the screen is not high.)

Apply 12v to them as below.

M- Screen Up

M+ Screen Down

Frame to earth.

To get the screen to go up and down as required we need to put a changeover relay in the circuit as follows

Pin 30 Acc +

Pin87 M+

Pin 87a M-

Pin 85 Will depend on what you want to use the screen for. I am mounting a 5" TFT LCD Screen in the gutted out frame and will be using the feed from the reversing camera.

post-114090-0-91050400-1374243764_thumb.jpg

Into reverse the screen pops up out of reverse the screen goes down. My unit has limit switches on both up and down so that the screen stops at the correct place. Am presuming they are all the same. Other uses could be sat/nav or an aux screen from a double din H/U

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/428916-r34-xanavi-screen-mechanism/
Share on other sites

Ok finally the picture of the board and the relay to operate the screen.

post-114090-0-65223000-1374740663_thumb.jpg

Although I have used a micro relay to do this you can use a standard changeover relay and mount it elsewhere.

Closeup of micro relay. I ratted an old remote central locking module I had laying around.

post-114090-0-02084100-1374740894_thumb.jpg

My dvd screen has been ordered and when I get it I will post up some more pictures of my project. Chris you posted up some pic ages ago of the board but I npw cant find them. At least not without trawling through a whole pile of old posts :-)

Thanks Chris. Like probably so many others my whole system was shot. The screen would only open when it felt like it. The dvd/camera screen I have coming is self contained and my plan is to use the mechanism and original screen frame to mount it into if you follow me. Most people probably wouldnt bother and would either fit up the later system or the gauge pod in its place. Me I am a tinkerer and this is more for myself than anything else but I thought I would post it up in case it was useful to someone else as well.

Thanks Chris. Like probably so many others my whole system was shot. The screen would only open when it felt like it. The dvd/camera screen I have coming is self contained and my plan is to use the mechanism and original screen frame to mount it into if you follow me. Most people probably wouldnt bother and would either fit up the later system or the gauge pod in its place. Me I am a tinkerer and this is more for myself than anything else but I thought I would post it up in case it was useful to someone else as well.

For anyone who removes the original screen from the xanavi frame, I'll buy it from you.

Wouldnt mind having a play...

  • 2 weeks later...

So my monitor arrived yesterday.

post-114090-0-78424700-1376098994_thumb.jpg

Fitted into the Navi frame

post-114090-0-67134400-1376099058_thumb.jpg

Trial fitup

post-114090-0-05114700-1376099101_thumb.jpg

Finished

post-114090-0-07542000-1376099152_thumb.jpg

For now its only hooked up to the reversing camera. If I can find a way to output the satnav to one of the video outputs i will be doing that also. Somehow I dont think its possible to replicate the main screen except for video output unless I can hack into the windows CE that drives the unit if that is at all possible.

Sorry Chris original screen is gonsky. I have the DVD player, radio and the unit out of the boot. Didnt think any one would want a screen that didnt work. If you know of anyone that wants the other bits let me know as they are of no use to me at all. Free to good home or in the bin they go.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Seat of the pants assessment of the new intake: The car is way less "doughy" when hitting the loud pedal, especially off idle when stopped or in traffic, I did use a cheapo lazer thermal thingo to measure the temp around where the pod filter got its air, it was between 55 - 60°C, in saying this the car was shut off and not moving, so the OEM intake pipe was not supplying any fresh air to where the pod was when the car was at least moving A weird bonus was induction noise on the throttle in the cabin increased a bit,  I was worried that I was actually going to lose some of that induction noise I love so much, outside though, when I got the daughter to do a WOT drive by pass for me, the induction noise has increased alot when on the throttle, not quite ITB doort, but well up there I'm extremely happy with the results and have been exploring the country roads in the region  As for house mods: 1.New front fence is up and is awesome, it really upgraded how the joint looks from the street, and the added security is nice 2. Electricians have replace some interior lights, and with more lighting in the garage, a few new motion detecting lights out the front above the garage, front room, and at the front door, which I have already found heaps helpful coming and going, also now has fancy pants CCTV all round the house The only hold point for power though is the solar and batteries due to supply issues, although this will happen over the next few weeks 3. I have done a heap of landscaping out the front and I'm almost ready to do a new small retaining wall with some nice blocks to replace the brick and cemented in rocks around the raised garden beds cemented in river stone "was the fashion at the time" the house was built. I currently have a pallet of retaining wall blocks and 2 bulka bags of 20mm blue metal to replace the wood chip that is in the raised garden beds around the house 4. I now have 3 big raised garden beds for out the back to grow some vegetables, about 70cm high, 200cm long and 100cm wide 5. My 2 compost bins are already pretty full with brown, green and kitchen waste from the landscaping I'vedone so far, but they will probably take a few months to break down, so anything else that gets chopped, trimmed, and kitchen waste will just start filling the base of the raised garden beds to about 30cm before I start throwing 40cm of good compost, and stuff, for the vegetables to grow in, I'll need a few ton of compost and soil, but the local supplier can sent me bulka bags of the stuff Basically the logs, wood chips and a few strategically placed rocks for drainage, will give the beds some good organic materials down low to break down over time, and they will hold moisture during the warmer months to save the water in my big arse water tank if we don't get alot of rain So, all in all, the car and house mods are going well, and I'm really enjoying being retired, I sleep in too 0700 and slowly plod around inside until I feel like actually doing anything, and only work in the yard for as long as want, which has actually been alot over the last few weeks,  although when you look at it, it seems that not a huge amount of work has been done,  until I look at the before I started the work pics Happy days and good times indeed 
    • hahaha yeah. Plan is to get side skirts and probably just rear pods. But going to do them one-by-one. I've got a set that I really like from RHDJapen, but that one isn't shipped to AU. So need to find someone who can get it for me
    • Here's an idea, answer the questions I asked you as they are trying to work out WHY the LSD will be binding up in a straight line.
    • You haven't driven many modern cars then have you? Most of them have sfa steering feel with their stupid electric bullshit steering systems.
×
×
  • Create New...