RR2008HSE wrote:

Very interesting. It's nice to know there's an alternative. Is there one for the 2007+ cars with Terrain Response, etc.?

Did a quick video of it starting up, not as quick as a normal unit but by the time you've got going it's up to speed...

http://vid252.photobucket.com/albums/hh32/...054af7.mp4 Pete
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seems a tad slow to my windows 6-0 ce model installed in mine, i just swap cards for sat nav i use primo8 beonroad and polnav, _____________________________________________________
Zambezi silver Vogue Se unique

Scottyav what's the CE device you have installed

Scottyav wrote:

seems a tad slow to my windows 6-0 ce model installed in mine, i just swap cards for sat nav i use primo8 beonroad and polnav,

Another top job Buddy

I would buy one tomorrow if I thought I could fit the thing. Sadly i don't have a feckin clue, dvb, canbus and all the other tech terms go way above my head, LOL.

Buy one, drive here, I'll fit it and show you how, then you buy the beers.... Pete
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As a Hull born lad and with a brother still living there, I might just take you up on that in the near future buddy.

Regards.

when I was younger I knew all about car radios, and all the cut wires colours on the back, from being stolen etc. nowadays, I have to bow to the geeks who know best. I have the 2002 (bmw) vogue v8. I would like to rip out the old and get this setup. I don't know much about android having only ipad type tablet experience. so, I have a few numbie questions.
do you get new apps wirelessly? or do you get a long usb cord from your home pc/laptop?
when android gets old and new version comes out is it upgradable like the ipad, until its too old? like the ipad 1 (falls off at ios5)
does the satnav work as good as the dvd based nav in the later models, 25 seconds is ok, is the destination input straightforward? (offroad excluded) and are there any annoying Chinese oddities like translation ie 'turn left into certain paradise' or is it all proper English? can you change the voices?
I don't mind losing a couple of old features like dash mpg and clock, but what else might I have missed.
lastly I also don't mind changing out the speakers for some tasty component type ie bass mid and trebles. and replace the sub with a small aftermarket one -that will sound nice. is there much sound adjustment ie graphic equaliser with more than the silly fixed choice 'hall/stadium/blah-blah' etc settings, or is there a sort of 10 band frequency sliders, like the old vogue type? this will bring me into 21st century, especially the iphone 'toothing over. I have long thought that one day we will have a small hard drive in a car, with all our home cd's to hand in data mp3's, its sort of here with a usb input now, and an iphone with podcasts and favourites makes me want to buy one right now! before I become too old and glue the dial to radio 4 or even 'magic fm!'
looking forward to any tips/user experience. cheers, great thread!

johnboyairey wrote:

when I was younger I knew all about car radios, and all the cut wires colours on the back, from being stolen etc. nowadays, I have to bow to the geeks who know best. I have the 2002 (bmw) vogue v8. I would like to rip out the old and get this setup. I don't know much about android having only ipad type tablet experience. so, I have a few numbie questions.
do you get new apps wirelessly? or do you get a long usb cord from your home pc/laptop?

It will sink to your phones personal hotspot or you can plug in a data dongle. Android is just like an Iphone set up so if you know that you'll be fine

when android gets old and new version comes out is it upgradable like the ipad, until its too old? like the ipad 1 (falls off at ios5)

Yes it is up datable

does the satnav work as good as the dvd based nav in the later models, 25 seconds is ok, is the destination input straightforward? (offroad excluded) and are there any annoying Chinese oddities like translation ie 'turn left into certain paradise' or is it all proper English? can you change the voices?

Sat nav is Igo Primo, beautiful system, very adaptable, easy interface, see the link on last page... lots of voices, is a stand alone system and doesn't need internet access, full Europe maps

I don't mind losing a couple of old features like dash mpg and clock, but what else might I have missed.

Thats about it

lastly I also don't mind changing out the speakers for some tasty component type ie bass mid and trebles. and replace the sub with a small aftermarket one -that will sound nice. is there much sound adjustment ie graphic equaliser with more than the silly fixed choice 'hall/stadium/blah-blah' etc settings, or is there a sort of 10 band frequency sliders, like the old vogue type? this will bring me into 21st century, especially the iphone 'toothing over. I have long thought that one day we will have a small hard drive in a car, with all our home cd's to hand in data mp3's, its sort of here with a usb input now, and an iphone with podcasts and favourites makes me want to buy one right now! before I become too old and glue the dial to radio 4 or even 'magic fm!'
looking forward to any tips/user experience. cheers, great thread!

It will take a 32GB sd card in the front with music on so plenty for most.... haven't really looked at the amp settings, I think it just has three sliders, sounds fine on Radio 4 to me, I've deleted the amp but if you run it through that it should be real good......

mmmmmm, very interested..
and it was a typical 'near side seats out, and carpets up' to run the cable(s) and did you encounter any BECM nasties, when hacking into 12v supply? and no starting up 'bongs'? I ask as I want it on both the usual 12v permanent, and ign acc 12v live.
and I could always go back, if left in, -even refitting original speakers.
very tempted. I think I see a curved effect on the front panel. but I can always tidy that by filling and painting the nav trim surrounds to match the curves at a later date. as I wanted to gloss black them anyway. I could actually do them in stippled matt to match..
hey its really growing on me. £350 ish on yr doorstep, and maybe a couple hundred more on some tasty component speakers/crossovers.

BANGING!

I saw some previous posts re vogue stereo rip-outs, and it put me off, with stuff disabled, but I can live without some lesser things, for a top modern setup. - that in 5 years might be pants though! as we will probably be wearing some 'I-spectacles' with the nav in the lenses!

John,

It wires/plugs in to the original wiring. I had more work to do as I removed the amp, the 12v acc and 12v batt are in the plug already, it then has an earth and a 12v out for the aerial amplifier, they had the panel lights wired to the can bus box but this didn't work on mine so I wired them into the rear near side, side light as it's next to the rest of the wiring in the boot, the side lights aren't on can bus so no faults or problems with that.... then the speakers. Have no errors at all and everything works fine. You do need a long aerial lead to get from the head unit to the boot....

I cut and soldered the wires but it is totally reversable to return to stock.

Just sold my old head unit and GPS DVD (both were working perfectly) for £305 on eBay so it's cost me £25 so far !!!  Pete
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this a real perfect job Haylands

Haylands

what are these in below pictures?

Here's a clearer picture, the left socket is for a CB radio, we use them to chat whilst in convoy during off road expeditions but I didn't want it on display so I took it apart and hard wired in an extension to the microphone plug, a right pain in the butt as the wires are the thickness of a hair and I haven't got HD eyes any more It's fitted in the glove box

The switch next to it is the power switch for the CB, this is a permanent supply so as not to lose the radio when you stop and switch off, the LED next to it is to remind you to turn it off at the end of the day and not flatten the battery...

The new switch on the right is to turn off the electric fans when you go wading, last thing you want is them to kick in and fan water all over the engine, they can also snap the blades if they hit water whilst running, this is fitted with a 75db piezo buzzer to remind you you have turned them off and to turn them back on when wading has finished so you don't cook the engine...

The last square one is the LPG switch which has a built in gauge, well, four LED's to give you an idea of how much LPG is in the tank...



And before you ask the brushed alloy rings around the cigarette lighter and ignition were some I bought for an old Volvo, saw them on eBay one night and thought they'd look good on mine so I bought them, only to find the next morning that mine already had them......

I did look at all sorts of gauges to replace the clock, including one like that, but decided I'd just do volts... easy and cheap....

Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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