I've been trying out find out more info on these systems and how they work in a USDM car/how they function in the U.S. Obviously the navigation itself won't work, nor will the radio, but will the cd player and the climate control work? Judging by the pictures I'm gonna assume it's an electronic climate control like our 99-00's so it should hook up right? I've also heard both stories on the cd player, some say they work and others don't. I'm lookin for some of you Cali stunnas to come in here and help me out, thanks fellas!

Some random pics...

 

out of pure curiosity...why buy it, if most of its functions are useless?

 

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balla status mayn

 

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^yea

 

If you know what your doing, im sure you can make the screen good for video, since it would be otherwise pretty useless. Install a regular radio down below.

 

Yeah, whats 400 bucks if it sets you apart from most of the others?

 

so spend more money than you even have to, just to have some oh so neat -must-be-cus-its-jdm piece of mostly useless electronic crap?

and it doesnt really set you apart...ive seen those on quitea few cars....anything JDM now, no longer sets you apart..it makes you just like the rest.

 

its ****** JDM YO. i personaly think its gay. there are other ways i can set myself apart with $400. but hey to each his own right?

 

i thought u could make it work with USDM systems by installing the US dvd or something

(i'm probably wronG)

 

This thread is not about opinions on the unit.. He wants to know if anyone has installed and used it on there cars

 

im not giving opinions..im asking questions.

 

personally i think it looks real clean. def balla! ball on balla ball on

 

You can get the radio to work with a radio frequency converter or some device, also are the Navigation systems for the Acuras pre-2003 have DVD or CD-ROM based Navigation systems?

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forget that, they were DVD

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WAIT! Apperently, the 1996 RL had a navigation option, and DVD was not a pervailiant format until the late 90s, and HDD probably wasnt used either since in the mid-90s HDD format maxed out at around 2GB, so it may be CD-ROM, but I cant find any info on it.


Modified by CBXweb at 10:44 PM 1/11/2006

 

we put one in my homies car. cost him $600 but was cheaper than paying $2000 for the eclipse nav unit he wanted. another guy did the conversion to run US radio (he does it all jdm decks all the time) and we put my mom's 2001 TL nav cd in and it works. it didn't work with a 2005 TL nav cd probably because of the firmware. the only complicated part was running the nav satelite antenna but that wasnt hard. climate control was plug n play. he doesnt have the car anymore and sold it to another guy here on ht but Ill ask him if he has any picts from it.

 

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Honestly dude, yes I would be happy to spend 400 bucks on something that will play a cd in my car and look good doing it. For someone who puts maybe 5k a year on they're car and doesn't listen to the radio to begin with, why not? I can't remember the last time I drove my car, it's really only driven when it's nice out so why should I give a **** for the rest of the options? And excuse me, but I've seen several shots from the so-cal/nor-cal scene and i haven't seen many of these in cars, so explain to me how this is a waste of $$ compared to you spendin the same amount on a fresh set of Rota's? Oh **** I shouldn't have.

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Thankyou

 

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Thankyou very much for the insight fellas!

 

oh yeah. only thing my homie couldnt get to work was to play dvd movies. they couldnt figure out how to make it work and theres no place to hook up an ext dvd player to it. there a company called dietz that german cars use for ext rca input but I dunno if it work with the jdm navi units

 

SiR:Mallard has succesfully put this into his EK 4door. Everything is fully functional also, requires a full dash harness from a JDM EK, forget which model. Hit em up.

 

lol!...who said I own rotas?

 

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Wow man thats sick, thanks for the help dude!

 

try using the dvd unit of a 2000 odyssey...hopefully the plug will be the same..if so..viola' itll work...

 

Damn thats a good idea kid!

 

I've seen that unit fly from one owner to another and then another on ebay... I think most people buy it in hopes of it working and then give up and end up putting it up on ebay again... LOL. Don't waste your time.

 

i didnt really read through all the posts, so iuno if its been said....

but i heard that if u run the "brain/navigation" program from the oddesy, then u can have all the functions work, just wut i "heard" but iuno if its actually been done

 

Yeaj Kidkombo said that if I used the Oddesy cd then it could possibly work, and another guy mentioned his 01' TL cd worked. Thanks for the suggestion though Duff