Rotaman

Thanks for that info, I had a look at the screen dimmer setup on my car and just by luck I happen to notice that when the lights are on the brightness control slider on screen was in a different position then when the lights were off. So I have altered the lights on screen brightness and seems like it might have sorted my problem. Thanks again.

Unfortunately my Japanese is very poor. Do you have any idea what I should be looking for in regards to what could be on the screen that would indicate a choice in dimming or not dimming? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Rotaman

Hi All Thought I would see if anyone knows how the lighting-dimmer circuit works on the Navigation/TV screen? What I'm trying to do is stop the dimming of the Nav screen when the lights are turned on. I'm finding that at night or low light, the screen is too dark to see much through my reversing camera, where'as if I turn the lights off, I can see what is on the screen much better. So I thought I would disable the dimmer circuit for the screen. My reversing camera is brand new and is working fine, so there is no problem with that. I know that the screen dimmer circuit and the rest of the stereo/nav controls are separate when it comes to the lighting/dimmer. I have a 2005 M35 Series 2 Stagea wagon. I know what wires controls the lighting for the rest of the stereo and Nav control panel, but I'm not sure how the screen dimming is controlled. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Regards Rotaman

Hi All Thought I would see if anyone knows how the lighting-dimmer circuit works on the Navigation/TV screen? What I'm trying to do is stop the dimming of the Nav screen when the lights are turned on. I'm finding that at night or low light, the screen is too dark to see much through my reversing camera, where'as if I turn the lights off, I can see what is on the screen much better. So I thought I would disable the dimmer circuit for the screen. My reversing camera is brand new and is working fine, so there is no problem with that. I know that the screen dimmer circuit and the rest of the stereo/nav controls are separate when it comes to the lighting/dimmer. I have a 2005 M35 Series 2 Stagea wagon. I know what wires controls the lighting for the rest of the stereo and Nav control panel, but I'm not sure how the screen dimming is controlled. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Regards Rotaman

Has anyone actually hooked up a Raspberry Pi and been happy with the results. Why I ask, is I have a 2005 stagea M35 with factory Nav/TV etc and connected my Raspberry Pi via the aux input at the factory TV tuner box in the rear left quarter. I have tried two different ways to connect the Raspberry Pi, one via the analogue video output using RCA cable and 3.5 phone jack for sound out connected directly to the aux ( VTR ) input. This gave me a good sound, but picture quality on the factory screen was fairly poor. The other method was using HDMI output from the Raspberry Pi then via a HDMI to composite adaptor out to the aux ( VTR ) input again. Results again were much the same, good sound, but picture quality was average. I'm using XBMC on my Raspberry Pi. I would like to get this so the picture is of good enough quality that I can easily read the words on the screen without them being a little fussy and very small. I guessing this may be a case of changing settings in the workings of XBMC maybe, but as of yet I have not managed to be able to change the screen resolution size to see any difference in what I see on the small car screen. I know if I changed the screen to one that had HDMI input, that I would get a lot better screen picture, but I would think the factory screen would still give reasonable results. Before anybody suggests taking my car to see who ever, I just wish to point out that I'm in New Zealand. I'm happy to change any wiring, or direct link something into the factory tv tuner if that is needed. Any help with this would be much appreciated. Rotaman

Ok, I unpluged the plug from the back of the mirror and the car would not let me unlock the key barrel, and when I plugged it back in, it was back to normal. But when I turned the key barrel to Acc and then pulled the plug out of the mirror I could still start the car. So this must be just to do with the barrel locking system. So you are right in saying it is to do with the smart key system. Thanks for that, at least now I know what its for. Rotaman

I have a 2005 Stagea M35 and I'm trying to find out what the plug and cable going into the back of the cars internal rear view mirror is for? I can see no sensors on the front of the mirror. The mirror has standard manual control for dipping from lights reflecting in the mirror. Could this be anything to do with wiring for a camera or something. The wiring into the back of the mirror is factory. Any help with this would be much appreciated. Rotaman

The Raspberry pie outputs in NTSC anyway via the analogue output at around 640p and in HDMI mode it outputs at 1080p then via the HDMI to composite adaptor it is set to NTSC mode on the adaptor. I don't think this is a device problem. I think it is something in the settings of XBMC and I have'nt managed to work out how to change the screen resolution size so that what you see on the screen is large enough and clear enough to see. Thats why I am looking for someone that has setup a Raspberry pi in their car using XBMC as the media centre. Unless someone has a better Media Centre they can suggest that will work on Raspberry Pi. Thanks Rotaman

Has anyone actually hooked up a Raspberry Pi and been happy with the results. Why I ask, is I have a 2005 stagea M35 with factory Nav/TV etc and connected my Raspberry Pi via the aux input at the factory TV tuner box in the rear left quarter. I have tried two different ways to connect the Raspberry Pi, one via the analogue video output using RCA cable and 3.5 phone jack for sound out connected directly to the aux ( VTR ) input. This gave me a good sound, but picture quality on the factory screen was fairly poor. The other method was using HDMI output from the Raspberry Pi then via a HDMI to composite adaptor out to the aux ( VTR ) input again. Results again were much the same, good sound, but picture quality was average. I'm using XBMC on my Raspberry Pi. I would like to get this so the picture is of good enough quality that I can easily read the words on the screen without them being a little fussy and very small. I guessing this may be a case of changing settings in the workings of XBMC maybe, but as of yet I have not managed to be able to change the screen resolution size to see any difference in what I see on the small car screen. I know if I changed the screen to one that had HDMI input, that I would get a lot better screen picture, but I would think the factory screen would still give reasonable results. Before anybody suggests taking my car to see who ever, I just wish to point out that I'm in New Zealand. I'm happy to change any wiring, or direct link something into the factory tv tuner if that is needed. Any help with this would be much appreciated. Rotaman