Clarion 855-5430-00 For R34 Gtr Mfd

[mickey]

anyone got the lead being part number 855-5430-00 to connect a dvd player up to the R34 GTR MFD?

or...anyone know a place that has any in stock or...worse case can car audio shops still order it?

thanks!

[Chris Rogers]

its a JDM item so its locked to region 2 for a start. . easier to run an aftermarket item in there. see brian at autotainment for this.

do you have the TV setup as well?

(this is a setup question - no TV means its done differently.)

[mickey]

i've got a JVC KD-DV4306 which I just popped in there which plays DVD's but does not have a screen.

Due to safety issues i'm not super fussed if I cannot connect it to the MFD but if not I wouldn't bother with a a/m screen.

So the MFD is locked to region 2? not sure how a cable is locked to region 2, if so does that mean it can be rewired to region 4?

[Chris Rogers]

no the unit you are asking for- never mind I see you wnat the lead.

you need this

R34_GTR_MFD_MIKE.pdf

[mickey]

haha yeah my question is where can I get the lead from...clarion still stock it?

[Chris Rogers]

duuno. I'll check when they reopen on the 5th. I have a bit of jap stuff coming in via them anyway.

[mickey]

chris, any luck on finding one of these cables? got a price?

[Chris Rogers]

clarion parts do not reopen unitl the 19th. spoke to clarion sales already - they know nothing of the part.

[mickey]

bugger...worried it might be an old part they don't make anymore.

so does that mean no hope to get one?

[mickey]

Hurray sourced the part number from Chris Rogers (big up man, thanks alot!) and installed it into the GTR and now I got DVD running through the MFD!

sweet...all you need is a deck that outputs composite in NTSC and the above clarion part.

I bought a JVC KD-DV4306 which is a single DIN headunit that can play dvd's. As it has no screen you have to get an external one, so $199 for the headunit and the cable to the GTR's MFD and DVD with divx playback! works great!

Also means I could get rid of the 2 DIN japan HU and put a pocket in for some space to put my phone. Hurray!!

Recommended! If anyone wants pics of it (it's nothing special) just ask.

[Chris Rogers]

no probs - good to see it works. I have a few more if anyone is interested. if not I'll probably use it to run a navi through one of these.

[mickey]

to answer a couple of PM's I got...the screen works fine to play region 4 encoded (australian) dvd's, and can play PAL or NTSC dvd's that are burnt copies. The unit itself can also do divx, mp3, wma, etc. The headunit does the work in converting the final signal to NTSC so that it can be output onto the GTR's MFD which can only show NTSC (PAL signal makes the screen B&W and interlace).

the cable that Chris has makes a RCA socket available on the MFD, no soldering or anything like that needed. Just pop the MFD out and connect the cable up to the composite out on a headunit. Just make sure the headunit you have can output to NTSC and all you'll need is the cable.

here's a dodgy phone pic of it in action...

[M'ck'y]

I've done this mod last night, but i can't get a nice colourful image, seems that my headunit isn't outputting to ntsc. I get a flickering image in black and white . I have an AVIC F910BT which i can't find the output options. I'm guessing the video output is set by the headunit by the region. Anyways, i'll try to play a copy of a dvd tonight and see if that changes anything. I played a video from my iphone and it did the same flickering image. that's stupid that i can't change the output of the headunit. I' m tempted to start looking for pan to ntsc video converters.

Edited May 5, 2010 by M'ck'y

[Chris Rogers]

nope and it will not. JVC will do it.

[M'ck'y]

The pioneer? the copied dvd? or the pal to ntsc?

[Chris Rogers]

PAL vs NTSC - the screen is NTSC and the JVC unit will output both.

[ricknismo]

So how and where did you get the clarion lead?

[ricknismo]

anyone?

[Chris Rogers]

So how and where did you get the clarion lead?

clarion japan. want one - call me- they are about $90.

[Charles89]

Sorry to bring up old thread, I got my hands on one of those Clarion cables, and gonna plug it into my MFD.

I just wanna know, apart from DVD/video from the JVC HU, what else can I feed into that lead?

Any reverse camera that has NTSC output? Or is there anyway to convert the MFD to PAL?