screens in cars

[OKBANANA]

in the new ford fairlanes, XR6 and 8 and new falcons there is a screen in the middle on the dash below the aircon, is it possible to hook that up to tv/xbox or ps2 somehow?

cheers

[strutto]

http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/

[P1E]

You can't on my old man's 2003 XR6 Ute, so I would assume you can't on the XR8s either.

[Mr. Oizo]

most of the new ones come with the option standard "REX Entertainment System"

[paulr33]

The xr6 head unit is a proprietry system which cannot be changed! The car WILL NOT START Without the headunit connected and working correctly. To do ANY changes you need to do a blaupunkt headunit/screen for like $2000 bare minimum and thats even before speakers/diff head unit. They relocate the original headuni to somewhere else and put in a new one

Once agian, the original headunit cannot be removed or changed. You must keep it and relocate it.

[paulr33]

To relocate it, you also need to get the premium sound option. With the standard theres no hope at all

[paulr33]

Well sorry, The BA facon head unit. Not just xr6

[paulr33]

Blaupunkt with a deal with ford have done a "MOD" so you can run normal tv/dvd to the screen in the BA faclton with premium sound, however the base is like $2k and thats without any components,. thats just to get the mod to allow you to do it

ford have restristyed the head unit like a mad hoe

so the car cant get flogged and so u cant change shit

[Mr. Oizo]

wtf.. thats just gay

what if someone stole your head unit, does that mean you cant drive home?

[paulr33]

yep the car wont start or move

[OKBANANA]

thanks for the help, ok why can't you drive home without it it shows aircon/cd player and some other stuff thas it?

[paulr33]

security feature of the ba falcon. its hooks into the ecu or sometthing random. engine wont function with the headunit missing / tampered with

only option is to get premium sound and move the head unit somewhere else so you can put your own head unit in and cut the speakers wires etc.,, and just leave the old head unit some where else but still giving power / start signal so the engine still works

[OKBANANA]

but you can't customise it so that the screen shows dvd/games..damn

[paulr33]

you can, but you need the premium sound option and an upgrade pack released only by blaupunkt. ford and blaupunkt have some exclusive deal for the BA and some other crpa. ill trry and findf the PDF. but yes with the blaupunkt addon pack u can watch tv/dvds

[paulr33]

The doco is here:

http://www.blaupunkt.com.au/download/BA_Mu...dia_Release.pdf

[OKBANANA]

rekon it be cheaper to just buy a 7'' flatscreen and put it in ?

[puckish]

Yep you can hook up a TV to it. You need a Blaukpukt (sp?) kit for it.

It only fits the coloured screen units though.