34 GTR..TV use and stereo installation

[ricknismo]

Delema...

Car has a CD player and a cassette/stacker. now the cd shows stuff (buttons) on the TV and the volume is on the cassette unit. I has an Alpine touch screen TV all in one from my last car.

My delema is I either disconnect the CD and cassette and have 2 dins spare then put my alpine in and have 1 spare.And thats counting on it fitting because the 34 has a slopey design and the top CD player sticks out a lot. I did actually get the TV to play movies via an external NTSC source but thats a bit gay.

Whatabout the soarers I heard the TV can be converted for TV signal.

Has anyone put a unit in before?

it sort of looks like this.

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[sewid]

Not too sure what you're asking? I have got a 1 DIN sized CD/DVD/MP3 player in the top slot and a map pocket in the 2nd DIN slot.

I have my DVD player connected to the MFD via the simple modification you can do but my DVD player can output NTSC or PAL regardless of the DVD region. But yeah I hardly ever use it.

As for converting the MFD to receive aussie TV signals i dont think its possible or worthwhile. As far as I know the TV button isn't anything to do with receiving Jap TV at all and simply a toggle switch to go from MFD to NTSC input mode for things like sat nav, and other AV factory options.

[ricknismo]

have you got any pics of your dash setup?

is there big ugly gaps around your cd flayer?

So are you saying you can watch dvd's through the factory monitor?

[sewid]

no pics on me at the moment unforunately but there are no gaps at all. You will find that all aftermarket CD players come with little plastic surrounds that can be modified pretty easily if you find that there are some gaps. The way the R34 dash is designed tho the brushed aluminium covers the gaps up quite well.

And yeah, I can watch DVD's through the factory monitor. This requires a small amount of modification to the MFD. You have to pull it apart and solder two wires to various pins and mount an RCA socket on the back of it. Very simple to do.

Link:

http://www.gtrcentral.com/technical/how_to...ideo_Signal.pdf

[ricknismo]

mine has the TV button on the cd player. is that a hassle?

[sewid]

mine has the TV button on the cd player. is that a hassle?

Is your's a Vspec? This mod only works for MFD's with TV buttons on the MFD itself as far as i know. This is my interior before I put an aftermarket CD player in:

http://www.sewid.org/mycar/BNR34/BeforeCom...tos/photo10.jpg

[ricknismo]

yeah mines a vspec

[ricknismo]

yeah a few differences there..

My a/c is lower, my CD is the sticky out one..aah just look at the pic

[sewid]

That top "CD player" is a sat nav system The CD drive is for the map CD/DVD. Its a bummer too because you cant make it work in Australia (the nav) and it kinda clutters up your dash.

One option would be to pull the unit out and get the non-nav climate control unit from Yahoo Japan auctions - then you get more space for your audio gear. I see them go pretty cheap occasionally.

[sewid]

I believe the GT-t climate control unit would also plug in but it's missing like 1 feature (push button to read ambient temp)

[ricknismo]

how do I get yahoo auctions converted to engrish (thats jap for english) my comp doesn't prompt for a language pack.

[sewid]

I use: http://www.worldlingo.com/en/websites/url_...translator.html

[ricknismo]

damn computer won't let me use it.

[ricknismo]

So any other Ideas how to setup my dash a bit nicer..I have an alpine touchscreen all in one just sitting here til I decide what to do.

[sewid]

I'd probably look around for GTt climate control unit at local Jap wreckers for now. See if you can pick up one cheaply. Otherwise rip the aircon out and go N1 style

[al_r33]

hey guy! im interested to know what sort of ball park figures did it cost you's to import ur 34 gtr's?

Cheers

[sewid]

hey guy! im interested to know what sort of ball park figures did it cost you's to import ur 34 gtr's?  

Cheers

Well i imported mine before import duty changed to 10% (was 15%) and when the aussie dollar was a bit weaker against the yen so it's not really relevant how much it cost to import.

I can tell you tho that there are a few more issues when importing a car worth over $60k like extra stamp duty and Luxury car tax that many "import cost calculators" dont take into account, then there's compliance cost blowouts like stock parts, and brembo brake pads.

It's not easy to have a good condition no accident damaged car landed and complied under $70k - then you gotta pay rego and stamp duty...