Nice review of the tech on the 7th Gen: http://cnettv.cnet.com/2009-nissan-m...-50005504.html

Enjoy!

 

Nice video, but why would a Max have an around view monitor when even a M doesn't have it

 

ok so in the video they said that you could get the nav screen w/o the nav and be able to use the rearview camera? is that true? cause i was never told that when i bought my car and i would love to have the back up camera w/o the nav

 

^nope, you need navi

 

Actually you don't and it pisses me off that they told me i did. Its highlited in orange and the same list can be found at http://www.nissanusa.com/maxima/packaged-options.html

Premium Package:

Dual panel moonroof with power retractable sunshades (replaces power sliding moonroof)
Climate-controlled driver’s seat (heated and cooled)
Rear-window power sunshade
Premium mood lighting
Rear door windows one-touch auto-up/down
Rear-seat air conditioning and audio controls
Eucalyptus wood-tone trim (replaces piano-dot trim)
Information Center with 7.0" color monitor
RearView Monitor [1]
Interface System for iPod® [2] with center console storage net
Auxiliary audio/video input jacks in center console [3] (replaces audio input jack located on head unit)
Trunk chassis reinforcement
High Intensity Discharge (HID) xenon headlights
Heated outside mirrors with reverse tilt-down feature
Auto-dimming driver-side outside mirror
Premium leather-appointed seats
Heated front seats
Parallel-seamed heated leather-wrapped steering wheel with paddle shifters
Power tilt/telescoping steering column
Memory system – driver’s seat, steering wheel and outside mirrors (two settings, remote control-activated)
Driver’s seat entry/exit system
Rear bucket seats (3-passenger capacity) with large fold-down center armrest
Rear-seat trunk pass-through (replaces 60/40 split fold-down seats)
XM® Satellite Radio [4]
Bluetooth® Hands-free Phone System
Cargo nets

 

wth! Thats cool, i thought it would be like the g37s, i guess these cars have more options.

 

I wonder how much it would cost to just get this installed at the dealer now seeing as how i didn't know about it when i bought the car...

 

KillaKam -

The video wording may be somewhat unclear, and Nissan's documentation can also be confusing. In the video, the tester said the backup camera is available without Nav as part of an option package. What he didn't explain is that option package is the Premium Package, which has an MSRP of $3450.

In other words, the backup camera is available ONLY as either part of the Technology (Nav) Package, or as part of the Premium Package.

This reverse backup camera would require quite a bit of work to add to the car, and may require adding much of the Premium Package technology. It is a lot more than mounting the little black camera under the center of the chrome bar on the back of the trunk and installing a sensor to detect when the car is in reverse. With this backup camera, there is a grid box showing the outer edges of where the car is going to be displayed on the screen picture, and this grid changes with every slight adjustment of the steering wheel as you back up.

I will be very surprised if there is any reasonable way to have the OEM backup camera and associated technology installed on an '09, other than it having been installed at the factory as part of either the Premium or Technology Package.

But then I'm not a tech expert; I'm simply reading Nissan's documentation.

 

Yep picked up my new '09 last night with premium pack (NON nav) and it has the nice color LCD and backup camera. its pretty cool.

 

great link.... Thanks..

 

Wrong! You should check your facts first.

 

Ya nav is not required in order to get the back up camera with the color display.

 

Correct that is how my Max is configured. I was responding to the other poster (A33I30) who stated you had to have Navi.

 

^Yea, sorry, for some reason i was convinced it had to have navi. I guess I mixed it with the g37.

 

Ya sorry i was as well, lol. I just worded it wrong.

 

I know this has been answered multiple times but I feel like saying it again, you do NOT need Nav to get the Rear View camera. This was one of my favorite things about the Maxima, options wise at least, because all the Toyota's and Lexus's required you to buy a $2500 Nav just to get the screen and rear view camera. The worst thing is that all stock nav systems are worse than aftermarkert units that only cost $200 so buying a car with one was not an option for me.

 

Well guys i do have the back up camara without the nav and folding side mirrors i got to say is very very nice, that feature sold me de car!

 

They need to bring back all the gadgetry of the second gen Maxima and the weird options from the late 80s early 90s Nissans! Just modify them a bit for todays needs and technology.

* Door ajar, door ajar lol.

 

Nice review.

 

I loved both my 1985 Maximas. I drove one of them 206,000 miles using only Castrol GTX 10W-40 dino oil the entire time. The engine was still running beautifully when I gave the car up. That car was silver, and I named it 'Grey Ghost.' I named the woman's voice (that was always telling me 'fuel is low') 'Hildegarde.' I named the woman's voice in my wife's '85 Maxima 'Esmeralda.'

I have loved all my Maximas, but when it comes to pure emotional attachment, I will never have the love in my heart for another car the way I did for my old Grey Ghost. That was also probably the last vehicle I owned where I knew what everything under the hood was, and where just about every wire ran.