what about the beeping for the ebrake.

 

Does anyone have any feedback for the KP Tech wire kit? Does it still need an ebrake bypass? does it stop the ebrake beeping if it does? Does anyone have one of these in a new 2010 yet?

 

watching DVD while driving on my 7" monitor and control by my headrest 9" monitor

 

Is this with the KP wire kit? Im assuming it didn't work?

 

no it didnt work with the KP kit. had to get the video source from my headrest dvd system

 

The KP kit doesn't do anything with audio/video inputs/outputs.

 

Just thought I would tell everyone that 20 hours after my purchase I have the dash taken apart and working on my mod. Hopefully i wont screw this up. I'll tell you I absolutely hate the non nav radio after have driven a nav equipped vehicle for a day. My way to mitigate this is to do the mod, use my iphone with a "Proclip Holder" and the Apple composite A/V cable connected through the console. This will let me have access to all my audio, movies and Pandora direct from the phone. Bluetooth will be used to my radio and I can use the Iphone voice dialing feature which is MUCH better than the factory radio. As soon as I get 10 more posts I'll write something up and post the pics..

 

THis was borrowed from previously in this thread.

"behind the radio is a 32 pin connector. Green and red wire is the e brake, violet and white is the VSS. We put regular on and off switches for both(probably could have just grounded e brake), and it works fine."

Since I dont have nav I just grounded the ebrake and snipped the VSS. Will report back if any issues.

This is a great forum.

 

Not a good idea to cut the VSS. Now your speed-adaptive volume control won't work right.

 

I just had mine done like fclifton did. My car-audio guys just put in a relay on the ebrake to ground it and put a relay on the VSS to interupt it for the screen only. They wired them both to a single toggle switch under the dash. I just reach down and flip it on to watch something then flip it off and wait a couple seconds and the GPS catches up with me. Works awesome with no problems after a couple days using it.

 

Hello, I just traded in my 2009 Hyundai Sonata Limited for a 2010 Maxima premium with NAV. I had modded the Sonata to give me DVD while in motion AND kept my NAV tracking. I cut and grounded the parking brake wire from the NAV as usual, however I noticed when in PARK, I had 12VDC on the VSS wire, as soon as I took the car out of park, the 12VDC dropped to ground (if memory serves me) and the DVD video would cut out. So I though what if I cut the VSS and tap into the ACC 12VDC on the NAV side of the cut VSS wire? Worked like a charm, I had DVD in motion AND when swithing over to NAV my vehicle tracked perfectly. No switches, no relays. Worked perfectly for 2 years.

I expected to do the same with my new Maxima, however I do not see any voltage on the VSS wire while in park or while in motion. Here's my question:

What does the NAV "see" on the VSS wire while in park or while in motion? Is it a pulse? Is there anyway to fool the NAV into thinking the VSS is doing whatever it does while in park like I did on the Hyundai?

 

VSS is vehicle speed sense. Its a variable voltage signal.

 

Wow...

 

Quick Question:
I tried this mod, got the DVD to work however the BRAKE light stayed on and the car would beep every few seconds. So my question is does the handbrake wire coming out of the H/U only need to be grounded by itself and leave the other side cut? Because I grounded both wires the one coming into the H/U and the one coming out (1 wire cut and both ends were grounded)


NVM Got it working now. I was grounding both ends of the Red/Green wire. You only need to ground the end that comes out of the connector. Wired a switch to the Purple/White Wire (VSS) and got DVD playback and access to the Navi while driving. It was very easy to do and a great mod.

 

Read through this whole thread and it isn't clear.

Plain and simple question: (2010 Max NON-NAV with Monitor Package)

Do I need to purchase a kit for "In-motion DVD playback" or is it just a matter of grounding then installing two switches to get it to work?

I obviously won't want to stare at a brake light or hear constant beeping either so if either of those two side effects are unavoidable I won't even consider the mod. Thanks ahead of time for anyone who can give a clear difinitive answer

 

No kit required

No Parking Brake Light (Do NOT ground both ends of the Green and
red wire) - Just ground the wire coming out of the radio.

Cut the Violet and White wire and install a switch.

Look for 32 pin connector behind radio
Green and red wire is the e brake (Ground)
Violet and white is the VSS (Installed Switch)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3vwwgUe89M
Video Showing Movie and No Brake Light and No Beeping

 

Thanks anish. Great reply...exactly the info I was looking for. Nice youtube clip too.

 

wwhat are you guys using to play dvd?.....small portable player?

 

The built in DVD/nav disc player.

 

what about those without nav

 

Then a way to tap/switch inputs on the info screen has to be devised. The source which you choose can be anything- a dvd player, ipod, whatever.

 

i dont have navi but have a built in dvd system on my headrest. thats how i play dvd

 

This is great. I haven't been following it but I will be doing this in the spring. Too cold out now. It's a lease so I am going to have to be creative about the switch.

 

Finally got around to doing this on my 2010. The above worked perfectly. Only thing different I did was cut the e brake wire and grounded the end coming from the stereo.

 

Performed this mod today on my '09 Max SV w/ Tech. Everything for nav/video works great, but now my odometer won't turn. Any suggestions?

 

Just completed the mod for the Navigation and the DVD in Motion. Simple switch turns the Video In Motion On/Off and once I flip the switch off, the Nav catches up in about 10 seconds.

In addition...What I ended up doing was moving my component inputs and my USB Interface from the center console to the kickpanel and adding a USB Hub in my Glove Box.

From there, I hooked up my USB Hub directly to the interface and now I can plug in my iPad and watch a movie or access my playlist while keeping all my cables hidden and my iPad locked up. The good thing with this is I have the ability to hook up up to 10 different USB components and they will all charge and can be viewed on my monitor while moving. I just tried my camcorder and can view everything on it as well as being able to view whatever my wife wants to record while driving. Second viewfinder if you will.



Plus I can keep my iPhone 4 charging up front with me and not have to wonder which iphone/ipad cable is connected to the USB and which one is connected to just power. No more cable cluster up front in the center console.

 

Now that is a sick and beautiful setup. You can probably just hook up a Mobile Hotspot box from a cell phone company and have endless wifi in the car and not worry about power on the box.

 

Thank goodness for 3G iPads. You are right though...people that want a wifi hotspot can surely plug in. My friends and family are gonna appreciate the full batteries for phones and video while on road trips.

 

That doesn't sound like a problem to me!

 

That looks absolutely amazing. Along with the constant wifi hotspot you have the ultimate hookup. That is definitely car of the month worthy!

 

I have watched one or two DVDs in the car, But

I was wondering if there is any way I can save movies to my flash drive and watch it in the car?

Thanks

 

Thanks for the vote! If you need help with the setup, let me know. I can tell you exactly what USB hub to get and you'll be good to go. Easy set up once you know where everything needs to go.

 

I know a lot of people, like myself, are interested in doing the DVD bypass WITHOUT voiding the warranty. This seems near impossible.

Then I thought of a possible solution...what if you unplug the connector to the back of the navigation screen and install a cord inbetween that just acts as an extension cord? Then you can cut up the extension cord all you want without voiding the warranty.

My only problem with this situation is I'm not 100% sure if such a cord exists? Does anyone know? I will keep searching and report back.

The connector I was told is a 32 pin connector or a 4X20 pin connector. It would have to be male on one end and female on the other.

 

The law states that the dealer must directly prove that whatever issue you are having with your car must be directly related to the aftermarket modification that was made. eg: If you are having transmission issues they cannot blame it on a navigation mod.

But even so, how would they know you modified the car? There are NO visible indications that the navi has been modified with the KP Technologies bypass. The module is tucked away in the dash, there are no switches visible, and the interface is pressing the OK button, which is OEM.

 

Yeah they'd have to prove in a court of law basically the modification caused the issue. For example I put in LED turn signals and spliced in a load resistor so they don't blink fast. I imagine if I have any electrical issues and come across that they'll blame it. Usually if you have a mechanic on your side that you trust that can help you determine when they're trying to BS you it can really help.

But yeah they can't for example void your warranty on any mechanical part because of this DVD hack...

 

I definitely understand that part, but I have a 5 year warranty and in that extensive time I definitely think it's possible something could go wrong with the interior electronics that I would utilize the warranty for. From large scale problems to simple bulbs burning out behind buttons (a very common issue). I know I could fix the small stuff myself.....but why should I when that's what a warranty is for?

 

It doesn't seem to be too complicated to install, probably just as easy to remove. If you're that worried about it just keep the install instructions handy so you can remove it before you go to the dealership and claim warranty repairs.

I have a few other splice jobs on my car (load resistors, LED strips) and am fully prepared to pull those off if I have an electrical problem. Rather spend the 30 minutes it takes to pull them off or put them on than pay for a repair myself because Nissan finds a way to blame it on my custom wiring.

 

Has anyone said or asked if the KP Technologies bypass #1 works on a 2011 model and #2 works with the Monitor package without NAV?

 

It's been asked at least 3x in this thread alone, but no one has the answer yet.

 

I'm going to be doing the mod in May on my '11. Hopefully someone figures it out by then, but if not...I'm going to find out if the configuration is different or not.