Ipod up and running!!!

[Scarbs]

Originally Posted by JohnDotCom

If the front of Sat Nav Computer (where the map disc is) says DVD on it it is a MK4
Otherwise its a MK2 or MK3.
Rover had there own design of the MK2 and MK3 which has limited updating software possibilities.
Slide it out and if it says BMW it has been upgraded.
MK4 DVD units were never fitted by MGR as standard.
All Screens were 4:3 ratio.

Very helpful John. Many thanks,

Scarbs

[Reebs]

Spot on JDC (as usual)

Scarbs, the Mark II Rover Sat Nav looks like this:



And the later Mark III unit looks like this:



As far as I can tell, Rover Sat Nav's use the orange / grey colour scheme (like the pictures I have posted in this thread) whereas the BMW versions use blue over a black background:

[Reebs]

Originally Posted by AndyJ

Brilliant Reebs!
This is now a must for me
Look forward to seeing your how-to in the future

Time for me to investigate those prices, and the infamous adapter cable.

I wonder if the connectors are available easily enough to make your own, I could make a few up then for members that needed them in the future. That is of course if they are not available for purchase somewhere.

Andy

Andy, although I acquired my adaptor cable from a spare Jontie already had, I did in the meantime try and source one for my self, and would you believe a local I.C.E shop had very little trouble in obtaining one for me (so now I too have a spare!!)

The only slight fly in the ointment is that the one they supplied needs the black pin and white pin swapping over as it's the one for the Landrover which is slightly different - this I'm sure is a doddle to do, but I hadn't got round to doing it yet.

Picture below shows the correct wiring (Jontie's lead) on the left, and the spare on the right.



It's available if you're interested, or I can post up the details of the I.C.E shop who I'm sure will be able to get more.

[Jontie]

Hi Guy's,
Well done Reebs ! Lot's of info posted there! I'm delighted you found a supplier for the lead. I spent a great deal of time trying (including Tyco) without any joy.

Now, a question for you and Pedro; Do you have any pictures on your ipod? If so, will they come on the monitor? It's just a thought, I don't have any on mine but I wonder.....

Regards

[Reebs]

I've now finished the How To, and it can be seen here if anyone is interested

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...523#post274523

[Jontie]

Hi Paul,

Excellent "how to". Very detailed and efficient. Well done!!!

Any thoughts on my question about pictures? I wonder if we'd need another interface of some sort or could we use the tv module or would we need either? What does the intravee use to convert thre ID3 tags?

Regards
John

[biggles]

Originally Posted by Jontie

Hi Paul,

Excellent "how to". Very detailed and efficient. Well done!!!

Any thoughts on my question about pictures? I wonder if we'd need another interface of some sort or could we use the tv module or would we need either? What does the intravee use to convert thre ID3 tags?

Regards
John

By pictures - do you mean Album art, photos or video? Neither of these will show on the monitor using an intravee or dice unit so you will need something that provides a video out signal that can be patched in to the high line systems video feed.

I just googled and came across this: http://www.nav.tv/products/vehicledock-ipod

[Jontie]

Hi Eric,
That looks interesting ! The sort of thing I was thinking of was running a slide show of photo's. That seems to fit the bill but far more than i would pay. No doubt as these thing progress they will become more available and cheaper as the music interfaces have.

Thank you very much for the info Eric!

[biggles]

Originally Posted by Jontie

Hi Eric,
That looks interesting ! The sort of thing I was thinking of was running a slide show of photo's. That seems to fit the bill but far more than i would pay. No doubt as these thing progress they will become more available and cheaper as the music interfaces have.

Thank you very much for the info Eric!

It does look interesting, doesn't it? As I said i just accidentally discovered that one and it seems brand new on the market. If you do not already have something like an intravee and look to integrate an ipod that gadget will provide a far richer user interface than any intravee. Of course it may not integrate as nicely with the steering wheel and bordmonitor buttons.

Had I known about it earlier I would maybe have went for one but I have bought myself a0 CIS-IBUS interface which allows to integrate VGA out from a PC into the Hi Line system. That route however requires a lot of tweaking, and testing as I have learned. I will let you guys know how it goes - probably sometime this summer.

[Jules]

Suddenly, the desirability of the Hi Line optioned cars has therefore gone up then
I've never used the TV bit but I'll certainly be using it in Ipod mode!