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[Ecky Thump]

I've had a look through the old threads and haven't found the answer so here goes....
My new truck is a 56 plate LC5. The touch screen sat nav is also the controller for the radio, multi CD and worse of all my heater controls.
I've tried a research on the old interweb and can't find any unit to replace the outdated head unit I have.
I want bluetooth (yes I know parrot) and I want an updated sat nav but would love to fit a modern unit completely.
So, has anyone got any ideas

 

[Gary Stockton]

Hi Ecky - ages ago I looked into this with Crispin (we wanted to retrofit the trip computer the LC3 has where you and I have a clock and temp gauge only) and while we could find a bunch of Chinese alternatives, there isn't anything (or wasn't) that did the full integration to the DVD satnav under the seat and all the heater / aircon / demister etc. controls. I struggles to find a replacement head unit for the radio, thinking I'd just pull that out and replace it with a bluetooth enabled one, but even that's a problem.

so I went with a Parrot kit, and keep the map DVDs updated, as well as use a Garmin Montana

Good luck!

 

[Ecky Thump]

Cheers Gary, I was starting to get that impression from what I have read so far. The updated disc and a Parrot seems a good way to go or I am also searching for a complete set up from the last of the 120s in a scrapper. I think the scrapper unit will be bloody expensive though...

Just out of interest Gary, do you know if the discs are copyable?

 

[Gary Stockton]

I've not tried, but from what I've read on places like PradoPoint they're not.

I tend to only u pdate mine if I'm going to Europe, so only every 2 - 3 years or so, so it's not such a big deal - still expensive though.

Having said that, I presume they must be, if you had the will and the right tools, but it might cost more than the €150 or so a new set costs

 

[jonnyboy54321]

The maps/nav app on my phone plays its instructions through Bluetooth (and has done on three different setups - a Parrot mki9200, a JVC with bluetooth, and another Parrot mki9200 which is in my 80 and I used it today!) so if you can integrate a parrot or whatever then the phone would suffice for the satnav?

 

[Ecky Thump]

Cheers Johnyboy, looks like the route I will be taking.

Glad to hear you got an 80, the guy who bought mine is well happy

 

[Beefbeefbeef]

Cheers Gary, I was starting to get that impression from what I have read so far. The updated disc and a Parrot seems a good way to go or I am also searching for a complete set up from the last of the 120s in a scrapper. I think the scrapper unit will be bloody expensive though...

Just out of interest Gary, do you know if the discs are copyable?

I got my replacement discs from Toyota EU last year, I think they were 120 euros or so which is punchy but better than having a unit you can't rely on. However, that was after I ordered some from what turned out to be a crook based in Birmingham. A fraction of the price but the disks didn't work and the bloke was a p**** of the highest order. So, beware. The discs are not copyable.

 

[Crispin]

The disks are copyable but, IIRC, it has to be CDR+ or it won't work. There was a thread about it a few years back.

 

[Brian the Sn@il]

Hi, I am in the same boat with my Satnav screen, as it controls the fans etc etc,
Under it, is a Cassette player,

 

[Beefbeefbeef]

The disks are copyable but, IIRC, it has to be CDR+ or it won't work. There was a thread about it a few years back.

The forum member who said they could be copied had not actually tried to enter a destination! The copied disk gives you mapping information but does not allow you to set destinations. I spoke to him 18 months ago or so.

He had got his disks from the same crook I had contacted - satnavi.com - that website seems to have disappeared but you can see complaints about him if you google it.

Might be a different thread but is a word of warning.