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Sat Nav Touch Screen Converted for USB Connection - Car PC

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tanters

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Sweet jebus!!!! how do you know all this stuff.....

As my mother says....'little Tant if you cant understand it, it must be brilliant'

....so fair play wiggs...I think

Wed Apr 30 2008 4:10pm

wiggs

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2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Manual Java Black

Update

Well after waiting to get a longer ribbon cable ..i have now done some more testing and everything is looking good.

Longer ribbon cable

Circuit board covered in "warm " glue ..stops anything touching that shouldn't ..and stops any naff solder joints

Putting it together in a small box.

Quick test ..note sneeky preview of windows on the screen

Box fit's down here like a glove

Quick tidy up of the wires and a small piece of foam to stop the cables rubbing on the sharp edge of screen mounting.

Have routed the USB lead and power lead down to the bottom of the center consul for now as im still testing the interface box.

But everything working ok ..good times

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Mon May 12 2008 2:14pm

Guy

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Very nicely done - keep us posted on the testing. Is there a reason the relay has to be that meaty or could you have got away with something smaller?

Mon May 12 2008 2:22pm

wiggs

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Basically i use them for work so had some handy !!

I diidn't realy look for a smaller 14 pin relay ..as the terminals would of been to hard to solder

Mon May 12 2008 2:38pm

Guy

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That's what I guessed! I suppose with a smaller DIL relay (or similar) your could get it on a much smaller piggy-back board and then pot the whole thing and - er - sell it to people on here...

Mon May 12 2008 2:42pm

wiggs

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Little box fits down the side of the consul perfect ..dont see the point of making hard work trying to solder pis*y little contacts ..the ribbon cable ones were small enough

Mon May 12 2008 3:03pm

DTR

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Touch screen interface

Wiggs, magnificent find and implementation. I have recently taken delivery of our RRS TDV8 and as standard it comes without the LR touch screen

, unless you want to fork out a couple of k. I am currently trying to find a Disco3/RRS display from a vehicle that is being dismantled. If anyone knows of such a mis/fortunate

event please let me know.
Wiggs which input (I/P) did you use for the computer as I am aware of the three I/Ps at the back? Also What was the connection sequence from the ribbon cable to the USB connector and the wiring for the display connection?

Thanks in advance,

DTR A person is generally reasonable, people though can be deadly.

Thu May 29 2008 7:25am

Sturge

Joined: 02 Nov 2005
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Why not buy a non landrover touch screen that will fit (assuming such a thing exists that would fit) as you don't need it for built in navigation. I'm sure with some creative fitting and purchasing the correct surround from landrover it could be made to work?

Just a thought

Thu May 29 2008 9:08am

Sturge

Joined: 02 Nov 2005
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Hi Wiggs - where did you get the long ribbon cable from? Thanks

Thu May 29 2008 9:11am

bigcarpchaser

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2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Java Black

I want one, so flipping

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Thu May 29 2008 11:56am

leighmartin

Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 Base 7 Seat Manual Bonatti Grey

There's one on ebay at the moment

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Land-Rover-Discovery...dZViewItem

Thu May 29 2008 2:37pm

wiggs

Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: back in Manchester
Posts: 2638

Re: Touch screen interface

DTR wrote:
Wiggs, magnificent find and implementation. I have recently taken delivery of our RRS TDV8 and as standard it comes without the LR touch screen , unless you want to fork out a couple of k. I am currently trying to find a Disco3/RRS display from a vehicle that is being dismantled. If anyone knows of such a mis/fortunate event please let me know.
Wiggs which input (I/P) did you use for the computer as I am aware of the three I/Ps at the back? Also What was the connection sequence from the ribbon cable to the USB connector and the wiring for the display connection?

Thanks in advance,

DTR

I wouldnt bother with the LR screen if you havent already got one ..too much messing to get it to work ..fiber optic cables and all sorts .( in fact i dont think its possible to retro fit)

I would get a 7" liliput screen ( or simular ) ..its already touch screen.

Wiring was as the first page of the post ...i may have had to swap 2 wires around comming from the relay to the little circuit board.

No damage will be done ..it's just you may touch the left of the screen and it shows up as the right.

I can go and check for definate if you realy need to know

I have been using an interface box to get the computer VGA signal to the screen .It fits into the sat nav dvd player under the seat and interups the GVIF signal.

I have not been having much luck though ..im on my second interface and that still has issues ...supplier have stopped answering my emails aswell ...tossers

Thu May 29 2008 5:22pm

wiggs

Joined: 03 Sep 2006
Location: back in Manchester
Posts: 2638

Sturge wrote:
Hi Wiggs - where did you get the long ribbon cable from? Thanks

Got some from here http://www.toby.co.uk/

You cant get 4 way connectors longer than 150mm ( well i cant find any ) so i got 16 way .I then cut a section of 4 wires ( leaving me another 3 attempts if i fooked up ..but all was well)

I ordered some 300mm one's and 420mm ones , but found the 300mm ones to be ideal

AXO-01264 ( 300MM - 16 WAY)
AXO-01289 ( 420MM - 16 WAY)

You could just get a 6 way wire and cut of 2 of them ..but i thought it best to have some spare in case of disaster

Thu May 29 2008 5:34pm

Sturge

Joined: 02 Nov 2005
Location: Worthing
Posts: 333

I'm going to give it a whirl using a vga to composite adapter (about £40) then squirting it into the connectors on the back of the sat nav. I know the image quality not brilliant but until they sort these VGA input widgets it seems the only solution...

I'm going to order the bits from the states and see how I get on

Thanks for the cable info

Thu May 29 2008 7:03pm

Martin
Site Admin and Owner

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Sturge - where's your VGA to composite adapter from?

Thu May 29 2008 7:05pm

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