wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
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Top link dosent work ...
The ffc cable you are ordering could do with being longer ..read the post again ...i explain why
Dunno the dimentions without measuring ...as long as your parts fit in there it will be ok G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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 1st Dec 2008 12:16 pm |
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Murdered Out
Member Since: 28 Nov 2008
Location: AZ
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wiggs which one is the longer cable? I cannot find it at that http://www.toby.co.uk/
place Where can I get one? sorry for being a pain the ass, but I dont know crap about these parts at all. appreciate all the help you have done so far, serriously.
Will any solder work? I've soldered about 5 times in my life
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| 1st Dec 2008 10:17 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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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 G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 2nd Dec 2008 12:27 am |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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Any solder should do ...
Why dont you take the wiring diagram into a local electronics store ..im sure they (or they will know someone ) would make it up .
Trust me its a real pain ..the wires are tiny ..so are the connectors .
Someone who does it for a living would be able to knock one up in no time ..they will have all the right stuff
As long as the 2 ffc cables are the 1mm pitch (4 core) at the ends were it connects to the screen the rest can be any size . G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 2nd Dec 2008 12:33 am |
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Murdered Out
Member Since: 28 Nov 2008
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wiggs wrote: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
oh ok, I already bought the 300m already from them, I just didnt post them with the other stores order. cool thanks
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| 2nd Dec 2008 1:43 am |
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Murdered Out
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sideview wrote:Just brilliant Wiggs!!! 
No  , all of a suddon this mod has blown up. There are about 3 of us doing them and one person already has, suprisingly he never knew about your post and did the same mod.
http://rangerovers.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=5
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| 2nd Dec 2008 7:37 am |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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wiggs wrote:...Any solder should do...
Not wishing to cast any aspersions but I once gave this exact advice to someone, and they used plumbers solder. Oh, and a plumbers 400W soldering iron. The resulting circuit board wasn't pretty; imagine if you will a 2"x2" board, charred, bowed, and with one single dry joint covering the entire back and you'll see why I thought I'd mention it.
Can I suggest that any electronics grade solder will do instead  Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 2nd Dec 2008 12:31 pm |
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wiggs
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Good point ...but as we were talking little electronic bits ..i presumed he would of asked for something sutible G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 2nd Dec 2008 12:36 pm |
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stapldm
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Me too Wiggs; I had made the same assumption  OK, so I can't see anyone else ever doing it again but I thought I'd mention it just to be sure.
So when are you going to link your car PC to the can-bus, register it as a new node and start controlling car components that way? You've gone soooo far in your setup (i'm well envious!) you must be looking for new challenges by now 
First off; when the alarm is set, send close window commands to the four windows + sunroof 
Challenge includes discovering whether windows are low speed CANbus, LINbus or direct current controlled Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 2nd Dec 2008 12:47 pm |
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wiggs
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Location: Manchester
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Im on with a few other things at the moment ..still not got the pc up and running yet as im still waiting for the VGA interface ..i may have to get one of them off ebay ....if my other ever turns up then sell that one !!!
Pc to can bus sounds interesting G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 2nd Dec 2008 1:04 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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No not them ..want one with a VGA input ...i have had 2 faulty ones before 
All 3 of them ones your on about are sold anyway G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 2nd Dec 2008 11:17 pm |
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Murdered Out
Member Since: 28 Nov 2008
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Wiggs do I need one of those GVIF interfaces to get the video on the screen?
http://www.gnetcanada.com/navvideo-models-...er%20Sport
This look like a good way to get free internet. You just slide your sim card into it and then plug it into the USB
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| 5th Dec 2008 8:39 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
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If your just using a composite out of your pc and you dont want to add other AV sources ..you can connect direct to the sat nav screen and use the diagnostics menu to view the picture ..you will need some connectors like this
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic6915.ht...p;start=15
Or get a GVIF interface but get one with a VGA input ..like this
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic27833.html G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 5th Dec 2008 9:21 pm |
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