DVD Navigation Radio

[jraker]

Has anyone ever thought to make something for this radio that will display your guages all in one screen? It would be nice to switch screens to say an aux input and have all your pressures and temps displayed. If any one knows of such a thing please let me know I would be very interested. I know about the Edge products and some of the other tuners come with a display but for a clean install using the factory radio to display this would come in handy and keep with the "sleeper" look I am going for on my next truck.

 

[ronman]

Has anyone ever thought to make something for this radio that will display your guages all in one screen? It would be nice to switch screens to say an aux input and have all your pressures and temps displayed. If any one knows of such a thing please let me know I would be very interested. I know about the Edge products and some of the other tuners come with a display but for a clean install using the factory radio to display this would come in handy and keep with the "sleeper" look I am going for on my next truck.

What a great idea!!!! Count me in for this one!!! I've been told that the REC Nav unit has an auxiliary camera input. Maybe others do too. Perhaps this is an easy way to feed an image to the unit?

 

[Spooled-up]

I've looked into this because I wanted to add the backup camera to my truck and have it display on the REC radio. The only input to the back of the radio is a 3 pin female connector that is not used. It looks nothing like an RCA jack for video. The backup camera experts I have spoken to say that it's possible that this is the camera input, but it might be proprietary to the Chrysler backup camera. They also say that the REC radio used in other vehicles with the backup camera option might be slightly different and have an entirely different input for the camera even though it appears to be the same radio. I have almost given up on the sleeper backup camera and I'm considering an aftermarket unit.



I went so far as to call Alpine and their customer service was completely worthless unless I had quesitons about my navigation.



I also called the aftermarket Mopar guys and told them what I was trying to do - add the backup camera option to a truck that has the same radio but no backup camera option and the reply I got after holding for 10 minutes was "We don't have a backup camera option for your truck. It's only available for some Chrysler vehicles. " THANKS. If I did my job like that, I'd be fired in a day!



On another note, distinctly remember seeing a truck for sale on eBay that showed pics of his rear seat video system with a Lion King video playing. That video image was also being displayed on the front seat REC radio! Not sure how he did it and it was more than a month ago, so the auction isn't available any more. I think it could be done, it's just a matter of finding the right person that knows enough about this radio.

 

[BElliott]

That is a great idea.

I am struggling to figure out where to put my gauges, don't like my options, using the nav display would be a great solution.

Pls let me know if you find a solution.

Thanks,

Bret