Anybody else have an AVIC-D2, got some questions about it....

[damronjr]

Yep, let me know if anyone has one, I finally got mine installed (yeah, yeah, I'll post pics later! ) and was sadly disappointed to find out it didn't have DVD playback. I want to hook a Silver Slimline PS2 I got to it and was wondering if it's possible. The guys at Best Buy told me you could, but when I was looking through the books it didn't appear to have any RCA hook-ups on it.

[Mrizzle05]

"this thread is useless without pics"Haha... i dont have that... mine has all the inputs already. i just need to put my ps2 or xbox in there. i was thinking of snagging my buddies slim ps2...but i dont have too many great games anymore for the ps2. ima xbox guy now.

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 »"this thread is useless without pics"Haha... i dont have that... mine has all the inputs already. i just need to put my ps2 or xbox in there. i was thinking of snagging my buddies slim ps2...but i dont have too many great games anymore for the ps2. ima xbox guy now.Yeah, me too, but the PS2 was cheap and I still have some cool games and I could use it as a DVD player as well. The DVD thing was more the idea, and the PS2 is cheap, and I don't want to leave my 360 in the car, and I have another PS2 in my storage in TX. Here's some crappy pics with my cell:

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[damronjr]

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[Mrizzle05]

Looks good man... how you like it?I love mine... still need to fix the mount.but i wanna test out the aux input and video input box i have with mine. i have it on the left of my glovebox.I might put the PS2 in for S's and G's.

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 »Looks good man... how you like it?I love mine... still need to fix the mount.but i wanna test out the aux input and video input box i have with mine. i have it on the left of my glovebox.I might put the PS2 in for S's and G's.I like everything but that I can't play DVD's. The Nav is awesome!

[Jahntassa]

Yeah, the only DVD ROM in the D2 is for reading the NAV discs, no video playback internally.For video, there should be a connection on the back of the unit that has a bunch of RCA cables on it. You need that breakout cable to connect a video source. Look at page 16 of your installation manual.

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by Jahntassa »Yeah, the only DVD ROM in the D2 is for reading the NAV discs, no video playback internally.For video, there should be a connection on the back of the unit that has a bunch of RCA cables on it. You need that breakout cable to connect a video source. Look at page 16 of your installation manual.Ok, just looked at it and realized I had already seen that. I didn't know if I had that wiring harness, but if so, then I am good!

[damronjr]

Just wanted to let everyone know I got the PS2 hooked up the other day, easy as cake as the RCA were right there and labeled! Still got to figure out some wiring, but it's hooked up and works. Only problem is, where other HUs like this could be bypassed to play video while driving I don't know that this one can. I tried just pulling the E-brake up 1 click and driving as it doesn't initiate anyways, and it worked for a bit but it also has a speedo reader for the guage display on the screen, and I think it is programmed to notice if the video is playing and the car is in motion, so it came up and said my switch had been improperly wired and cut the video display. I know some others have this HU or experience, so if anyone knows a way around this other than disabling the speedo reader, please let me know! Here's some more pics:

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[damronjr]

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[Jahntassa]

After the AVIC N2, the ability to 'bypass' the video interlock was killed. It now senses movement based on the speedo reading and the GPS. There are people who have bypassed it, but you have to really search for it.

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by Jahntassa »After the AVIC N2, the ability to 'bypass' the video interlock was killed. It now senses movement based on the speedo reading and the GPS. There are people who have bypassed it, but you have to really search for it.That's what I figured. Oh well, I have a portable DVD player all-in-one if need be. Thanks for the info!

[Mrizzle05]

that sucks... mine is different obviously but i get mine to play while i drive.My fiance wants to try the wheel-of-fortune next trip we do. haha.

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 »that sucks... mine is different obviously but i get mine to play while i drive.My fiance wants to try the wheel-of-fortune next trip we do. haha.Well, like he said, the D2 has GPS for the Nav and a Speedo reader as well, so I'm pretty much screwedwhen it comes to disabling that stuff for the video. I would probably have to disable both of those which I don't want!

[Jahntassa]

Like I said, check around some forums, and I think there're some Yahoo groups about it. I believe there's a way to do it without crippling anything in the unit.

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by Jahntassa »Like I said, check around some forums, and I think there're some Yahoo groups about it. I believe there's a way to do it without crippling anything in the unit.Hmm, well, I guess I'll have to look around then and see what I can come up with.