Sat Nav Plus - DIY install

Post by **Diesel** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:31 pm

Could be a silly question, but are there RHD and LHD versions of sat nav units? I ask mostly as the TFT can be made to throw its light towards the driver even if it is mounted flat, and they dont have huge viewing angles at the best of times...

FAB write up btw - thanks!

Post by **peterb** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 12:14 am

No, they don't come left/right handed, but the screen does swivel through a narrow angle, left/right/up/down, so it can be tilted to either side.

Post by **Dippy** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:31 pm

It surprised me to find that the main navigation selection switches are on the right-hand side of the unit which make it slightly easier to use in a RHD car (IMO at least).

Diesel, the TFT on these units is excellent with a wide viewing angle.

Post by **DBLO** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:49 pm

Hi
I am about to embark on moving from a basic sat nav (which has never really worked for some reason) to a sat nav plus, or, as I want TCM, more likely an RNS-E. Do you know anywhere I can get hold of a copy of the info from the TVWIZ site? I see he's been leant on.

Dave - any wish to do another install on an B5 S4? Thoughts on costs?

Nige - did you get there? I have a pre-face lift 1999 T S4. Did it work ok in the end?

Cheers.

Post by **Dippy** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:01 pm

http://www.nav-plus.com/instructions/

Sorry, my family commitments prevent my doing this again.

Post by **dazzer** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:09 pm

Dippy,

Great write up - only wish I had read it before getting the Navi Plus D for my 99FL. Is changing the instrument cluster the only way to get the D to talk to the DIS?

Cheers
Dazzer

Post by **Dippy** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:00 pm

If you have the facelift model then Navi+ "D" should work. You need a TMC/CAN gateway too.

Post by **dazzer** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:05 pm

Mine is the first of the facelifs with the analogue clock so assume the cluster does not talk CAN bus. What exactly is the TCM gateway - is it not part of the Navi unit?

Cheers
Dazzer

Post by **craigyb** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:30 pm

Check your cluster for 3 connectors, GREEN, BLUE and GREY. If it has these 3 then it is can bus.

The TMC gateway/can Bridge is the cigarette packet sized module that converts the Bosch Can of the RNS-D to the Infotainment CAN of the cluster. It also receives the TMC channel messages from Classic FM and sends the, to the RNS-D.

Post by **dazzer** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:22 pm

Thanks Craig.

Post by **dazzer** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:25 pm

Thanks Craig.

Post by **Adirs4avant** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:31 pm

What u have here it has been really helpfull however i have 2 wires left to connect from your write up it appears it would seem they need to be connected to back of dash if you could help be more than happy to let you drive one of the Fastest rs4 in the country this is nota joke 606bhp at the wheels 0-100 IN 6.6 second plz help verry much appreciated

Post by **Adirs4avant** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:19 pm

hi i have 2 wires left that come from the tv tuner in the boot L bus and H bus from your write up it would appear these connect to the back of the clocks could you possibly tell me where they connect

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