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Does anyone know how to enable the TV screen in an RS6 whilst on the move?
I ask as I want to fit a DVD player in the glovebox for the other half to amuse herself with whilst on a journey, surely it must be possible using VAG-com or something? [img]images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
My installer tells me that normally the patch lead supplied does this but on Audi's it doesn't?

I believe you need to put a switch in the GALA circuit (the one that tells your nav that you're moving at a certain speed). This will prevent the NAV from working but you'll be watching a DVD anyway.
I think I read it on TVWIZ.NET

Cheers

Ben

Certainly it is the speed signal which needs to be disconnected to enable picture whilst on the move. This will also disable the GALA facility. I don't think it will stop the Nav from working, but it may render the dead reckoning somewhat suspect. Dead reckoning should allow the Nav system to function for a while in the absence of satellite reception. The Nav+ apparently incorporates gyros to support DR, and may possibly use the speed signal to supplement to gyro data.

Hmmm.

Thanks guys, so if I understand correctly, the speed signal needs to be turned off.
Would this be a permanent thing i.e. all the time or is there a way of doing it ONLY when using the TV or DVD?

Thanks for the link Ben, I'll have a trawl over there [img]images/graemlins/boots.gif[/img]

Excellent, found just what I was looking for at TVWIZ...cheers chaps! [img]images/graemlins/jump.gif[/img]

Let us know how you get on as it's something that I may be interested in [img]images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Cheers

Ben

Will do!

In the RS4 the GALA wire is a white and blue wire that is in position 1 in a black 8 pin plug.

In the RS4 the GALA wire is a white and blue wire that is in position 1 in a black 8 pin plug.

Might you have you put a switch in yours then? [img]images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Just found a site which may help all tho its for a A2 [img]images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] www.audi-a2.co.uk/tvlock.pdf hope it helps a bit [img]images/graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img]

I am going to do it in 3 weeks, when I get home from my exile....

I did this to my RS and it was OK but I lost the ETA details on the Sat Nav+ and gained an error on the instrument cluster that meant the top part of the DIS did not show track info etc. Hence I have now re-connected as per std. You could use a switch but I reckon the error need a power off reset to clear??

I have done it on mine, put a switch into the gala wire and it is working fine.

dog wrote:I have done it on mine, put a switch into the gala wire and it is working fine.

I must have cut the wrong wire ..... Opps

On after market head units there's normally a cable to the handbreak switch. Have you tried driving with this up a notch to see if it still works? If so you can then disable this cable and still have all the other functionality.