Damn nice DIY, but just don't have gut to cut wires.

 

Ideal! I was just saying yesterday that I needed to find a way to hack the Nav and phone to work when moving.

I'll update results, thanks for the share!

 

does anyone know where i can buy the front vent portion for the vents, i broke it installing this mod =(

 

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...17&catalogid=2

 

damn, it's $170 to replace that? Or am I looking at something wrong. First time I got in there for the sl2vi install, I broke one of the "vent blade" 's small tab that attaches to the right (what's controlled so that it can go up and down). but I used crazy glue and got it fixed. I was so happy.. I was worried I'd have to replace the vents again too.

I'm about to get in there today to do both of the nav hacks because the first time, the wiring scared me so I just stopped at the SL2Vi install. I'm going through the thread now to find a summary of all the information... hope I don't damage the vents

 

Not sure if you solved this et... and I Haven't gotten in there yet (reviewing the Navi hack threads now) but would this post from the Navigation Hack Part Two - Destination Entry While Moving Switch DIY thread help?

 

Does anybody have any experience with the Prestigious Society module? I am kinda leery about cutting wires resulting in jumpy nav, video playback etc..

I've read some good things about this device since it is plug n play with no cutting required.

http://www.prestigioussociety.com/le...-override.html

Are there any other products out there besides this particular one? It's pretty expensive at over $300 shipped. I wonder if there are any other alternatives.

 

50 pages is a bit for me to browse through, but dumb question: how do you know if you have ML?

 

^ ROFL! hahahaha

 

Have anyone Hacked the Nav for 2009 Is250 ?
Is there any diffrent in hacking them ?

 

Judging from the photos, the wiring appears to have changed slightly in the 2009 model (I cannot veriify, as I don't have a diagram for the '09 yet), but I can claim that the mod does not work on an '09 from my testing. The pink wire looks to be in a completely different location on the plug (much further from the LHS of the car). The Nav goes jumpy, and controls are still locked out during driving, so I think the VSS wire is different on the 2009.

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for the '09 Nav yet? If I can have a look, I should be able to work out the new version of the hack fairly easily.

 

I will type this is red because I dont want people to miss this. I read through 8 pages and lost patientce.....this should work on all models, you may have to find the new wire by looking at the schematic. One huge thing missing from this on Page 1 is the addition of a switch between the pink VSS wire to the white / grey VSS signal to nav. Switch enables to disrupt the signal to input nav directions. If you did this without the switch and you got it to work it means you screwed up somewhere and have lost turn by turn guidance and smooth scrolling. I have a DIY for this in the 3gs forum and it is a similar concept, go there and read the first few posts and you will understand why you need a switch

 

I entirely agree, but what us 2009 IS250 owners really need is access to the new schematics so we can figure out where the VSS wire has moved to. Is anyone able to help yet?

My attempt with the pink wire just led to jumpy nav and inaccessible controls whilst in motion, hence the wrong wiring being used.

 

If you read the topic, or even the first post, you will see that this hack does NOT enable destination entry while moving. The IS and GS are different nav hacks...

The switch hack you are referring to is already well documented and is a SEPARATE nav hack, and can be found here for the IS:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...witch-diy.html

 

Your not being serious are you? Well, if you are, it has the ML symbol on your console beneath our CD player.