And I installed my control in a place hopefully nobody will ever see it:



Sorry for the crappy pic....Taken with my PDA phone.

 

Great location for the control switch, not many people use the front ashtray especially if you are a non smoker.

 

very nice. I am looking to do this mod also but with vaistech because i dont have ML.

Did you install this yourself or you took it out? How much did it cost?

Is there anywhere else you can place this at? I am going to put my EDFC module there and will have no place to put this. Is it possible to put this in the center console? Thx

 

nothing more satisfiying then seen a project work. I remember doing this after I did mine.

 

I did it myself, with a friend's assistance in holding the nav unit when it came pulling it out. I wanted the override controls to look clean and inconspicuous, so I chose the cigarette ash tray area (as I don't smoke.) The cable is long enough to place it wherever you want though.

The ash tray is very easy to do, and requires no cutting. You just have to disassemble the cigarette lighter plug so you can snake the plug through the small opening within the ash tray housing.

 

I have done a few of these already....

I did put one in the ash tray box..

But the rest, I use this perfect spot below the knee air bag.

my car...



Joe Z

 

This is very neat!!........but what does it do?

 

The picture shows the controls for the TV-Navi kit, which is a plug-n-play device that allows you to watch DVDs, use the Navi, and telephone functions while the car is in motion.

This device is a module, so it requires no "modifying" of stock wires, like the other Nav override hack does. Again, this is more expensive, but completely reversible.

 

Joe Z, I was originally going to put it there after seeing it done like this in one of the other threads. However, I prefer putting it in the cigarette tray, since I don't use it for anything else, and I can easily hide it if need be.

Also, I find it easier to reach for the ash tray while in motion that below the steering column.

 

Is the install easy?

Do you happen to have the Link to where you got it? Expensive? eh?...

 

Here is the install done on my 2008 IS350 with Nav & ML..

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=317919

^^ Lots of info in there..


Joe Z

 

MLIAISON, the thread that JoeZ attached is the one I used, in combination with another one I found in the IS-F forum.

The only thing you won't see in those threads is how to bring the cable through the ash tray if that's where you want to have the controls at.

 

do you have the link to the IS-F forum one?

 

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...&highlight=nav

Props to Chikken!

 

How much is the part and where can you get it?