Chinese DD sat nav Question

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Carl

Discussion Starter · Oct 1, 2010

Put a DVD in it yesterday for the first time - it was a music DVD (not that it matters) and I got a red warning on the screen saying " warnin for you saftey, do not be watching " or something similar , then it plays for 30 seconds then goes blue then displays that message comes up on a blue screen

How do I get rid of this - I want to watch a DVD while driving - be for I get flamed , I dont want to watch it just listen to it so Id hold the mute key in to turn the screen off but I want the audio from the DVD

Basically im after TV/DVD in motion

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MisterTomez

· #2 · Oct 1, 2010

If you go to this page:

...and make sure Brake is set to off as per the photo, it shouldn't show the "for your safety" screen.

Hope this helps.

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Carl

Discussion Starter · #3 · Oct 1, 2010

good lad Tom I shall go and check if the typhoo has stopped outside

MisterTomez

· #4 · Oct 1, 2010

I had this problem with the first unit I had from the Chinese guy on eBay, eventually found turning "Brake" off sorted it, so it should work for you hopefully lol

I just drove through it on the way to dropping the car off at Terry's, visibility was awful, stopped over here now though.

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Carl

Discussion Starter · #5 · Oct 1, 2010

still blowing a hurricane so ill wait till later

Carl

Discussion Starter · #6 · Oct 1, 2010

cheers Tom job well done , rep given

MisterTomez

· #7 · Oct 2, 2010

No problem, thanks mate. You and Kirst going to make it to Cosford?

Carl

Discussion Starter · #8 · Oct 2, 2010

Probably not because we have to go to work, it's hard for us to get weekends off and we have weekend off in 3 weeks

orlic

· #9 · Oct 3, 2010

guys, what's the sound quality on those chinese units? i bought chinese 4" unit once for my old car but it had terrible sound (i'm used to pioneer). did they improve?

Mr Edd

· #10 · Oct 3, 2010

Mine sounds okay and I only had the Harmony unit in before I installed the 2-Din. I think if you have/had a more up market system your sound may even be better.

Edd

kelvin

· #11 · Oct 3, 2010

Mr Edd said:
Mine sounds okay and I only had the Harmony unit in before I installed the 2-Din. I think if you have/had a more up market system your sound may even be better.

Edd

Did the masses manage to fix your TV at Elvington Edd?

Carl

Discussion Starter · #12 · Oct 3, 2010

kelvin said:
Did the masses manage to fix your TV at Elvington Edd?

could we hell as like - its a signal problem rather than the unit

Mr Edd

· #13 · Oct 3, 2010

kelvin said:
Did the masses manage to fix your TV at Elvington Edd?

Nope, ask Tom all the bits are still scattered around the car. I have been too busy this last week; I built an extra bathroom on the back of the house so not had the time to mess with TV signals.

Terry was saying today that I should get one of these Shark Fin Jobie's and pull the gummins out and put it inside the brake light housing on the rear windscreen.

Anyone know of a good quality Shark Fin thingy?

Edd

Jakg

· #14 · Oct 3, 2010

Mr Edd said:
Mine sounds okay and I only had the Harmony unit in before I installed the 2-Din. I think if you have/had a more up market system your sound may even be better.

Edd

Quick question - does the Chinese unit have any customisable filters? i.e. a low pass / high pass / any frequency filter to divide the audio outputs between the RCA pre-outs

Colin_NI

· #15 · Oct 3, 2010

Mr Edd said:
Nope, ask Tom all the bits are still scattered around the car. I have been too busy this last week; I built an extra bathroom on the back of the house so not had the time to mess with TV signals.

Terry was saying today that I should get one of these Shark Fin Jobie's and pull the gummins out and put it inside the brake light housing on the rear windscreen.

Anyone know of a good quality Shark Fin thingy?

Edd

This mate....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Golf-GTI-R...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e5e896e82

plus one of these.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PC5-137-VW-Pa...cles_Terminals_Cabling_ET&hash=item439ca74707

Ive never lost radio signal in all my cars ive owned with one, and in Ni we get awaful signals.

Carl

Discussion Starter · #16 · Oct 4, 2010

MacGyver said:
This mate....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Golf-GTI-R...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e5e896e82

plus one of these.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PC5-137-VW-Pa...cles_Terminals_Cabling_ET&hash=item439ca74707

Ive never lost radio signal in all my cars ive owned with one, and in Ni we get awaful signals.

dont buy that edd it will be a waste of cash as its a radio ariel not a TV one

Mr Edd

· #17 · Oct 4, 2010

Actually it is the radio signal I really want to improve; I've given up on the TV thingy for the moment.

Yesterday while I was transporting Tom to Terry's I wanted to have the SatNav on but the radio off while we were talking. (Just being polite really) Tom had to select the Aux Mode (The DVB-T box is not connected yet since Carl pulled it out at York)

So How do you have the SatNav working without the radio on at the same time. There is so much to learn about all the options on these new units. Feels like the cockpit of a space Shuttle at times.

Edd

genpk

· #18 · Oct 4, 2010

Mr Edd said:
Actually it is the radio signal I really want to improve; I've given up on the TV thingy for the moment.

Yesterday while I was transporting Tom to Terry's I wanted to have the SatNav on but the radio off while we were talking. (Just being polite really) Tom had to select the Aux Mode (The DVB-T box is not connected yet since Carl pulled it out at York)

So How do you have the SatNav working without the radio on at the same time. There is so much to learn about all the options on these new units. Feels like the cockpit of a space Shuttle at times.

Edd

When I just want the GPS running,after activating the GPS just switch the units function from radio to somthing that dosn't activate (like the TV option as it runs on the AUX function) and the GPS will run without any background radio.

PICKY737

· #19 · Oct 4, 2010

If you don't want music on while using satnav then just deselect GPS listen in the menu.

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Mr Edd

· #20 · Oct 4, 2010

PICKY737 said:
If you don't want music on while using satnav then just deselect GPS listen in the menu.

Okay that seems logical but if your driving and trying to go through all these menus it can get a bit distracting.

Also what do all these other options do, for instance the Vol Switch. What exactly or which volume is being switched?

Edd

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