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[drb]

this information has been posted earlier but is worth repeating. while this information works for lx470's up to 2002, it is up to you to check if the wiring for your vehicle is the same. you can watch dvd's on the navigation screen with a simple 15 minute fix. pull the wood panel off from the center of the dash. there are two clips towards the outside of the top of the panel and two about 6 inches down on the sides. remove the electric clock connection on the bottom of the panel and set aside. remove the four screws holding the navigation screen. behind the temp up and down button there is a grey connector. locate and cut the violet wire 2" from the unit. shrink wrap or tape off these wires. this elimimate the speed sensor turning off the video. in the same connector, locate and cut the red wire with the white stripe 4-5" from the unit. shrink wrap or tape off the end that goes to the wiring harness. strip the end coming from the unit and ground it to the top left screw holding the unit in the metal frame. this simulates the emergency brake being on. slip everthing back together and only watch videos while moving ONLY IF YOU ARE THE PASSENGER! many thanks to sal who posted this back in february of 2002. by the way i e-mailed doctor bypass on ebay to ask him what his makes his $95. unit better than this free fix and got no reply.

[shortbear]

thanks for the info. does anyone have any pictures of the install? please post!

[SKperformance]

This is such great info
i am going to post it as a sticky.

[ozzie]

I just made the DVD bypass on my 2002 LX470 and it only took about 20 minutes. It works great now. The only hard part was getting the dash panel out. I had never attempted anything like this before, but after I did it I found it was actually very simple. I also added a simple toggle switch discretely below the dash that I wired from the two ends of the lavender wire so that I can "re-connect" the speed sensor if I need to demonstrate that the dvd won't operate while driving. This is fantastic. I have been listening to DVD's for 2 years now, now my wife and kids can watch while we drive. I am a hero in my house. Thanks for the great advice.

[Leighton]

That's great! I'd like to do this on my RX330. I the process the same as the LX's?

[Rydog]

I have a '04 GX470. The dashboard is different than the one described. Does anyone know if the bypass works on this vehicle?

[thedan]

Does this work on newer 2004 gx470?

[chicago]

will this work on a 2005 lx 430? i was told they had to install some type of converter in the back of the truck by the nav system?

[DuDro]

Has anyone tried this on a 2003 GS430?

[capt nemo]

Have a RX 330, 2005. Has anyone come up with a DVD/Navigation modification for this vehicle?

[shortbear]

does anyone have any pictures of the bypass? If so, please post them. Thanks!!!

[gotdubz]

http://cgi.ebay.com/...bayphotohosting

someone did it and is selling the whole thing on ebay

[GS430X6]

Any word on how to do this mod to my 2006 GS430 nav/dvd? Also, I've done a few sound systems in my day but im scared to start removing the nav/dvd surrounding face pices. Any clue on how or where to go to find out how so I dont damage anything?

Thanks!

[madkow70]

i did it!
last night i did the wire cut and bypass on my '02 LX470.
it took all of 20 minutes and 15 was spent on popping out the wood trim panel.
i'd have to say that it made me nervious to cut wires on multi$$$ nav.
but now that it works, it is absolutely fantastic.
i should have done this when i first got the car.

D.J.
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[tshrtkng]

I just made the DVD bypass on my 2002 LX470 and it only took about 20 minutes.  It works great now.  The only hard part was getting the dash panel out.  I had never attempted anything like this before, but after I did it I found it was actually very simple.  I also added a simple toggle switch discretely below the dash that I wired from the two ends of the lavender wire so that I can "re-connect" the speed sensor if I need to demonstrate that the dvd won't operate while driving.  This is fantastic.  I have been listening to DVD's for 2 years now, now my wife and kids can watch while we drive.  I am a hero in my house.  Thanks for the great advice.

Does anyone know WHERE the actual Speed Sensor Unit is? Could it just be UNPLUGGED so those of us afraid of wire cutting could do this too?