Help!! Installed Aftermarket stereo and Nav wont work?!

[Big_Chow]

Hi all, im new to this forum and am a proud new lexus is200 owner. I recently decided to remove the factory stereo and install an aftermarket double din stereo, upon completing the installation i noticed the satnav screen is gone blank and will just go crazy whenever the ignition is turned over the screen just flips up and down. I searched the internet for a solution and came across one post which was a guy selling a device on eBay what tricks the car into thinking the factory stereo is still there however he has no longer got any devices left and doesnt sell them. Does anyone know any other way to get it working again? Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks

[Farnham Dave]

On 2/1/2018 at 3:00 PM, Big_Chow said:

Hi all, im new to this forum and am a proud new lexus is200 owner. I recently decided to remove the factory stereo and install an aftermarket double din stereo, upon completing the installation i noticed the satnav screen is gone blank and will just go crazy whenever the ignition is turned over the screen just flips up and down. I searched the internet for a solution and came across one post which was a guy selling a device on ebay what tricks the car into thinking the factory stereo is still there however he has no longer got any devices left and doesnt sell them. Does anyone know any other way to get it working again? Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks

Hi there. Did you ever solve this issue? I've just acquired a 2006 RX with the satnav screen in addition to the stereo. I want to feed the stereo music from my phone. I'm toying with replacing the whole head unit, but don't want to screw anything else up. There are other options, but a new head unit would have certain advantages.

[Herbie]

1 hour ago, Farnham Dave said:

Hi there. Did you ever solve this issue? I've just acquired a 2006 RX with the satnav screen in addition to the stereo. I want to feed the stereo music from my phone. I'm toying with replacing the whole head unit, but don't want to screw anything else up. There are other options, but a new head unit would have certain advantages.

This may help (obviously wind it back to the beginning - not sure why it's only starting at 11 minutes in)

 

[Farnham Dave]

1 hour ago, Herbie said:

This may help (obviously wind it back to the beginning - not sure why it's only starting at 11 minutes in)

 

That's an incredibly good video. An intensely complex job compared to head unit installs I've done on my previous cars... Yet actually getting access to the head unit seems more straight forward than most.

Thanks very much for the link.