I just put in a Alpine nav with a Alpine CVA-1004 into my 560SEL. The nav showed where I am but I am not able to set it up or change anything with the remote. I looked at the manaul it said that because of I was trying to program it when the car was in motion and it disable it. And according to the manual, I was to stop and park in a safe area and engage the parking brake then I should be able to do what I wanted to do. But I followed that and it still didn't work. Anyone has any idea how to correct the problem?

hook the parking brake wire for the nav drectly to ground, don't hook it up to park brake. You will be ok!

Scott

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Thanks, Scott, where can I find the ground wire under the dash?

the parking brake wire for the nav unit will be labeled as such I am just sayin instead of hooking this wire to the park brake just grond this wire to the chassis anywhere.

Scott

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Thank. Found it and done. Thank a lot.

Steve, is there much diffrenences between the Smart Map Pro ver. 1.2 and the ver. 1.3? My DVD is ver. 1.3, but the book that came with it said ver. 1.2. What did I miss?

dtkw, I'm about to do the exact same setup as yours in my car.

How is it?? How much did you pay for the 1004 and the Nav unit?

Thanks!

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2007 FJ Cruiser

The 1004 was around 600 or less. The Nav was under 1500.


Steve, when I was driving down from Chicago, the trip normally took 4 to 4 1/2 hours. But when I was about an hour from home, the trip estimated time of arrival was still at 4 hours. What did I miss? Do I need a speed pulse generator?

DR /// AMG, I am still learning how to use this navigation. So far I am pretty happy with it. You could find the address by entering the phone number of the places that you want to go and store them into the address book. The screen is big enough but once it up, it blocks some of the buttons and switches of the dash. I also hooked it up with an Alpine CD changer. To my sursprise, it is the same as the Mercedes Benz one. So, I could use my old MB changer magazines with it. And if you want to, you could get a Alpine DVD and CD player that you could watch DVD movies on. I didn't because I do not want to be distracted by a movie.

Here is the finished installation.

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That is an unusual placement for the nav unit !

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I know. But if you think about it, it's pretty much the same place as the Command on the new S-Class. I just glance at it when the screen changed. Plus the voice would tell me to get ready. So, too much stuff all over the dash. No choice. Unless you have another idea. Let me know.

no, I don't think he meant the screen, but the DVD player and/or Alpine Nav DVD player.

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2007 FJ Cruiser

Oh that. Yeah, I kind of regret it. But it would be a hassle to move it to the trunk now. I am in the progress of making a piece of carpeting to cover it with the same color. It would be secured by velco.

I finally cut a piece of the old carpet that is the same color of the interior and velco it ove the DVD nav unit. It's cover the whole thing and blended into the interior nicely. Thank for pointing it out to me, it's too noticable before and when I travel, I don't want the protential theives to see that thing.