the last picture shows the color settings for the monitor.

 

looks good man where did you get that screen again

 

you can get it from ebay or amazone

 

is that a farenheit

 

http://www.amazon.com/Power-Acoustik.../dp/B000P51O3W

no, its power acoustik, but they are the same company that makes farenheit

 

still wanting to know how you can make this work as a gps....

 

the DNX8120 has GPS built-in, and you can view the Nav in the upper cubby monitor.

 

anyway to do it just as cubby getting gps and leave stock radio intact?

 

I believe you can get a Kenwwod LZ-702W 6.95" monitor and pair it with the Kenwood KNA-G510 navigation unit. Someone with more Kenwood knowledge can confirm that.

Or you can take it a step further and go with another Kenwood option. The KOS-500 or KOS-1000 and pair it with the KOS-L702 6.95" monitor and KNA-G510 navigation.

 

Yes, you can add navigation with a 7” LCD display to your Z and retain the stock radio.

There are two solutions, one from Garmin and the other from Kenwood. Both are similar in configuration and function, the main difference between the two is the Kenwood devices support touch-screen operation, and the Garmin unit requires using a handheld RF remote for operation (i.e., no touch-screen support with the Garmin).


Garmin Setup
Garmin GVN53 Blackbox Navigation Unit

7” LCD Display (Farenheit, Power Acoustik, or NESA)



Kenwood Setup
Kenwood KNA-G510 Navigation Unit

Kenwood LZ-702W 6.95” LCD Touch-Screen Monitor


Additional Points:

• A good place to mount the navigation unit (Kenwood or Garmin) is inside one of the upper/rear cubby slots. Be sure you mount the unit so the SD slot is accessible (to the front).
  
  
• Depending upon the model year of your Z, you may need to do some very minor custom fabrication to fit a 7” LCD screen in the upper/forward cubby.
  
  
• The Garmin setup can use either a NTSC/PAL monitor using composite video connectors, or you can connect a RGB monitor with a proprietary VGA adapter available from Garmin. In other words, the GVN53 will work with just about any LCD screen you can fit into the upper/forward cubby.
  
  
• The Garmin GVN53 does not support touch screen function (even if you connect a touch-screen monitor).
  
  
• The Kenwood KNA-G510 does support touch-screen function, but only with specific Kenwood products. In this case (where you want to have a remote monitor in the upper/forward cubby of your Z) the only monitor you can use is the LZ-702W.
  
  
• The Kenwood LZ-702W has a hideaway box so you need to plan for this. A good spot is one of the larger cubbies behind the driver or passenger seat.
  
  
• There is a row of control buttons along the bottom edge of the Kenwood LZ-702W monitor, and although you won’t need to use these much after your initial setup, they still should be accessible. That really isn’t a problem since removal of the lower finishing strip (on cubbies that have this) allows access. It wouldn’t be a big deal if you had to unscrew a plate to gain access since you rarely need to do this.

Most of this information is already available on my350z.com, although it would take some extensive searching. I hope this abbreviated version is helpful.

--Spike
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Edit (as of FEB 23, 2009)

Jeez, I forgot to mention the Kenwood KOS system as a third way to add navigation (and a whole lot more) to a stock Z radio/CD. In this case you add these three components:

Kenwood KOS-L702 6.95” Touch-Screen Monitor


Kenwood KNA-GH510 Navigation Box


Kenwood KOS V1000 or V500 Controller


This is a scalable setup allowing you to add just about any type of A/V component and still retain your stock radio. You operate your entire A/V system using touch-screen functions on the KOS-L702 6.95” LCD. Also…The KOS Controller (V1000 or V500) has a built-in radio that is absolutely fantastic.

 

I didn’t think it was possible to display the DNX-8120’s navigation on a remote monitor.

Can you confirm this?

--Spike

 

yes it is posible, i will post a picture tomorrow.

 

I took this picture from my Iphone. It's great having the nav displayed in the upper cubby monitor.

 

Thanks for taking time to post the pic. Nice.

I didn’t know it was possible to shoot the Kenwood’s DNX-8120’s navigation video to a remote monitor. That’s a very attractive feature since you are looking at the correct and safe angle.

I believe you can also do this with Pioneer AVIC units, but the image doesn’t look great on a NTSC/PAL monitor connected with composite video (your only choice with the AVIC’s video/out).

Your Power Acoustik PT-718TS Touch-Screen 7” LCD (in the upper/forward cubby) is a NTSC/PAL monitor using composite video, but I suspect the navigation image looks very good (Garmin’s programmers use an “animated-like” display for navigation that doesn’t require RGB and looks great using composite video).

I’m pretty sure you cannot use the touch-screen feature on the PT-718TS to operate your navigation. Please correct me if I’m mistaken here.

BTW: Very nice job on your setup and the professional-level finish work.

--Spike

 

Wow... for years now we thought this wasnt possible lol. I wonder if any other kenwood units are capable of this w/o using the kenwood monitor and navi box.

 

Thanks Spike, if it wasn't for you and other audio gurus like THEDUKE and others i would never be able to do this on my own, the PT-718TS navigation image is very good almost as good as a the dnx-8120 image i will take a few pics with a high res camera so you can see the difference in the image quality.

 

Ohh and i can't use the PT-718TS touch screen to operate the navigation.

 

can you have ipod video on top and navi on the bottom playing at the same time?

 

Yes i can, i will post hi res pictures soon.

 

I’m looking forward to seeing the high-res pics. You have done just a great job of describing and showing a solution. I’m not sure if you have completed the bottom/finisher piece for the upper/forward cubby, but pics of that would also be helpful to this thread’s readers (and, I realize this is just a minor detail).

I hope a moderator moves this thread to MY350Z.COMForums>350Z Tech Area>Audio&Video >Audio Builds.

Goku350z2007 has done a great job describing and documenting a solution that is worthy of living much longer (which it will if moved to the Audio Builds section). He presents a great deal of information and the fact that it’s on a newer Z makes it even more relevant.

--Spike