Jap Stereo Question

[Jimlad]

I'm going for this baby here....

Curious tho about a few things.

1 ) Will the DVD player in it be able to play all region DVDs ?? UK etc ?

2 ) Will I easily be able to hook up an Xbox etc to it ?? IT does say it has external connectors etc

3 ) Will I be able to get a UK Sat NAV disc ?

How easy will it be to use considering it's JAP ??

I've asked the seller, but awaiting a reply. Curious if anyone here has any info ?

[Moffmo]

whats your old headunit? :D

[jaxx]

what make/model is it jim? cant see eBay at work..........tum tee tum :P

until then

1) if its multi region yes

2) as long as it has AV aux inputs then yes

3) possibly, will need to contact manufacturer

[Jimlad]

ECLIPSE AVN-5510D

there is an AV input

[Jimlad]

whats your old headunit? :D

Alpine something or other... good HU.

[jaxx]

the answer is YES for number 2 then

[Moffmo]

Ill give you 80 for that, or my old kenwood headunit which you could flog for about 50 and ill give you 40 :D

LOL Does it play mp3 as well?

never heard of esclipse, but as long as it does the job..

Id follow jaxx advice and contact manufactorer

[Jimlad]

my old one doesn't play MP3.

I want this stereo.. looks funky. I suppose I could use the XBox to play DVDs if this one wont let me.

[Moffmo]

Unfortunately, I doubt you'll be able to find a UK disc

The seller on eBay seems to think you can only get Japan Sat Nav dvds

[jaxx]

tryin to find a site with the stuff on to have a look!

gimme some time!

[Jimlad]

it's actually hard to find info on this because it's Jap.

Let me know if you have any luck mate.

[Bibbs]

It'll play Jap DVD's, it'll be okay with an Xbox .. but it'll not do sat nav etc ..

[Jimlad]

what about UK DVDs ?

Did you find this info somewhere mate ? Or just speaking from experience.

[Bibbs]

From experience .. JAP DVD players 99% of the time will only play JAP region DVDs (think it's region 4 - includes Oz).

And the sat nav systems usually can't work out where the car is - even tried UK maps on a few and they just don't work ..

[jaxx]

your right jim

found the jap site and thats neither use nor ornament to me

burnin through the states see if they have em ------------>

[jez_1_2000]

Looks cool that HU does

How you gonna play xbox games and drive at the same time it's not safe to play with 1 hand on the steering wheel, you need them both on the control pad :D :P

[Jimlad]

lol.... will be sweet.

Xbox hooked upto it. I could then watch DVDs there I suppose. Or goto the madness of getting OZ DVDs imported... lol.

[Bibbs]

Oz DVD's are cheaper than HMV I think .. have a look on Amazon.com.au ..

Watch the DVD's on the Xbox .. be easier .. or download the DivX movies and slap them on the hard disk ..

[Leeky]

Just get the thing chipped for all regions

[Bibbs]

The Xbox .. yeah .. easily done ..

[Jimlad]

it already is.... :) ( the xbox )

The only thing is it's one of those non-solder ones that use those pogo pin things. A big bump ( bumpy ride in a mr2 ), could easily knock the chip out of alignment slighty.

May have to look at getting one to solder on.

[Moffmo]

If you do, ill have your old chip providing as long as i can use xbconnect.com and it works :D

I need one :)

Cheers

Matt

[Jimlad]

yeah it should be fine mate. All programmed etc. It's just that in the car, the bumps will knock it loose. In the house it's fine.

[Moffmo]

well i dont have plans for car....yet :). Just let me know when you get your new one, how much would you be asking btw? PM if you like...

[Jimlad]

I actually have a spare one kicking about my house mate. If I find it, you can have it for £20 ??

You just need to flash it etc, which is easy to do with info on the web. Also easy to fit.

I'll have a tidy next week and see if I can find it. I got sent 2 of them when I got mine.

If you need any "backup" games etc, give me a shout also.