mystikal

For those who wants some confirmation to a navi swap to a non navi car...and to those who referred you to Garmin, and other aftermarket equipment..
its possible guys and girls...
Over the weekend I grew some ***** and took apart my 2011 g37. I already had the parts to do the swap...
1) 2010-2011 navigation screen
2) 2010-2011 Av unit
3) 2010-2011 bezel (top buttons)
4) 2010-2011 face plate (think you can use your stock one)
5) 2010-2011 GPS ANTENNA (MUST)
6) And most importantly 2010-2011 navigation harness, ie plug, pigtails from the back of the unit...

here's some pictures of the finished product...








I also didn't have the "BOSE" system on my car which made the install a little difficult...
My car did have the back up camera which works fine..
the bad- XM radio doesn't work...which I don't use anyways...
Ipod works, dvd works, navigation works, music box...it works...

if you are planning to do this in the future..refer to
nicoclub.com/fsm "AV" Unit sections for the wiring diagrams. for your vehicle and the vehicle with Navigation and BOSE.

Unfortunately I don't have a "DIY" for this.

mdaaboul313

Good job, finally some confirmation

G37Sam

Major props to you!

gphoenix

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hey man how did you find the harness

j23a45m

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great work man

NoKaOi G37X

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Very nice! When you turn off the screen does it go completely dark? I don't have navigation and when I turn my screen off it goes completely dark...in other words it actually turns the screen off. My wife's FX has navigation and when you turn it off the display doesn't shown anything but the screen doesn't turn off, it tries to give you a black screen which these monitors are terrible at.

mystikal

Thanks...Not to sure what you are trying to say here...
The install was pretty much OEM. Turns off and on with the car.

mystikal

They came with the parts I bought.

91ZCpe

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Where did you buy the parts?

Is it plug and play or did you have to "splice" cables together?

j23a45m

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he said get the pigtails so its not plug and play you will need to splice connections!

Abramite

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So having the Bose system will save you some extra splicing?

mystikal

honestly I dont know how different the bose set up is from the non bose.
here is a picture of the navigation HD drive and the non bose system if that helps.

(left hd is the navigation av unit, top middle is the non bose av unit)
And yes there is splicing involved in the install. IT IS NOT PLUG N PLAY

jacobcartmill

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(this is my first post)

any of you guys know of a HOWTO for upgrading the 2008 NAVI/screen to the 2010+ ?
i would love the higher res screen and navi/video system.
i have been searching around on here and haven't been able to find anyone who has actually said what to do.
i'd hate to go purchase all 2010+ stuff and have none of it work because of an incompatibility/plugs difference.

anyone?

09ChiG37

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Killer!!!

Ron James

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I have a 2011 Nav AV unit and button plate FS if anyone's interested. Just PM me. I was going to do this upgrade but no one around here knows how to do it so I gave up. I don't have the wiring harness though.