Audio Question

[frakey]

hi i am new to Lexus ownership and have a 1998 gs300 with sat-nat and screen i am looking to run a sound system but as there are a lot of buttons surrounding the screen it seems difficult to replace the standard head unit.

what are my options? is there a rca input for a reverse cam?

any help here would be greatly appreciated

[CustomIce]

You are int he same boat as me, you will need to buy a climate control module from a non navigation model, a fascia adaptor kit and the ISO wiring harness, then you will most likely need to spend some time altering the ISO loom to work with the navigator wiring, which isn't 100% compatible with the ISO adaptor looms!

I have a sneaking suspicion the problem is to do with the driver's door speaker wiring, which will loop through the boot mounted nav computer and back, this may need intercepting to work properly, or run new speaker cable!

Hope that helps.

PS the climate control modules are getting rare at reasonable money!

[frakey]

You are int he same boat as me, you will need to buy a climate control module from a non navigation model, a fascia adaptor kit and the ISO wiring harness, then you will most likely need to spend some time altering the ISO loom to work with the navigator wiring, which isn't 100% compatible with the ISO adaptor looms!

I have a sneaking suspicion the problem is to do with the driver's door speaker wiring, which will loop through the boot mounted nav computer and back, this may need intercepting to work properly, or run new speaker cable!

Hope that helps.

PS the climate control modules are getting rare at reasonable money!

wow this seems a lot of work.

is it worth running a 2nd head unit?

[CustomIce]

I doubt it.

It is something i have considered though!

I'm sure there are a few others on here that have done the work already, Tigerfish will undoubtedly be along to give some much improved advice!

[frakey]

hope so. i think i might need advise on the best way to run a sound system!!