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DrumnBassDriver

02-27-2004, 04:30 PM

Just wondering since the Navigation says it's "dvd-based"...can you play dvds in it? Thanks, Brett

fkmp5

02-27-2004, 04:33 PM

i am going to venture a guess and say NO.. i have no real proof with the Mazda3, however, my boss has a Nissan Murano with the DVD Navigation system.. we opened it up and took out the navigation DVD and put in a movie and it would not play it.

toucci

02-27-2004, 05:26 PM

LOL

I think that's a funny question

of course it plays DVDs. It doesn't play DVD movies, though

mikethuan

02-27-2004, 05:28 PM

LOL

I think that's a funny question

of course it plays DVDs. It doesn't play DVD movies, though

Aren't DVD movies dvds? (uhm)

DrumnBassDriver

02-28-2004, 01:31 AM

I didn't know if you put the disc IN the dash. My cousin has a Mercedes and you just slide it in the cd-player slot.

NorCal_MP3

02-28-2004, 11:17 PM

It is a special DVD system, I have it in my Mazda3, it is like DVD-RAM with special encoding or something.

Putting regular DVDs voids the warranty.

comp78tec

06-24-2004, 11:02 PM

Has anyone gotten this to work?

Mazda3Zoomer

06-24-2004, 11:54 PM

It is a special DVD system, I have it in my Mazda3, it is like DVD-RAM with special encoding or something.

Putting regular DVDs voids the warranty.

i doubt it voids the warranty.

it dosent work.

im thinking more on the lines of it dosent have an OS or any other programing to let it play the DVD movie. when yout put the nav's dvd, i think that disk includes the OS as well as the maps so that the OS can be updated as new maps come out.

Mazda3Zoomer

06-24-2004, 11:57 PM

Aren't DVD movies dvds? (uhm)

when you say DVD you arent refering to strictly movies (althought popular speech may lead some people to think that). DVD refers to a way of writting data on the disk. As opposed to the CDs that we all are familiar with, DVDs use a smaller laser and different media and write systems to allow more data to be put on a similar sized disk and allows said data to be accessed at a faster rate.

mazda3zoom

06-25-2004, 12:08 AM

the guy up at a local car audio place told me the only way to use the factory dvd player is to take it out and ship it to this company in germany i think it was. he didnt give a name or anything but said that its expensive (like $600) and they just replac a chip or sumthin like that.

BlueWolfCry

06-25-2004, 12:11 AM

what the fuck, thats such a rip off. if the dealer told me i had a dvd player, i'd automatically assume that the crock of shit can play some damn moviesthe guy up at a local car audio place told me the only way to use the factory dvd player is to take it out and ship it to this company in germany i think it was. he didnt give a name or anything but said that its expensive (like $600) and they just replac a chip or sumthin like that.

Mazda3Zoomer

06-25-2004, 12:15 AM

what the fuck, thats such a rip off. if the dealer told me i had a dvd player, i'd automatically assume that the crock of shit can play some damn movies

well the dealer never said you have a DVD player; they said you have a navigation system that uses DVD disks.

alexlitov

06-25-2004, 12:16 AM

It's illegal in California to watch movies while driving...

blizz81

06-25-2004, 10:05 AM

It's illegal in California to watch movies while driving...

I thought it was illegal to have the NAV screen up while driving period here, much less watching movies.

What, there's no firmware hack to enable movie formats or something of the sort? Let's get some unix geeks on this...

Tom Waits

07-19-2004, 05:01 PM

Do they have aftermarket DVD player/GPS systems? I did not get the NAV system in mine, and I was wondering how hard it would be to have an aftermarket one installed that could play DVDs.

Dexter

07-19-2004, 05:12 PM

I thought it was illegal to have the NAV screen up while driving period here, much less watching movies.

What, there's no firmware hack to enable movie formats or something of the sort? Let's get some unix geeks on this...
It wouldnt be a hack; it would be an entire rewrite. I doubt there is any support to FMV written anywhere. Then the proper codecs would have to be integrated (video, audio, DTS 5.1, etc). This is all assuming the hardware can even handle this (which i doubt).

IMHO (if you didnt have the nav system), it would be easier to just by the shroud and other related parts, hide a dvd player somewhere and then throw your own screen in there.

timba24

07-19-2004, 05:17 PM

I have seen a mazda from over seas I beleive it was a 6 or an 8 and the guy had sometype of an adaptor or something that allowed it to play movies

ChopstickHero

07-19-2004, 05:20 PM

I thought it was illegal to have the NAV screen up while driving period here, much less watching movies.

What, there's no firmware hack to enable movie formats or something of the sort? Let's get some unix geeks on this...
i think for a GPS navigation to be legal, it has to have the voice instructions so that it tells you where to turn.

r1ceburner

07-22-2004, 11:16 PM

I have seen a mazda from over seas I beleive it was a 6 or an 8 and the guy had sometype of an adaptor or something that allowed it to play movies

I saw a kid a few days ago that had turned is Mazda3s 4-door into a show queen, but he modified the DVD-based NAV system to play movies. I saw Lord of the Rings playing with my own eyes. The kid said (I say "kid" because he was not old enough to smoke...) that he sent the DVD enclosure off to be unlocked, which allows DVD movies to be played. The only problem is, like an earlier poster pointed out, there is no native firmware on the system for playing DVD movies, so everytime you want to switch from playing movies to DVD-Nav, you have to kill the power to the unit and then literally "reboot" with the DVD-Nav disc. In order to play movies, you have to put a special DVD disc in that loads a player application and MPEG-2 codec. Also, since there is no sophisticated firmware on the device, the unit does not support DVD menus, only straight playback.

Something else that the kid didn't say, but I guessed about was, "How do you get DVD movie sound to the car stereo?". He was using the stock stereo, so I'm assuming he had a FM Modulator hidden behind the DVD drive... Don't know for a fact, but I do know that the only regular audio connector is mono.

In the excitement of seeing Frodo on the small screen, I forgot to ask the name of the company that did the mod. Do'h!

Krunko

07-31-2004, 02:35 PM

Watching DVD's while driving is just plain stupid.

Watching DVD's while parked, is alright.

One time I saw a guy reading a book while driving; that's dumber then watching a DVD.

Don't watch DVD's while reading a book while driving.

cloudycloud

08-02-2004, 12:00 PM

Watching DVDs while driving IS stupid!
Listening to DVD(movies) while driving is OK

Watching PORN while driving is AWESOME (but dangerous)
Watching PORN and getting HEAD while driving is even BETTER (but MORE dangerous)

Watching a REAL girl get off while driving is the BEST (but the MOST dangerous)
(make sure she doesn't mess up you seats!!!)

god I'm horny!

Sir. SpeedALot

08-02-2004, 06:20 PM

rodslinger

11-29-2004, 08:49 PM

I don't have a wiring diagram and haven't checked into it yet but I did consider the possibility that the DVD Navigation monitor just uses a standard composite signal for video display. If this is true then you would only need to tap into the video signal line to the monitor to display video from an outside source such as an aftermarket DVD player.

Just use a switch to change between GPS and DVD input to the monitor.... Thoughts? Anyone have a FSM for the Mazda3 yet?