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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: Jim on 03 August 2006, 20:24:36
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Has anyone every fitted an omega fitted sat-nav system to an omega which hasn't, at the moment my TC traction control button is where the screen normal fit's. an idea's
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Either disconnect the TC switch, move switch to buttons above (you can get the small TC buttons, but rare).
But the Carin system is old. Much easier to use a portable nav system such as tomtom/navman/garmin etc
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But the Carin system is old. Much easier to use a portable nav system such as tomtom/navman/garmin etc
I agree. My car Elite has the Carin as factory fit, and although the system does work & gets you to where-ever, the newer systems are far easier to use and have a much clearer display. Sat-nav has come along somewhat in 7 years.
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Jim if you do decide to fit the Carin system I have a small TC button you can have.
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This is my solution:
Make one of these.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/Hillper/th_117_1799.jpg) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/Hillper/117_1799.jpg)
Attach a Tom Tom One.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/Hillper/th_117_1796.jpg) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/Hillper/117_1796.jpg)
Stick to dashboard screen.
(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/Hillper/th_117_1791.jpg) (http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a59/Hillper/117_1791.jpg)
So much easier than retro fitting a satnav.
Edit. I usually stick it over the tacho, so I can still see all the warnings and indications.
After all, what use is a tacho in a non-manual 2.2, right?
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Jim if you do decide to fit the Carin system I have a small TC button you can have.
Cheers. I'II let you know. I've not decided yet wither or not to take the carin system that i've been offered.
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Cheers. I'II let you know. I've not decided yet wither or not to take the carin system that i've been offered.
But you probably will cos you just can't resist it. ;)
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Cheers. I'II let you know. I've not decided yet wither or not to take the carin system that i've been offered.
But you probably will cos you just can't resist it. ;)
Aye, your right there, I've just picked it up on Saturday and guess what your helping me to fit it when I come up the road next week :D
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does this mean that you can change the TC switch next to the radio for a small one that goes in the row of switches? This is a question that I have been meaning to ask but not got round to it.
If you can simply change the switch, that would be great. Is it the same connector for both?
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Its likely you'll have to move the wiring as well. The switches are different - the small switch is much less common...
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Cheers. I'II let you know. I've not decided yet wither or not to take the carin system that i've been offered.
But you probably will cos you just can't resist it. ;)
Aye, your right there, I've just picked it up on Saturday and guess what your helping me to fit it when I come up the road next week :D
Oh right.
Well you'd better stock up on the breakfast provisions then. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Cheers. I'II let you know. I've not decided yet wither or not to take the carin system that i've been offered.
But you probably will cos you just can't resist it. ;)
Aye, your right there, I've just picked it up on Saturday and guess what your helping me to fit it when I come up the road next week :D
Oh right.
Well you'd better stock up on the breakfast provisions then. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
One Fat Boys Breakfast Coming Up!!!!!!!!
[smiley=grin.gif]
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One Fat Boys Breakfast Coming Up!!!!!!!!
[smiley=grin.gif]
Fat i ain't. >:(
Unfit, perhaps, but not fat.
How is your fitness training coming along? ;)
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One Fat Boys Breakfast Coming Up!!!!!!!!
[smiley=grin.gif]
Fat i ain't. >:(
Unfit, perhaps, but not fat.
How is your fitness training coming along? ;)
EEHHH!!!!! Great, Not!!!!! ;D
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Jim if you do decide to fit the Carin system I have a small TC button you can have.
Is the TC buttom the soft touch type fitted to the later pre-facelift or the rippled type fitted to the early type omega's.
Cheers
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One Fat Boys Breakfast Coming Up!!!!!!!!
[smiley=grin.gif]
Fat i ain't. >:(
Unfit, perhaps, but not fat.
How is your fitness training coming along? ;)
Passed my fitness test today :)
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One Fat Boys Breakfast Coming Up!!!!!!!!
[smiley=grin.gif]
Fat i ain't. >:(
Unfit, perhaps, but not fat.
How is your fitness training coming along? ;)
Passed my fitness test today :)
And a big well done to you. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Glad you told me the whole story though. ;)
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One Fat Boys Breakfast Coming Up!!!!!!!!
[smiley=grin.gif]
Fat i ain't. >:(
Unfit, perhaps, but not fat.
How is your fitness training coming along? ;)
Passed my fitness test today :)
And a big well done to you. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Glad you told me the whole story though. ;)
Many Thanks :)
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OK, Myself and Kev have just spent the last few hours fitting a carin sat-nav system to my 1996 omega elite which I removed a few weeks ago from a 1998 elite in a scrappie. The only problem was that the disc inside the sat-nav unit only cover's the south and central England the date on the disc is NT-gb 97.1.
I'II post photos of the full retro fit in the morning when I've tided up the last few bit's. 8-)
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Well done m8
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Well done m8
I'd like to Thank kev, he's the one who did all the eletricial work, I just sat there ;D ;D
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Ok then well done Kev well done Jim for advising ;D
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Well done m8
I'd like to Thank kev, he's the one who did all the eletricial work, I just sat there ;D ;D
No probelm.
That's what friends are for. ;)
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Just a question but how did you get over the GPS antenna bit?? :question
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Just a question but how did you get over the GPS antenna bit?? :question
How do you mean?
There was an antenna supplied, which sits on the back parcel shelf, or on the dash.
Looked exactly like the GPS antenna on my Origin B2. ::)
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Just a question but how did you get over the GPS antenna bit?? :question
How do you mean?
There was an antenna supplied, which sits on the back parcel shelf, or on the dash.
Looked exactly like the GPS antenna on my Origin B2. ::)
I was under the impression it was built into the radio/ phone antenna on the roof, didnt realise there was a seperate antenna
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Just a question but how did you get over the GPS antenna bit?? :question
How do you mean?
There was an antenna supplied, which sits on the back parcel shelf, or on the dash.
Looked exactly like the GPS antenna on my Origin B2. ::)
I was under the impression it was built into the radio/ phone antenna on the roof, didnt realise there was a seperate antenna
The GPS antenna is similar to the one pictured below, when I removed it from the scrap omega the antenna was located on the passenger side of the dash just next to the barcode but when I fitted it my omega elite I located it on the back parcel shelf , In a few days I'II post picture's of the whole instalasion;
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-12/537555/ANT380-MMCX.jpg)
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Well done! :D
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Well done! :D
Cheers Mate 8-)
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I was under the impression it was built into the radio/ phone antenna on the roof, didnt realise there was a seperate antenna
The antenna is on the roof on facelift models with the Siemens/Navteq system, but on pre-facelift models with the Philips Carin system, like the one i've fitted to Jims, the antenna is seperate. ;)
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I was under the impression it was built into the radio/ phone antenna on the roof, didnt realise there was a seperate antenna
The antenna is on the roof on facelift models with the Siemens/Navteq system, but on pre-facelift models with the Philips Carin system, like the one i've fitted to Jims, the antenna is seperate. ;)
I thought you said you had to get back to work, going by the time your reply was left you must have gone straight tothe computer ;)
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I was under the impression it was built into the radio/ phone antenna on the roof, didnt realise there was a seperate antenna
The antenna is on the roof on facelift models with the Siemens/Navteq system, but on pre-facelift models with the Philips Carin system, like the one i've fitted to Jims, the antenna is seperate. ;)
I thought you said you had to get back to work, going by the time your reply was left you must have gone straight tothe computer ;)
It's Friday, so i'm working as hard as you would on a normal weekday. Basically arsing about on the PC. ;)
Besides, you're supposed to be polishing that car. 8-)
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I was under the impression it was built into the radio/ phone antenna on the roof, didnt realise there was a seperate antenna
The antenna is on the roof on facelift models with the Siemens/Navteq system, but on pre-facelift models with the Philips Carin system, like the one i've fitted to Jims, the antenna is seperate. ;)
I thought you said you had to get back to work, going by the time your reply was left you must have gone straight tothe computer ;)
It's Friday, so i'm working as hard as you would on a normal weekday. Basically arsing about on the PC. ;)
Besides, you're supposed to be polishing that car. 8-)
I'm just polishing something else first ;D ;D ;D
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I'm just polishing something else first ;D ;D ;D
A spot of DIY?
Hope you're better at that than plumbing. ;D
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I'm just polishing something else first ;D ;D ;D
A spot of DIY?
Hope you're better at that than plumbing. ;D
Well it's not my plumbing I'm :-Xservicing