Thread: OK, I give in, but I need some advice! K-90 mod!

Originally Posted by BREWDOG52

right on, hope you find a solution that will work well for you. cheers.

Seems that going with a wide screen may make CF look stretched, so back to square one...... Use the original screen and make it stationary. How do I do that though?

Well today I looked at the screen.... i think there is promise. There is some kind of slide bracket that moves forward, once those brackets reach a certain point the gears turn on and raise the screen..... what caught my attention those is the ribbon.... it looks fairly long and there is only one to worry about. I see one sensor for the close position and assume there is one for the open posistion. I decided to use the "I am not ready to take apart my screen" method and took a sheet of paper and traced around the frame of the screen.... if i leave the buttons on the bottom of the screen it barely fits.... if I move the buttons then it will fit perfectly..... So Im praying that when i take the screen apart that it isnt some large piece all connected together, but seperate boards so i can move the buttons some place else. Usually I am not excited about doing these kinds of things (possably destroying a perfectly good monitor), but i have hope with this project. Today, i'll take apart the screen and take detailed photos.

usually flip out screns have pretty long ribbons cause they need to fold over themselves to retract & extend. I've remote mounted a screen on an alpine headunit, but never a lilli. should be similar. fiist step is to take it all apart & explore. unless you have a really good reason to use the screen you have though, your much better off selling yours & getting a screen that don't have all the complications of this, belive me, there will still be more than enough complicated aspects of the install, don't make it even harder by adding all this to it. I had no choice with the one I did cause at the time it was the only alpine touchscreen in existance when it first came out, you have options to not have to deal with that.

Originally Posted by turbocad6

usually flip out screns have pretty long ribbons cause they need to fold over themselves to retract & extend. I've remote mounted a screen on an alpine headunit, but never a lilli. should be similar. fiist step is to take it all apart & explore. unless you have a really good reason to use the screen you have though, your much better off selling yours & getting a screen that don't have all the complications of this, belive me, there will still be more than enough complicated aspects of the install, don't make it even harder by adding all this to it. I had no choice with the one I did cause at the time it was the only alpine touchscreen in existance when it first came out, you have options to not have to deal with that.

OMG turbocad, I am blessed by you coming here. You are such the ultimate modder. Well I currently have a K-90 head unit, which has the auto switching feature, I like this alot since I have the cam system set up. I also have 2 Lilliput 7" EBY701s' and would love to get a 3rd to replace the headunit.... The auto switching feature on the K-90 is keeping me from replacing it though. What do you think I can do for the auto switching..... Also do you do bezels? I saw your Infiniti and your friend's Altima and I was blown away.... You made them look so factory it isnt even funny. I was wondering if you can maybe do mine for a fee.

I do realize you want to keep the rear view camera thing, but I think there are other screens that do this, don't know which off hand really but if you dig a bit I think you can find one. without seeing the insides of one of these units it's hard to say weather it would be just a minor inconvenience to build with this screen or a major hassle, it might not be too impractical to use the screen you have, but at least some exploratory surgery to see what your up against would be a start.

when you come up with a definite plan put some pictures up of what you have in mind & I'll look at them, I'm pretty limited with the spare time I have to do fabrication for others, but I'll at least look at it & advise from there

Originally Posted by turbocad6

I do realize you want to keep the rear view camera thing, but I think there are other screens that do this, don't know which off hand really but if you dig a bit I think you can find one. without seeing the insides of one of these units it's hard to say weather it would be just a minor inconvenience to build with this screen or a major hassle, it might not be too impractical to use the screen you have, but at least some exploratory surgery to see what your up against would be a start.

when you come up with a definite plan put some pictures up of what you have in mind & I'll look at them, I'm pretty limited with the spare time I have to do fabrication for others, but I'll at least look at it & advise from there

i think the Xenerac has the auto switching, but I really wanted to have a lilliput. The EBY701 actually looks like something dodge would put in their trucks as a OEM unit...... I will go head and sacrafic the rear view... i will just have to do it manually for now. I will post pix so you can get an idea.....

Just as an update, the Lilliput EBY701 fits perfect in that spot holding it up...pix tomorrow.... Also the Lilliput may have auto switching, it was added in the 2008 models, which I have. Im going to test it today!