Thanks Pascal and Bill

Loving my bypass kit!! Very easy to install. And if you need to ground it, you can ground to the silver screw that holds the screen on. I also tucked the relay box under the screen resting on top of the stereo/dvd player. Everything fit perfectly.

Glad you are happy and loving the kit.

Cheers,
Brian

For those of you with the remote based bypass kit Brian offers, you might be interested in knowing that you can program your HomeLink mirror to the buttons on the Car Kit Company bypass remote. The remotes buttons, pair EASILY with the buttons on the rear view mirror with Homelink. SO, you can either use the remote that comes with Brian's remote based kit or just use the buttons on the HomeLink rear view mirror instead of the kit's remote.. Slick as chitt........

Programming your HomeLink mirror with the Car Kit Company bypass remote transmitter:

1. For first time training, press and hold the two outer HomeLink® buttons, releasing only when the HomeLink® indicator light begins to flash after 20 seconds. (Do not perform this step when training the additional HomeLink® buttons.)

2. Turn your vehicle’s ignition switch to the second (or "accessory") position. If you have a Start button, press it twice to get to accessory..

3 Position the Car Kit Company bypass kit's handheld remote transmitter 1 to 3 inches away from the HomeLink® surface (located on your mirror), keeping the HomeLink® indicator light in view.

4. Using both hands, simultaneously press and hold both the desired HomeLink® button and Car Kit Company bypass kit's handheld remote transmitter button. Continue to press hold both buttons until the HomeLink® indicator light flashs, first slowly and then rapidly. When the indicator light flashes rapidly, release both buttons. (The rapid flashing light indicates successful programming of the new frequency signal.)

5. Now press and hold the programmed HomeLink® button and observe the indicator light. If the indicator light is solid/continuous, programming is complete.

After you have done the pairing of each button you will be able to hear a very slight audible click coming form the area where you installed the Car Kit Company harness and remote receiver each time you press one of the buttons you paired on your HomeLink® mirror. You may not have noticed but when you press any button on the Car Kit Company remote transmitter you will also hear that slight audible click..

Cool tip!

Well, it is the time of year to celebrate the Holidays and to give thanks to, thanks to .......ahhhh, ahhhh, give thanks to Brian in particular for the terrific, Car Kit Company bypass kit which he made available to myself and others this year.. Ho, ho, ho THANKS, Brian and Happy Holidays to you and your family!

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Great product; highly recommended.

After reading through the thread and checking your site it seems the '09 guys like myself are SOL for this product...? I tried to understand why but didnt get all of it...

If I were to get an aftermarket camera that can be integrated to the 09 factory nav, there is still no way to use your relay seat heater switch for it?

Looks like a very cool item

Yes confusing isn't it.

There are two Nav systems and each has a different connector (40pin on the older and 32pin on the newer). 2009 370z has the older system and 2010 and later have the newer system.

I now have a source of the connectors for the older units, so I could technically create a bypass kit for the 2009 370z. The issue is that unlike the Murano there is no factory camera on the 2009 370z, so it is difficult to support the camera function because it is very dependent on the backup camera module that is used.

Actually the following GT-R kit would work on the 2009 370z
http://www.carkitcompany.com/nissan-...t-r-camera-kit

The 2009/10 Murano kit would also work but would only give you the two functions (as it does on the Murano)
http://www.carkitcompany.com/nissan-...ss-kit-2009-10

Finally, I could make a 2009 370z rear camera kit and switch based bypass for probably around $625. I haven't really pursued that option because I'm not sure how much demand there would be.

Hi I've been trying to get up to speed on this thread. I have an 09, so does the nav basically have the function built into it for displaying an external video source, even though it was never implemented by Nissan for the 09s? I've a feeling this has already been explained but I just haven't found where.

Further confusion is caused regarding the year of the cars. The US cars are labelled for the year ahead, so the current model in the US would be 2012 where elsewhere in the world (you are in the UK correct?) it would be 2011.

If you are in the UK and your car is a 2009, there is a good chance that is equivalent to the US 2010 and your Nav system does have the capability for a rear camera.

There is a way of testing which Nav system you have and whether the rear camera capability is there and it is covered under one of the FAQ questions on my website:
Backup Camera Kit - Car Kit Company

Now when you say "External video source" if you are referring to an Auxiliary video input for ipods etc then that is a completely different kettle of fish.

Thanks Brian for that info, I didn't know about the US cars being one year ahead. I'll checkout your link then and learn some more!

The text you quoted is regarding a Nav and DVD bypass kit which is separate to a backup camera! Also, both :shakes head: your posts seem to be pushing the same company, what is your relationship to that company?

But to answer you question. Yes, you do need a harness, those are just cameras.

With a US2010/11 you need a harness which gives you a way of plugging in a camera and getting the factory gridlines that move with the steering wheel. With a US2009/10 you need a video converter and harness and will not get the factory gridlines.

Regarding the cameras themselves, I like many others have used the Kenwood CMOS-200 cameras because it fits exceptionally well, is a very high quality camera and the viewing angles etc are well suited to the gridlines. Those other cameras will work (with a harness) but cant speak to the quality.

Demona ........... I'm calling you out on this one. I read both of your posts on this forum. Appears you are a vendor or have a financial gaining relationship with the vendor 12vcity.com. All reading any comments / posts here by Demona, should be aware that his posts should be scrutinized heavily / ignored. Again guys, beware of forum posts by Demona!

Not to mention he drives an 06 370Z :shakes head:

Voice control on a vert?
 

Hello Brian,

I just ordered the kit for the 2012 remote/roadster. While looking through the owners manual (does anyone else actually read these?), I see the voice controls are disabled when the top is down. I understand because of noise why this makes sense, but if stopped at a light, wind noise shouldn't be a problem. Is there a way to modify your kit to remove this restriction? Maybe it is already done, but appears no one has asked/talked about it.

Thanks!

Someone else did ask the same question and I did a little research and found the wires probably required are not within the same connector, so not currently possible to modify the existing kit.

If there was enough interest I could see what I could do. The problem is every connector seems to be different and sourcing in small quantities is always difficult and then of course the research required to come up with the required circuit which really requires access to a donor car.

If there is a roadster owner in the central NJ area then drop me a PM.

Create another account and post another random question with a link to the same company....

For everyone else, please beware of posts to this company from accounts with very few posts or look at all their other posts to see if there is a trend.

For the record I actually did purchase two items from said company and one camera was faulty (or they sent PAL or B&W in error) and the other worked but overpriced for what it is.

I'm a roadster owner that is interested in your full kit but was waiting until late May when I would be in the NJ area to perhaps get a hands on install help. If by then you had a way to use the voice feature without the top being up, I'd add that in as well. Thanks.

Well, having had the Car Kit Company, Plug and Play Bypass Kit (DVD, NAV and backup Camera) for almost 10 months now I want to report my Car Kit Company bypass kit is still considered by me to be the absolute best addition I have done on my vehicle. I can't even imagine having the pricey Nav system and not having the bypass kit to uncripple it. IF you have Nav and do not have this bypass kit you are really losing out to say the least. The bypass kit is easy, easy to install and well worth the $.

Thanks again, Brian, for offering this terrific kit! :tiphat:

Bump for a great product that seems to have fallen off the radar screen. :tiphat:

Yes, talk in regard to this bypass kit has been minimal recently. I know many out there have Nav and it amazes me that after they spent so much for Nav, they tolerate / accept that it is so severely crippled. I know for me, if I did not have the bypass kit, I would be an unhappy owner to say the least.

Thanks to the Car Kit Company bypass kit, I can now use my Nav without the many restriction's imposed by Nissan.... With this kit, I have full, unrestricted use of the Nav system, full unrestricted use of my blue-tooth enabled cellphone. Another plus is my passenger can now watch DVD's while I am driving..as video while the vehicle is moving, is uncrippled.
As I mentioned I would be a real unhappy owner without the Car Kit Company bypass kit.

Tempting...

A big thanks to Brian for his excellent customer service! Rock on!!!

I just wanted to say I just added the backup camera kit from the Car Kit Company to my 2010 w/nav. It works great! The only (slightly) difficult part of the install was routing the cable to the trunk (I have a roadster). But even that was not really hard, just a bit time consuming. The install took me 3 hours.

Oh and the shipping was crazy fast! I ordered on Saturday and had it Monday! Thanks Brian!

Completed the install of the bypass kit yesterday and it works great!

Thanks to Car Kit Company

Hi guys,

I am wondering if the stock 2012 navigation can play iphone videos at all? If so does the Car Kit Company module allow it to play via motion?

Thanks!

Via the USB connector it doesn't support video, just audio. However, you can use an iPhone to RCA adapter to connect the iPhone via the Aux Audio/Video input. The bypass kit will then allow video in motion.

I bought this bypass device from ebay and it works flawlessly. But you must start the car from OFF for it to work. If you start it from ON or ACC it will not work. I can watch youtube videos from my iphone via the pioneer cable.

Pioneer Parking Brake Auto Override Bypass AVH-P4400BH AVHP4400BH NEW MODELS! | eBay

It's just a simple 12v Bosch relay that you can get from any auto parts store for a couple of $$$.

The additional functions provided by the Car Kit package also trick the Nav unit into thinking the car isn't moving, therefore the functions normally blocked when the car is in motion are freed up. This is done in one nice and neat, harnessed package and I for one think it is a good deal.

Note: The Pioneer HU in my truck uses a simple relay for unlocked DVD functions as well.

I'm really tempted to buy this, anyone have troubles installing or any issues after install for a 2012 370z??

Nope. Just be aware that for the DVD/functions bypass to work, the kit tricks the Nav system into thinking the car isn't moving.

I'm assuming you are talking about our (Car Kit Company) bypass kits and not the relay for aftermarket units mentioned above.

We have many happy customers on this forum as well as other Nissan/Infiniti owners but I will let them speak for themselves, but if you have any specific questions please don't hesitate to contact me.

+1 Brian is awesome!

First I would like to Thank bdl99(Brian, I guess) for creating this thread.

I tried the DIY solution following the diagram provided by Brian:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub...dJDtKoKnP54Qfs

I'm using a SPDT slider switch, when the switch is on one-end position, everything works like normal(watching movie with e-brake on, GPS acts normal), however, when the switch is on the other position, the GPS gets no signal as expected, but it wont play video on screen, the reason is the system doesnt get e-brake signal.

I followed the wiring diagram as shown here(with DVD and Nav override):
https://docs.google.com/document/pub...dJDtKoKnP54Qfs

My question is: where should the PIN65 grounding wire connect to?

Thanks in advance for any help!

With the switch in one position for normal operation the e-brake wire (pin 65) should be in tact (sounds like that is working). In the other position the wire coming from the car harness should go nowhere and the end going to the AV unit should be grounded.

You mention SPDT, is that for just the parking brake switch? You need either:
1 x DPDT
or
1 X SPST (for speed) and 1 x SPDP (for Parking Brake)

The reason for this is with the speed sensor you are just making or breaking the connection where as with the Parking Brake you are making or redirecting the connection. In my diagram I show using a DPDT switch.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for your reply Brian, I'm using a DPDT(slider) Please see attached.

I redirected the Parking Brake connection by connecting the Ground wire to the metal next to the Parking Brake lever(please see image No. 3), but it doesn't seem working. Where would be the best place to connect this Ground wire to?

Thanks alot!!!

It doesn't matter where you ground it, the point just needs to be a ground. The point you show should be a good ground, but you can always check with a meter and check continuity between that point and a know ground point. The connection with your added call-out should be the connection going to ground shown in your 3rd picture, so from the switch to ground.

Can you send a picture of how you have wired the back of the switch? I think that is more likely to be the issue.

I got it fixed!!!!! The ground wire was connected to the Speed sensor. :(

Again, thanks very much Brian!

You are most welcome and glad everything is now working.