[hacking the honda...]
Soooo… my wifey and I made the big plunge and bought a Honda Odyssey. I know, I know… it was the hardest purchase of our life. But belief it or not, there’s is life after the mini-van is in your garage. One of the things that makes it a bit more palatable is to hack the crap out of it.
So I got to thinking. Humm, there’s a LCD screen in the front of the vehicle, I wonder if I can tear it all apart, put a switch in, and toggle back and forth between the NAV screen and the rear DVD player. Thus, being able to watch videos as we’re driving down the road (not that I would ever participate in such an activity – only the passenger would, only the passenger). After some hunting around on the web, putting my own spin on it, etc, etc… success.
At any rate, if you’re a frustrated Oddy owner and would like to redeem yourself by having an one of a kind NAV screen, then read on. Here’s the end result:
And a quick “How to” Slideshow:
The above pics and schematics are available to download and make it your own:
Honda NAV Hack
Finally, if you’re really wanting to add this addition to your Oddy, but not able to swing a soldering iron, not to fear I’m happy to build the project box for you. Just drop me a line.
January 1, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Thanks for posting this! I don’t think we’re going to be doing this particular hack anytime soon, but your pictures are helpful as we’re trying to figure out how to take out the DVD player. (It claims there’s a disk loaded, but there isn’t. Search engine bait: DVD player stuck on loading CD present can’t eject)
September 17, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Dude… this is freaking awesome!!! How did ya ever figure this stuff out??? I actually ran into this blog trying to find a way to remove the DVD cause my 3 year old shoved a second DVD into the player. I’m almost inclined to do what you did. But first thing’s first… fix the player.
Got any tips??