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External video source to the MFD

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by Ludovico Cavedon, Jun 28, 2014.

  1. Ludovico Cavedon

    Ludovico Cavedon New Member

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    Hello,

    I have a 2011 Prius with NAV and rear camera. I would like to show my own video source (e.g. smartphone or other computer) on the integrated display.

    I have done my research. If found a lot of information for Gen2, but not for Gen3 cars.
    I took the MFD unit and checked the viring schematics, and I can see two sources of input:
    - GVIF (unused in my car, seems to be used by the Advanced Parking System)
    - composite video from the rear view camera

    Assuming I have an HDMI-to-GVIF converter (recommendations for this?) how would I tell the MFD to switch to the GVIF input? Maybe via AVC-LAN or CAN bus?

    Anyone has experience with that?

    If this does not work, maybe I can send the video as composite instead of the rear view camera and convince the MFD that I am always in reverse?

    Any suggestion is appreciated! I will post any progress here.
    Thanks!
    Ludovico
     
    #1 Ludovico Cavedon, Jun 28, 2014
  2. Ed Law

    Ed Law New Member

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    Bump for this. I am interested to see if its possible to connect a third party video source. :)
     
    #2 Ed Law, Jun 29, 2014
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