Chinese GPS???

Well, I'll have the Ottonavi unit this Friday and I'll know pretty quickly whether it will work with my JBL option. They advertize and have stated in emails to me that it will work with JBL, I sure hope so. If not, then I'll have to figure out another way to energize the JBL amps.

 

Will do.

 

Got the Ottonavi today. Hooked everything up and it does not turn on the JBL amp. Everything works, but no sound. Very frustrating. I don't know, maybe I did something wrong. There was still two connectors from the car that are not plugged in. One is the XM antenna. That's fine, but the other is a multi pin connector and I could not find anywhere to plug it in. There is a amp turn on wire that is separate, but where should I hook it?

 

I went out and bought a Scosche TA07SR from Best Buy. I thought I had it wired correctly, but still couldn't get any sound. Seems I don't have a switched wire going to the Scosche like I should. This is very frustrating. I put the old radio back in because it was getting too late. I'll talk to Ottonavi tomorrow. When I wired it with just their harnesses, everything turned on and worked except for the sound. If I use the Scosche, then I really need to cut one of the Ottonavi harnesses and I really don't want to do that just yet.

Does anyone know if I can just run the Amp Turn on wire from the new HU to the JBL Amp? Something about a CAN bus that I think will not let that work. Not sure.

 

So which is better, the PAC TATO or the Scosche TA07SR?

 

I just called Ottonavi. The guy was extremely helpful even to the point of guaranteeing me that if it doesn't work they will even cover shipping. Very nice support. Unfortunately their expert is out till Thursday. But this gentleman said it will work with JBL and that it's most likely an internal setting/mode that needs a code to set to external instead of internal amp. I sure hope he is right. I'll put it back in tonight and try what he says. He says I do not need the Scosche or Tato interface.

 

IT WORKS!!!! It works with the JBL sound system without any fancy interface. And I mean, everything works. The problem? There is a setting for either an internal amp or an external amp. You access the audio menu by pushing in the tuner knob. First comes up Bass, Mid, Treble, Balance, Fade, ASL, and then finally iamp or eamp. Select eamp and VIOLA, works perfectly. All the steering wheel buttons work fine including the phone pick up and hang up buttons. Very nice! I'm impressed with this unit.

 

Would have never done this without your help. THANKS!

 

AM & FM reception is worse than stock unit, CD & IPOD sound is better than the stock unit. No quirks so far other than the set up of the unit. The internal versus external amp setting for one. And you have to go into the Navigation menu and have it search for a connection. It does it fine, but nowhere does it say that in the instructions.

 

But I'd rather have the Ottonavi unit than the OEM unit even at the same price because the Ottonavi handles the IPOD so much better.

UPDATE: I think I found the problem with AM/FM. If I change the amp setting from external to internal the radio sounds PERFECT. I must be getting a high signal out when on Radio with the external amp setting (which is backwards, I should get a low signal out). Ottonavi is investigating and said they would send me a new unit when their next shipment arrives.

 

I haven't had any of the issues you have had. I can select artist and then the song. I have not tried to name any of my stations. Also, I never got a big thump when turning the unit on.