LC & LX470 Tesla Style Screen Radio Upgrade with Climate Control: General Discussions (8 Viewers)

[TangoTango]

Toyota Land Cruiser 100 (1998-2002) Android car radio - OEM Style

High-quality Android car stereo for Toyota Land Cruiser 100 (1998-2002) with original car manufacturer style. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

smarty-trend.com

Just seeing if anyone has tried one of these? I'm potentially keen to grab one.

I searched online and saw someone talking about smarty-trend.com and gave it thumbs up and said it works as advertised on their jeep Cherokee.

 

[ActionJimson]

I searched online and saw someone talking about smarty-trend.com and gave it thumbs up and said it works as advertised on their jeep Cherokee.

I'm sure they have good units however my current experience has been pretty bad. They're unable to workout why its not working and want me to send the unit back after they confirmed it was plug and play for me. Pretty disappointing

 

[FearlessWaterfall]

Pile on question, if you have tried it did you add a 360 camera system and if so which one? Looks like NaviRider makes a system I would assume would be compatible. The new head unit plus 360 cameras would really be a huge modernization upgrade if they work.

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Did you or anyone else end up trying this out? Definitely seems tempting

 

[TangoTango]

I'm sure they have good units however my current experience has been pretty bad. They're unable to workout why its not working and want me to send the unit back after they confirmed it was plug and play for me. Pretty disappointing

I understand, it's like 800 bucks so it's hard for me to pull the trigger on it. Thanks!

 

[ActionJimson]

Hey Fitterblue, the Tesla Style Screen is only compatible with non-nav Land Cruisers. Your Land Cruiser is a nav head unit so unfortunately you cannot install the Tesla Screen.
BUT! I have an alternative for you if you're still interested in upgrading your Land Cruiser.



You can install one of these Single Din 7 inch Flip-Out Android touch screens.

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Theses Flip-Out Screens basically have all the functions the Tesla Screen has (because they're both powered by Android)
It only has a smaller screen that's all.

This is a super super super old post that i'm replying to so apologies. I'm really keen to get some wiring information about this install if anyone has done anything similar?

 

[CataclysmSX]

And then about the blinky "security" LED. Why bother? Well, I didn't get all keys with LC I purchased and need to visit a Toyota dealer soon to get spare keys made and programmed. I read about the blinking patterns providing feedback about the immobilizer function of the keys so just to make it easier for me and any service tech that may not be too thrilled to work on a vehicle with a non-stock dash I took a shot at trying to find out how to get this LED back. That appeared to be easy after having already gone through the trouble of deciphering the connection between AC amplifier PCB, vehicle wire harness and central diff lock PCB. The security LED is powered by a line located on pin 24 of the connector from the Android radio to the AC amplifier. Add a wire to this connector to drive a 470 or 560 ohm resistor plus LED, connect the other side of the LED to ground and you get the security LED function back.

Add the additional wire on the 24 pin AC amplifier connection (the yellow wire was added):
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The contact is a JST contact, these are the same as used in "grove" sensor connectors, search for a "grove sensor cable" to source and reuse a pre-assembled contact+wire.

Connected a small 3 mm LED and placed it just below and inline with the MIC and reset functions on the left side of the Android radio display:
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These directions worked flawlessly to get the security light installed and working in my '99 LC. Thanks for the write up!