Had the Digital TV tuner fitted today - took 2 hrs - £70 fitting - and a very good price on the unit - was £200 - got it for £136. It's connected via my GVIF unit & lives behind the glove box - it has a USB port so can pause & record TV & play back other media. Only things I'm not impressed with & they are very - very minor - the 2 antennas are on the front screen ( apparently factory fitted privacy glass restricts signal ) & the icons on the tv screen are a little outdated apart from that - absolutely spot on .pics to follow.  16MY Estoril Blue SVR.............
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i take it that the digital tv tuner is way better than the standard pile of poop tv tuner, Peachy? Do you get all freeview channels with it, and some more ?
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I haven't really had a good play yet - seems a decent bit of kit - I will add a few videos on this thread over the next few days - it picks up the digital radio but still early days - they had an Alpine tuner which was £500 reduced to £224 but the aerials pushed it back over £300 without installation - I rarely spend more than an hour in the RRS at any one time so more of a toy than a practical piece of kit - I can always upgrade if its something I find worthwhile.  16MY Estoril Blue SVR.............
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You must be running out of things to do by now Mr P?

Thanks for the discount code

Have ordered and will attempt the install next weekend

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You must be running out of things to do by now Mr P?

Sparky - Your right but very time I think that - something else comes along :

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2005 Java Black - 4.2 V8 Supercharged First Edition- will never be forgotten ;(

Cheers P

Does the gvif support tv in motion or is this to do with the freeview tuner ?

This is what i think i know The tuner needs an interface to make the picture - this is the GVIF unit - the tuner is connected to the GVIF with the normal red - white & yellow aux connectors then is hard wired for the power & antennas installed as discreetly as possible on the top corners of the windscreen. The tuner is TV in motion
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12MY Autobiography - SDV6 - Orkney Grey - awesome ;(
2005 Java Black - 4.2 V8 Supercharged First Edition- will never be forgotten ;(

A friend of mine previously had the antennas fitted to the back quarters and the picture was very clear on the tuner he purchased but no longer has the car to advise about the tv in motion.

Apparently there is a way of bypassing the visual in motion through the tuner above a certain speed.

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Ok brill the interface may support it then.

Let me know if you find out anything further by the following weekend, or I'll give the fit a bags next weekend subject to the weather!

Gents,

I have been watching this thread with interest. I have a 2010 HSE and would like to have video in motion on long trips from Manchester to Plymouth.
Not being an electronics savvy person, would it be possible list the kit required and the suppliers along with prices please.

Regards

Tony

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You could go into Diagnostics mode and video input test, this will enable you to have the TV on while the car is moving.
The down side is you need to select the channel you want to watch before going into that mode.
Or the reverse camera active if you are towing something and want to keep an eye on it.
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Hi Rab,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. I don't wish to appear ungratefull in any way but I'm lead to believe that there is not a TV tuner fitted to my RRS.
I was asking how to go about it and what bits would I need to fit to the car to allow me to receive TV.
I understand I need a GVIF from HIDS4U, would I be correct in thinking that I would then plug in the TV receiver into the GVIF, along with a DVD player if I so wished. The vehicle already has a factory fitted rear view camera that selects automatically no matter what screen I'm on.

I suppose I'm asking in numpties terms what I need to buy to make it happen?

Thanks again for your imput it's greatly appreciated.

Regards

Tony

Tony, the 2010 rrs and D4 gvif is a lot more involved to install. You have to take the touchscreen out and remove the sceptres from the rest of the unit. Then put a small pcb in connected with flexible ribbon. I've installed a couple of these, but they're not for the faint hearted.....

The pre 2010 ones are much simpler to do.

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