Discovery 3 Retro Fit 'D4' Sat Nav

Discovery 3 Retro Fit 'D4' Sat Nav

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Gazzab

Original Poster:

21,061 posts

281 months

Sunday 1st January 2012
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For those of you like me without a built in Sat Nav then there is an easy retro fit option...
I have had the car for nearly 5 years but have now managed to upgrade it with the screen surround from a D4 GS and a Garmin 1490T.
I havent yet done all the wiring (others have done it, so I know its easy enough) but have fitted the surround and nav today. Very pleased with it....


RedLeicester

6,869 posts

244 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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Nice work chap, very tidy.

Gazzab

Original Poster:

21,061 posts

281 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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Cheers

Have wired it all up now as well......

Works a treat!

Comes on with ignition. Land Rover splash screen. Traffic reports etc...
You can also use bluetooth to read the ECU and present live dials of data re turbos, air mass, faults, reset faults etc if you are that way inclined.

Can also used the 1490 TV version if you want reversing cameras and live TV.
It cost me £145 for the 5 inch Garmin, plus £12 for the D4 surround and £7 for a cigarette lighter extension cord. I spent about 6 hours on the project but now I know what I am doing I think it would be about 2 hours work.

RedLeicester

6,869 posts

244 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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Fabulous, I like all the gizmo readouts too.

It cost me £16k for the Disco with a big screen to tell me which way the wheels are pointing. hehe

Gazzab

Original Poster:

21,061 posts

281 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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Oh and the 2nd pic is of the rear of the unit and shows the meccano I used to secure to the frame! My son gave me permission, I promise.

RedLeicester

6,869 posts

244 months

Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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rofl


You're SO dead.

tomp1418

1 posts

119 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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Can you give me a guide on the wiring side want to do this as it looks great.

Gazzab

Original Poster:

21,061 posts

281 months

Monday 7th April 2014
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tomp1418 said:
Can you give me a guide on the wiring side want to do this as it looks great.
I cant recall how I did it from memory. Look on the disco 3 forum. Ultimately I took a simple feed from something behind the dash and ran the power cable behind the pull off silvery grey panel.

Disco Oman

2 posts

113 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Hello! Have purchased an LR3 and would like to retrofit the sat nav. Travelling between London and Muscat. Found this forum on a google search for the same topic.

Gazzab, I presume the surround was from a dealer.? Would appreciate your guidance to procure all the components and fitting instructions for a local company to install in Muscat.

Shall upload images shortly,



Gazzab said:
Cheers

Have wired it all up now as well......

Works a treat!

Comes on with ignition. Land Rover splash screen. Traffic reports etc...
You can also use bluetooth to read the ECU and present live dials of data re turbos, air mass, faults, reset faults etc if you are that way inclined.

Can also used the 1490 TV version if you want reversing cameras and live TV.
It cost me £145 for the 5 inch Garmin, plus £12 for the D4 surround and £7 for a cigarette lighter extension cord. I spent about 6 hours on the project but now I know what I am doing I think it would be about 2 hours work.

Disco Oman

2 posts

113 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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New to this Forum. Not sure if my response / request to Gazzab has been posted,

g7jtk

1,756 posts

153 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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I would be interested to here about the Bluetooth live data

g7jtk

1,756 posts

153 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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I would be interested to here about the Bluetooth live data

Gazzab

Original Poster:

21,061 posts

281 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Search disco3.co,uk it's all there :-)

Beege78

1 posts

88 months

Wednesday 9th November 2016
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Just finished putting my discovery 4 mount in as above (great idea by the way). Dremel came in very handy. Anyway just wondering how you get the landrover screen on. It's my first ever garmin only used TomTom's before Thanks



anthony9633

1 posts

85 months

Saturday 25th February 2017
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hi guys where did you get the d4 surround from i cant find them online anywhere that look the same and can you still buy Garmin 1490tv sat navs coz cant find them anywhere ether

dbroad

1 posts

82 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Good morning, I realize this was a 2012 post but I am attempting the same modification so was hoping on more information of the actual mods and installation process.