Magneti Marelli Rt3 Software Update
Hi New one to this forum but I just recently bought my 407 SE and I am looking for so info regards the RT3 Sat'Nav/GSM Phone Headunit available. I bought my 407 used (10months with 4k on the clock) and as a result I wasn't able to pick my own spec' but was extremely happy with what I was getting hence I bought. However, now that I have it I find that I am more and more needing Sat' Nav' for work and also find the GSM Phone feature of the RT3 to be a fantastic idea/set-up. At the moment I have the RD4 unit but is it possable to simply buy the RT3 and take out the RD4 and replace it with an RT3. I know it works with the colourless Mono screen of the RD4 that I have at present so I wouldn't need to fork out extra for the colour screen, though may do so in the future.
Can I though simply 'plug and play' the RT3 with the current set-up. Is all the wiring there for it and it simply needs to be plugged in/installed? I don't wan to go pay a Peugeot dealer £100's of pounds extra to install it when I can do it myself with the help of a friend whom is a mechanic? Help greatly appriciated. 'NE1L via CarKB.com' wrote in message news:566e373feda06@uwe. Hi New one to this forum but I just recently bought my 407 SE and I am looking for so info regards the RT3 Sat'Nav/GSM Phone Headunit available. I bought my 407 used (10months with 4k on the clock) and as a result I wasn't able to pick my own spec' but was extremely happy with what I was getting hence I bought.
However, now that I have it I find that I am more and more needing Sat' Nav' for work and also find the GSM Phone feature of the RT3 to be a fantastic idea/set-up. At the moment I have the RD4 unit but is it possable to simply buy the RT3 and take out the RD4 and replace it with an RT3. I know it works with the colourless Mono screen of the RD4 that I have at present so I wouldn't need to fork out extra for the colour screen, though may do so in the future. Can I though simply 'plug and play' the RT3 with the current set-up. Is all the wiring there for it and it simply needs to be plugged in/installed?
I don't wan to go pay a Peugeot dealer £100's of pounds extra to install it when I can do it myself with the help of a friend whom is a mechanic? Help greatly appriciated.
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Neil At the minimum you would need the gps antenna, a new loom plus the unit. OTOW it would all need to be configured by Pug for a fee, and they may not even be willing to do it unless you hand the whole job over to them. Have you thought about the Tom Tom Go 500/700 series? This is a superior nav system to the oem unit plus it can accommodate a bluetooth phone as well. You could go one step further with it and have a car docking kit fitted which amongst other things can route the sound from the nav/phone through the vehicles speakers. You can also transfer the unit to another vehicle in minutes. I just feel this would be a more practical/cost effective solution and you can take it with you when you eventually change the vehicle.
NE1L via CarKB.com wrote: Hi New one to this forum but I just recently bought my 407 SE and I am looking for so info regards the RT3 Sat'Nav/GSM Phone Headunit available. I bought my 407 used (10months with 4k on the clock) and as a result I wasn't able to pick my own spec' but was extremely happy with what I was getting hence I bought. However, now that I have it I find that I am more and more needing Sat' Nav' for work and also find the GSM Phone feature of the RT3 to be a fantastic idea/set-up.
At the moment I have the RD4 unit but is it possable to simply buy the RT3 and take out the RD4 and replace it with an RT3. I know it works with the colourless Mono screen of the RD4 that I have at present so I wouldn't need to fork out extra for the colour screenthough may do so in the future. Can I though simply 'plug and play' the RT3 with the current set-up.
Is all the wiring there for it and it simply needs to be plugged in/installed? I don't wan to go pay a Peugeot dealer £100's of pounds extra to install it when I can do it myself with the help of a friend whom is a mechanic? Help greatly appriciated. The standalone TomTom units are.vastly.
superior to the OEM systems. Forget about the Peugeot kit, and get yourself a or similar. 'Nom' wrote in message news. NE1L via CarKB.com wrote: Thanks but I don't want anything 'mounted' in the car. I'd rather stay with the manufacturers stuff. But it's crap and expensive.
It's crazy to discount the cheaper, easier, portable, more functional aftermarket units I'll look further into it myself. Go ahead - you'll find nothing but praise for the TomToms Couldn't agree more. TomToms's are customisable, amongst other things, you can load point of interest databases and upgrade maps at a fraction of the cost of the.inferior. oem units. But hey, you pays your money, you makes your choice! NE1L via CarKB.com wrote: Thanks but I don't want anything 'mounted' in the car. I'd rather stay with the manufacturers stuff.
I'll look further into it myself. How about a GPS + mobile phone/PDA solution? There's a number of solutions out there where your phone + a bluetooth phone/PDA can be used for sat nav - even Tom Tom produce a mobile version. This means that you're only mounting your phone in the car (as many people do anyway) - and not having it on display at all times when parked etc. Obviously those phones with larger displays (ie. PDA phones) are better - but depends what you're after. I had looked at a Tom Tom set-up but thought the 'built in' unit would be neater and not as unsightly I simply hate to see unsightly features mounted to dashboards:-( even small things like a mobile or iPod:-( Anyway if you recommend the a Tom Tom 500/700 series then can you answer a few questions?
Can the unit be wired up through your car speakers (mainly for the use of a mobile via the bluetooth feature) and does it come with all the needs for such a set-up?? Microphone etc for use with mobile via bluetooth etc etc?) Thanks for the help and advice so far Neil. Message posted via CarKB.com. 'NE1L via CarKB.com' wrote in message news:56906daec7a52@uwe.Edit to last post.
Can it also be hard wired into the car?? Not fixed but is there a docking station etc for sale that means I can hardwire the power supply and simply remove only the unit from the car when needed just leaving the docking station/power suplly cable so I don't need to have a cable running across the dashboard to the unit when I use it in the car and can hide it instead behind the dash?? Thanks - Message posted via Neil You will never beat the tidyness of an oem package, but what you have to weigh up is aesthetics versus performance. As I mentioned in my earlier post there is a docking kit available for the TomTom Go series as you have obviously researched. This will relay.all.
sound through the vehicles speakers and.yes. it is hardwired, so no you would not have wires trailing around your dash. I have been using a Go Classic (original) for the past 18 months and believe me it has changed my life, and possibly saved some points on my licence.
MP3 audio support on 407 RT3 system On the Grid Joined: Aug 09, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: United Kingdom Posts Left: 3 Status: Offline What Peugeot do you own?: 407 How did you find Peugeot Central?: Google Posted: Thu 23 Aug, 2007 3:09 pm Hi, I have a 2004 model 407 2.0 HDi Executive with the RT3 navigation system. It has the audio/video Line-In socket fitted in the glovebox. This has a set of 3 sockets, 2 for the audio and 1 for video Line-In. I was told that I can connect an MP3 player to the car's stereo system via this socket. But when I connected the MP3 player, I could only get the music to be played through the car speakers when I switch the RT3 system to video mode. This unfortunately means that the entire screen goes blank and nothing is displayed.
This is not ideal and I was wondering if anybody knows if it is technically possible to hook up the MP3 player to the RT3 sytem so that it can be selected as a 3rd audio source, along with Radio and CD Changer. Thanks in advance. Advertisement PeugeotCentral.co.uk Advertisement. Re: MP3 audio support on 407 RT3 system On the Grid Joined: Aug 28, 2007 Posts: 5 Posts Left: 3 Status: Offline What Peugeot do you own?: 106 How did you find Peugeot Central?: Google Posted: Tue 28 Aug, 2007 7:13 pm hi the RT3 does have a AUX option, only with software 6.6D and higher.
When your system has the required software your dealer needs to activate the aux option with their diagnostic computer, and also within the settings menu (sound) you need the activate the aux option, then you can acces the aux with the source key. Regards axl (peugeotdata) Re: MP3 audio support on 407 RT3 system On the Grid Joined: Aug 09, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: United Kingdom Posts Left: 3 Status: Offline What Peugeot do you own?: 407 How did you find Peugeot Central?: Google Posted: Wed 29 Aug, 2007 7:57 am Hi Axl, Thank you very much for that info. I just got it done and it works. In fact I had already updated the RT3 system with the latest 6.6 version software but only now realised that there is an 'Activate Aux Input' menu item in the Sound section of the menu. My only wish was that the software update was clever enough to be able to read & recognise the track listing from the external MP3 player!! I guess the latest 407s with the RT4 system has the Jukebox option which does precisely that, correct? Re: MP3 audio support on 407 RT3 system On the Grid Joined: Aug 28, 2007 Posts: 5 Posts Left: 3 Status: Offline What Peugeot do you own?: 106 How did you find Peugeot Central?: Google Posted: Wed 29 Aug, 2007 7:07 pm the jukebox is just the MP3 storage room about 10 gig.
Aint all that special it takes ages to upload a cd to the harddrive. For hooking up external stuff with use of stalk and display you have to be at connects2, but as far as i know that havent make anything yet for the RT3. Axl Re: MP3 audio support on 407 RT3 system On the Grid Joined: Aug 09, 2007 Posts: 22 Location: United Kingdom Posts Left: 3 Status: Offline What Peugeot do you own?: 407 How did you find Peugeot Central?: Google Posted: Sat 01 Sep, 2007 2:27 pm Oh, O.K. Currently I have managed to connect and play my external hard-disk MP3 player (iRiver) to my RT3 system via the RCA - 2 phono audio cable and I can get the audio output using 2 methods, one is to use the Activate Aux input menu option in the Sound menu section and the other is by activating the video mode. I have noticed that the audio quiality and output power is much better when using the video mode, but that unfortunately means that you cannot see anything else on the screen, which just goes blank. Re: MP3 audio support on 407 RT3 system On the Grid Joined: Aug 28, 2007 Posts: 5 Posts Left: 3 Status: Offline What Peugeot do you own?: 106 How did you find Peugeot Central?: Google Posted: Sat 01 Sep, 2007 9:56 pm and the videomode you cant use while driving axl Display posts from previous:.