Can a non gps car have the updated gps unit installed

ccogan · 16th June 2020, 03:46

I have a rover 75 2001 connoisseur and it does not have the gps unit. Can a gps unit simply plug in or are there more parts I need and is the wiring already in place or is it not a practical idea.

SD1too · 16th June 2020, 07:00

Are you asking whether you can fit a complete factory high-line satellite navigation system to your car Chris?

Simon

ccogan · 16th June 2020, 23:43

Yes. I only have the cassette tape version atm.

SD1too · 17th June 2020, 08:01

Hello Chris and thanks for confirming your enquiry.

There's more to the highline sat. nav. system than the head unit in the console. You'll need the disc drive which also contains the navigation computer, a video module and radio module plus the GPS aerial concealed under the rear parcel shelf. As far as the loom is concerned, look in the spare wheel well for connectors (this is where the video and radio modules live). There might be one in the RH rear wing too for the disc drive. A Google search using the special box on this page may reveal further detail.

Bear in mind Chris that the factory sat. nav. system is now over 20 years old and it would be an awful lot of work to fit it.

Simon

KWIL · 17th June 2020, 09:59

CVhris,

I have done the same, got rid of the tape unit, but fitted a Double D unit wih radio, gps phone etc. Plenty of choice of units, I used a cheaper unit, the second one is working well!

ccogan · 19th June 2020, 23:02

Which make and model did you get and did you need any wiring harness adaptor and would you have a photo of it installed to show.

16th June 2020, 03:46	#1
ccogan Newbie rover 75 Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Melbourne Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Can a non gps car have the updated gps unit installed I have a rover 75 2001 connoisseur and it does not have the gps unit. Can a gps unit simply plug in or are there more parts I need and is the wiring already in place or is it not a practical idea.

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SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,380 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Are you asking whether you can fit a complete factory high-line satellite navigation system to your car Chris? Simon __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.

17th June 2020, 08:01	#4
SD1too Doesn't do things by halves Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur Auto (1999) Dealer launch model. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Former Middlesex Posts: 20,380 Thanks: 1,587 Thanked 3,749 Times in 3,181 Posts	Hello Chris and thanks for confirming your enquiry. There's more to the highline sat. nav. system than the head unit in the console. You'll need the disc drive which also contains the navigation computer, a video module and radio module plus the GPS aerial concealed under the rear parcel shelf. As far as the loom is concerned, look in the spare wheel well for connectors (this is where the video and radio modules live). There might be one in the RH rear wing too for the disc drive. A Google search using the special box on this page may reveal further detail. Bear in mind Chris that the factory sat. nav. system is now over 20 years old and it would be an awful lot of work to fit it. Simon __________________ "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble." Sir Henry Royce.

16th June 2020, 23:43	#3
ccogan Newbie rover 75 Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Melbourne Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes. I only have the cassette tape version atm.

17th June 2020, 09:59	#5
KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,954 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	CVhris, I have done the same, got rid of the tape unit, but fitted a Double D unit wih radio, gps phone etc. Plenty of choice of units, I used a cheaper unit, the second one is working well!

19th June 2020, 23:02	#6
ccogan Newbie rover 75 Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Melbourne Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Which make and model did you get and did you need any wiring harness adaptor and would you have a photo of it installed to show.