timdog said:
can some one tell me where to go to get info on how to install th 7200 in myfactory hu
This is how I did it. 1st off the mounting cradle will not easily fit, so you have to wire it up without using the cradle. This is not real difficult. The plug that you normally plug the A/C current(House electricity) is the way I power mine. You can get a plug at Radio shack that will fit this. I believe it is size H, but you can check it to make sure. The AC adapter shows on the outside which wire is positive and negative. This must wired correctly. I also put a 2 amp inline fuse between the 12v power source and going into this outlet on the Garmin. If you plan to use the reverse wire you will need to solder on the gold terminal on the back of the garmin also.(I took the unit apart and solder the wire on the inside.) If you use Auto detect, a warning screen will come up everytime you shift into reverse.
I added a wire to trigger the rearview camera on the inside of the 7200.
I have purchased a OEM rear door handle to add a rear camera
As far as mounting, I purchased two rubber tie down straps at Advance Auto. With the navigation housing laying on the floor-face down, lay the garmin on the housing where it fits well. Now take each strap, one across the bottom and the second across the top back side. Take small screws and fasten each end to the side of the navigation housing. Watch your screw lenghts and pick your holes precisely or your screw will come out the front side. After it is fastened you can cut the ends off of the straps and discard. Also make sure the you have the straps stretched when you apply the second screw on each strap. This will help to keep the unit tight against the housing.
When you get ready to place the housing on the dash you will see that the back of the garmin will hit a crossbrace inside of the dash so you will have to remove about 1" or so of this with a dremel in order to get the housing to fit back tight against the dash.
As far as the power button, Once it is turned on you do not have to use the power button anymore. Every time you start up the Armada, it will default to the last power setting. If the 7200 was on when the ignition was turned off, it will come back on automatically.
The internal antenna works fine. No need for external antenna. You can leave the center speaker in as well. Does not interfere with the unit.
I also performed all garmin updates before installing. I loaded a lot of MP3's as well.
You can program your SD card and put it in and leave it. No need to remove it. The card is mainly to store MP3's on. You can also load MP3's directly to the unit without a SD card. I ran a USB cable down into the glove box so that I can perform future updates, but it does not work when you power it through the AC/DC.
There is also only one USB jack(XM radio uses the USB jack) so if you get XM, you will have to pop the dash up to update the 7200.
Whenever I need to make changes to music or update the unit, I take my notebook computer out to the garage and plug the cable in and update it.
I ran the audio line out to the auxillary input on the Bose(wires behind the dash)
If you don't hook it up to the aux, you can run it throught the Fm modulator which is built into the 7200. You tune your radio to a specified frequency and the sound will come out on your FM radio. The other option is to simply install the unit in the OEM housing and let the sound come out of the built in speaker from the Garmin. I had mine this way in the beginning and it works fine. You can hear it very good, it is really quite loud. The only reason I ran mine to the aux is because I wanted to use the MP3 capabilities of the 7200. If you are only using the navigation, I would probably not even hook the audio up to anything and just use the built in 7200 speaker. It will work fine for directions with built in speaker on the 7200. You will be able to hear it just fine from inside the navigation housing. This will keep you from having to run any wire other than the power cable. You may also want to consider running a reverse wire and/or a video input cable to watch the video from the DVD player. I put my DVD player in myself, so I am not sure which wires you would need to tap into on the factory DVD player.
I did not mention it before, but you will also have to trim the top of the radio bezel down about one inch or it will cover up part of the 7200 screen. Do a search for the Clarion Nice and you will see what I am talking about. I have since ordered and installed the front bezel for a armada with navigation unit and it works fine. You have to trim out the four corners on the faceplate, but it is pretty simple.
I ran my DVD player and rearview camera video into a y splitter that goes into the video input on the 7200. I also added a A/B switch. I leave it on DVD normally, but if I am towing, I can switch it to see what I am towing on the screen. You will have to get the Audio/Video cable from Garmin or you can buy one at radio shack that will fit. I got mine at radio shack. It has 3 plugs on one end and goes to one plug on the other end. You can see what it looks like here
http://shop.garmin.com/accessory.jsp...0%2D10748%2D00.
I have also added a couple of capacitors. Now when I turn the key to start on the armada and the power goes off for a couple of seconds, the capacitors store enough energy to keep both the 7200 and the DVD player powered and they do not have to reboot.
Hope this helps.
If you do anywhere near that good on the wood (which looks like it should be easy for you) it will look better than anything that anyone else has.
