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"S" grade has a standalone ac controls display unit. You can swap any head unit for this model without loosing any car control features to say so. Also the clock can be set from the cluster menu. If you need to do the cluster language change to English Navgo dealers have a solution for Rs.10,000/-. They are also developing the Japanese language change/ navigation interface for Sri Lanka. www.facebook.com/navgoelectronics.lk

Hi guys I am happy that my write up helped you guys. Hope to write another one soon on speaker upgrades etc. hope time permits soon. Cheers Shimotor

Did you already buy the Leaf? Which one did you get?

Hi, Guys the Nissan Leaf SDCARD issue is sadly a dead end so far. The SDCARD is developed with tight security and every SDCARD is paired with a specific head unit. You cant switch SDCARDS. These people would have taken the cards out thinking they will be able to sell it in the black market. Good luck with that for them. If your lucky one of those stolen cards should work for you since it has to be one of those stolen cards. If your lucky you will find the correct card. Keep inserting one by one and if you find the right card it will work. The last three characters of the SDCARD part number is 25920-3NKOA example only. The last three letters say which Year and month rather the batch of the SDCARD. So if you know what Year and Batch your head unit belongs to it will be easy to for you to locate the card from any of this black market sellers. You cant copy the content of the SDCARD with standard tools since its protected by DRM (Digital rights management) of the Secure Digital Card (SD CARD) even if you copy the content of the card it will still not support a different navigation other than the specific player it was programmed to work with. The Navigation is specific for the Japanese market if it was imported from Japan as a used car. I am afraid JDM models don't have a language change option on the head unit. The NA - North America, EUR for EURO ad JDM for Japanese are three different version of the same Navigation which is installed for leafs around the world. JDM models have the highest options such as ETC and radar and DTV which are not used in other regions. So they specifically have only Japanese for these head units for JDM cars. There were few models that were JP/EU both compatible but so far I have not seen any of them coming to Sri Lanka. I don't have a Leaf yet hoping to get one and will be able to experiment further on this in the coming months. Hope this helps.

Article is relevant to Toyota users in General and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Montero 2010 up, Lancer Ex 2010 and Subaru XV owners 2014. It’s been ages that I logged into Auto Lanka. I was thinking of sharing some information concerning Car Audio upgrades for all those new car buyers and for the ones who are planning to swap their Jap Nav system to any aftermarket solution. I have been in the car audio scene for a bit and I thought it might help someone if I share some insights to selecting the Perfect fir DVD system for 200mm size car stereo slot. Most cars I have put on top has 200mm spec. Find picture attached to see difference between universal 2din (180mm) and 200mm 2din . If you do a quick drive to few car audio vendors, you will notice there are so many options to choose from. Varying from Chinese non branded to branded solutions. I am not going to entertain any Chinese non brands here for the simple reasons of them being very low quality, non durable, lack of spares and after sales service and it’s very hard to distinguish between different variations of Chinese players unless your an expert. Having said, I recommend anyone to go with any of the most popular brands in Sri Lanka. The three most famous brands at moment are JVC, Kenwood, and Pioneer in alphabetical order. Kenwood has the largest market share (due to large dealer network and 2 years warranty and after sales service) and Pioneer (Playing catch up) and JVC (been silent for a while) share almost similar shares (some how I feel Pioneer is in second place but cant be certain. (Information is based on my knowledge and not by any statistical review so please don't panic I may be wrong) Brands such as JVC, Kenwood, and Pioneer offer a variety of solutions that fits the Toyota cars. To my knowledge, JVC does not offer a Toyota specific model (200MM size) yet, they offer universal solutions that fit Toyota with the help of two trim brackets to cover the extra space available on either side. The JVC model I am referring to is a KW-V40BT or its newer bother KW-V41BT, is an economical solutions compared to the equivalent models from Kenwood and Pioneer. Local JVC agent is Gilbert Car Audio, if you need further information and any dealer information call them up. However, the best-fit models for the Toyota are offered by Kenwood and Pioneer brands (So far). The 200M model offered by Pioneer is the AVH-XL5750BT. Damro is the agent for Pioneer in Sri Lanka and you can find out the nearest dealer if you call them up. The best-fit model from Kenwood is DDX-615WBT. in fact Kenwood offer 3 more models if you plan on settling for a higher spec model, and a low end version (universal converted to a 200MM using a special facelift plate) which I am not a big fan of. However, the best and economical models are the above listed model codes. If you are after Kenwood, Pet#o Lanka is the local agent. Call them up to locate the closest dealer. One thing to keep in mind is that most of these models will soon be replaced with 2015-2016 models somewhere in November. Not sure, who is first to do a model change but JVC first, then Pioneer and Kenwood is the last to release if I am not mistaken. But till then you can use this as a guide. Until recently, most of the branded DVD systems could not offer GPS Navigation with Sri Lankan maps. Now there is a solution for that. Navgo Electronics offers aftermarket external plug- in navigation interfaces for OEM screens and branded DVD players. The Navgo interface converts a standard DVD player (such as a JVC or a Kenwood) to a navigation DVD player. So all those JVC, Kenwood, Pioneer DVD owners can enjoy Navigation just as the built in solution. So if you are looking for a branded DVD with navigation features, bundle your purchase with a Navgo interface. Most of the time local maps are pre-installed. (Either Sala ProSat or CityGuide depending on the vendor). I am not sure who the local agent is at this point but you can go www.navgoelectronics.com to get more details. Most reputed car audio dealers offer this. Again, this is a branded solution made to work and meet the performance requirements of DVD players such as JVC, Kenwood, and pioneer. You may come across fake copy products and I don’t have to explain all over again what you experience might be if you decide to go for any of that. The above models are also relevant to all Mitsubishi Montero, Outlander. Lancer Ex and Subaru XV owners. The perfect fit for these are a 200mm face DVD. PS: There are few other high end solutions offered by the above brands but for many I believe the value for money is what I have listed out. Also there are other good Chinese/Taiwan DVD brands such as Caska, Necvox, Adayo, FourYou etc who build quality products. So when you shop get it from a reputable dealer. Keep in mind "A good product creates a brand, after sales service is what keeps that brand alive". For those who didn’t know specs: *- Double Din stands for the 2DIN or ISO universal DIN size 2 the width is 180MM *_ 200MM is a size specially came in with TOYOTA brand cars. The stereo sizes extended to 200mm *_ Trim brackets 10mm ear panels that covers the excess area left on either sides when you install a double din (180mm).

Yeah I saw this car too.. went and ask a lady at the shop and she said its not for sale. Nice car though. If any one knows of a capri for sale for a decent price I would be interested/ part exchange with a Ford Cortina MK4 Cheers