What more would you like to know Jim?

The above modification allows you "while driving", at the flip of a switch, to manipulate your navi and any other EOM preferences/functions that are normally blocked/"grayed-out" while the car is in motion.

Once you have made your selections/adjustments you flip the switch off and continue etc. Basically the switch tricks the unit into thinking the vehicle is not moving and/or the parking brake is set.
- With a "non-Nav" Murano/Nissan you could just make applicable wire connections and forgo the switch. Yet with a nav equipped car you need to go back to OEM configuration after you have made your selections in order for the nav system to "know you are moving",- it will not calculate your position/route without the speed sensor input etc.

Cheers

I'm assuming the battery should be disconnected for the above steps.

Also, for a non-nav unit, is it as simple as cutting the purple and green wires nothing else, and that would have it work 100% of the time?

I like the option of having it work 99% of the time to factory specs and only using it on road trips.

See attached picture. I drew it up quick so hopefully its understandable. :-)

Basically the colors of the wires within your USB/cable don't matter. You just need the right wire of the harness/connector (Green/Violet) to make its way to the right switch connection/location.. You must use a DPDT switch for the proper switching and separation of G and V circuits etc.

Just make sure that G1 in my picture goes to G1 on the switch and the same with G2, V1 and V2 etc.. Just remember, with a rocker switch, with the rocker pressed in the up position its the middle and lower switch connections that are joined. When pressed down, its the middle and upper connections that are joined etc..
Thus in my picture, when the switch is in the down or "OFF" position, all you are doing is making the OEM configuration as in G1 to G2 and V1 to V2 etc. When in the up or "ON" position you are sending the parking brake lead(G1) to ground and just disconnecting the speed sensor lead(V1) input. Its really that simple. :-)

Double check your wiring/color matches numerous times before finalize your work!! Doing it wrong may have no effect other than it not working as desired, or it could be much worse...

Switch install: I pulled the switch assembly from the dash then removed the "blank" black plug. I then used my dremel to cut a nice square hole in the blank "plug" where my switch would pop in. Routed wire through the switch panel hole in dash and through the "blank plug" hole in the switch assembly, soldered wires to switch - popped plug with switch back into the switch assembly then installed assembly back in the dash.

- ON NON-NAVI only (NAVI needs the switch): If you don't use a switch you must cut both wires yet still ground G1 permanently.

"I like the option of having it work 99% of the time to factory specs and only using it on road trips." EXACTLY my thoughts... It also allows you to set the clock and other functions etc while moving..

Let me know if you have questions.

Have fun

Thanks, that helps a lot. I have a friend that is an engineer at a switch company, so I'll probably have him give me a hand.

Just so I understand the drawing, in your case, you needed to make sure you tracked what tied to V1, V2, G1 & G2, which ended up being like this:
V1 = White V2 = Red
G1 = Green G2 = Black

Thanks for the help.

Exactly Charty

Just trying to help if/when I can.

Cheers

Just found this forum today, and am already looking forward to ripping open my wife's Murano this weekend, thanks to your awesome instructions! I'm also trying to figure out where I'm gonna stick the switch - I like your idea about using an extra VDC-type switch, but A. I'd need to figure out how to rig that with a DPDT push-button switch and B. I have little-to-no experience doing anything like this

Found the switch, for just under $30: http://www.everythingnissan.co...gid=0

Modified by sputnik23 at 10:27 AM 3/30/2009

I'd really appreciate any thoughts you might have on ways to do this mod w/o setting off red lights when I return it off lease. Since I do not have nav, it doesn't sound like I'll need the switch. Any way to accomplish the end goal here w/o noticably cutting wires? I realize this will be behind the dash...but I'd rather not have Nissan finance ream me if they somehow figure this out when the lease is up.

Thanks in advance.

With that being said, any thoughts on the cleanest way to do this w/o assuming too much risk at the end of my lease? I realize there is some risk with any mod...but this is obviously a pretty benign mod.

Thanks again everyone...great stuff in here.

Greetings from NICOclub bigdumbanimal! Glad to have you aboard here in the Murano Forum! The mod is very simple and well worth the small amount of time! Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!

I'm trying to find (on my SL with Navigation) the iPod wires in the terminal blocks and am about to pull the dash apart. (to see if I can add iPod integration to my SL)

But I have noticed that the Terminal Layout diagram for your ("Bose Audio without Navigation") vehicle (page AV-146) does not match the physical arrangement in your photo. (the number of terminal blocks are the same, but they are not in the same physical positions). So how did you figure out which terminal block on the back of your AV control unit had the particular wires you were looking for?

(I'm trying to save time when I open my dash up and not try to count connections or something like that.)

Thanks! --Jayhawk

You will need some precision screwdrivers or strong pins and you will need to remove the wire from the connector. I haven't taken mine apart yet to do this, but if it's anything like any other vehicle, then the wires are snapped into the harness via small tabs. You can push these tabs to extract the wire out of the harness.

Once the wire is out - you can do as you please - and all without having to cut anything. If you need to restore it, just push it back into the harness (you may need to push the locking tabs back depending on how much force you used).

I've done this on my 2000 Pathfinder when I added a wireless audio unit to it, just in case. When I do this mod to my Murano, I'll be doing it the same way.

I replied to this in another thread yet wanted to state that once you get your hands on the harness/connector you will most likely see how difficult your suggestion would be (if possible at all - I was hoping I could at first as well).
It has been a while now since I performed this task yet I do remember thinking you could not get the connector apart and/or remove the wire/terminal ends (the small round female tube end that slides over the male pin end in the head unit) out of the connector without ruining it. Most of the new, very small connectors are a "press in" cannon-plug style. As in once you insert the wire/female terminal within the connector, it locks in with "barbs" much like a fish hook etc..
- Some larger connectors/cannon-plugs allow you to access the barbs and remove the terminal, which would be great. Yet once you have it out, in the case of this mod, you would need something to go back in that connector to make a solid/safe connection with the pins on the head unit. It's the head unit pins that need to be grounded/switched etc..

Bummer - I know..

I have to do a lot of rewiring of various equipment at times, so I have different tools and ways (and patience, even if I have to make tools to get it done). I've sometimes had to leave things apart for weeks until I figure out what to do.

I generally make sure all work I do leaves any factory warranty intact, so I will be definitely trying on this, even if it means leaving the insides apart for a while.

I also checked over on the myg37 to see that they've been able to browse the file structure on the hard drive (something I posted last year, but haven't got around to yet). When I take apart the system to do this, I will be going for that as well and will see what I can gather. Who knows, it might be possible to reconfigure things so that rewiring isn't necessary.

I am planning to perform the same mod as you did. I have an 09 LE with NAV and have wired my INIVISION aftermarket headrest DVD unit in the back to the AUX input. I am performing this MOD so that my wife can watch TV in the front while I am driving. You posted some GREAT pictures showing how to remove the front panels in order to expose the A/V harness to snip the wires. I would also like to add a switch where the empty button is near the VDC switch. Do you have any pictures illustrating what panels to remove and how and in what order to wire this switch properly and install the button? While I am a software engineer, I am a real amateur when it comes to this stuff. I ordered a pre-wired switch from Shane at Tintmasters (tntmstr@aol.com). Any additional assistance (photo wise or instruction wise) you could provide would be appreciated.

Thanks.

I'll admit I didn't take any pictures of the actual switch install..

To get at the switch panel I remember popping off the lower panel below the steering column, then popping out the switch holder-as applicable, to remove the switch "blank" so I could manipulate it as desired.

Basically once I had the "blank" out I used my dremel like grinder to fabricate an opening that my specific switch would pop into etc.

I did not use the relay(s) and/or switch from Shane thus do not have any experience with that product.

Mr. Timmbo (forum moderator) will probably chime in with assistance, as I believe he does have experience with the switch from Shane (sorry if i'm wrong Timmbo :-)).

Above all, download the 09 Mo tech manual from this site and study the sections regarding the wiring, panel removal etc. All of the panels that have to be removed are straight forward removals with very little issue in regards to difficulty etc.. The manual is very good at describing and illustrating where all of the panel clips/attachment points are.

Let me know if I can assist further - possibly after you receive your switch and we can discuss it's form/function/connection etc.

Cheers

http://www.headrestvideo.com/v....html

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the following

I just got the 2009 murano sl awd w/nav and was wondering if i could watch a dvd through the nav screen.

I tried to do it with a portable dvd player using the auxillary outputs and with the car in park and handbrake on the best I could get was sound. The sreen did resemble something that looked like what it was supposed to be but was jumping all over the place. Is the murano equipped to this on my model or is it just broken...Any help would be great.

Did you use the audio/video "inputs" on the back of the center console under the flap??

Anyway, yes - with parking brake on and shift lever in park you should be able to scroll through the video/audio inputs via the "AUX" button and watch from your connected source.

You sure you selected the video source and had it hooked up correctly?

Double check.

Cheers

That basically leaves you with two/three possible issues:

1. Something wrong with your Mo.
2. Something wrong with your source/DVD player.
3. Something wrong with your audio/video cables.

Bottom line, it should work as advertised in your SL w/nav as it does in the other models etc.

Hmmm, have you tried your DVD and cables on another display device lately? Do you have another or friends DVD/source etc that you could try in your SL? If your dealer was nearby I would ask to try your DVD in another Mo as well to help narrow it down.

Good luck

KJ is 100% correct, issue with one of the three. Good luck!

Sweet! I am glad it was something so simple!