Hack the nav - enable trip computer and AC

[WhiteRTLnav]

I think it's been clearly stated by Csimo that no additional information will be provided as it may open them up to potential litigation. As much as I would love to have a trip computer/AC controls on my truck, is it possible to have this thread locked?

[Joe Mac]

Eric-

This is the USA... let others decide for themselves whether or not they want to risk litigation.

We don't burn books here in this country out of a desire to "protect" the authors.

"Censoring" this thread would be truly ridiculous.

Just ignore it if you don't like it. Bytes are cheap.

[WhiteRTLnav]

All I was saying is that there really isn't anything else that can be gained from this thread as the one person who had the knowledge of how to hack the nav has stated they would not tell us how to do it ourselves.

[Joe Mac]

Roger that Eric. I apologize for over-reacting.

It's just that I hold freedom of information/speech, etc close to my heart. That's why I love the ROC so much... I've learned oodles more here than I would ever have learned in the owner's manual and all of the tech pubs combined.

Again, didn't mean to be and shouldn't have been as harsh as my "re-reading" of my post shows me I was...

By the way... I think we should be able to make back-up copies of our DVD movies too!

Boy, talk about off-topic!

[Matthew Dworman]

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[kd4z]

Originally Posted by WhiteRTLnav

I think it's been clearly stated by Csimo that no additional information will be provided as it may open them up to potential litigation. As much as I would love to have a trip computer/AC controls on my truck, is it possible to have this thread locked?

I don't think there ever was a hack. Just smoke, mirrors and photoshop. If you can't produce, why post it?

[Ultra-HOG]

kd4z, I am afraid that you are mistaken. What you are accusing Csimo of is, to say the least, harsh and uncalled for. Csimo is one of the most respected, credible and knowledgeable members on the ROC. He deserves much better. His reasoning for stopping exactly where he did is clear and unambiguous as stated in his posts. I really do not have any interest in participating in any kind of dispute here and will not continue beyond this post. I do not intend to offend you, I simply think that you are mistaken. I respectfully suggest that you edit or delete your post. I will do the same with this one so that we can just make this all go away, hopefully before he sees it.
Thanks

[kd4z]

Well now. Seems like I live in the same country you do UltraHog so I expect I have the same right to an opinion as Csimo and yourself on this subject. So now we all know each other's opinion. That's one of the reasons we read this site.

I tend to base my opinions on fact or lack thereof. If you have seen the facts (proof in real life) on this matter, then you are certainly more motivated to Csimo's story than am I. If Csimo will show me the "goods", I'll alter my opinion-- but never tell me I should delete a post because you don't agree with it.

Now, if I told you I fixed the all-doors-unlock-in-Park issue in my RL with a 49 cent diode soldered on the back of the fuse relay assembly-- would you believe it?

[csimo]

Originally Posted by kd4z

Well now. Seems like I live in the same country you do UltraHog so I expect I have the same right to an opinion as Csimo and yourself on this subject. So now we all know each other's opinion. That's one of the reasons we read this site.

I tend to base my opinions on fact or lack thereof. If you have seen the facts (proof in real life) on this matter, then you are certainly more motivated to Csimo's story than am I. If Csimo will show me the "goods", I'll alter my opinion-- but never tell me I should delete a post because you don't agree with it.

Now, if I told you I fixed the all-doors-unlock-in-Park issue in my RL with a 49 cent diode soldered on the back of the fuse relay assembly-- would you believe it?

You have a right to believe anything you choose. You can call me anything in the book and it really won't matter much to me... I guarantee you I've been called worse (and they can't all be wrong).

Anyway... I can say that I don't own PhotoShop or any other photo editing software that I know of, and even if I did own one I wouldn't know how to use it. I have a hard time drawing stick figures much less editing photos. The only photo manipulation program I use is called Easy Thumbnails and I use it to resize pictures... it's free and easy. As a side note I see people post these nice pictures with red boxes or arrows pointing to certain features of the photo... I like those and wonder what they use to do such things (and is it simple).

The photo's I posted are not edited in any way, but you can believe what you will.

As for the door unlock issue... I posted long ago that this issue could be corrected for about $10 and explained how to do it in concept. The aftermarket module is cheap and I've used it on several vehicles over the years. Think I have an extra in the garage, but not sure. The only thing I never checked on with the Ridgeline is where to access the door lock wire, but that wouldn't take long. I don't know if a diode would work or not, but I do know the door unlock issue can be solved in other ways than the replacement fuse block.

ON EDIT: Here's the message I posted on 5/5/2005 on how to fix the door unlock issue. Long before the modified part was released by Honda. How to enable all door auto-unlock feature.

-Joe

[vernsully]

Just wanted to ask question to the members that have more knowledge. My brother has an Acura MDX that has what I believe is the trip computer and A/C controls on the his factory nav screen. Could the answer lie in the nav disc and if so could we use the Acura navi disc also and have those features unlocked on the ridgeline and odyssey. If this has already been discussed I am sorry for bringing in the same info.