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The Beginning. I am fairly new to this forum, but after purchasing my 2007 AWD S Murano a year ago, I realized I should have gotton OEM nav with it. I did not think that installing OEM nav after the fact would be that difficult, but after reading all the post on it here and other places, I was wrong.
After following this forum fairly close, I saw Phoenix54's posts on installing OEM Nav, and decided to persue it too. Phoenix54 was very helpful in providing info and wisdom in my conversion.
Since I had the color screen, all I had to obtain was:
1) Dash Harness w/navigation which subharness could be extracted from for navigation: |
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2) 2007 Display Control Unit (DCU Navi) #28330 CC26C
The Non Navi # is 28330 CC26D
3) 2007 Navigation Control Unit (NCU) #25915 CC26C
4) 2007 AC/AV Switches (Note:This is the Circuit Board
behind the radio which includes the navi switches. These
are essential as to make the navi function correctly. Also
this comes with the Bose radio system only and not the standard
base radio.
5) GPS Antenna that plugs into the Navigation Control Unit. |
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I started by calling around to a local salvage yard where I had no luck until a man gave me a web-site to check called Car-parts.com which is where I got lucky and stumbled across a 2007 Murano with navigation that was totaled out. The radio and AC/AV switches,monitor were already taken, but the dash harness and the navi DCU and NCU were still available which I purchased very,very reasonably. Now there was no turning back. I thayen found a 2006 Bose radio from the same site only a different salvage yard also very reasonable. Finally I had to just order the AC/AV switch for navi because the chances of finding that item on ebay or a yard are harder.
Phoenix54 made the spreadsheets for me(which were not much different from his 03' to my 07')
Finally, the only concern I HAD recieved from certain nissan dealers who had told me that you would also need a BCM(Body Control Module w/nav) which I am telling you right NOW that this is not true. |
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Also, the IPDM(Intelligent Power Distribution Module) has no bearing on navigation either. I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR, AS I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THIS HAVING A EFFECT ON NAV.
Finally, as this project has taken some time and scouring of salvage yards, and many phone calls too, it was WORTH every effort as the navigation functions perfectly. I might add that if you can obtain the service door on the side of the center console, do this, as ordering it from the dealer is around $350.00 or so because they don't just sell the door to the NCU, but you have to get the whole thing.
Now that my project is complete, thank you ONE MORE TIME to Phoenix54!!
for all his help with my project.
If you are determined to do this it can be done, and fairly reasonable, but you really have to search hard.
The reason I did this was that I love a challenge, and to let everyone know that you can turn a S base model Murano into a murano with complete OEM navigation.
Jim |
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Since I cannot resize my pics now, I will try to do that because they keep telling me the file is too large to attach.
Jim |
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| Silver07SL |
This is pretty cool, but you don't mention a total $$$. Would you mind sharing?
Also, you mentioned in another post that the OEM Nav has some cool features that aftermarket or portable systems don't offer. Can you please elaborate?
As I said in my other post, I bought the GVN53, but I have not received it yet and I may not install it for a while once I do receive it because I'm not sure I want to go that route yet. The use of the remote to interface with it does not sound very appealing.
Thanks! |
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| ebelp |
| Nice to hear you did this successfully...that pic of the harness you attached above is scary!! How much time did you spend on the install? |
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| 07Murano |
Hey ebelp,
Thanks. I did not do the install myself. I had my local
stereo shop do it, with my guidence of course. It actually
only took them about 3 hours. Turned out great!!!!!!!!
07Murano |
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Hey All!
Finally, pics that I resized:
Navigation sub-harness extracted from main harness: |
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| Pic of Navigation Control Unit: |
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| Pic of Center Console removed: |
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| Pic of Display Control Unit (Navi) & Part #: |
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| Pic of Navigation Screen (Night Mode): |
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| Pic of DVD Navigation Version: |
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| Pic of Navigation Control Unit Part #(NCU): |
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| 07Murano |
Hey Everyone,
Sorry that it took so long to get the pics posted, but I have been
busy the last few weeks and also took me some time to resize the pics.
All I can say is that this was a great project to do and I was very lucky to find all of the parts to make this work. The nav disc was in the NCU which until the install happened I was not sure if it was there, so that was also a wonderful surprise!, and saved some money too. The place I got it from did not know if they had taken it out so they were not sure if the disc was there.
I have not mentioned costs of this project, but in total it was under the $1,500 mark for everything. Like I mentioned I really lucked out, but I also have a lot of time & research into this too.
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| sparky134297 |
| wow looks really good! I have the sl w/o nav but with bose and now u have me thinking about doing the same upgrade. great work! |
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| Live4Jesus |
| U gotta have patience to pull that modification off...unfortunately I dont. Looks great though!!! I myself am going the aftermaket route. Im looking at adding a slim dvd player and fitting it right under the ac/radio piece. I'm not sure if to go w/ 2 power acoustic 7"sun visors custom installed to factory visors or a 7" rear view monitor. hmmm? |
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