JDM stereo instructions translation ??

[moon buggy]

looking at JDM VX purchase, have found the instruction books but they are all in Japanese..does any one here have [Europeans perhaps or US collectors] have translated versions of the JDM manuals..OZVX has been kind enough to assist with some gear he has but I'm wondering whether a translation is available partucularly for the stereo/screen/camera...there are just way to many buttons..the first level of menus is English then straight into Japanese and symbols....we couldn't seem to hit the right buttons to back out so we just bailed and turned the key off hoping we'd be thrown out of whatever menu we'd gone to..but screens and stuff look great !! ..but I just want to know what we're doin...particularly when my wife asks me what to do !!

Thanks
David Down Under

[BritVX]

David,

Sorry mate but so far I've had no luck getting English translation for a Jap VX. I have manuals for the US version but there's not much in them and they do not have the same stereo or the reversing camera. It was a couple of days before I found the hidden cassette player! It's just trial and error, I've got the graphic equaliser sorted but I've lost how to adjust balance etc. I let my 2 1/2 year old boy play with it he seems to get further than me!

Col

[moon buggy]

Hey thanks mate ..anyway my son who's into the latest stereo gear I'll let have another go at it, and see if we can nut it out..ALSO I can't remember the brand or model number of the unit...it looks familiar to the current crop of double din units from Fujitsui and Eclipse..[I don't have the car yet to check...hopefully the deal will be done tomorrow ..but then there will be the usual dealer wait to get thru registration etc etc...hey its red like yours..!!]

Col [sorry]...back to the ? would you happen to know/remember the brand even the model # , of the JDM stereo, and I'll try and do a 'goggle' on it..I've tried all sorts of combos so far ..stereo, Isuzu etc etc drawing blanks all round..

Thanks
David

[johnnyapollo]

The JDM camera module I looked at was made by Clarion, I believe.

-- John

[BritVX]

David,

I checked out as much of my stereo as I could get to easily and only found Japanese! However I believe it is a Clarion unit, as John says the reversing camera is Clarion and if you check out their web site their latest stuff looks similar.

Col

[moon buggy]

Thanks Col
I also looked at it during a final check over before purchase and in the top RH corner of the face of the units screen is the name "addset' but doing a google I got nothing close to that...I also had a closer look in the JDM owners book..and the instructions to use it are only 4 pp long so..the other Aussie david on this site has a contact in Japan ..if I ask nicely, may be they might be able to translate those pages for us..

david