RS30 Legacy Navagation

[Guest]

Hi all,

Now, I understand there are several threads on this general topic but I'm looking for some spesific advice, and hoping in this thread I can get the best of all the pre 03 nav issue solutions in one place.

I've trawled the interweb and cant find (a recent) post with either a solution to or alternative for the Subaru Hybrid Navagation System being Japanese, and thinking im off the coast of Japan rather than the central north island of NZ.

CLUBSUB! my questions are;

1. Is there a way to make the Nav Sys in my (2002) RS30 work in NZ? (Does anyone have a .ISO or DVD to make it work)

2. If not can I at least get it into english?

3. If neither of the above, would buying one from an Australian new Subaru (i.e. and aussie wrecker) solve my language barrier/GPS woes?

4. If I cant have GPS that wont bother me too much, but that it takes so long for the McIntosh stereo to turn on because of the Blue (presumably warning) screen is very annoying. So if I decide to ditch the Sat nav sys how can I then run my HVAC? will the DIN style one from another Subaru just plug and play?

5. If I ditch the Sat Nav and solve my HVAC issue then the other BE/BH shroud fit? Because mine would have a funny looking gap from the Sat Nav directional toggle thingy..

Lots of questions for a first post but hopefully someone can help!

It'd be great if I could just get rid of that danm Blue screen on start-up!

Below are pics of what I have:

the Disk it came with...

and sadly not a language I speak...

[legacy666]

I have the same setup and have spent hours fiddling with it( trying to tune the tv, it picks up C4 and 3). Sadly its pretty much useless here in NZ. At one stage I actually had an asian voice telling me to do something. You are able to remove the screen and heater controls and replace them.