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Hi @jbh , you may see https://www.joyingauto.eu/android-auto-double-din-head-unit-15.1-inch-hd-touch-screen-8gb-autoradio-with-hdmi.html credit goes to @Voodoo101 . I took this from https://uk.alphardclub.com/forums/topic/9198-looking-for-a-new-head-unit-that-does-everything/#comment-34607

Hey Jimmy, that's great to hear about your system working! I didn't find any settings using google translate (other that the DUAL, or in my case Front Screen Independent) in my van, nor my friends. I also tried to leave the battery disconnected overnight without any success. I'll try to pull the head unit and see if that works. of note; I do have the rear headrest screens that are somehow connected to the system so that may be playing a role. I doubt it though because the picture is coming through fine on the front screen.

you can try calder campers i went there before i bought mine from stuart spencer https://www.caldercampers.co.uk/

@Picasso I am based in Scotland, but I’m happy to travel anywhere in the UK to find the right vehicle. Thanks a lot.

where are you located Doss would help other members give you garages nearer to you

@Alphard Club Many thanks 😊. Much appreciated.

Many thanks @Picasso . Much appreciated.

You have also got stuart spencer in the midlands he based in dudley i bought my alphard off him he got good google reviews

Welcome to the club I believe Algys is only if you want to import the vehicle yourself, they help you with the buying process. They may of changed since so best to find out if they sell cars now. There are a few dealers i have dealt with and the one that I have seen feedback from is New Acre Leisure: https://www.newacreleisure.com/ This is just from what i have seen so I cannot vouch for any recommendations I give but their feedback is pretty good. Here is their google reviews: https://share.google/aEmYjpoJMeM24GguV

Thanks for the confirmation Chris. Honestly I think I'm going down a bit of a rabbit hole with all this sort of auto electric stuff. Ultimately we have a decent CarPlay solution; a high quality HD reversing camera and parking sensors. I've never had more than this on any other car I've owned :). Having said that I'm still going to pull out this Android HU that has been fitted to get an idea of what has been wired up (or not). I've found a few oddities like: Rear corner parking sensors give the opposite side indication on the dash. Probably just plugged into the wrong port in the ECU. The car door notification on the Android HU shows the drivers door open when I put the car in reverse (?!). I've had to turn it off. Parker sensor/sonar notification on Android HU does not work when enabled. The door speakers don't seem to work (but the roof speakers; back row speakers and subwoofer do). Anyway, this is taking this thread off-topic. My takeaway is: Cannot mix and match aftermarket and OEM cameras as part of original OEM IPA. For a 360 setup, better to go fully aftermarket due to improvements in camera technology. OEM front camera is available but is £500+ and probably not a great image. Thanks again, Arron.

Hi everyone, I’m on the hunt for a Toyota Alphard, and I’m new to this forum. Could you please suggest some trusted garages to buy one from? Also, has anyone had any experience with Algys Autos Please advise me on this. Thanks in advance.

Hi Team, any guidance on the above, please?

The front screen is branded toyota in the outside but it is Panasonic when you take it out so it's definitely the factory radio. The Alpine could be a factory or dealer option, the vehicle is a Jap import into New Zealand. The wiring inside tells me it's not factory but the unit "looks" factory as in its a great install, there is also an av input at the base of the centre console which doesn't work but I haven't actually checked if it's hooked to anything.

Yes that's how I would have thought it would be like, that the rear screen would continue to play while only the front screen turned off while in motion, makes sense to me but because the rear turned off as well it was very frustrating for that to be the case, and I thought it was because of the way it was wired - no front output = no back output but that obviously is not the case as I have just proved.

Here's a photo of the back.

Hi there! In theory, the correct operation would be to keep the rear screen playing while in motion, but turn off the front, a safety setting! The reverse of how yours has been set up. But - you say the head unit is Panasonic and the rear screen Alpine - so it would be probable one has has been changed at some point in it's life? Doesn't help solve it, but could explain why the problem exists 😯 Cheers, Nev

Chris.ac. do ALL models have these cables lurking under the centre console ? Thnaks.

Yes, unfortunately. Although the resolution does tend to much better in the kits, you have to consider the factory ones were specified in 2008, and cameras are now HD or better. In the 2014 models, they did actually have a full 360 degree, with a camera on the driver's side, i had thought to buy one of those wingmirrors, and fit upgraded cameras into the existing spaces, utilising the wiring already in the oem looms, the other option would be buying a new ipa ecu in order to use the official Toyota 360 solution. You can use the original cameras with modern headunits, you can buy adaptors on AliExpress. Going oem vs aftermarket comes down to cost and patience!

There are two wires. A parking brake, and a speed sense wire. Please add a photo of the back of the unit and I'll post the correct wires

Hi all, I am still having a problem getting anyone to fit my new Starter motor, has anyone got experience of fitting one , so I can perhaps do it myself. I am pretty old but fairly fit and willing to try, but any tips and special tools required would be helpful.

Thanks both. I've finally found the part number on amayama - thanks for the suggestion. The price is quite eye-watering especially as I have no idea if it'll actually work with the HU I have. I'll have to some more investigation before committing. For future reference: 86790-58090 / 86790-58091 - 2008-2011 86790-58091 - 09.2011 - 10.2011 86790-58130 - 10.2011 -- 2015 My Alphard is built 07.2011 but has a facelift bumper (and grille I guess) which makes things even more difficult. Could have been the reason it was removed in the first place... @Chris.ac you mention aftermarket 360 camera set - I guess this will mean replacing the OEM camera in the wing mirror? Thanks again, Arron.

Hello Chris, Welcome to the Forum. Flares are illegal in the UK. Take the flare to the Police or Coastguard, it it has one.

You can pay for a CarVX report, it's not much money but there is a load of info that could be useful, particularly the recall history to check what works have been done. You can also check mile(kilometer)age to make sure that matches - bear in mind that the importer could convert kilometers to miles. Ask if an english-version manual comes with the car - if not then it may be worth getting hold of one. The one here https://www.autojapspares.co.uk/alphard-hybrid--petrol-2011-2015-owners-manualhandbook--free-service-booklet-37203-p.asp goes up to 2015 so you may need to make sure that it includes yours. Mine is a 2005 and they had a facelift then, so finding the month of manufacture may well come in handy for you. Ask if the passenger foot-well flare has been removed - I don't know what the legal / insurance situation would be on carrying that around. Oh - and check around for insurance as this can vary hugely. When you pick it up it should have an MoT and one item to check is that the rear fog lights work - Mine had a dashboard switch and a cable running to the back but it was just coiled up in the boot lid, so look for the switch on the dash or, if done nicely, on the lighting control stalk - set it to On and the walk around the back to check. They should only come on with the headlights are on (my fog light switch looks to be live all the time the car is on :-( ). That's all I can think of for now.

RESOLVED - READ ON! OK so I have found out a few things. I decided to muck around with the park brake wire down at the pedal. I ended up moving the micro switch style things slightly on the bracket so that the button didn't get pressed when the park brake was released, so the radio (and the car) always thought the handbrake was still on... Great until you hit 5kph and the warning chime starts chiming.... Aarggghhh. Back to the drawing board and that's where this post came in... Where is the wire on the radio that tells the system the park brake is on or off, I'll ground it so only the DVD will think the hand brake is still on and not the rest of the car system. Tried for ages in vein to find a wire that would give me some joy but came up empty handed. Chatgpt suggested that this unit gets it's information about park brake status from Canbus information and not a physical wire. So it would be pretty hard for me to cheat the system. I thought it was over and admitted defeat. Maybe a new head unit sometime down the road, one that had a physical park brake wire that could easily be fooled or one that would just play the video out to an external monitor without the need to be tricked into it. Little side note the wiring at the back of the Panasonic unit was not what I was expecting, instead of a dedicated "video out" it has a piggy back plug going into one of the smaller plugs and out of that has some rcas heading into a splitter black box with rca from the Alpine rear screen. So here I am thinking I'm done, then I thought of something I hadn't tried after extensive talks with Chatgpt about what's going on. It hit me that there was something I hadn't tried... I had moved the microswitch down at the pedal but I hadn't actually disconnected it from earth - it earths when it is bolted to the pedal hoising, I had just moved it slightly previously so this time I unscrewed it and tucked it away, so no chance it can connect to earth, this created more of an "error state" park brake neither on or off and the next thing blew me away...! So now the head unit screen just shows blue, no changing with the foot brake on or off or standing still or moving, and I thought that obviously the rear screen would show whatever the front screen was showing, as before... So I opened the screen and blow me down it's playing the damn video and audio is working fine (it always kept working previously). So off I went for a drive and yep still working! AND no pesky buzzer or dash light either. WINNING! Some of you might have cottoned on to the one and only problem here, I can't see the front screen at all no matter what so can't access DVD menus, the DVD does auto play so it's not all bad but going forward I will reinstate the micro switch at the pedal but I will cut the wire and join it with a simple toggle switch running up to somewhere within reach, so that when parked I can toggle it back to standard setup and can see the front screen as normal. What really gets my goat is that it obviously could be done (playing rear screen while vehicle moving while isolating front) but they went the most "compliant" route. Multiple hours of mucking around when all it actually needed was 5 minutes to remove the black plastic shield above pedals and removing feet vent piping to get to the screw that holds the park brake micro switch. Boom.

Have you tried amayama.com to find part numbers? For mine (2005 facelift) the part number looks to be '86790B - CAMERA ASSY, TELEVISION, FR' with additional codes for different colours From: https://www.amayama.com/en/genuine-catalogs/epc/toyota-japan/alphard/ANH10W/36377/body/8606