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Tris10

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  1. Hi, unfortunately we will no longer be able to attend this weekend. Sorry to be missing it, hope you have a great event.
  2. Thanks. It’s a 4 button key (lock, unlock, 2 side doors). If a 5 button key exists (to do the rear door also) I’d definitely take one. 👍
  3. Hi, Yes for us please (Alphard AH10). We only have one key currently.
  4. Hi, we have a full set of the thermal blinds (Amazon). Got the name from a link on here. They are very good, not a perfect fit but more than good enough, the small gaps around the edges is not enough to affect them or for anyone to see in. They are reversible which is great - we have used them during the summer heatwave and were cooler inside the van with the windows and sunroof cracked than it was outside, even in the peak of the day sun. We have used them last weekened on a camping trip as the temp dropped and were perfectly warm inside the van. We will reverse them for winter to keep as much heat in as possible so we think they will be fine through winter. The only minor downside to us, which is a compromise on thermal blinds is the bulk when packed up as the bag takes up a bit of space. We go to and fro with the idea of built in curtains but will give it a bit longer yet as these are so cool and so warm that we are reluctant to change, but would like one less bulky bag when camping.
  5. A had a question this morning and the answer seemed like it might be useful to some others at some stage, so i'll post it here. This is a list of what I bought to fit the stereo in, reatining the factory rear camera (including settting up the reverse grid on the Kenwood) and the steering wheel controls. Most was ordered from InCarTech in Exeter. 1 x Toyota Alphard/ RAV4 Audio Steering control interface with camera retention - (29-648-RAV4CAM) £65.83 (each) 1 x Kenwood steering wheel control input patch lead for 29-XXX series steering control interfaces - (29-005) £3.33 (each) 1 x Toyota double DIN radio fascia adapter panel, side fixing brackets - (50-282) £12.49 (each) 1 x Dashboard trim panel tool (4 Pack Assorted) - (85-207) £8.33 (each) 1 x DAB 11db internal windscreen active antenna - (70-924) £29.16 (each) 1 x USB extension to dashboard socket - (24-017) £12.49 (each) I have had trouble with the DAB antenna, so would advise not to buy that one. A cheap splitter/adaptor from Amazon for the origional radio antenna works much better and saves a load of money. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08VHY9X5L/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I should say all the above is for an AH10 with a Kenwood 5020DABS head unit replacing the factory small head unit without the amplified stereo. I had an issue with the camera wires on the InCarTech loom and had to splice some of those manually - not sure if this was an issue with my car or not, but just something to be aware of. I also had to find the reverse signal wire in the existing loom manually, and had to ground the handbrake wire from the Kenwood headunit in order to setup the reverse parking lines. We also upgraded the factory sepakers to a set of BLAM from InCarTech (front & rear) and this has made a massive difference to the sound. There are a few thigngs to look out for if upgrading the front speakers so let me know if this is on your to-do list also.
  6. That is what I did - I also bought the camera adaptor. The plug you showed was the right one on my car too, and the woring colours were correct. It works on mine with the factory camera perfectly once I found the reverse signal wire in the loom. I grounded the parking brake wire on the Kenwood head unit also as it wouldn't let me setup the parking grid lines due to it thinking it was in gear all the time.
  7. Thanks - the Kenwood one is easy as it’s labelled. It’s finding the right one in the car harness that took a few mins with a multimeter. 👍
  8. Hi, yes I did - in hindsight I should have taken a picture. There is a 3-pin connector into the original unit that has a feed that is live when reverse is active. I’m pretty sure one of the others is a light signal for auto-dimming the unit but I didn’t connect that or test it.
  9. Sounds good. We’re on the expensive dinosaur juice, so no need for LPG for us, but happy to meet at either of others are coming and have a need.
  10. Yes, we're coming from just outside Exeter so will be coming that way. Happy to meet up
  11. All sorted now, found the wire with a multi-meter and a bit of time. Works perfectly 👌
  12. My wife and I recently bought our 2007 3.0 Alphard, we would be up for this. October sounds good to us at the moment.
  13. Hi, I've had a good search but can't find the answers so thought i'd ask the hive mind. We have a (new to us) Alphard AH10, 2007 3.0. I have replaced the factory stereo with a Kenwood DMX5020DABS - all good except for two things that I need help with. 1 - The reverse camera works, but doesn't trigger automatically when going into reverse. Can someone tell me what wire/pin to connect the trigger wire on the Kenwood unit to in the car loom please? 2 - I can't setup the reverse camera lines as the head unit needs to be told it is in park. I can get around this by temporarily grounding the wire to do the setup, but if there is a park signal wire in the loom I can just connect to that, so same question to the forum please - is a park signal cable in a loom behind the factory stereo, and if so, can someone point it out to me? Thanks in advance, I had hoped to be able to download or find the wiring line or pin-out diagrams online but they are either unverifiable and behind a paywall, or don't seem to exist.
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