NavLinkz RL1-RLK User manual

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Video-inserter
RL1-RLK
Compatible with
Dacia, Fiat, Smart and Renault vehicles
with RLink or MediaNav system
and Opel vehicles with Navi 50 or Navi 80
Video-inserter with 2 video inputs and rear-view camera input
Product features
•Video-inserter for factory-infotainment systems
•2 video-inputs for after-market devices (e.g. DVD-Player, DVB-T tuner)
•Rear-view camera video-input
•Automatic switching to rear-view camera input on engagement of the reverse gear
•Video-in-motion (ONLY for connected video-sources)
•Video-inputs PAL / NTSC compatible

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Contents
1. Prior to installation
1.1. Delivery contents
1.2. Checking the Interface compatibility of vehicle and accessories
1.3. Boxes and connectors
1.3.1. Video-interface
1.3.1.1. Dip-switch settings
1.3.1.2. Enabling the interface’s video inputs (dip 2-3)
1.3.1.3. Rear-view camera setting (dip 5)
1.3.1.4. Monitor Selection (dip 6-8)
2. Installation
2.1. Place of installation
2.1.1. Place of installation –video interface
2.1.2. Place of installation –daughter PCB
2.2. Connection scheme
2.3. Connection –6pin interface cable
2.4. Installation of ribbon cables into monitor panel
2.4.1. 50Pin-Version (MediaNav)
2.4.2. 60Pin-Version (RLink)
2.4.2.1. Warning notes, concerning the installation of ribbon cables
2.5. Connection –video sources
2.5.1.1. After-market rear-view camera
2.5.2. Audio-insertion
2.7. Connecting - external keypad
2.8. Picture settings
3. Interface operation
4. Specifications
5. Frequently asked questions
6. Technical support

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Legal Information
By law, watching moving pictures while driving is prohibited, the driver must not be
distracted. We do not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury resulting,
directly or indirectly, from installation or operation of this product. This product should only
be used while standing or to display fixed menus or rear-view-camera video when the
vehicle is moving, for example the MP3 menu for DVD upgrades.
Changes/updates of the vehicle’s software can cause malfunctions of the interface. We
offer free software-updates for our interfaces for one year after purchase. To receive a free
update, the interface must be sent in at own cost. Labour cost for and other expenses
involved with the software-updates will not be refunded.
1. Prior to installation
Read the manual prior to installation.
Technical knowledge is necessary for installation. The place of installation must be free of
moisture and away from heat sources.
1.1. Delivery contents

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Requirements
Brand
Compatible vehicles
Compatible systems
Dacia
Dokker since 2013-, Duster since 2014, Lodgy since 2012,
Logan since 2013, Sandero since 2012
MediaNav
Fiat
Talento model year since 2016
MediaNav
Opel
Movano since about 2016, Vivaro since about 2016 til 2019
Navi 50 (MediaNav),
Navi 80 IntelliLink (Rlink)
Renault
Captur model year 2015-2016, Clio model year 2014-2016,
Kangoo model year since 2014, Master since model year
2015, Scenic about 05/2013-09/2016, Megane model year
2013-2015, Trafic model year since 2015, Twingo model
year 2013-2019, Zoe model year 2013-2019
and other vehicles with
R-Link - 7inch monitor (NO SD-
card slot on right side of the
monitor)
Smart
ForTwo (C453/A453) since 09/2014, ForFour (W453) since
08/2014, Brabus Versions since 2016
Smart Media System (R-Link)
Vehicles with MediaNav (50-Pin) only compatible until 09/2019!
(to be recognized by model no. LAN52xxWRx on the sticker)
Limitations
Video only The interface inserts ONLY video signals into the infotainment.
For audio insertion factory-audio-AUX-input or a FM-modulator is required.
If no factory AUX input is available, the optional audio-AUX cable (item no.
AUX-006) can be used for a connection to the factory radio plug (coding
required!).
If 2 audio sources shall be connected to the infotainment, an additional
electronic is necessary to switch them.
Factory rear-view camera Automatic switch to factory rear-view camera only while reverse gear is
engaged. To delay the switch reset, additional electronics is required.
1.2. Checking the compatibility of vehicle and accessories
1.3. Connectors –video interface
The video-interface converts the video signals of connected after-market sources in a factory
monitor compatible picture signal which is inserted in the factory monitor, by using separate
trigger options.

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1.3.1.1. Dip-switch settings
Some settings must be selected by the dip-switches on the
video-interface. Dip position down is ON and position up is OFF.
See following chapters for detailed information.
After each Dip-switch-change a power-reset has to be performed!
See the following chapters for detailed information.
1.3.1.2. Enabling the interface’s video inputs (dip 2-3)
Only the enabled video inputs can be accessed by switching through the interface’s video
sources. It is recommended to enable only the required inputs, because the disabled inputs
will be skipped while switching through the video interfaces inputs.
1.3.1.3. Rear-view camera setting (dip 5)
If set to OFF, the interface switches to factory LVDS picture while the reverse gear is engaged
to display factory rear-view camera or factory optical park system picture.
If set to ON, the interface switches to its rear-view camera input while the reverse gear is
engaged.
1.3.1.4. Monitor selection (dip6, 7-and 8)
Set to OFF
Note: Dip 1 and 4are out of function and have to be set to OFF.
Dip
Function
ON (down)
OFF (up)
1
No function
set to OFF
2
CVBS AV1-input
enabled
disabled
3
CVBS AV2-input
enabled
disabled
4
No function
set to OFF
5
Rear-view cam type
after-market
factory or none
6
Monitor specific
adjustments
set to OFF
7
8

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2. Installation
Switch off ignition and disconnect the vehicle’s battery! The interface needs a permanent
12V source. If according to factory rules disconnecting the battery is to be avoided, it is
usually sufficient to put the vehicle to “Sleep-Mode”. In case it does not succeed,
disconnect the battery with a resistor lead.
If power source is not taken directly from the battery, the connection has to be checked
for being start-up proven and permanent.
2.1. Place of installation
2.1.1. Place of installation –video interface
The interface boxes shall be installed behind the vehicle`s head-unit or the glove
department, depending on equipment and space.
2.1.2. Place of installation - daughter PCB
The interface’s daughter PCB is prepared to be installed between the head unit’s housing
and the monitor panel.
For this purpose the housing of head-unit have to be opened.

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2.2. Connection Scheme

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2.3. Connection –6pin interface cable
Connect the white female 6pin connector of the 6pin interface cable to the male 6pin
connector of the video interface.
Connect the green wire of the 6pin interface cable to +12V of the reverse gear signal.
(e.g. reversing light).
If desired, the white wire of the 6pin interface cable can be used alternatively to the
external button to switch the video sources (12V pulse for 2-3 seconds).
Connect the black wire of the 6pin interface cable to vehicle ground.
Connect the red wire of the 6pin interface cable to +12V ACC terminal 15.
Connect the yellow wire of the 6pin interface cable to +12V ACC (300mA).
Note: The connection of the green wire (Reverse signal) will be described in chapter “After-
market rear-view camera”. The white wire, can be used by +12V impulse to switch the
enabled video sources , same as the keypad (see chapter “video interface-operation”).

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2.4. Installation - Ribbon cables into the Monitor panel
Remove the factory monitor and open it`s housing. The external daughter PCB is built to be
installed into the optical lead between the monitor panel and mainboard of the vehicles
monitor. The daughter PCB is equipped with to different ribbon cable options to support two
different monitor systems. Both 50pin Ribbon cables and both 60pin Ribbon cables are easily
recognizable, as they differ in size. Depending on the system, the two unneeded ribbon
cables have to be removed by unclipping the Ribbon cable base.
Connect the female 20pin connector of the daughter PCB to the male20pin connector
of the picture signal cable and connect the second male 20pin connector opposite
the cable to the female 20pin connector of the interface. Take care for installing the
cable in the right direction as both connectors seem to be identical. (Take notice of
the wire`s caption “MONITOR SIDE” and “BOX SIDE”

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2.4.1. Media Nav with 50pin Ribbon cable
Disconnect the optical leads housed between the monitor`s mainboard and the monitor-
panel. Connect the daughter PCB’s ribbon cable CAR-IN to the ribbon cable base of the
monitor`s mainboard. For this procedure you may either use the original ribbon cable or the
ribbon cable of the daughter PCB. Make sure that the connector pins of each pin connector
are faced to the platinum before clipping them.
Connect the ribbon cable PNL OUT of the daughter PCB to the ribbon cable base of the
monitor’s platinum (take care again for a platinum faced installation of the connector pins!)
Carefully fix the daughter PCB to the mainboard of the monitor by using the enclosed
spacers and screws
2.4.2.1. Warning notes, concerning the installation of ribbon cables:
1) The contacting ends of ribbon cables always have to be installed in a straight and precise
180° position to the connector. Each deviation from a perfect contact position will curse
faulty contact and even danger of short circuit
2) The ribbon cable’s contacting side always has to correspond to the contacting side of the
connector, concerning the mounting position.

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2.4.2. R-Link with 60pin Flex cable
Remove the Ribbon cable between the monitor’s monitor panel and the monitor PCB.
Connect the daughter PCB’s ribbon cable CAR-IN to the ribbon cable base of the main PCB.
For this procedure you may either use the original ribbon cable or the ribbon cable of
daughter PCB. Make sure that the connector pins of each pin connector are faced to the
platinum before clipping them.
Connect the daughter PCB’s ribbon cable PNL OUT to the ribbon cable base of
the
monitor panel’s short original Flex cable, by using the enclosed Ribbon cable
merger (pay same attention to platinum faced installation of the connector
pins!).
Carefully fix the daughter PCB to the monitor part by using the
enclosed longer screws and plastic spacers.
Attention: The plastic washers must be installed
under the PCB, otherwise the length of the screws
may cause destruction inside the monitor!
The picture on the right side shows the position for
leading out the out the ribbon cables
Note: Please observe above warning notes for ribbon
cable installation!

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2.5. Connection - video sources
It is possible to connect two after-market video sources and one after-market rear-view
camera to the video-interface.
Before final installation of the peripheral devices, we recommend a test-run to detect a
incompatibility of vehicle and interface. Due to changes in the production of the vehicle
manufacturer there’s always a possibility of incompatibility.
Connect the 6pin connector of the video cable to the 6pin connector of the video
interface.
Connect the rear-view camera’s RCA to the female RCA „Camera IN“of the video
cable.
Note: The picture settings for CAM input have to be adjusted in AV2.
Connect the RCA of the video source 1 and video source 2 to the female RCA
„Video IN1“and „Video IN2“of the video cable.

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2.5.1. After-market rear-view camera
Note: Do not forget to set dip5 of video-interface to ON before testing.
To switch to the rear-view camera when reverse gear is engaged, an external switching
signal from the reverse gear light is required. As the reverse gear light signal contains
electronic interference, a traditional open relay (e.g AC-RW-1230 with wiring AC-RS5) or
filter (e.g. AC-PNF-RVC) is required. Below schema shows the use of a relay (normally open).
Connect the green switching input cable to the output connector (87) of the relay.
Connect the Reverse light’s power-cable to coil (85) and the vehicle’s ground to coil
(86) of the relay.
Connect the output connector (87) of the relay to the rear-view camera’s power-
cable, like you did it to the green switching input cable before.
Connect stabile and permanent +12V to the relay’s input connector (30).

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2.5.2. Audio Insertion
This interface can only insert video signals into the factory infotainment. If an AV-source is
connected, audio insertion must be done by factory audio AUX input or FM-modulator.
If no factory AUX input is available, the optional audio-AUX cable (item no. AUX-006) can be
used for a connection to the factory radio plug (coding required!).The inserted video-signal
can be activated simultaneously to each audio-mode of the factory infotainment.
If 2 AV sources shall be connected to the infotainment, additional electronic is necessary to
switch the audio signals.
2.6. Connection –external keypad
Connect the keypad’s female 4pin connector to the male 4pin connector of the video-
interface.
Note: Even if the switching through several video sources by the keypad mightn’t be
required, the keypad’s invisible connection and availability is strongly recommended.

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2.7. Picture settings
The picture settings are adjusted by the 3 buttons on the video-interface. Press the MENU
button to open the OSD settings menu or to switch to the next menu item. Press UP and
DOWN change the selected value. The buttons are embedded in the housing to avoid
accidental changes during or after installation. Picture settings must be done separately for
RGB, AV1, AV2 and CAM while the corresponding input is selected and visible on the
monitor.
Note: The OSD menu is only shown when a working video source is connected to the
selected video-input of the interface.
The following settings are available:
Brightness
Contrast
Saturation
Position H (horizontal)
Position V (vertical)

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3. Interface operation
Press theinterface’s external keypad to switch the video source. Each repetition will switch
to the next enabled input. If all inputs are enabled the order is:
Factory video → video IN1 → video IN2 → factory video →
Disabled inputs will be skipped.
Alternatively the white wire of the 6pin cable can be used with a +5-12V pulse to switch the
video-sources.
Note: Even if the switching through several video sources by the keypad mightn’t be
required, the keypad’s invisible connection and availability is strongly recommended.
4. Specifications
BATT/ACC range 7V - 25V
Stand-by power drain 20mA
Power 190mA @12V
Video input 0.7V - 1V
Video input formats PAL / NTSC
RGB-video amplitude 0.7V with 75 Ohm impedance
Temperature range -40°C to +85°C
Dimensions video-box 113 x 22 x 96mm (W x H x D)

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5. FAQ –Trouble shooting Interface functions
For any troubles which may occur, check the following table for a solution before requesting
support from your vendor.
Symptom
Reason
Possible solution
No picture/black
picture (factory
picture).
Not all connectors have been
reconnected to factory head-
unit or monitor after
installation.
Connect missing connectors.
No power on CAN-bus box (all
LED CAN-bus box are off).
Check power supply of CAN-bus box. Check CAN-bus
connection of CAN-bus box.
CAN-bus box connected to
CAN-bus in wrong place.
Refer to the manual where to connected to the CAN-
bus. If not mentioned, try another place to connect to
the CAN-bus.
No power on video-interface
(all LED video-interface are
off).
Check whether CAN-bus box delivers +12V ACC on red
wire output of 8pin to 6pin cable. If not cut wire and
supply ACC +12V directly to video-interface.
No picture/black
picture/white picture
(inserted picture) but
factory picture is OK.
No picture from video source.
Check on other monitor whether video source is OK.
No video-source connected to
the selected interface input.
Check settings dips 1 to 3 of video interface which
inputs are activated and switch to corresponding
input(s).
LVDS cables plugged in wrong
place.
Double-check whether order of LVDS cables is exactly
connected according to manual. Plugging into head-
unit does not work when the manual says to plug into
monitor and vice versa.
Wrong monitor settings of
video-interface.
Try different combinations of dips 7 and 8 of video-
interface. Unplug 6pin power after each change.
Inserted picture totally
wrong size or position.
Inserted picture double
or 4 times on monitor.
Inserted picture
distorted, flickering or
running vertically.
Video sources output set to
AUTO or MULTI which causes
a conflict with the interfaces
auto detection.
Set video source output fixed to PAL or NTSC. It is best
to set all video sources to the same standard.
If error occurs only after
source switching: Connected
sources are not set to the
same TV standard.
Set all video sources to the same standard.
Some interfaces can only
handle NTSC input.
Check manual whether there is a limitation to NTSC
mentioned. If yes, set source fixed to NTSC output.
Inserted picture b/w.
Inserted picture qual.
bad.
Picture settings have not been
adjusted.
Use the 3 buttons and the interface's OSD to adjust the
picture settings for the corresponding video input.
Inserted picture size
slightly wrong.
Inserted picture
position wrong.
Camera input picture
flickers.
Camera is being tested under
fluorescent light which shines
directly into the camera.
Test camera under natural light outside the garage.
Camera input picture is
bluish.
Protection sticker not
removed from camera lens.
Remove protection sticker from lens.

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Symptom
Reason
Possible solution
Camera input picture
black.
Camera power taken directly
from reverse gear lamp.
Use relay or electronics to "clean" reverse gear lamp
power. Alternatively, if CAN-bus box is compatible
with the vehicle, camera power can be taken from
green wire of 6pin to 8pin cable.
Camera input picture
has distortion.
Camera input picture
settings cannot be
adjusted.
Camera input picture settings
can only be adjusted in AV2
mode.
Set dip 3 of video-interface to ON (if not input AV2 is
not already activated) and connect the camera to AV2.
Switch to AV2 and adjust settings. Reconnect camera
to camera input and deactivate AV2 if not used for
other source.
Graphics of a car in
camera input picture.
Function PDC is ON in the
interface OSD.
In compatible vehicles, the graphics will display the
factory PDC distance. If not working or not wanted, set
interface OSD menu item UI-CNTRL to ALLOFF.
Chinese signs in
camera input picture
Function RET or ALL is ON
(function for Asian market) in
the interface OSD.
Set interface OSD menu item UI-CNTRL to ALLOFF or
PDCON.
Not possible to switch
video sources by OEM
button.
CAN-bus interface does not
support this function for
vehicle.
Use external keypad or cut white wire of 6pin to 8pin
cable and apply +12V impulses for AV-switching.
Pressed too short.
For video source switching a longer press of about 2.5
seconds is required.
Not possible to switch
video sources by
external keypad.
SW-version of interface does
not support external keypad.
Use OEM-button or cut white wire of 6pin to 8pin
cable and apply +12V impulses for AV-switching.
Interface does not
switch to camera input
when reverse gear is
engaged.
CAN-bus interface does not
support this function for the
vehicles.
Cut the green wire of the 6pin to 8pin cable and apply
+12V constant from reverse gear-lamp signal. Use
relay to "clean" R-gear lamp power.
Interface switches
video-sources by itself.
CAN-bus interface
compatibility to vehicle is
limited.
Cut the grey wire of 6pin to 8pin and isolate both
ends. If problem still occurs, additionally cut the white
wire of 6pin to 8pin cable and isolate both ends.
6. Technical Support
Please note that direct technical support is only available for products purchased directly
from NavLinkz GmbH. For products bought from other sources, contact your vendor for
technical support.
NavLinkz GmbH
distribution/tech dealer-support
Heidberghof 2
D-47495 Rheinberg
Tel [phone]
Email [email protected]
10R-03 5384
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