In dash DVD Installation

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Printed Date: May 10, 2024 at 12:24 PM

Topic: In dash DVD Installation

Posted By: squishy123
Subject: In dash DVD Installation
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 3:30 PM

i just bought a in dash dvd player and i need to how to install it and get around the parking brake thing. it woun't let me play any dvd with out the parking brake. what should i do ??? so i can watch a dvd while driving

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how do i get around attaching my in dash monitor to the hand brake the guy from Best Buy wouldn't tell me how.

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Posted By: Asmodeus
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 8:51 PM

First Off: I dont condone the Driver watching DVDs while driving....

Secondly: All you have to do is ground that wire.....OR Get a Simple SPST Switch....Ground one side of the switch and attach the Brake wire to the other side of the switch

Being that it is illegal to have a monitor in the drivers view if you ever get pulled over for the DVD thing all you have to do is flip the switch and the DVD wont work...JUST HIDE THE SWITCH WHERE THE COPS CANT SEE IT......

Hopefully the cop is fooled and you have no ticket....

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Making the World A Louder Place

Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: February 24, 2005 at 9:04 PM

No I'm sure the cop will still right you the ticket because if he already saw the screen, he ain't dumb enough to not know that you somehow switched it off.

Also I really hope you don't kill anybody driving around watching movies.

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Nik
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Posted By: Cereal
Date Posted: March 06, 2005 at 9:55 PM

im wondering, with units like alpine's iva-d901, that allow you to watch everything BUT a dvd while driving (i.e. track info on song or navigation or like pioneers vehicle diagnostic info) how is the cop gonna see exactly what is displayed? Or is it that your not suppose to have the screen out at all?

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Alpine cda-7893 (soon to be Iva-d901)
Alpine Mrd-M1001
12" Alpine Type X

Posted By: Asmodeus
Date Posted: March 06, 2005 at 10:07 PM

as far as my understanding of the law is (correct me if I am wrong) Its only illegal to have a video image in view of the driver...The radio display isnt illegal...

I say this because of the new Units going into vehicles with NAV...They have a huge display right infront of the driver and its not illegal...

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Making the World A Louder Place

Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: March 06, 2005 at 10:08 PM

Your not suppose to have a video playing on a screen visible to the driver. That's the law in Manitoba, but it will differ from province to province and state to state.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: menor
Date Posted: March 10, 2005 at 11:06 AM

I just got the P-NAV7015 (DDX7015 and KNA-DV4100) I installed it myself, and it works great! But I have only one problem; I can’t find the speed control wire on my ’04 Yukon xl to activate the voice guidance system! Does any body know where it is or where can I find the info? I even went to the GMC dealership and they couldn't find it either!... posted_image

Vic

Posted By: actionjackson
Date Posted: March 14, 2005 at 8:37 PM

the speed sense wire in your yukon is in a 1/2 inch loomed bundle of wires under the hood on the drivers side firewall, it is green with a white stripe

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Jamie Jackson
*CRIMPING AINT EASY*

Posted By: maallen40
Date Posted: April 03, 2005 at 5:38 AM

[Morning, I just installed the same unit and am having the same problem. But "everyone" is telling me that on these units......you don't need the Vss wire attached. So do you know for sure that once you attach that wire to the speed sensor, it will work?

So yours like mine works fine except for the Guidance part of it right? And here I thought something was defective. Now all I have to do is figure out where my VSS wire is in my Saab.

Thanks

maallen40

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