Boss DVD/TV Tuner Wiring

Hello All,

I have '97 Chrysler Town & Country and recently installed Boss DVD player with TV tuner (DVD-8500). Thanks for the great article/instruction in this site ( https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=25101&KW=Dodge+Caravan+headliner). I just followed NowYaKnow's instruction. Everything went well and now my kids enjoy the DVD.

But one problem - I cannot figure out the wiring on the TV tuner. The manual it came with says

* RED - DC 12V* BLACK - GND* YELLOW - ACC* WHITE - Hand Brake* BLUE - Reverse Line

I know what 12V and GND are, but no idea on the rest items. What's ACC? Where should I connect the Hand Brake wire? What's reverse line?

I called the manufacture tech support. They said I don't need to connect them. It didn't work. I returned the tuner back to the manufacture. They tested and sent back to me with saying "no problem found."

Could someone help me? Thanks!

Hello, This is how to set it up. red- power (+)12volt source black- ground (-)negitave yellow- accessory from your ignition or something that recieves power when you turn the car on like: radio, cigerette lighter(if it turns off with the car)air cond/heater controls, or some people use the rear defogger button.(It will not blow the fuse if that is the only thing connected to it.) white- you will have to go under the dash where the parking brake is, on it there will be a wire that sends a signal to the dash light confriming that the brake has been applied. attach it to that wire. blue- Most of the time the parking brake and the reverse connection are never used. Does the system work with out these connected? If so don't bother with them. i have installed many tv's and full systems. Try to see if the tv turner will work without hooking up the blue and white wires. most of the time they will try to use one of those as another power source due to having tv's on car is wrong, but if you have your power coming in and your ground secure, you should be good. My tv turner has the normal hookups, but the main two wires -positive and ground. Works great. ( please use common sence when working with anything that is electrical. I am not responseable if you gamage anything or cause pain among your self. :) hope it helps. Anyquestions, please write to me.

your yellow wire is your accessory wire or the wire that has power to it when the key is turned on. yeah, you shouldnt need to hook up the blue and white.

Thanks!! I will try this weekend and will let you know the result.