DVD Park safety feature disable

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Topic: DVD Park safety feature disable

Posted By: o07freak
Subject: DVD Park safety feature disable
Date Posted: June 01, 2003 at 9:49 PM

I'm looking to get an in dash DVD player with an LCD screen, but I'm worried that I won't get very much use out of it since it will only play a DVD in park. I can't afford to put extra monitors in the backseat for my passengers, and I just want a basic DVD for now. How does the safety switch hooked up. Is there a way to disable this feature so that my passengers can watch while moving? Thanks

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Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: June 02, 2003 at 9:19 AM

I believe for most brands all you have to do is ground the safety wire, but with Alpine units it's not that simple. I think the best way to bypass it with an alpine unit is to use one of these, or something similar to it.

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Posted By: Powerslave0
Date Posted: June 03, 2003 at 8:27 AM

WHen you apply the parking brake, ground is usually then applied so the system will work. Just hook the unit up to constant power and/or manually swicthed ground connections, that should do the trick. IF there is a seperate safty wire, that will need to have a constant connection as well.

Posted By: speedblurr
Date Posted: June 04, 2003 at 9:07 PM

With my Pioneer DVH-P7000, all I had to do is what Powerslave said. It was just a wire with a clamp and you had to clamp it to a constant hot.......

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