Need Help with my dvd install

Hi all, I am installing a mobile video system into my 99 eddie b expedition which consist of this https://savinglots.com/lotprod.asp?item=Starpack5. I am keeping my HU and going to be using a FM transmitter. What I am trying to accomplish is that my entire system power up when the ignition is the acc position, sorta like the Hu works. Here's what I've done so far: I ran a 10 guage power wire from my battery to a relay that I wired like this: 12v constant ( from Batt ) into 87, acc from ignition into 86, ground into 85, and 10 guage output to the entire system. The dvd player came with two types of prewired connectors. One has a cigarette 12v adaptor that has the 12v acc, 12v contant and the ground wire connected to the dvd. I connected the dvd this way just to see if it would work and it works fine but I want to hard wire it... So the other connector is a wired plug that plugs into the dvd and has 4 wires: Acc, 12v constant, remote, and ground.  I connected the Acc wire and the constant wire into the power wire, that didn't work.  I also wired the 12v constant into the power wire and the acc into the acc wire in the back of my HU, once again didn't work. Everything else works fine, it's this damn dvd that has me stuck!:x Please let me what I am doing wrong or a better way to accomplish this. Thanks to all in advance ;)  

Jeff,

One more question, I want to install a 400 watt inverter into this existing setup. I want to use a relay, how do I wire that to the existing relay? Or do I run a seperate power wire or can I get the power from another source? Once again  thank for everything.

Jeff you definitely know your stuff!  I am going to work on my truck this afternoon and will keep let you know how everything turned out. 

Thanks again.

Edwin

Hello all,

Thanks to info from the previous post I finally got my dvd player working( thanks Jeff ), however my inverter install did not go as smoothly.  I did as Jeff stated above which as I understood was to fuse the power wire from batt. (which was already fused I just failed to mention it)and split it with one end going to the inverter and the other end to the existing relay for the remote,  but got no power. What did I do wrong? Should I have used another relay and if so how should it be wired? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. 

Ed

The inverter came with the battery clamp adapter wires which I chopped off the the clamps and used the red wire, which I assume is the positive, and split that in two with with one end going straight to the power wire and the other end going to the relay remote input.  I got no power doing this then to make sure the inverter was working I used the cigarette lighter attachment and the inverter worked fine. I did not ground it since I was just doing a trial run before I actually installed it and ran all the wires.  thanks

OK, there's the problem. The RED lead is suppose to go to a 12 + and the other lead will have to go to a (-) GROUND, not the (+) output of the relay. The relay is only a (+) output on pin 30. So what you want to do is this:

Take the (+) lead of the inverter and attach it to a 12 volt SWITCHED wire under the dash which is a GREEN/ purple wire ( there are a couple of these, use either one ) and then take the ground wire and attach it to the chassis. Make sure that the spot you mount the ground wire to is free of dirt, grease, carpet and paint. With this set up you do not have to worry about truning on-off the system. The switched IGN will automatically do that for you so if you do forget to turn off the inverter, it will not drain your battery.

Hello,

just wanted to updated the thread and happy to report that I was a successful in installing the inverter. Jeff, is it ok to have the inverter wired to this ignition switch without having a fuse in the line or should I have added one? The inverter itself came with a 40a fuse, but I'm afraid of draining my batt. Also, the inverter powers on even though the ignition switch is off, is that normal? Thanks for everything.

Ed