DVD player and sunvisor screens
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Forum Name: Mobile Video, GPS, and Navigation
Forum Discription: Mobile Video Head Units, DVD Players, LCD and TFT Monitors, Navigation, GPS, PS2, PS3, XBox, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=80739
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Topic: DVD player and sunvisor screens
Posted By: num1stunna
Subject: DVD player and sunvisor screens
Date Posted: July 25, 2006 at 12:55 PM
Hi,
I own a 92 civic si hatchback and I just purchased a dvd player (without a screen) and 2 sunvisor 8 inch monitors.
I was told it would cost 200$ to have it professional installed so i want to try it myself. I am usually very good at following instructions and I am pretty competent with wiring and electronics but i have never touched any car wiring.
I think the hardest part would be knowing which interior panels to remove and how to do it so that i dont break anything and can get access to the wires. I already have a deck installed so im guessing i just have to take that out and basically hook up the wires to the dvd player so taht shouldnt be too hard. The hardest part seems to be getting the wires from the sunvisors to go to the dvd player.
which panels do i have to remove and how can i run the wires from the sunvisor to the dvd player without them being visible? how do i remove them? are they easy to remove?
is it recommended for an amateur to try this?
any help is appreciated.
thanks.
Replies:
Posted By: num1stunna
Date Posted: July 25, 2006 at 12:59 PM
oh i forgot to mention that i also have a 1 to 6 Video Signal Amplifier (1 input, 6 outputs)
so i would also need to know where the best place to hide that is
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 29, 2006 at 9:58 AM
No offense, but it sounds to me like you either need to spend the $200 or get some help from someone who has done this before. Don't just tear into it without knowing what you're doing or it might cost a lot more than $200 to fix it later. ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: Thack79
Date Posted: August 01, 2006 at 7:27 AM
AMEN!! Not an amateur project.
Posted By: num1stunna
Date Posted: August 09, 2006 at 10:45 AM
thanks for the input, but i trust myself enough not to screw anything up and i know when to give up. So if i feel overwhelmed, i'll stop what i'm doing and take it to a shop.
I managed to install the dvd player with relative ease. And i attached the sunvisor and took for my A-pillars to be able to run the wire from the suvisors down.
Any ideas on where i can run the wire so that it is hidden and comes to the back of the deck?
thanks
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