dvd players

[MAS]

hi everyone

i was wondering if someone can help me with the headunits which flip out a screen and they have like sat nav and dvd system on it, well how many wires do these things have on them and are they easy to install or ??

thanks MAS

[Predator_R32]

some have a lot of wires mate, as they have a seperate unit, usually called the hideaway unit or brain, i think the pioneer one with built in sat nav doesnt come with the brain though am not sure

my pioneer one does, i had to re wire it all up, there is a wire you have to connect to the handbrake so the dvd function only works when the hand brake is on but you can bypass that by earthing it :p

i wired in a saxo iso to my dvd player, just basically the same as normal units, then after that its all plug and play wires, it does look a bitdaunting when you see one out of the box with all the wires and that but tbh its very easy indeed :y:

[MAS]

yeh thanks for that mate basically this dude has a alpine one with sat nav on it and stuff and i was interested in it but the only thing i was thinking about was the wiring

[Predator_R32]

well its easy enought to do mate, ill help you along with it :y:

[CraigSX]

i was wondering if you could tell me how to earth the handbrake wire?? is there a guide??

any replies would be well appreciated

[Predator_R32]

erm just earth it mate, you can just splice into the earth on the radio, thats all i did when i rewired my loom

[stiffler69]

You can get a special clip from motorworld what just cuts into the earth on the radio and the one on the dvd player joining them

[Predator_R32]

quick splice connector :y:

[vtrlogan]

carputer - way forward in life ;)

thats what im doing now :D

[Predator_R32]

laptop :p

[vtrlogan]

:D nar, dvd touch screen head unit and a mini pc in the boot or hidden some where :D, with ps2 in the glove box :D

[Predator_R32]

tbh i dont see the point in them, when do you ever use a computer or ps2 etc in your car, i was going to put my ps2 in the car and got all the stuff in and then decided when the hell am i ever going to play on it

[vtrlogan]

well you come to cambridge and your relise why you will always use it lol. theres NOTHING to do, you gotta travel 200 miles to get to any where half decent aka london ect..

[bear_westy]

doesnt cambridge have a really interesting museum mate?

[vtrlogan]

dont know lol, i just want a carputer coz then i dont have yo use cd's i can just install itunez :D

and then i can start using a togle and bluetooth togle to start my car ;)

[bear_westy]

dont see an advantage of togling to start your car whatever that may mean..... use a key like a normal person and play on your ps2 inside your house, presuming you live in a house.

[vtrlogan]

lol tbh i dont really care what you think. i want a ps2 in my car and i like that i could start my car buy plugin in a blue tooth togle, and when i do get bored like every one does then me and my mates can just play need for speed :D

[Predator_R32]

at the end of the day if it gets nicked its a lot of money, hope you have a good alarm