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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:49 PM
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Then how would I be able to play DVD's or DivX?
I was just curious.

Instead of carrying around a stack of dvd's, I've converted most movies and music videos to .mov formats. Less wires, less power consumed. Can create movie playlist. Don't have to reach into the glove box to change or control anything.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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I was just curious.

Instead of carrying around a stack of dvd's, I've converted most movies and music videos to .mov formats. Less wires, less power consumed. Can create movie playlist. Don't have to reach into the glove box to change or control anything.
I do see your point but my solution would work for your way also. My DVD came with a wireless remote which works to control the unit without the glovebox being opened.

As far as the iPod hookup that would be relatively simple. You would just reach into the armrest and switch the RCA cables to the iPod RCA outputs and tada, you now have iPod video.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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Gotcha! Either way very clean install! Just keep those DVD's hidden.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 02:42 AM
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is the dvd player hard wired or using a power inverter?
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 09:38 AM
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is the dvd player hard wired or using a power inverter?
Everything is hardwired.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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How did you hard wire it??

The rest I know...unspoken mod...... Lol
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Igor911
Everything is hardwired.
did it come pre-wired or did u do some splicing?
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Igor911
Took me about 4 hours to get this installed and have it just right. I decided to install a 1/2 din DVD player in my glovebox and run the wires down the center console to plug into the armrest.

I decided to make this install very clean, so you can never see the wires (unless you open the arm rest and you will see the RCA's plugged in. I mounted an IR-Sensor in the dash behind the AC vent so that I could use a remote if I needed to.

Let me know what you guys think. If you all have any questions on what/how I did this, please feel free to post and I will try to answer everything.

As you can see, it fits quite well in our glovebox. I did however need to do some cutting in the back to allow wires to pass through and needed to use "L" shaped RCA connectors.





Is it possible you could PM with details on the install? Especially the hardwiring.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 09:08 PM
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could someone email me or pm me the details as well. altough i have doug's instructions already.
i would like to mount a infrared camera facing the front and have it show up on display when i drive at night d=)
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 10:52 PM
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Anyone in NY/NJ area that can do this?
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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^^^ +1
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 11:37 PM
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I'm sure anyone with any car wiring experience could do this. The hard part was locating a wire behind the radio for +12v accessory. All the other work was just running RCA's through the dash and cutting out a small section of the glovebox to make everything sit tight and firm.
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dont be shy.....just explain the hard wiring itself..................the other mod, we all know what to do.
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where did u find a 12v wire to splice to?
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by nogoodname007
dont be shy.....just explain the hard wiring itself..................the other mod, we all know what to do.
He plugged it in. It's a DVD made for 12 V car power. He found a wire with 12 volts and tapped into it. That's it.
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