Video in Vehicle

[Tonka Toy]

Treeman, Do you have your front monitor setup to view while moving? Did you install yourself or did you get a shop to do it. I'm from Chesapeake/Portsmouth myself so if you did get a local shop to do it, PM me with which one.

[icedevil]

i have the Kenwood DNX 7100, dvd, navigation, back up camera, video output, satellite radio ready, touch screen navigation. On the newer pioneers i have heard bypassing the system to watch while driving requires much more work. If you have an iPod, they the Kenwood is perfect for you. The adapter is $40, and you leave it in your glove box, it charges it for you and you never have to take it out. All controls are made through the screen. I have had it for over a month and love it. As for getting your steering wheel controls to work, is you have them, there is a remote control steering wheel interface for about $60.
AUTOTOYS - STEERING WHEEL INTERFACES
hope this helps

[LAJones]

Have seen the sunvisor video screens?
Sunvisor Monitor for the Vizualogic Headrest Video System
They are 7 inch screens in your face.

[Blue01F250]

Those are pretty cool... just another option for those looking for screens up front... too bad I don't have the second visor options... guess i'd just have to add it

[Rodslinger]

Originally Posted by icedevil

i On the newer pioneers i have heard bypassing the system to watch while driving requires much more work.

Actually it took about 5 seconds....literally. On the Pioneer D-3 you pull one wire from the harness and move it to a blank location on the harness. Then you just ground it and your parking brake while wiring it up and that's it. You can play DVD's while you drive. Not that I advocate driving and watching movies but the people in the back can watch movies while you drive.

If anyone is interested in the Pioneer units I recommend going to AVIC411.com

Not the friendliest bunch of guys - at all - but they do have a ton of great info. Backgrounds, info on making them, installing them, bypass' - heck everything.

[Blue01F250]

Yah - I'll keep taht site in mine until I have the funds...lol

that probably won't be till tax refund and company bonus time...lol (they're at the same time)

[Rodslinger]

[quote=Blue01F250;201579] till tax refund

What is that? You mean they actually GIVE you money back? I'm getting Screwed!

[Blue01F250]

when you make less than $50K a year and have two kiddos makes for quite the refund!!! (at least one child did last year )

[icedevil]

im hoping my tax refund pays for my lift kit... i do not disagree with you on the AVIC unit, when i was researching it the newest models had a gyro inside them. there was a way to bypass the gyro but you do void the warranty in doing so. I also found out that if you can get a previous version of the AVIC software and download that, it will work. And i am only going off of what i have read. However whichever is the most wallet friendly I am a big fan of. Im kind of wondering if i need to have a few kids to get some more tax money back... i think the girlfriend might think otherwise...

[quick26]

wow they are putting gyros in them now that sucks