Installing a flip-down monitor in your vehicle for your DVD player is one of the latest technologies out there, and nowadays it seems people are looking for the best ones. Installing this type of monitor gives you a lot of benefits.
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The flip-down monitor is the biggest screen available for car DVD players, and some of them even include dual lights. Read the steps below to connect your flip-down monitor in your car, and your children will want to go on that long car ride after all, and you'll be a lot happier with those long trips also. Step 1 - Location Obviously a flip-down monitor is made for installation upon the inside of your roof. However, there are certain things you need to look at.
You need to choose a spot that will not interfere with a sun/moon roof that you may have. Also, if you have extras hanging above your head such as garage opener cases, sunglasses hider, you will have to make sure the monitor doesn't interfere with those things. You also have to make sure that your roof is able to support this monitor. Step 2 - Remove the Panels The first step in installing this type of monitor into your car is removing the interior panels in the car.
Step 3 - Remove the Dome Light Next you will need to create an access by removing the dome light in your vehicle. To do this, you need to drop the vehicle's headliner to gain access to the dome light, and then simply remove it. Step 4 - Drill a Hole Simply drill a hole into the headliner, so the monitor's wires can go through it. Pull the wires down along the passenger's seat side.
Step 5 - Mounting Bracket Now you will want to place the mounting bracket through the opening you've created in the dome light area. Step 6 - Connect the Cable Now it is time to connect the cable to the monitor input. Do this by first connecting the power, and then the ground as well as the switch lines. The audio, and then video signals are connected after. Step 7 - Remove Seat This step requires a bit more work than the previous step. You will want to remove the passenger seat, and cut a hole into the carpet, so you can run the cable underneath.
Push it through the hole, and then connect it to the switch box. Step 8 - Use Remaining Wires Using the remaining wires, push them to the fuse panel in your car, and store the others behind your dash. Step 9 - Test It Out Before replacing anything, you will want to test out your new monitor. Simply put in a DVD and press play. If it works, put it all back together. Step 10 - Hit the Road Grab your family, and plan a trip. You're excited to get away with your spouse and kids, and your children are excited to watch the new release the whole way there.
Enjoy your trip.
Hi all, This is my first post to this forum. I am on another car forum (ffcars.com), where I have followed and posted on the build of my Shelby Cobra replica kit car.
Here is my thread on the completion of my car:. I also work for Honda R&D Americas here in Ohio.but I'm not in the car design department. I'm technically an architect by training and trade, and support our Facilities department with building expansions, office remodels, etc. I'm a car guy, and do all of my own installation and maintenance if possible. I just got done installing the Honda Fog Light accessory kit to my wife's '11 CR-V yesterday.
So here's my dilemma, I got my son an overhead DVD player for Christmas, and started to do the install on Sunday but got stumped by the wiring. Can anyone share some tips and maybe some photos of how to attack this install?
I want to replace the OEM dome light, but when I was trying to figure out which wire is the trigger for the door/dome lights, I blew the 7.5 amp fuse in the engine bay fuse module. I don't want to create an electrical problem with a new car. I figure I can make my own wiring extension harness, and run a 12V+ and 12V Accessory wire and snake it through the headline, to the drivers side A-pillar, and down to the fuse panel area. What wires would I want to tap into? Hi, I just finished installing a forj 9' flip down DVD unit in my wifes 2009 CR-V. It wasn't very difficult. I removed the dome light assembly and unplugged the wires and spliced into the orange wire with a clip on type connector that way no wire cutting and stripping in necessary.
I used the existing bolt holes where the dome light assembly had been attached to fasten down the units mounting plate. First I had to make a hole in the mounting plate to feed the wiring through( use rubber grommet to prevent wire insulation damage), I then found two screws slightly longer than the ones for the dome light and bolted the mounting plate in place. The only drawback is no dome light when the doors open, the DVD unit I purchased has it's own lights that are controlled with a switch. Hopefully this info helps if you havnt already got it. I actually took some time off from this project and today just got back to it I did a very similar installation, but decided to make my own 12V+ and 12V Accessory harness extension, rather than tap into the very small gauge wiring for the dome light. Anyway, today I took out the dome light again, and used a wire snake through the door opening - remove the door weatherstripping and you can get underneath the side curtain airbag and roof headliner and snake it to the dome light.
Ran the wiring down the A-Pillar, removed the door plastic sill cover and the footbox cover and you then have access to the fuse box. After some scratching of the head, I ran across some how-to's on adding a line circuit, so that's what I did. Here is a picture of the fuse panel with a new Bussmann add-a-line and 10A fuse. Took a few tries to find a hot open fuse location, but #7 is not used and is always HOT (12V+). For the accessory wire, I ended up taking apart some of the under dash cover panels and pulled the plug and wire off the front center 12V accessory port.
I used a T-Tap on the orange wire to do a connection for the accessory wire to the DVD player. So now when the vehicle is turned off, the DVD player also turns off. My DVD player has a metal mount that unscrews from the base, which is attached to the roof of the vehicle.
I traced the dome light hole mounts onto about the center of the DVD mount, and drilled holes through the metal plate. I also used longer bolts (M5-0.8 x 25mm) and used some oversized nuts behind the plate to be able to snug down the base and ground the unit. Here are some pictures of the unit mounted on the ceiling. Our CR-V is the SE model (2011) and does not have a sunroof. The only wiring problem I ran into with this particular DVD unit is the dome light trigger requires a 12V+ source. The CR-V uses a lighting control module for the factory dome light which is basically a timed ground source. If you study the wiring diagram for the factory dome light, the unit grounds itself to the roof chassis - which is also connected to the 'ON' position of the switch.
The 'DOOR' position of the dome light is connected to the control module 'ground' wire. What does this mean? I'm not able to make use of the automatic dome light feature of the CR-V and DVD player. When the doors open, the dome light does not come on.
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