DVD Headrests
Written by Rob Monday, 22 June 2009 17:00
Recently our DVD headrests arrived. They are 9" units with built in Sony brand DVD players. Included was two headrests with their own DVD players, two IR headphone sets, four wired game controllers and two IR wireless game controllers. There was also games included on CD's.
With the headphones, each kid can watch their on movie and listen to it on the wireless headphones. A single movie can also port through the FM radio.
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You'll naturally need to remove your old headrests.
Now the hard part- getting the cabling down the back of the seatbacks. I used a peice of flexible metal rod- thicker than a coathanger. The rods were just the right length to run down the back and out to the corner of the seat bottom. I ran it (fished it) down. Be careful not to poke through the seatback. I also bent the rod towards the direction I wanted it to go- not straight but curved down to the bottom corner of the seat I wanted it to go to.
Depending on where the rod is coming out, you might need to remove the plastic sear side cover so it can come out. I had to on one side, it was easier to get the cable out the outside than the inside. There are three screws. Just pull them out and pop it off.
Run the cable down. Pull it down out the bottom of the seat.
With the cabling run down the seatback, next you need to wire them up. I powered mine off the constant power supply provided at the Aux. output in the center console. Only it is a constant on. To solve that, I put it on it's own switch. The reason was for the time (I know will come) when both kids fall asleep. The power can be shut off to both at the same time. Kids being bad? Use the switch as leverage.
Final product.
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