ok, im buying a double DIN dvd system. i need your suggestions on what to get. i would like to kepp it under $1000 but i can go a little higher. i dont need navigation either. let me know, some pics would be nice also.

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Hey man, i got the Pioneer Avic Z1 brand new from of Ebay for 15. Those are totally badass. But u have other options, i just wanted the factory look. They have the D2 i believe which is in the ball park that you were searching for....what ur email address so i can send you some pics...

 

ryannorris16@gmail.com thanks

 

i like the eclipse on personally, i think someone posted theirs on here once a couple threads down. i think it looks awesome.

 

yeah i like it but 1600 for a headunit is kinda rediculous

 

I'm looking @ dvd players in the dash too.

 

i think im going with the Alpine IVA-W200

 

any pics?

 

I just installed my Alpine IVA-W200, its freakin nice, except i am having troubles wiring up some of the leads to get the videos to work. Most DVD decks only have a wire that goes to your e-brake but alpine has that plus one that has to go the foot brake lead...thats where the problem is. I can't find any wires coming off the brake to tap into.....so i am without video for now....

 

what are the purpose for wires giong to the ebrake or foot brake for that matter?

 

Well there is the e-brake one which gets grounded once the e-brake is up. It tells the deck when the car is stopped (e-brake up) or not. Its how they stop you from watching videos when your driving.

Alpine added a lead that must be connected to the foot brake as well for added security (to prevent law suites i guess) so that you must hold the foot brake down when you apply the e-brake. It stops people from simply grounding the e-brake wire to bypass the safety features like on other decks.

 

go with the alpine double din. AWESOME indash. the bypass is fun to do...lol and i u get it. paint the dash kit silver. looks really tight.

 

yea thats crazy because i don't see how they can get sued if it was rigged by the purchaser. But that seems like its rig proof because u have to be on the foot brake as well. Good luck with that....can u send me a pic i wanna see the final product.

 

when i put that in my buddies H2 u have to hook up 2 switches. up to the foot brake wire and parkin brake wire. one wire go to ground and one goes to a constant 12v.

 

so how do you bypass the saftey things, is it possible?

 

yeah it is. u have to use 2 switches. one hooks onto the footbrake wire and one hooks onto the handbrake wire. from the other side of the switches i think the footbrake goes to ground and the handbrake goes to 12v constant. if its not that, its the other way around. its been awhile. but that will do it. with out buying that PAC interface to bypass it.

 

thanks, so why does it have to be actual switches, am i ever going to turn them off?

 

I have the Kenwood DDX 6019 Double Din unit. You should be able to pick that up for under $1000. It has a 7 inch screen and will play almost any audio and video format like MP3, WMA, DVD+R, DVD-R DVD Ram, etc.... Most players will only play DVD and DVD -R. It also has the other capabilities such as rear camera ready, sat radio ready, blue tooth ready, ipod, etc...

 

I have the panasoinc and i love it. Looks and sounds great

 

i bought the alipine for 700 so i hope i like it. im partial to pioneer or alpine for headunits.

 

nice man. where u get it for 700 for?

 

Your gonna love the Alpine!!

You need the two switches because your suppossed to go through a sequence to access the setup menus and crap withthe alpine ( its like hold foot brake, engage then disengage e-brake, then engage it once again then finally release foot brake) the switches allow you to do this, other wise you would never get in if they were just both on.

 

Get the JVC exad uit its looks great i have it in my HHR

 

if you dont want to go throught the hassle of flipping the switches everytime to get video, go get a PAC TR-7 module, it can be programed to do the bypass automaticly everytime the deck gets turned on.

 

im also going to pick up that same alpine you are. the w200 or something right? Well it's for my girls car. But I'm gonna get that unit plus the following: navigation w/ dock, bluetooth connection, ipod connection. So basically for around $1350 she'll be able to use everything and control everything right from the touch screen. Not a bad system. The dock for the navi allows you to control navi through the touch screen monitor and if you want to bring the navi into another car it allows you.

oh ps. there's a bypass for that model apline for like $25. It also includeds a switch if you want to enable the security again.