Aftermarket DVD Options

[PlanoTitan]

Have any of you guys located an aftermarket DVD package thats easy to install without much modification to the truck?

[llajumpvid]

Originally Posted by PlanoTitan

Have any of you guys located an aftermarket DVD package thats easy to install without much modification to the truck?

What kind are you looking for..indash? I put a system in my Armada along the lines of the factory system. DVD in the center console and 7" monitor in existing overhead. The existing overhead needed a little triming but it was fairly easy. The one thing on the Armada anyway is the headliner bounces so much that it tends to make you a little sick on the rougher roads...I'm wishing now I would of kept my additional monitor and put them in the headrest...I went overhead because I thought the back of the headrest would tend to make you car sick but I think they would of been more stable....I noticed last night that my overhead console has cracks around one of the front bolts and one of the clips on the same side isn't seating completely....any bets that the service department is going to blame it on the aftermarket?...which based on some of the Armada forums (and this one) is a common occurence in vehicles without any aftermarket..

[titanized]

Originally Posted by llajumpvid

What kind are you looking for..indash? I put a system in my Armada along the lines of the factory system. DVD in the center console and 7" monitor in existing overhead. The existing overhead needed a little triming but it was fairly easy. The one thing on the Armada anyway is the headliner bounces so much that it tends to make you a little sick on the rougher roads...I'm wishing now I would of kept my additional monitor and put them in the headrest...I went overhead because I thought the back of the headrest would tend to make you car sick but I think they would of been more stable....I noticed last night that my overhead console has cracks around one of the front bolts and one of the clips on the same side isn't seating completely....any bets that the service department is going to blame it on the aftermarket?...which based on some of the Armada forums (and this one) is a common occurence in vehicles without any aftermarket..

Couple ??'s for you. If you did the work yourself, how did you run the wires to the Monitor over head (power, ground, and video wires)? How did you run the same wires to the DVD player? And how did you hook the Audio up? I am planning on making the same mods you have with the DVD player in the console and was going to use the Aux jack for the Audio, and just unplug it in the front jack, and then unplugg it and leave it in the cosole when not in use? Any details will be very useful.

[Russell]

Here you go Kenwood, It is a double din which means it will flush mount to the factory hole. I found it earlier today and was pretty suprised. I found one on ebay for 1,000 which is only like acouple hundred more than a normal set up like what is in the Titan stock. What I like is that it seems like a fairly easy hook up. Along with all the bells and wistles like Navigation, Satilite Radio, Touch Screen so on and so on. Best of all I can watch it to when Im stuck in traffic. I hope this Helps you out

[llajumpvid]

Originally Posted by titanized

Couple ??'s for you. If you did the work yourself, how did you run the wires to the Monitor over head (power, ground, and video wires)? How did you run the same wires to the DVD player? And how did you hook the Audio up? I am planning on making the same mods you have with the DVD player in the console and was going to use the Aux jack for the Audio, and just unplug it in the front jack, and then unplugg it and leave it in the cosole when not in use? Any details will be very useful.

The cable for my monitor (don't know if this is standard on other monitors) looks like a s-video cable (actually called a 9-pin I think) and it supplies the video/audio and power to the monitor. I ran it under the passenger seat carpet and up the column between the side doors through the headliner. Once you pull the weatherstrip off the door jamb its pretty easy to route. For the DVD I cut a hole in the bottom on the center console and connected everything there....I ended up feeding most of the connections up through the console so I could easily get to everything but it would be cleaner to feed the rca's etc down...I was having problems with the audio is why I did it this way thinking I would go back and reroute everything. The AUX jack was what I was having problems with, it has a very low sensitivity and I wasn't getting enough volume out of it. What you need to get is one of these or something similiar,
http://www.discountcarstereo.com/detail.aspx?ID=317
I spliced into the aux jack behind the dash, there is a left + and right + and common neg comming off the back of the jack. I spliced a female mini jack on to it and ran a RCA to mini jack cable through the center console from the in-line amp, which I have between the passenger seat and the console on the floor so that I could adjust the volume once everything was put together. I spliced into the cigarette lighter in the back of the center console for aux power and a wire under the passenger seat for always on power. I haven't tried it but I think if I'm not using the DVD I could plug something into the aux jack and will still work. I don't think you want to plug your dvd into the dash its going to look "unprofessional"...the dash panel just pulls off so its easy to get to for splicing into.
Hope this helps, do a search on freshalloy.com for dvd under the armada/titan page and there are some photo and discussions on all this.
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[titanized]

Thanks for all the info!!