hondarex2323

well i bought a duall XDVD8183 in dash dvd player with 7" screen and it will not let me watch the dvds b/c of some bs safety feature.....your supposed to wire this safety wire to your e-brake switch so you cant watch videos wile driving, and i think its bullshit.... i tried to just ground the wire which didn't work, then i tried to put in a toggle switch to act like the e-brake switch and that didn't work either , so im at a stand still on what to do...i know its just a switch but i don't know if i supposed to use some special switch or wire it differently, i tried the "unlock code but it also didn't work...can anybody help a nog out?i really don't want to hook it up to the ebrake....

zplightning

Are you sure you hit a ground? When I had one I just took it off the E-brake switch and grounded it and viola!

BigD

Buy a better unit :P

hondarex2323

yea 100% its connected to the ground for the head unit itself....what headunit do you have b/c i read that diff units have diff ways of doing it...


lol 350 bucks is a steal i know its a cheaper unit but for the price i could pass it up...

BigD

Hook it up to the ground from your unit. Two options:

1. AUDIO CD METHOD (Permanent)
** Insert Audio CD
** Press PLAY
** Press STOP twice on remote
** Enter 26604 on remote
** Press ENTER
** Take out Audio CD and Insert a DVD


2. DVD METHOD (Permanent)
** Insert a DVD
** Let it play until you hear sound
** Press STOP twice on remote
** Enter 26604
** Press ENTER

hondarex2323

i tried that but i didn't use the remote though..i will try that after work...

brick1234

when I had my pioneer all I had to do was put power to that wire.

sunboost

makes sense that you would need a signal not ground. safety feature bs gets a signal when the e-brake is up and that would light up the ebrake light which the safety wire goes to. grounding it is the same thing as having the brake down, which would cause the screen not to work

blackice90hb

wered, I was always under the assumption you need 12v at that wire. Thats why I dont get the flip out style, i have the screen with the DVD player seperate. mount it then hide the unit in the glove box, thats how it was in my 740, In the EF i took out the ashtray of my DC Integra console and I have it mounted there. The screen is gonna go where the middle AC vent goes on top of the clock. I dont have it in yet, its gonna be fiberglassed as one unit, then painted black to blend in with the dash, as too not be so obvious. Window tinting will be done first.