DVD Player with iPod Video Headunit (Guide, Pics and Opinions)

[luemas]

Hey everyone, as requested by poverty, ive got some pics up of my DVD head unit with iPod video playback in my mk4 beeza up on photobucket (atm, there just crappy camera phone pics but hopefully ill add better pics later )

If anyone wants one just take a look on ebay, there loadsa the DVD players, usually from hong kong sellers, avalible for around £150.... BARGAIN!

words of warning though: Fitting is a nightmare! it comes with the japanese standard fittings i believe, however i managed to fit mine using sticky together 2 single DIN cages, its very messy round the back, and getting all the cables behind the unit is a NIGHTMARE, looking back i wish i had payed someone to fit it properly, but if anyone could do it of not is another story.

You'll also need some adapters etc to fit the cables to those in the beeza, just some simple crimping here and there and stuff to connect the radio ariel, nothing too major. The upmost thing i looked for when choosing my unit was (as silly as it sounds) red backlit buttons, sounds stupid but it makes the unit look alot more inetrated to the car, but shop around depending on what your after.

Another thing before you fit the Unit is buy a iPod video cable, mine is just a normal belkin one which is pluged into the AV lead on the back of the DVD Player and comes out through the holes under the heater controls near the gear stick, however, some of you guys might find it helpful getting one of these instead if you no how to hardwire the charger, so itll play your ipod videos and charge at the same time .

The setup i have works perfectly, but there are some things i wish i had have concidered, if you run the ipod with just music you will get an ugly black screen showing 'AV1 No Video' in the red letters, although to sovle this, you can knock the screen off on my unit or you can make a SEAT themed picture for on ur ipod and run a slideshow with music playing so it looks like a flashy offical SEAT dvd player, ive posted the pictures i put on my ipod on photobucket if anyone wants to use them .

Please remember tho..... you get what you pay for, these units aren't alpine headunits were talking about..... the image quality isnt amazing, but tbh i aint after the highest quality HD screen of the inside of my car just to watch the odd music video, the colour isnt great on it (fiddle around with the settings to get the most from it though) and the picture aint the sharpest, but if your like me and you just want to let your mates watch some scrubs on a long journey then it'll do fine .

Anyway ive dragged this article on a bit but i just wanted to give people a in depth look at what you can have Hope some people have done something similar, loved to hear any ideas and see some pics of what you guys have done, ill be hapy to answer anything if i can, please note im not expert on these things.

PHOTOBUCKET PICTURES

- luemas

 

[Poverty]

Thanks for the thread mate I like the look of that. Was always wondering if there was a DVD screen/player that was compatible with the ipod video. Like the thought of downloading music videos and having them playing on the screen in the motor. Think your headunit looks brill.

 

[st10587]

that looks pretty funky! have considered it for mine but i havent cos i didnt know wot it would look like!

 

[Guffers]

re

Just a word of warning, i bought one of these things off Ebay a few months ago and the thing broke within 6 weeks.
After taking it it a local Hi-fi specialist i was told the unit was of totally inferior quality and the wiring inside the unit could easly have started a fire even with the ignition off.

I'm an engineer by trade and the cheap crappy assembley of these Far East Bargain Bin units is diabolical. The motors used to flip out the screen were glued in place, and the circuit boards had no cooling whatsoever, meaning if you ran it along time the board had the potential to overheat and burn. I will be very surprised if something has'nt gone wrong after a few months.

Alpine gear is expensive for a reason.

 

[Deleted member 13581]

That looks good.

Cant wait til i put my Alpine Double Din in. Might get it done next week.

Will be following the how to guide. Cheers.

 

[luemas]

Hey Guffers, i agree and disagree with your point. as i said these aint excellent quality units..... but mines lasted me since february now with a hitch (btw, mine definitely has a fan for cooling ), i would warn people to be careful as you say though....... i'm not giving garentees that the head units will work as well as mine has...... my best suggestion to any one out there who fancies adding one would be to ensure (if buying on ebay) check the sellers feedback and perhaps email a few of there previous customers on what they thought. as with anything on ebay.... your only at risk if you dont put in your homework

- luemas

 

[cobain]

I agree on the Alpine gear, have a single din, flip screen dvd..............came with seperate amp to run speakers, which sound great for standard ones..........£400 and you can switch to red illumination, so it all matches! will try and get you some pics up for you

 

[bobthecod]

best way to go if you want to see the head unit in the car before you buy one is pioneer.. this month im ordering a pioneer avic-d3 which is double din dvd player ipod controller n sat nav with bluetooth controls for ur phone and because this head unit is very top end they have put it in a phew cars to show how it looks and theres one with an ibiza .. just can't wait to get it now lol and there are loads of different colours to have all the buttons to match ur interior

 

[Poverty]

How much is that pioneer one. Keeps the pics coming as im thinking of getting a screen for the beeza.

 

[bobthecod]

lol the pioneer one from places in the uk are about £850 - £1300 cuz of the extras but buying it from america u can get it for £350 and spend 40 quid on a english map disc lot better lol with all the extras its gunna be about 600-700 im gunna be spending..