View Full Version : Watching in dash dvd player without the parking brake pulled up


civicdriver609
08-26-2005, 03:57 PM
HEY GUYS I HAVE A QUESTION.. IS THERE A WAY I CAN WATCH A DVD WITHOUT HAVING THE PARKING BRAKEPULLED UP ON MY IN DASH DVD PLAYER?? CUZ ONE OF THE WIRES FROM THE SYSTEM IS CONNECTED TO THE NEGATIVE PARKING BRAKE WIRE.. I TRIED TO DISCONECTED THE WIRE SO I CAN WATCH IT WHILE DRIVING BUT IT WONT WORK PROPERLY UNLESS ITS CONNTECTED TO THE WIRE.. IS THERE A WAY TO GET AROUND THIS??

civicdriver609
08-26-2005, 04:02 PM
YEA I KNO IMMA NEWBIE BUT HELP A BROTHA OUT ~LOL~

Chimera02EX
08-26-2005, 07:55 PM
if its just connected to the negative parking brake wire you could just try grounding it to a screw. The only reason it works when it's connected to the parking brake is because the negative wire on the p-brake is "open" when not pulled up and "closed" when pulled up... so if you just ground the dvd player to a screw or a negative wire that is always "closed" it should work all the time. I hope this helps.

j_fukin_t
08-27-2005, 09:38 AM
all depends on what unit you have, the new pioneers shut off at 10mph, it can deff be a pain in the ass

D16z6
08-27-2005, 01:08 PM
that dangerous watching tv and driving at the sametime.

civicdriver609
08-27-2005, 01:20 PM
ORIGINAL: j_fukin_t

all depends on what unit you have, the new pioneers shut off at 10mph, it can deff be a pain in the ass



well i just bout a jensen.. Well hookin the wire up to a screw will work??? any screw???

civicdriver609
08-27-2005, 01:21 PM
ORIGINAL: HondaCivica

that dangerous watching tv and driving at the sametime.



yes i kno it is but its for the passengers

Chimera02EX
08-27-2005, 02:13 PM
Like I said before it SHOULD and yes any screw will do, but it'd be better if it was screwed into metal not plastic. I don't know much about the dvd players themselves but as far as electrical principles go I'm pretty good. Try hooking it up to a screw under the center console those are usually metal on metal. It's the grounding wire so as long as it isnt hooked up to anything with power flowing through it (+ or normally red) you could hook it up to any black ground wire also. Try it, the worst that could happen (supposing it isn't hooked up to a power source) is the dvd player won't turn on.

Pete
08-27-2005, 02:47 PM
just ground it......it worked with my pioneer.

j_fukin_t
08-27-2005, 05:20 PM
just make sure you have a solid ground and use washers to keep it tight so you don't ever have to tear apart the counsel again, i'll have my video system in next week, so we want pics

Mikedg186
08-27-2005, 07:57 PM
does this work on alpine lcd decks?
my buddy has an alpine in his car and he doesnt know how to hook up the e brake and the foot brake
any ideas how to bypass them for alpine?

Chimera02EX
08-28-2005, 07:49 AM
Same idea should apply. As long as its a solid ground (ie. metal on metal) it should work without a hitch.

diamondalpine
08-28-2005, 10:44 AM
Just ground it and your worries will be over. Hey for pioneer if you have a avic-n2 if you use avic-n1 software you won't have to worry about the video shutting off. Allpine you hook up the yellow and black to the brake pedal and hook up the yellow and blue wire threw a toggle switch to ground. Everything but pioneer and alpine you can just ground the parking break wire.