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dvd headrests and screens for £200

Post by mrmjn » Sat May 12, 2012 9:54 pm

Hi guys looking for some dvd screens for the x, 2nd child has now arrived and the portable dvd that gets strapped to head rest is on its last legs! so in antisipation of having to by 2 new ones ect built in is the way forward i have found these and i have heard of the make before maybe on here

anyone have them or seen they?

http://www.wedodigital.co.uk/product/20 ... /?search=1

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Re: dvd headrests and screens for £200

Post by Raj » Sun May 13, 2012 10:00 am

Not used or seen in the flesh so can't really comment on how good they are in real terms. But they do look quite good for the money if they work exactly as stated. The only thing for me is having to have 2 separate things on as I could envisage arguments between my kids. Plus I'm not keen on earphones at young ages.

I've gone down the separate screens and DVD player so it's all hooked into my speakers and front screen.

I do have a set of used Necvox screens and a DVD interchanger lying around if you're interested?
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Re: dvd headrests and screens for £200

Post by bonerp » Sun May 13, 2012 12:22 pm

These cause interference problems with the radio due to the point less fm transmitter. The are rebranded ebY ones.
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Post by mrmjn » Sun May 13, 2012 10:37 pm

thanks raj, are these screens standalone or to go in headrest?

I was dead set on ordering these screens is the fm thing a major problem i really want the idea of everything built in

not sure what to so now

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Post by Raj » Sun May 13, 2012 11:11 pm

[quote=""mrmjn""]thanks raj, are these screens standalone or to go in headrest?

I was dead set on ordering these screens is the fm thing a major problem i really want the idea of everything built in

not sure what to so now[/quote]

Hi. The screens are for mounting into the headrests (so not standalone).

If you're really set on the ones you linked then just do a little more research on the fm transmitter side of things to see if you can find out how big an issue it may be.
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Post by mrmjn » Sun May 13, 2012 11:36 pm

i seem to spend hours trying to research things online not found much really, i know i dont post on here much but i do generally read most of what people write and normally i seem to find what im looking for
this is where im sure i have read about the make before
i shall have another look and look at the screens you have raj and will give you a shoul im assuming that i would need to get some headrests is there anything else i would need to get your kit up and running?

cheers

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Post by ArthurSleep » Sun May 13, 2012 11:38 pm

[quote=""Raj""]Not used or seen in the flesh so can't really comment on how good they are in real terms. But they do look quite good for the money if they work exactly as stated. The only thing for me is having to have 2 separate things on as I could envisage arguments between my kids. Plus I'm not keen on earphones at young ages.

I've gone down the separate screens and DVD player so it's all hooked into my speakers and front screen.

I do have a set of used Necvox screens and a DVD interchanger lying around if you're interested?[/quote]

What screens did you go with out of interest Raj?

There's so many out there but 90% look like cheap Chinese crap in dodgy pleather headrests. :thumbsdown:

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Post by Raj » Mon May 14, 2012 12:48 am

[quote=""mrmjn""]i seem to spend hours trying to research things online not found much really, i know i dont post on here much but i do generally read most of what people write and normally i seem to find what im looking for
this is where im sure i have read about the make before
i shall have another look and look at the screens you have raj and will give you a shoul im assuming that i would need to get some headrests is there anything else i would need to get your kit up and running?

cheers

mark[/quote]

Hi Mark,

The screens I have would be fitted into your headrests so no need to buy any more. You would need to purchase an av module to interface into the OE headunit. This would allow the OE headunit to accept both the video and audio signal from the DVD interchanger.
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Post by Raj » Mon May 14, 2012 12:51 am

[quote=""ArthurSleep""]

What screens did you go with out of interest Raj?

There's so many out there but 90% look like cheap Chinese crap in dodgy pleather headrests. :thumbsdown:[/quote]

The spare screens I have are genuine Necvox ones (not cheap replicas).

Will get some pics and the model numbers.
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Post by bonerp » Tue May 15, 2012 7:29 pm

these are xtrons - look on their website theres a forum with others who had same issue. Xtron recommend taking the board to bits and disconnections the fm tranmitter (ffs). I cut the wire but it did little good.
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Re: dvd headrests and screens for £200

Post by mrmjn » Fri May 18, 2012 8:50 pm

sorry been busy not had chance to investigate either items hopefully will get 5 minutes over the weekend

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