No problem just let me know.

 

I want to thank the thread starter and everyone else for pulling all this information together.

My two biggest concerns were
1. Being caught with a screen in view of driver (ticketable) and leaving a monitor for little thieves to snatch (when I'm away from the vehicle).
With these 2 concerns I set out to find a better place for the monitor and have it set up so it can be quickly removed.

Well here you go:



As you'll notice, I still have full use of the AC and access to the power windows.
The monitor can be tilted forward, backward and can be turned to the right or left for better viewing.
The brace is easily removed by spinning 2 wing nuts. Once removed you'll never know anything was altered.

Parts used:
1. 7" Pyle LCD monitor $84.99
2. 2 Wing nuts $2.00 aprox.
3. Bag of #10 bolts $2.00 aprox
4. #10 tap and die set $10.00
5. Free metal scraps and electrical connectors in my garage

Total: Aprox $98.00

I also used hip2u77's idea using what he called a "HDD LED cable". I searched everywhere for the plug when it hit me. I found an old rechargable battery from an old cordless phone. The plug the battery uses was perfect! I can post pic.s if someone wants to see it.

The pic.s aren't very good but let me tell you, in person this is just amazing
Thanks again

 

Im glad my post helped you, and as far as getting in trouble for have a monitor in drivers view, I have a rear view camera hooked up into it- so if I get pulled over, I can just switch the camera on and its legit.

 

That's what I'm planning on doing also (with the camera). I really wish I could put it up there. That's definitely my favorite mounting spot. But the camera wouldn't be able to save me if I have a movie on at night and the screen was up there...lol but with the monitor low like this, I'm safe
Thanks again. Great write up

 

Great write up.... thanks for the pics...

 

So I have my setup running, I'll take some pics in a bit, but I have a question for all of you who have set this up already. I threw in a DVD and sure enough it's appearing on the screen. But when it gets to the main menu, how the heck do you select any of the options? I see that hitting the forward/reverse options moves the menu icon, but I can't figure out how to SELECT play movie.

 

just leave it in and it will play.. or push the knob on the right and turn the knob.. gives you options

 

Interesting. Maybe it's the DVD I choose. Finding Nemo... it just sits at the menu screen while the stupid fish keep daring me to push play. I pushed in the knob and went to the option for autoplay and I get "feature disabled".

 

Who didint like this post and gave it a low rating?

Let's see you do something worth wild for us to enjoy.

Sorry Just venting after seeing what's going on.

I have other write ups coming up soon. Just waiting for some parts to come in.

 

Great write up, DB. I appreciate you, man. Your the inspiration for the location of my Garmin/Video screen. Thanks for all you do and don't stop with the write-ups.