View Full Version : Finished my LCD install...


luckytopher
03-08-2005, 02:32 AM
http://www.****************.com/upload/lcd1.jpg

http://www.****************.com/upload/lcd2.jpg

short video: http://www.****************.com/lcd.wmv

Screen: Farenheit t-7002 - http://www.discountave.net/t7farcarmon3.html - $239.00 .. free shipping, no tax.. on clearance at this location.. best price by $50-100 compared to other places online. screen has a remote, and no buttons visible (obviously), and has 2 inputs for video sources (AV1, AV2) as well as an external RCA out for an output to additional screens. the headrest shroud had to be dremel'd to fit the area better, but was not difficult at all

DVD Player: Blaupunkt DVD-ME3 (will be here tomorrow.. currently have a farenheit dvd-61 and it sucks balls so i sent it back)... has dvd, mp3, cdr/rw/dvdr/rw, and built in TV tuner...

Audio runs into a RF modulator that is hardlined into the antenna... modulator was $39.99 at fry's (The $29.99 scosche one sounded like crap so i exchanged it)... the antenna adapter kit for both pieces was $14.99 at fry's..

Power is sent via the cig lighter.. total amperage for screen & DVD is less than 3A so it is more than sufficient.. power & ground come from the ciglighter, the white/violet wire from the stock radio is pulled for a switched +12V signal, and they are running into a standard 30A automotive relay to switch the DVD, LCD, and RFMod on when the car is on and off when the car turns off...

the whole install took me less than two hours.. was very easy.. scariest part was dremeling the sunglass tray so the switch area would remain but the other part would be free for the screen...

in time i'll be extending my OBC wires (would like to find the connectors to make a 'prewired' harness) so i can mount the OBC in the glovebox as well...

i wanted to keep the system looking as stock as possible.. i don't mind the stock head unit at all... and ahven't found an aftermarket that i think looks good... and i don't need a cd-changer now since the player plays cd's as well.. hell, it plays mp3 on dvd.. i only need one disc EVER...

quality is sharp, visibility from passenger seat is great (says the lady), and the screen is very bright, though it's not extremely distracting to my driving...

i want to get a short shifter now just to improve the clearance of the screen's viewing more than anything heheheh

any questions let me know...

btw, those that saw it at the dyno day... that audio problem *WAS* that bad RF modulator.. it's fixed now and sounds AWESOME

:redspot

SecretAznSauce
03-08-2005, 02:50 AM
total hawtness!! looks very good. i was gonna suggest moving the obc there ;) .

bTW you options row is on the center console completly blank :eek:

luckytopher
03-08-2005, 02:52 AM
total hawtness!! looks very good. i was gonna suggest moving the obc there ;) .

bTW you options row is on the center console completly blank :eek:

haha yeah.. talk about stripped down ;)

hinzm3
03-08-2005, 10:32 AM
That looks really good!
You dont want to move the obc to where the radio is?

luckytopher
03-08-2005, 10:55 AM
That looks really good!
You dont want to move the obc to where the radio is?

no.. the radio is still functional.. the TV/DVD/LCD units don't have FM built in.. plus they're "deadhead" type units... they don't have audio out in any means except RCA so it wouldn't really adapt to the stock speakers... the headunit functions as the amplifier & controls for it

hinzm3
03-08-2005, 12:04 PM
ohhh ok that makes sense. I personally probably wouldn't even bother with the OBC.

luckytopher
03-08-2005, 12:10 PM
ohhh ok that makes sense. I personally probably wouldn't even bother with the OBC.

i won't if i can't find connectors to adapt to the stock harness/connectors.. i am NOT extending 40 wires one at a time...

weaksauce
03-08-2005, 01:25 PM
i won't if i can't find connectors to adapt to the stock harness/connectors.. i am NOT extending 40 wires one at a time...
If you want I'll helpyou extend the wires. I think a flat ribbon cable would work good......maybe two of them.Just some food for thought.

Watchme
03-08-2005, 09:17 PM
And I thought you told me that you were gonna paint the side skirts white before you did anything else!

Looks great!

luckytopher
03-08-2005, 09:20 PM
And I thought you told me that you were gonna paint the side skirts white before you did anything else!

Looks great!

i am actually liking it unpainted ... dunno why *shrug*

i just got the dvd player fully mounted.. had to cut out the back of the glovebox but it's PIMP

http://www.****************.com/upload/lcd3.jpg

http://www.****************.com/upload/lcd4.jpg

weaksauce
03-09-2005, 10:52 AM
now you need some 24 inch rims and another monitor in the back window playing porn as you drive down the road....
Sorry I saw that one time. Guy had a 17" monitor agianst the back glass of an expedition, playin some hard core stuff driving down 75.

SecretAznSauce
03-09-2005, 05:37 PM
now you need some 24 inch rims and another monitor in the back window playing porn as you drive down the road....
Sorry I saw that one time. Guy had a 17" monitor agianst the back glass of an expedition, playin some hard core stuff driving down 75.


ditto i saw an implala with one too. then a bus load of kids pull up next to him, what a moron. I called the cops

weaksauce
03-11-2005, 02:38 PM
Yeah, anyone who puts a monitor in an impala deserves to go to jail.....