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This is a discussion on In Car Dvd within the ICE, Security and Insurance forums, part of the General Motoring Discussions category; My neighbour works for Porsche and knows someone who installs these rigs - you know, screens in the headrests, etc. ...
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06-06-2003, 20:33
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| Briskodian  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Reading, UK
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| In Car Dvd My neighbour works for Porsche and knows someone who installs these rigs - you know, screens in the headrests, etc. Well, I want that for the kids. Driving to Germany in 3 weeks, and closest family is a 2 hour drive away at best so it is, IMO, a worthwhile investment. What ballpark figures d'you think I'll be looking at? I'm figuring in the region of 1000 - 1500? Or am I massively underestimating? Will have to be a multi-region setup. How do these things usually work? Are we talking head unit replacement? Anyone here had this sort of thing done? Any tips? Any mistakes I could learn from? Is there an official Skoda item? Questions, questions...  TIA. Regards, Mark
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06-06-2003, 22:07
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| I've looked into this quite a bit, but haven't installed anything yet. Car DVD players are almost all multi-region, so thats not so much of an issue. And you can get them either as a headunit (with or without TFT screen), standalone (like your home dvd player, just smaller and on 12V) or as a DVD changer (expensive). The standalone players are usually the cheapest, and they (more often than not) end up underneath the passengers seat. The screens are also available in a few different forms: standalone, as part of the headunit, as headrest units, as sunvisors or as roof-console. Just a quick search on ebay (which might not be the cheapest) shows that you can already buy a complete setup (2 headrests and dvd player) for £350 (see http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...category=14946 for instance) As far as I know, Skoda doesn't have any fancy gadgetery in its range of accesories  HTH, Q. |
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06-06-2003, 22:19
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| Have you considered using a laptop? Decent size screen and can be used away from the car. 
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06-06-2003, 22:53
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| A guy I know does that kind of thing. He recently quoted to fit into a Jeep Grand Cherokee the following:- 2 Headrest Monitors, DVD Player under seat, PS2 under seat, 2 Wireless Headphones All FM Modulators and wiring etc He quoted £1600 for this, so your figure seems to be in the general ballpark mate. Hope this helps. 
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07-06-2003, 00:25
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Thanks a lot for the input fellas. I'm so impressed with this forum Regards, Mark
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08-06-2003, 18:27
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| Briskodian  | i know its a bit sad but look in this months max power... one of their staff has just put loads of screens in to an Octavia - might give you some inspiration?
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10-06-2003, 13:10
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| Probably not quite what is required, but I see that MCS Direct Special Offers are offering the Centurion 5.6" DVD and TV for £199. Hmm...actually, that is rather tempting... Rob. |
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10-06-2003, 13:35
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| Well, having been quoted from 1500 to 2100 for built in 2 screen systems the wife and I put our sensible hats on. Although not quite the bargain of that Centurion system, I just bought one of those VEBA hang on the seat systems. Multi-region, 7" 16:9 screen with various mounting solutions, 2x headphones, input for console etc, adapter for use in the home, all in a reasonably compact bag. Managed to get £140 off in-store price but still came in at £680... Regards, Mark
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