So I wanted to get a portable DVD player so my daughter could watch DVDs on a plane and in the back seat of the MINI. I wanted one that had a car kit so I could install it and integrate it with the factory HU.

After looking around, I found the Coby TF-DVD7705 for $130 + $9.99 shipping. It's a tablet style portable DVD player and comes with a ton of accessories, including: headrest mounting kit, 3 hour battery, carrying case, car charger, remote control and two stereo headphones w/splitter.



I used the headrest mounting kit and hard wired the power using an add-a-circuit fuse holder. I ran the the power and audio cables through the back of the passenger seat. It was fairly easy to hide all the cables.

Since I already installed a Sirius PnP unit, I needed to figure out how to run both the Sirius and the DVD into the AUX input. For $17, I found a simple switch box at Radio Shack.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search

It's actually designed to switch between headphones and computer speakers, but does exactly what I wanted. It was the only mini jack switch I could find. Plus, it's pretty small (about half the size of a deck of cards). I have the switch box mounted on my top of my parcel shelf.

The best thing about the installation, is that I can remove the DVD player in about 10 seconds. I only bring it with me when we go on long trips and I never leave it in the car (although with my tinted windows, you can't see it from outside).

The DVD player works great and I haven't noticed any problems with skipping. It even plays the DVDs that I burn with my Panasonic DVD recorder so my daughter can watch her favorite kids shows (thank God she doesn't watch Barney anymore).

The installation took about 30 minutes (the majority of the time was running and hiding the cables). Best thing about it ... my daughter LOVES it.

 

Sorry for the newbie question, but what's an add-a-circuit?

 

Add-a-circuit is a fuse holder. It lets you basically split a fuse from the panel so that you can have power go to another device.

 

I actually wired 2 devices, my Sirius PnP and my DVD player. For the Sirius, I just used a crimp to the powerline and ran a separate ground. For the DVD player, I actually used a DC Power Supply Kit from Radio Shack so I didn't have to cut the DVD car adapter.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search

 

The power cord that I have has 2 wires that I need to wire. Does the add-a-circuit fuse holder have 2 wires?

 

Just one wire for the positive line. When I've used the add-a-circuit holder to add a 12v jack to my parcel shelf, I grounded the negative line to a metallic piece of the car, the bolts where the steering column passes through the firewall worked well for me...

 

mbabischkin is right. The 2 wires that you have in your power cord are power (hot) and ground. You can connect the ground line to one of the bolts under the parcel shelf or knee bolster.