Rear seat entertainment ok or a bust?

[carymccarr]

I bought two Samsung tablets on sale at Best Buy ($170 each), and headrest tablet mounts off Amazon ($20 each) for my third row occupants. This way my 8 and 10 year olds back there can watch whatever they want on HEADPHONES. I don't need nor want bluetooth or other integration with the vehicle's audio system. No way in hell am I listening to Elsa sing "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" for the 156th time on my fancy B&O audio system.

With four kids in the car, I prefer compartmentalization so that I can focus on - you know - driving.

My 8 and 10 year olds in the third row can sleep, read, listen to their iPods, or watch a movie on their cheap Samsung tablets via headphones. My 2 and 4 year olds in the 2nd row can play with their iPads or (preferably) sleep.

My wife can attend to them all.

I can focus on driving and avoiding traffic.

Happy family.

The issue is the Navi seats are totally different and there aren’t really easy mounting options

 

[Fozzy]

The issue is the Navi seats are totally different and there aren’t really easy mounting options

Small price to pay for 30 way adjustment. [emoji3]


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[carymccarr]

Small price to pay for 30 way adjustment. [emoji3]


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Lol. Exactly. I wish they had some method to click on holders for devices, hangers etc though. Kinda weird to have it like it is. Essentially no other option than self tapping screws.

 

[Husker4theSpurs]

I ordered a Navigator that will be here in about a month. I am having this installed. For all I can tell they are the same screens as the factory screens (made by Voxx) yet have a DVD player and touch screen and a built in FM transmitter as well as controllable by an app on your smartphone. The following link shows a bracket that has to be ordered for the 24 & 30 way perfect position seats. This does require drilling -- hoping this doesn't really screw up the seat, but we shall see. I'm hoping it's basically the same setup as the factory but we shall see. The screens are $1199 and the brackets are $300 total (plus taxes). Labor and install will likely be up to $1000. Sounds like $2500-2600 total, which is kind of ridiculous ... but our kids are young enough we want this kind of option over a couple of iPads. I will be the guinea pig and let you know how it turns out and whether it ends up being a big regret.

https://sc.voxxintl.com/docs/common/ADVSB10UHD/ADVSB10UHD_SELL_SH_LINCOLN.pdf

 

[edizzle]

much better solution

I ordered a Navigator that will be here in about a month. I am having this installed. For all I can tell they are the same screens as the factory screens (made by Voxx) yet have a DVD player and touch screen and a built in FM transmitter as well as controllable by an app on your smartphone. The following link shows a bracket that has to be ordered for the 24 & 30 way perfect position seats. This does require drilling -- hoping this doesn't really screw up the seat, but we shall see. I'm hoping it's basically the same setup as the factory but we shall see. The screens are $1199 and the brackets are $300 total (plus taxes). Labor and install will likely be up to $1000. Sounds like $2500-2600 total, which is kind of ridiculous ... but our kids are young enough we want this kind of option over a couple of iPads. I will be the guinea pig and let you know how it turns out and whether it ends up being a big regret.

https://sc.voxxintl.com/docs/common/ADVSB10UHD/ADVSB10UHD_SELL_SH_LINCOLN.pdf

much better solution.

 

[Garrett]

Factory works just fine for us. Dozens of movies on a jump drive.

 

[Bow512]

Ours works fine for us now that I have it all set up how we wanted it. I think most all of the RSE are going away from physical disc. I came across this video on the new Tahoe/Suburban and while I don’t see a DVD/Blu Ray option with it either, it’s much better integrated into the system. I like that passengers can send destinations to the Nav up front.

 

[carymccarr]

Thanks for all the info.

 

[Jeka]

Read a bunch of reviews talking about the rear seat entertainment in the navigator being pretty bad. Is it the same in the expedition? Any opinions on it?

Yes. It’s total *************. I knew it when I ordered mine, and probably do it again because I have my own reasons for that.
The biggest complains:
1. No audio hard wire. You need to connect through Bluetooth. If you paired your phone to Sync3 - good luck switching between two BT devices.
2. No control from the front - cannot power on/off and play/pause. Two IR remote controls are included, but they are semi-useless.

 

[AKentPhoto]

Huge thank you to everyone who complained!

Haha,
Rse on the Navi now comes with a mini Roku that attaches behind the driver screen and has a bracket that keeps everything tidy. So not only can you stream easily without using your phone etc it uses an RF remote so you can control from the front. It also came with an apple HDMI adapter and cable. Nice touch...

Now to figure out how to get sync to find my low latency bt transmitter... I wonder if sync only has the old BT. Judging by how snappy the whole system is, I wouldn't be surprised.