Overhead DVD entertainment console wiring question (2007 Expedition)

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TXFRDOwner

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Tap into a wire that’s hot on ignition only and slap a relay up there.


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I think I might just leave it as is...that way the media can still play with the car turned off. Everything seems to work good and the CANbus is unaffected.
 

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Looks great. Lucky kids!

Been seeing Nissan advertise their rear view mirror (which doubles as the back-up camera) being able to be switched on when the view is obstructed. That'd be something I'd want next -- with the tiny factory RSES screen I really had limited rear-view mirror use when the kids had it folded down, can't imagine you can see anything with that 15 inch monster.

The headliner material is super thin when pulled from the foamish backerboard its adhered to, so suspect you could easily form some kind of patches at some point if you wanted to.
 
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Hey thanks, ya with the screen down, it's pretty much like a black curtain on the rear windows haha...but it was kind of obstructed with the factory screen as it is so not much difference.

As for the headliner gaps, maybe I'll do something about it later on, but it's actually not really bothersome for me at this point (yet) haha.
 

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This is a great Project, thanks for sharing. We are now 2.5 years later and I just got a 2008 King Ranch with only 102k miles on it. I got it for road trips with my camper and my daughter wanting to watch dvd's has already taught me that I can't see out the back window with the screen down. I've been looking into putting 2 screens up instead of just the one that way the middle would still stay open for me to see. I also have a few 3D printers available for me to design bezels, shrouds and the such so I guess i just need to get the thing apart and see what I might want to do.
 
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