How To Install a DVD Player In Your Vehicle -EricTheCarGuy

CarID was kind enough to send me a DVD player from Boss to install into my 2001 Honda Odyssey. Originally, I had thought it would be a pretty straightforward installation. It turned out to be a bit more than that. The headliner had to come out several times to make sure that the right measurements were made for the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket also needed a custom installation in order to make it work. Not to mention getting 'creative' with the electrical hook ups. Truth is, this is typical with installing aftermarket accessories like this. You need to be prepared for anything.

In this video I walk you though the steps I took to overcome these challenges. Hopefully it will help you if you are also wanting to install a DVD player of this type.

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[wackpackxj]

Cheers to that guy that says he installs them every day without removing headliner. Wicked good quality.

[GilZu]

I'm always waiting for new vids from EricTheCarGuy .

[jameschrisdavis]

Im glad you showed using that 'tap a fuse'. Im planning on using them when I add heated seats to my truck. Thanks!!

[thatguybrt]

I don't think people say this enough but I really appreciate Cameraman Brian, He's really helped take your channel to a new level. Great work Eric, That install looks nearly factory. :)

[tjrooger]

Awesome. Nothing goes like the instructions say. I'm looking into replacing the factory "RES" rear entertainment system with an aftermarket. I'm 99% sure, after watching this, my kid can just play on the phone.

[robinballard]

What a nice van! I'm jealous.

Your ground is good. You should always keep ground wires short and connect them directly to the body of the car. That will always have less resistance than a wire to the ground terminal of the battery. Don't run grounds to the battery. You dun good with the ground, just the way it is.

The 12V constant wire should be red! Other people might work on your van someday. It is irresponsible to use non-standard wire colors. It would be best to run it directly to the positive battery terminal and fuse it within 12 inches of the battery. The 12V switched wire should go to the accessory wire from the ignition. That wire should be yellow! Also, solder your splices into the wires directly or use scotchlocks to attach the wires. Don't "redneck rig" your power wires to the fusebox. Even if someone sent you a fancy adapter, it's not the right way to do it and you know it.

While you had the headliner out, you should have run RCA cables to the radio area. Don't depend on the crappy FM modulator.

Nice Channellock crimper! Those crimps work great. I've never had one fail. You don't need to solder everything.

[systemofadumb]

How to do the title:
Step 1: go to wal-mart
Step 2: find the radio head with popout screen and dvd player
step 3: buy 
Step 4: Install said unit
Step 5: pop out said units screen and realize that it interferes with the shift selector. 
Step 6: Go to Walmart and leave with beer instead of a refund because they don't let you return electronics. 
Step 7: Drink Beer
Step 7: drinkkk anoathers 
Step 8: get baseball bat and hit that mfer out of the park. 
Step 11: wake up and have no regrets. 

[Pielife]

People say he should have just gotten a ipad and use that but did you think about how safe it would be to leave in the car ? thats right no unless you take it out and in everytime this is the next best thing its mounted on so they would have to do all this work just to remove it and run off with it i think this is better since it adds a more factory look to the car 

[BrianW]

The sharpie worked ok I guess, but what I would have done differently is install the mounting screws into the roof bracket, put some sort of paint on the heads of them, then mock the headliner into place. The paint from the mounting screws would then transfer to the back of the headliner giving you your locations to drill.

[coolm]

If you're worried about a rattle inside the DVD player I would rap the ends of the RCA cables with electrical tape and that should keep them from rattling.

[nccm]

Eric, you'll always be our hero for life, whatever. :D

[sinspot]

Glad you got it to work.  It was good you didn't have to call Boss tech support.  I have a head unit from them with a little 3 inch screen on it.  I can't get tech support to help me out at all with my question on it.  They answered me once and I asked a couple follow up question and they never respond.  I would not use them again passed on there very bad tech support

[Bobman]

Nice video, good work! Always great to see creativity put into little mods like this. Not too many mechanics will give such detail but I'm glad you do. Always look forward to the next uploads :)

[racecar]

4:44 "I may not take it all the way out." does exactly that puts it on the roof no less🤣🤣

[nicholaswatkins]

Looks MINT! I thought newer headliners were fiberglass, which makes me think it would hold up alright to having a dvd player hang from it. Then again you do have kids, which tend to be hard on things. Haha. I was cringing when you were lining up the template. I remember drilling out holes to mount a roof rack system and thinking to myself I hope these all line up.

[DukenukemX]

I bought the same Boss DVD player to install in my sisters car and remembered watching this. She has a Acura MDX 2006, which is nearly similar to Erics install here. Too bad you didn't show how to remove the headliner cause that was a pain. Installed a Android stereo as well and wired audio and video to and from both devices, plus a reverse camera. That took me at lest 3 full days to install it all.

[Lierofox]

Eric, as a person who typically does the twist, solder, glue-heatshrink method, I have no problem with crimp connectors as long as they're done right and with the right tools.  Most of the time people use pliers or a hammer, or they'll use crimping pliers, but they'll use the ones made for noninsulated crimp terminals and end up destroying or penetrating the insulation.  Yours are dual purpose by the quick glance I got at them (and looking at the link) both insulated and noninsulated crimping terminals.  A connection like that I have no problem with at all! 

[NebukedNezzer]

Note: when you install a power tap you must determine which side of the fuse panel is hot. This can be done with the fuse out and a tester. Then you install the tap with the fuse in it for only your new cut and make sure it works. Then install the original fuse. This prevents you getting the fuses in series with each other.

[zepplin]

Just saw the installation video and wow it's hard work but thanks for the education video up.

[ParadoxdesignsOrg]

Ya gotta have a magic screw pile in every shop! Great vid Eric.