Has anyone done a headrest DVD system yet? Crutchfield said that they don't have any info on RDX yet. Also, I found the following link for a custom headrest replacement, but don't know anything about the outfit.

http://www.mainstreet-audio.com/Merc...=RHEADREST-RDX

 

i want to do headrest monitors too but i dont want to use other headrests... i want to get like a 4 or 5 inch monitor and put it in the stock headrest

 

Just do it yourself or take it to a good stereo shop. Screens are cheap now ($100 and up) and you can get a mini dvd player for as low as $30 at target that works on a 12v adapter. Install shouldn't cost more than $200. The biggest costs of these setups is the actual headrest if you don't use the one you already have.
I am trying to figure out a way to do this also, but I want to find out how to tap it into the main nav screen also.

 

$80 will get you a factory headrest from acura....

 

Thats actually pretty reasonable for leather headrest, especially when they charge $700+ for 2 running boards installed.

 

After paying that much for running boards, the actual retail cost of those at $429 probably seems reasonable too! Especially since it is an easy bolt-on product. Acura kills me at their crazy labor charges. They tried to charge me almost $100 for labor to install the rear cargo lining. They even marked up the front console cooler bag to over $50 "installed".

 

hahahah... and info on doing monitors on the sun visors using the factory ones?

 

I'm still working on this... Got a replacement visor that I have removed the mirror, and proceeded to shape the insides to fit my monitor. Now I have to figure out how to attach the monitor and also the best way to run the cables. I haven't worked on it in a couple weeks, no time....

But I have the carputer and power supply all ready for it if I ever get the monitor finished. I even have wifi internet access in the RDX already...

 

oh wow really? damn man nice work... is the stock visor thick enough to flushly fit any ordinary monitor?

did u ever find a good converter so that u can use the navi screen too?

i havent looked up any info either... been workin and sleeping lately haha

 

The monitor will definitely stick out but not too much. I'm sure there are thinner monitors than the one I have.

The "converter" was never the problem with using the nav screen. The problem is the nav screen itself. It is too low resolution for a carputer application.

 

icic so there is no other converter that can help out the resolution? like make the visual lower resolution so that it looks like something on the screen?

u said its too low resolution for a carputer application... what about just a dvd player?

 

You CAN watch video on the screen, but the picture quality is noticeably lower than normal, but you can definitely watch movies on it if you want to.

 

icic have u seen the conversion on the tsx? if so how does it compare to that??

 

I haven't seen it on the TSX in person so I couldn't tell you for sure, but I think most nav screens are the same low resolution, so probably the same.

 

I sold my navtv2go or whatever it is called to accordv6, and he said he likes it and it is ok for watching movies for him.

 

oh yea? then its prolly the same as the tsx.... was yours a plug and play??

 

Yes from G-Net in Canada.

 

can u link me please?

 

http://www.gnetcanada.com/

 

thanks man, how was the install on the rdx? can you give me a simply walk-through before i buy it?

so i guess you got the carputer from there too?

thanks again

 

It was plug and play pretty easy. It was a long time ago that I installed that, you might want to ask accordv6 since he installed just recently.

No I didn't get the carputer there. I have a macintosh install that I am doing. It is much more elegant and user friendly for multimedia applications.

 

If you guys were local, I'd offer to help with the carputer. I did one in my G35, now I'm debating whether it's worth doing it on my RDX since I have the tech package anyways. I already have two prebuilt, just what to do with it now.

 

sell them haha.... man im always in san fran... just not my car =( ... thanks for the offer man

 

yea i just finished reading their entire site almost... looks pretty legit... byfar the best site i've encountered... the install looks simple enough

did accordv6 show you any pics of his video images or anything? i PMed him a few days ago and he hasnt replied yet