How To: View DVD & Navigation While Driving, For the Pioneer AVIC-D3 Options

[CaliJeff]

Tools needed:
Needle nose pliers
2 Wire tap-in's

Time Required:
5 minutes

STEP 1. Remove the mute wire (yellow and black wire) from the AVIC-D3 harness with needle nose pliers. This is located on the output or "rca" harness. Do this by placing the pliers nearest to the harness, and gently pulling out.
*** If you would like to retain the mute option you can go to radio shack and pick up a wire with the same end on it *** this wire should cost about 20 cents.

STEP 2. Move this pin into the empty slot above where you took the mute wire from.

STEP 3. Ground the wire you just moved (yellow and black wire) to main harness (black wire) with wire tap in.

STEP 4. Ground the parking brake lead (green wire) to main harness (black wire) with wire tap in.


*** Note - This technique for viewing movies while driving is strictly meant for Off-road use only.






This post has been edited by CaliJeff: Aug 2, 2007 - 2:29 PM

[CaliJeff]

Pictures will be posted soon as promised, just been busy at work is all.

[kerosene]

Nice job dude, but its illegal in most states now to watch dvd's while driving

[CaliJeff]

i know this is just for those who want to have the option availble to them.

[pittfirefighter]

i know this is just for those who want to have the option availble to them.

the D-3 should automatically shut off though after 20 miles per hour, the newer pioneers have a built in gyro that turns off the DVD when you exceed about 20mph... i thought the d-3 was in that list but maybe not....

[CelicaST_CALI]

lol i was on teh way to a wedding in my bros sequioa watching oceans 13 that somebody gave me that brought a camera into teh theaters,lol watching a illegal movie on a illegal dvd player going illegally fast...lol im a crimal wat can i say...lol

This post has been edited by CelicaST_CALI: Jul 12, 2007 - 2:36 PM

[CaliJeff]

i know this is just for those who want to have the option availble to them.

the D-3 should automatically shut off though after 20 miles per hour, the newer pioneers have a built in gyro that turns off the DVD when you exceed about 20mph... i thought the d-3 was in that list but maybe not....

You are correct. the D3 does turn off about 15-20 mph when viewing a dvd. the screen goes blank. this is a bypass for that, to allow the D3 to view dvd's while in motion.

This post has been edited by CaliJeff: Jul 12, 2007 - 4:38 PM

[MauiBuilt]

lol i was on teh way to a wedding in my bros sequioa watching oceans 13 that somebody gave me that brought a camera into teh theaters,lol watching a illegal movie on a illegal dvd player going illegally fast...lol im a crimal wat can i say...lol

" You Need To Lay Off The Maui Wowee Buddy!"

[Redline08]

*** Note - This technique for viewing movies while driving is strictly meant for Off-road use only.

lol, nice

by the way, this is a very model specific how-to

Almost all models require you to ground the parking brake wire then tap a switch into that grounded wire. When the unit is on you enter a code with the switch and presto...

[CelicaST_CALI]

lol i was on teh way to a wedding in my bros sequioa watching oceans 13 that somebody gave me that brought a camera into teh theaters,lol watching a illegal movie on a illegal dvd player going illegally fast...lol im a crimal wat can i say...lol

" You Need To Lay Off The Maui Wowee Buddy!"

Maui wowee?im guess that a drink...lol and no i dont drink legally

[CaliJeff]

guys, keep everything legal so this thread doesnt get shut down.

[Redline08]

pretty sure it wont get closed unless we talk about god forbidden street racing, im not totally sure tho

[Dragondog]

i have the dual brand 7in flip out screen i would like a bypass plz help....

has a extralong yellow wire that it wants to hook up to the e.brake...how do i bypass this i already have a toggle switch but is the wire ground or live i dont know iv played with it and yet i still get no pic i get sound but no pic(screen works fine) is there another wire i should be looking at too...there is a brown wire i dont know what its for....... help thanks

[94celigts]

You should be able t just run that yellow wire right to ground and then be fine but that will give you full playbility all the time, if you want the option of turning the screen off (pulled over by you know who) you can set up a switch in lin with your yellow wire to ground? thats all i did it works fine?

[CaliJeff]

i have the dual brand 7in flip out screen i would like a bypass plz help....

has a extralong yellow wire that it wants to hook up to the e.brake...how do i bypass this i already have a toggle switch but is the wire ground or live i dont know iv played with it and yet i still get no pic i get sound but no pic(screen works fine) is there another wire i should be looking at too...there is a brown wire i dont know what its for....... help thanks

what's the model ?

[Dragondog]

dual xdvd710 ......7 in touch screen flipout...i heard it is like switch sensetive that it needs to toogle

This post has been edited by Dragondog: Jul 21, 2007 - 2:39 AM

[Redline08]

HAHAHAH!!!
wat are the chances i have the same one, your in luck bro

the yellow long wire has to be connected to a ground then splice the wire and add a switch.

Once the switch is mounted and connected to a good ground make sure the car is off and the switch is in the on position.

Start the car and when the blue screen comes on:
1) flip the switch to off for one second
2)flip the switch back to on for one second
3) flip the switch off for one second
4) flip the switch back on and the video should appear

I had a lot of problems with this because youll not that the yellow wire is only and extension of a shorter yellow wire that comes off the back of the unit, make sure you have the long yellow wire securely fastened to the shorter yellow wire! When i first hooked my dvd player up i thought the short and long wires were connected but they werent completey (weird plastic housing holding it in place, no wire to wire contact) Sp make sure you do that and if you have any questions im here bro!

[Dragondog]

thanks alot......wow now i can watch dvds and play music videos....

your car looks just like mine thats crazy same inside except my seats are red and mine not a hatchback....whats beter coupe or hatchback.....right now im also in the market for a gt-four i would like to have the all wheel drive....thinking bout going to a junkyard to see if they got one...all i want is the drive train what worries me is my vin#.....but anyways thanks for the help......ps what is that little filter behind the big one...nos?

[Redline08]

haha, not really nos just a way to filter the air coming in from my air induction hose. Its just a toy, doesnt really do a whole lot.

Hatchback > Coupe as far as looks go, but a coupe has a stiffer arse for better handling

good luck finding a gt4, and dont mess around with VINs if you get in an accident you will get crushed for insurance fraud and it wont be worth whatever you wanted out of a gt4, trust me.

[Dragondog]

if i switched drive trains from frt whl drive to all whl drive will that void my vin? i herd cali is crushing ppl cars with tampered vins (alot of nice suped up cars)

[CaliJeff]

if i switched drive trains from frt whl drive to all whl drive will that void my vin? i herd cali is crushing ppl cars with tampered vins (alot of nice suped up cars)

i don't know, but this isnt the thread to discuss that sort of thing here, forward those questions to the suspension area.

[Rockford]

Calijeff: try to post the pics soon to take like advise... i have a AVH-P6800DVD and i got the "video while driving option" by a switch grounded, wanna know if those tip could work on my head unit....


Second.... the worst Video system is the alpine; you have one wire to the E-brake and other to the brake pedal (in this case you could use 2 switches one to ground ando other to the +bat)

[Dragondog]

hey redline is there any way to change the color of the lights it lights blue.....i want red.....my other cd player has that option...........its just i dont know if the blue looks good with the red inside......if i cant change color then it would be nice to get a vote on lighting red inside red or blue and will it look funny red car blue lights....thank you hope you understand its kinda hard for me to explain

edit: and is there a way to wire it up to the dimmer

This post has been edited by Dragondog: Jul 31, 2007 - 8:27 PM

[Redline08]

as far as i know you cant change the color of the lights EASILY, im sure u can open the thing up void your warranty and solder in some red leds but it probably isnt worth it, same with the dimmer you cant really hook one up without tearing the whole thing apart. IMHO its just not worth it, at least the little thing where the cd goes into is red lol

[Dragondog]

lol ok thanks for the help..............and yea imo too its not worth breaking the seal.................does blue lights in all red car sound stupid........looks good on spiderman...lol<<<<spider-man fan. yea yea nerdy, but what can i say, i love rubix cubes,puzzels,comic heros, and buliding fixing computers.......lol....all next to my car, car #1

This post has been edited by Dragondog: Aug 1, 2007 - 3:34 PM

[Redline08]

i think the blue lights are better than red, they add a nice contrast, too much red could be overwhelming

[Dragondog]

ok i see ill give it a shot with red and blue if i get bad rep. then ill sell blue lights here

[CaliJeff]

Pictures finally up

[Rockford]

Pictures finally up

Calijeff: try to post the pics soon to take like advise... i have a AVH-P6800DVD and i got the "video while driving option" by a switch grounded, wanna know if those tip could work on my head unit....

[CaliJeff]

Pictures finally up

Calijeff: try to post the pics soon to take like advise... i have a AVH-P6800DVD and i got the "video while driving option" by a switch grounded, wanna know if those tip could work on my head unit....

el tiempo por favor próximo tiene paciencia, yo he sido agobiado con el trabajo recientemente

[Redline08]

el tiempo por favor próximo tiene paciencia, yo he sido agobiado con el trabajo recientemente

0_o

[Dragondog]

yea know what you mean lukly for me worked slowed down so i got time only thing now is not enough money

[Rockford]

Pictures finally up

Calijeff: try to post the pics soon to take like advise... i have a AVH-P6800DVD and i got the "video while driving option" by a switch grounded, wanna know if those tip could work on my head unit....

el tiempo por favor próximo tiene paciencia, yo he sido agobiado con el trabajo recientemente

i know, no problem bro... i have one friend that bought tha AVIC and u have to install... but i wanna know if that same scheme works on my 6800dvd?

[KAOS]

dual xdvd710 ......7 in touch screen flipout...i heard it is like switch sensetive that it needs to toogle

Gotta love Walmart/Best buy... I have that same model... and I threw in a toggle switch too.

(Its a ground wire)

Unit->Yellow Wire->Switch->ground = you should be good after that.

as far as i know you cant change the color of the lights EASILY, im sure u can open the thing up void your warranty and solder in some red leds but it probably isnt worth it, same with the dimmer you cant really hook one up without tearing the whole thing apart. IMHO its just not worth it, at least the little thing where the cd goes into is red lol

and the power button glows red once you shut the unit off...