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Second dash monitor
Jeff Watt:
Brad, this sound exactly what I want to do - I don't mind the Kenwood system and I have a TFT screen left over from a portable DVD player which we don't use anymore. Will get in touch with you.
Thanks,
Jeff
Bill Sprague:
--- Quote from: Brad Burgess ---I used a $50.00 TFT screen from amazon and added it to the system - the radio was not involved at all.
--- End quote ---
Brad,
Was it this one? http://www.amazon.com/PYLE-PLVHR75-7-Inch-Headrest-Monitor/dp/B0009SURMY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1320158333&sr=8-3
Where and how did you mount it? How did you do the wiring?
Thanks.
Bill
Brad Burgess:
Hi Jeff and Bill
My coach is currently at Massey Diesel in Phoenix for its annual service and some other issues. When I get it back I will take some photos of the installation and post them here along with a description of how I did the wiring. Also, Bill I did use a 7" Pyle TFT - don't know if it is the same as the one you posted but I will find out - again when I get the coach back.
Thanks for your patience.
Brad Burgess
Brad Burgess:
Hello All
Well, I finally got the coach back from Massey Diesel and I went over to it today and took some photos of the auxiliary display screen that I installed.
First, the physical installation of the screen (and yes Bill it is the Pyle PLVHR75 from Amazon) -
- I used a RAM mount to anchor the Pyle unit (had to glue the RAM ball piece to the back of the Pyle as the Pyle did not have appropriate machine screw holes) to the driver's side window glass (see photo) and spaced it so that the RAM mount was utilized to secure the screen on the side to side and front to back axis' - the screen is too heavy for the RAM mount to support it in the vertical axis so I set it up so that the edge of the RAM ball mount that I glued to the rear of the Pyle unit sits directly on the dashboard with some earthquake putty to prevent any squeaking -
- The cable that comes with the Pyle unit has a very small connector which I fed through the top of the dashboard in a hole that was drilled for this purpose directly under the lower right corner of the display - the coax connector for the Pyle unit is behind the dash
Second, the wiring -
- You must find the Alladin control box that accepts all of the various inputs from the Alladin sensors - mine was above the driver's seat forward of the cabinet there - I had to remove the forward panel of the cabinet box to reach it -
- I do not have side cameras but only the rear view camera - I decided to put the camera view on the existing Sony unit and the Alladin input on the Pyle unit - it can be done either way - if you have side cameras I believe that they will come across the Alladin input anyway -
- Find the rear camera coax input on the Alladin controller and disconnect it from the controller - now you have another choice - you can plug the camera coax into a splitter so that you will have the rear camera on both screens when you engage reverse (in this instance you will need a jumper coax from the output side of the splitter that would get plugged back into the rear camera input port on the Alladin controller) or you can not use a splitter and have the Alladin designated screen go blank when you engage reverse - this is what I opted to do as I did not want to degrade the camera signal with a splitter -
- Now the most difficult part - find a way to feed an extension coax cable from the Alladin control box area to the rear of the dash - I went down the "A" pillar enclosure and slightly bent the cover in the process - attach the extension to the rear camera coax (or the splitter if you used that approach) and then to the rear of whichever screen you want the camera display on - if you choose the Sony unit you will already have removed the coax from the Alladin controller that goes to it - this Alladin coax will now go to whichever display that you choose to display all of the basic Alladin info -
- The Alladin joystick still controls all of the functions that it originally did only now on a new screen (or the original screen if that is what you chose) and, in my case, the rear camera view is on the Sony unit continuously until the system is shut down.
I have attempted to attach the photos to this post but I don't know if it worked - if not I will email Glenda Farris for instructions and post the photos in a subsequent post.
Again, thanks for your patience,
Brad Burgess
03 Monterey #800460
Mike Nunn:
Brad, if I leave the side and rear cameras on the oringal display how many wires will need to be moved from the current display to the new unit in order to show the coach information? Thanks
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