DVD player and ebrake question
DVD player and ebrake question Whats up everyone i just installed my new JVC-AVX2 in-dash DVD player. Obviously you all know that it will only play DVDs with the ebrake up. my question is on my car 99 Z28 M6 i can pull my ebrake up one-two teeth before it does anything at all. Now, i am not going to be watching movies while driving but i would like my passengers to be able to. So, will leaving the ebake up just one tooth so the ebrake light is on hurt anything while moving (sensors, cables, etc) so DVDS can be played. i dont want to have to completely bypass the ebrake since i wouldnt pass inspection. Thanks for any help.
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Originally Posted by Mudvayne
What inspection? All you do is tap the wire that's supposed to go to teh ebrake/light into either your power or acc wire
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Originally Posted by Blk97WS6
yeah i know how to do that, but do you think just leaving the handle up one tooth while driving once and a while will hurt anything?
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Originally Posted by jimmy 2 Times
i thought that it disbles the ABS with the ebrake on?
Anyone want to try it out and let us know?
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Verdad Gallardo well i drove it around a little with the light on to see what would happen. everything seemed to work fine. and the ABS still worked fine.
so you guys dont think ill do any damage doing that once and awhile??
so you guys dont think ill do any damage doing that once and awhile??
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No, as long as the parking brake is not actually engaged it won't cause any damage to leave the lever up a notch "once in a while".
I'm curious though...why wouldn't you want to just connect the safety wire to ground and avoid the problem?
I'm curious though...why wouldn't you want to just connect the safety wire to ground and avoid the problem?
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No, you want to connect the wire from the DVD player that normally goes to the parking brake switch directly to ground instead of connecting it to the parking brake switch wire. That way the player will think that the parking brake is always on. You won't have to pull up the brake lever at all and the dash indicator light won't be on all the time.
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Originally Posted by Blk97WS6
o ok so all i have to do is ground that wire?
However, jimmy 2 times is correct that some DVD players require more than just the parking brake set as a safety device. For example, some players require that the player be on first and then set the parking brake. Some even have GPS or other methods of detecting motion and won't work unless the vehicle isn't moving. If you have one of those players you will have to do something more involved to bypass the safety system.