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Watching Videos on the Navigation Screen?

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by PriusTouring07, Jul 21, 2007.

  1. PriusTouring07

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    Is it possible to watch DVDs or video from your I-Pod on the Navigation screen through some hacks? Is the screen resolution good enough for video in the first palce?
     
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    Yes, but it requires several mods to get the audio into the sound system and the video into the MFD. Easier to get a dedicated DVD player.
     
    #2 Bill Merchant, Jul 21, 2007
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    you need a video controller unit. It acts as a median between your source and the screen.
     
    #3 Tideland Prius, Jul 22, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Jul 22 2007, 12:38 AM) [snapback]483076[/snapback]</div>

    Thanks for the info! Know where I can purchase this video controller unit? So with it, I'd be able to load a DVD through the Navigation DVD slot and watch DVDs? Thanks.
     
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    any controller works... some A/V guy (said he had a good amount of knowledge in this area) gave me this unit

    It's a JVC, model no. KDAV 6160.

    Now this is a while ago (at least one year..) so there probably is a newer model replacing it.

    No, you don't play through the Navigation DVD player. You need a separate DVD player (one of those portable ones) that have RCA outputs. And of course you need a male-male set of RCA wires.
     
    #5 Tideland Prius, Jul 22, 2007
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