Bought a Kenwood KVT-911 off of eby recently. Basically it is an indash TV/DVD player with a 7 inch screen. I bought it used with everything included.

I have about 12 different hondas so I have done alot of removing and installing radios in and out of cars(no I'm not a thief). I have wired everything up and can't seem to get the unit to turn on. WHen I hit the button to open the dvd player, the red reset light comes on so I know I have power but can't seem to get the player to work. Then I look at all my connections and realize I have one wire not connected. Its a green wire. I've never had to connect a green wire before to install a radio so I look it up and find this. Then I remembered that it is supposably illegal to drive and have a indash dvd player working and that most places wire it up somehow to the emergency brake. Basically the player won't work unless the e-brake is on. I am hoping this is the reason why my player won't work. My question is, how do I hook up the green wire properly. And then how do I hook it up illegally so I can use the player while the car is going. This is what the pic says about the green wire.

 

Ground the wire. The legal way would be to connect it to the plug on the switch at the base of the ebrake.


Tho I do have to ask, is the deck turning on at all? even if the screen doesn't come out the unit should still turn on and allow music/cd's to be played.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Riptide101 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Bought a Kenwood KVT-911 off of eby recently. Basically it is an indash TV/DVD player with a 7 inch screen. I bought it used with everything included.

I have about 12 different hondas so I have done alot of removing and installing radios in and out of cars(no I'm not a thief). I have wired everything up and can't seem to get the unit to turn on. WHen I hit the button to open the dvd player, the red reset light comes on so I know I have power but can't seem to get the player to work. Then I look at all my connections and realize I have one wire not connected. Its a green wire. I've never had to connect a green wire before to install a radio so I look it up and find this. Then I remembered that it is supposably illegal to drive and have a indash dvd player working and that most places wire it up somehow to the emergency brake. Basically the player won't work unless the e-brake is on. I am hoping this is the reason why my player won't work. My question is, how do I hook up the green wire properly. And then how do I hook it up illegally so I can use the player while the car is going. This is what the pic says about the green wire.

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First if your unit is hooked up the way the picture says it is then you have a issue with the radio. Have you checked to make sure the power wires have correct voltage? Is the unit properly grounded.

Your thread seems kind of fishy to me because of instead of worrying about a broke unit. your worried about watching tv while driving. That wire has nothing to do with the radio working or not. Watching tv or viewing a video source is illegal in all states and is dangerous. And people have been killed because of it. And if you would of read the FAQ at the above you would of seen that it violates the tos of this fourm. Either change your thread or it will be locked.