I purchased the Eclipse AVN5500 and installed it. My truck came with the factory dvd entertainment system. The OEM dvd player has a wiring harness that is not compatible with the Eclipse. Therefore the screen wont come on for some reason. Maybe its not getting power. I have been to ALL my local stereo shops, and nobody wants to tackle the problem. I believe its an issue of tapping into each wire and seeing what they each do. I'm thinking of maybe selling the factory dvd player and just installing some headrest monitors. Any suggestions? Thanks for all your help!!

 

if you decide to sell the factory system, what might you take for it.... I am buying a 2004 and I know there will be issues such as wiring harness, etc, but i would like to have one for my rail system...
e-mail me at
medic2586@yahoo.com

Thanks , Russell Elliott
Nichols, SC

 

It will not work. They are not compatible. The factory radio operates on this can-bus system. It's like the radio, dvd player communicate together. I have not found anyone that has successfully gotten around it and made it work with an aftermarket radio. I was fortunate and was able to add factory dvd to my truck. It was a royal pain in the ***. I had to make a wiring harness. Alot of trucks do not come with any of the wiring. I too am interested in the dvd player if you sell it.

 

its for sale...check the classifieds

 

The question is will the new 07 factory system with navigation work with the 04 DVD factory system.

I want to upgrade to that.

 

its ford and ford...im sure they arent changing the harnesses, and if they do they will probably make an adapter

 

I install eclipse navs and make them work with the factory dvd all the time. The f150 is the easiest because of all the room in the dash, the explorer is the worst because there is no room. At least part or all of the factory radio needs to be partially wired up and hidden away. I typically take the main curcuit board out of the stock radio and just tuck that away. You can use the outputs from the dvd for audio in on the aftermarket headunit. Simply cut the wires on the fact aux plug and add rca ends to them. You will need a ground loop isolator to take care of the background noise but thats about it. The reason for this is because the dvd is turned on by the can signal from the factory radio, and right now the only way to get that is from the stock radio. Sounds like a big deal, but its really not. I've probly done close to a hundred of these.

 

notinbutaford can this work for a 06 expy with a alpinedvd head unit?

 

awesome thanks for the help nothinbutaford.....so when i take it to my local stereo shop what should I tell them exactly to do, so I dont end up spending mad dough on them trying to figure everything out....and what do you think is a reasonable price to pay for them hooking it up?