Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:02:36 -0700
Reply-To: Zoltan <zol@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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From: Zoltan <zol@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject: ZOLTAN, t.v hookup for van
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Last time we went on vacation, and it was a long one, from Seattle up to the
Arctic Ocean, I carried a small TV/VCR. The kids did fine until after we
turned around from the Beluga Whales going South into Alaska which was like
going to the Riviera from Sweden. And than they ran out of books, coloring
got boring, I got tired inventing stories, and out came the last resort, the
TV.
I put it between the two front seats and the two little angels of mine were
looking at Zorro over and over again.
But my wife and I never seen the movie before. We had to listen to all the
sound and noise and music and conversations while in the back my two little
guys were glued to the brain washer box. From then on we did not have to
worry about them being tired in their seats. We did 600 miles on some days.
And we finally even got to see the movie on the last day of our trip. And
it was fun.
But of course we had at least ten other movies too.
It was great to have the TV. I just plugged it in the cigarette lighter. I
the camping site we could use the AC outlet. But there was no TV viewing
when we did not travel.
So, you can fit it between the seats, you can still step over it, and plug
it in the cigarette lighter. They must have a remote control. Sometimes
they want to see some action again and again and they will rewind every fun
part.
And the vacation will be associated with Zorro.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fetner Greg" <FetnerGreg@JOHNDEERE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 6:19 AM
Subject: t.v hookup for van
> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 1 8:48:03 MDT
> From: Joe Fortino <biker.pride@USA.NET>
> Subject: t.v hookup for van
>
> anyone have a t.v hooked up and if so what are some nice ways
> to maybe go about this. yes i have kids and sometimes it stops
> them from asking " are we there yet " when are we going to get there
>
> thanks,
> Joe
>
> Joe,
> I recently took an extended trip with my kids. Purchased a 13"
> TV/VCR combo from wal-mart. It sits nicely in the top of the cabinet
(over
> the sink) and is secured in place during travel with a bungee cord, one
> horizontally around the base hooked over the edge of the sink/stove cover,
> and another shorter one vertically from the center of the first cord up to
> the overhead rack/pop top linkage.
> You can buy TV/VCR that run off of 12V but they are more expensive
> due to the internal DC power supply. Since the kids have a Sony
> Playstation, that runs exclusively off of 110V AC, I purchased an AC only
TV
> and a 300 watt-plug-in-your-cigarette-lighter-converter (also from
> wallyworld) to power it all. The converter drew too much power from the
> lighter socket and blew the fuse so we wired a lighter socket/adapter
> (included with the converter) directly to the battery. Works great...
>
> Greg Fetner
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