Date:         Sat, 9 Jul 2005 22:31:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Report on in Dash DVD Player
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For father's day I got an in dash DVD/MP3/CD/Radio from my family.  It
is a Pyle PLDVD168.  I just got around to finishing installing it today
and I am pretty happy with it so far.  This unit is just the player, so
you will have to supply the screen yourself if you want to watch DVD
movies.  I already had a 7" LCD screen that I bought a couple of years
ago and would use on long trips.  It worked but it was a pain to have to
use an invertor, a household DVD player, and all of the wires going
everywhere.  This new unit combines all of the stuff into almost one
package and plays the sound for the DVD movies over your speakers in the
van.  I like it.  It also comes with a remote for back seat movie
watching.  It is relatively inexpensive.  I paid around $120 including
shipping for it from a place called www.nugadgets.com.  I couldn't even
buy a regular MP3 radio from Walmart for that cheap.  It fits in the
Vanagon DIN but it is tight.  It is a little longer than the stock radio
so I had to bend the metal piece that holds the back of the radio in
place out of the way.  I used a wiring harness adapter kit so that I
could just plug the radio into the factory wiring (in case I got a van I
liked more in the future).

The only cheesy thing about it so far is the tuning knob.  It has a
digital display with digital tuning, but you turn a knob to change the
stations instead of just pushing a button.  It works but sometimes makes
you feel like you are in between stations.  Kinda strange.

I give it 4 stars out of 5.  I'll keep you updated if I have any
problems, etc.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com