Just wondered if anyone has supplemented their in car dvd system with a hard drive media player? I get fed up carrying dvd's around for the kids to watch so wanted to load all the rip'd movies I have onto a hard drive media player and link it to av2 on the rear screens. unit must be 12v and have a remote control. I've seen one but not getting replies to email about it. Anyone got any recommendations? "On first name terms with my local Dealer......now."

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The car I have just purchased has a dvd player in the boot connected to an Alpine control unit and 2 screens in the headrests. I am thinking of adding 2 ipod leads to the control unit so that the kids can choose between which input they are watching and we can then upload a few films/tv shows to each of the old ipod nano's we have knocking about. The kids can then control that themselves and watch what they want.

Yep I did consider that but as the kids change their minds like the weather I wanted to load up all the movies I have so they can choose either dvd on one channel or hard drive version on channel 2 - the one I have seen has an 80Gb hard drive plus wifi so you can load movies from the home computer without removing the unit from the car - also has a IR remote control and nice simple menu ....would be perfect if I could only get the company to respond. "On first name terms with my local Dealer......now."

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That sounds good, what unit is it you are considering?

Its from a site called headrestscreens (Autleck UK ltd) - looks like just what I'm after but I dont need the install just the unit. no response so far on emails. "On first name terms with my local Dealer......now."

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cant you use a cyclone unit and then buy a transformer for it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sumvision-Cyclone-Mi...5d2e8448d1

i might look into this myself Supercharged LPG!!

Most upmarket Jeeps have the MyGig system with 30GB of hard drive which is very useful

Ordered a cyclone unit and will have a play - at that price it doesn't really matter. Solid state might be better than HDisk in the car anyway, you can get a fair few movies on a 32Gb SDHC card. "On first name terms with my local Dealer......now."

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i use the cyclone at home on the bedroom tv and it is good only issue is the remote is a bit let me know what its like as i have lost my AV leads for it somewhere so cant test it. Supercharged LPG!!

I have the RSE - so an easily accesible AV input in the back.

I just put films on an iPod that plugs in there - they can also use their iPhones if they want.

I have a lead that charges as well - it has a USB on the end so just put a USB cig lighter adapter in

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RCA-COMPOSITE-AV...1c1ce30a64

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Belkin-Micro-Aut...2c5db80111

tested the cyclone and it will do what I want very nicely - the only grumble is that it doesn't play MP4 - pain as I have all my films converted for iphone / ipad.....easily sorted though. Quality is fine and menu is easy for the kids to use. Result for £20  "On first name terms with my local Dealer......now."

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