Need DVD/VCD Player for SX4 - No Cut or Replace?

rkbharat · 18th February 2009, 10:13

Experts, need some suggestion on how to add some DVD/VCD player/screen in my SX4, without replacing the existing system or any cut/replace job. Just like plug and play, with its own speaker system, like an independent unit. Something portable DVD player or Sun Visor Player kind

I need this urgently, to play cartoons for my daughter.

ashthedivx · 18th February 2009, 10:27

Using a Visor Player... works like a charm

It is more or less replacement of Left Sun Visor, Has it's independent Speaker and controls. Plays CD/DVD, Reads Memory Cards and USB drives. As a bonus it is also provided with two remotes for playing games as well

rkbharat · 18th February 2009, 10:32

Thats great, where can I buy it, how do you power it, 12V? Does it play VCD? Can I select DVD/VCD menu, like we do it in home player

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Originally Posted by ashthedivx

Using a Visor Player... works like a charm

It is more or less replacement of Left Sun Visor, Has it's independent Speaker and controls. Plays CD/DVD, Reads Memory Cards and USB drives. As a bonus it is also provided with two remotes for playing games as well

anupmathur · 18th February 2009, 10:47

RK, you can also use a fully portable CD/DVD player that runs off the cigarette lighter socket.
That way, it can be used anywhere in the car, or outside while on a picnic etc...
Nothing that a short visit to Akihabara will not solve!

Cyberhome?

ashthedivx · 18th February 2009, 10:47

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Originally Posted by rkbharat

Thats great, where can I buy it, how do you power it, 12V? Does it play VCD? Can I select DVD/VCD menu, like we do it in home player

I bought it from Karol Bagh, for around 5.3 K around a year back. Yes, it plays on 12V. It plays every VCD, Divx etc. Yes, it has the menu thing as well.

esteem_lover · 18th February 2009, 10:52

I second anupmathur's idea. Get a portable DVD player and plug it into the cigarette lighter socket. If possible get an aux-in from your existing HU and connect the DVD player through that.

panky12345 · 18th February 2009, 12:52

portable DVD with all these options retail for app 4.3 K in karol bagh.. shop right opp ashoka (across the road)!

anupmathur · 18th February 2009, 13:28

There is another nice option of running any mains operated device in the car. You can buy a variety of inverters that work off the lighter socket. Available from 50 watts rating all the way up!

ashthedivx · 18th February 2009, 13:40

Somehow i wasn't comfortable with scattered in car and occupying cigarette lighter while looking for such options.

Another foreseen benefit i got after installing the visor player was a hidden multimedia setup from a thief's eye.

rkbharat · 18th February 2009, 16:36

Mathur Saab & esteem_lover, these portable players are difficult to manage in car. its difficult to put them in comfortable position.
People at Akihabara does not gaurantee VCD compatibility

and I doubt as well. Though on my next trip I will try to find something, which can be left in car. But its not cheap there anymore.

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Originally Posted by anupmathur

RK, you can also use a fully portable CD/DVD player that runs off the cigarette lighter socket.
That way, it can be used anywhere in the car, or outside while on a picnic etc...
Nothing that a short visit to Akihabara will not solve!

Cyberhome?

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Originally Posted by esteem_lover

I second anupmathur's idea. Get a portable DVD player and plug it into the cigarette lighter socket. If possible get an aux-in from your existing HU and connect the DVD player through that.

That makes whole thing too cumbersome, I always have options of running my Laptop that way, but I want some low cost option. Which can be left in the car.

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Originally Posted by anupmathur

There is another nice option of running any mains operated device in the car. You can buy a variety of inverters that work off the lighter socket. Available from 50 watts rating all the way up!

Thanks panky, I will check it out.

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Originally Posted by panky12345

portable DVD with all these options retail for app 4.3 K in karol bagh.. shop right opp ashoka (across the road)!

ashthedivx, is it connected by wires or by cigarette lighter adapter

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Originally Posted by ashthedivx

I bought it from Karol Bagh, for around 5.3 K around a year back. Yes, it plays on 12V. It plays every VCD, Divx etc. Yes, it has the menu thing as well.

live2drive · 18th February 2009, 16:47

Stay away from chinese dvd vcd players. They hardly last long.
Try out Portable Philips DVD player. Costs around 6-7K.

DerAlte · 19th February 2009, 10:37

There are a few which are suspended from the headrest and hang behind the front seat. Usually China made, have a side slot for inserting DVD. I have seen these in Japan and Germany. And yes, all of them play VCDs since all of them use common codec / controller chips.

ashthedivx · 19th February 2009, 11:10

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Originally Posted by rkbharat

ashthedivx, is it connected by wires or by cigarette lighter adapter

It is connected via wires coming to Headunit.

anupmathur · 19th February 2009, 11:27

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Originally Posted by DerAlte

And yes, all of them play VCDs since all of them use common codec / controller chips.

DerAlte, which are the codecs for Super-VCDs? I've found many VCD players unable to play SVCDs and a few DVD players unable to play them.

esteem_lover · 19th February 2009, 11:42

Get a chinese DVD HU for 4-5K & install it at the rear parcel shelf. Someone has already done that here.

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rkbharat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Gurgaon/New Delhi Posts: 1,601 Thanked: 724 Times View My Garage	Need DVD/VCD Player for SX4 - No Cut or Replace? Experts, need some suggestion on how to add some DVD/VCD player/screen in my SX4, without replacing the existing system or any cut/replace job. Just like plug and play, with its own speaker system, like an independent unit. Something portable DVD player or Sun Visor Player kind I need this urgently, to play cartoons for my daughter.
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ashthedivx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 1,356 Thanked: 24 Times	Using a Visor Player... works like a charm It is more or less replacement of Left Sun Visor, Has it's independent Speaker and controls. Plays CD/DVD, Reads Memory Cards and USB drives. As a bonus it is also provided with two remotes for playing games as well Last edited by ashthedivx : 18th February 2009 at 10:29. Reason: Adding Info
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anupmathur Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 3,095 Thanked: 306 Times	RK, you can also use a fully portable CD/DVD player that runs off the cigarette lighter socket. That way, it can be used anywhere in the car, or outside while on a picnic etc... Nothing that a short visit to Akihabara will not solve! Cyberhome?
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esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	I second anupmathur's idea. Get a portable DVD player and plug it into the cigarette lighter socket. If possible get an aux-in from your existing HU and connect the DVD player through that.
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panky12345 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 2,697 Thanked: 171 Times	portable DVD with all these options retail for app 4.3 K in karol bagh.. shop right opp ashoka (across the road)!
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anupmathur Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 3,095 Thanked: 306 Times	There is another nice option of running any mains operated device in the car. You can buy a variety of inverters that work off the lighter socket. Available from 50 watts rating all the way up!
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18th February 2009, 13:40	#9
ashthedivx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 1,356 Thanked: 24 Times	Somehow i wasn't comfortable with scattered in car and occupying cigarette lighter while looking for such options. Another foreseen benefit i got after installing the visor player was a hidden multimedia setup from a thief's eye.
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live2drive BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 525 Thanked: 27 Times View My Garage	Stay away from chinese dvd vcd players. They hardly last long. Try out Portable Philips DVD player. Costs around 6-7K. Attached Thumbnails
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DerAlte Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 8,069 Thanked: 2,919 Times	There are a few which are suspended from the headrest and hang behind the front seat. Usually China made, have a side slot for inserting DVD. I have seen these in Japan and Germany. And yes, all of them play VCDs since all of them use common codec / controller chips.
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19th February 2009, 11:42	#15
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	Get a chinese DVD HU for 4-5K & install it at the rear parcel shelf. Someone has already done that here.
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