video problem.

01mercLS · Post by **01mercLS** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:39 am

Ok I just got an 8in TFT color monitor roof mount tv. Now my problem is, the directions that came with it is very vague. The Tv has 3 wires. 1.) TV ANT 2.) S connect and 3.) blackwire, red wire, and yellow wire. It says BLack to grounding, yellow to connect a light, Red to battery +12V. I know the black is ground, and red wire is (+). Now my friend told me that I should hook it up to my cd-player that way when i turn my cd-player on the tv will work too. he said connect the red from the tv to radio, and black wire to ground. I tried this, and still doesn't work. What am I doing wrong here. someone help please. I appreciate it.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:41 am

not a video guy but sound like the yellow is the remote wire its what tells the tv to turn on.

Justin from Detroit1 · Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:33 am

Yup, yellow is the remote wire. You can run this wire to a fuse in your fuse panel that only has power when the car is turned to run or on. The red wire is a constant power wire, wire it directly to the battery.

01mercLS · Post by **01mercLS** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:43 am

ok, so finnaly after messing aound with it, I got the tv to work. I bypassed the red,yellow and black wire on the tv. The tv came with this wire, it has a fuse and a red wire and black wire. I connected that to the S connect of the tv, and then to test it out, I put the black wire on the (-) and the red wire (+) of battery, and viola it worked. so now if I hook it up like that how would I be able to get the tv to turn off? How should I wire up a switch?

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:27 pm

no like justin said wire that yellow wire to a fuse in the fuse panel that is only on when the car is on or when your key is in the acc position. or wire that yellow wire to the remote lead on your head unit...

Justin from Detroit1 · Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:40 pm

Yea, use the yellow wire. Otherwise you have to wire a switch in the red wire to turn it on and off, which will be a pain in the ass.

01mercLS · Post by **01mercLS** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:23 pm

I appreciate the help guys. ok, so how do I go about installing a dvd player? I know how to get power to it (+) and ground. thanks

Justin from Detroit1 · Mon Oct 03, 2005 8:17 pm

Same thing with a DVD Player as the screen. Constant power from battery, accessory power from fuse, ground to ground.