Information on Installing a Double DIN Monitor in Your Car
By: Jack Wylde
Submitted: 2010-02-11 00:14:43 | Word Count: 511
There has been a rapid development in the structure of a car stereo. That in the recent times its getting way too fast for example new features like blue tooth and navigation, the car stereo system is being evolved from day to day. The latest feature includes double din monitor. The word double din is used to represent the dimensions of the car stereo. Din means the size is 180 mm x 50 mm. And the word double din means the size is 180 mm x 100 mm. Its just double the value of the before one.
How to install a double din monitor DVD?
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The increase in size makes us comfortable to watch a film and also assists in navigation. Most of the cars produced today have the facility to install a double din monitor. Except for the size there is no other difference bet this and another stereo system. There are a few tools that will help us to finish this job and it includes a Flat head screw driver, a double din head unit, wire cutters and crimpers and also a kit to assist us.
The first step is to press the break and then turn on the keys. Then change the column shifter to position 1. then the bezel that is surrounding the dash board is pulled of. Then keep the removed portion away and park the car. Then after that turn the engine off.
The next step is to remove the stereo from the dash board by removing the bolts. And also one has to remove the connecting wire coming the antenna as well as from the dash board. Now the dash kit is inserted in the dash board and the cage that comes with the din is slid inside the dash board. Securely fix the cage using a flat head screw driver.
In the next step the vehicle s wiring is placed side by side with the wiring harness that comes along with the instrument while buying it. The next job to be done is connecting the wires having corresponding colors as well as label on them. In order to connect these wires first a quarter inch of the wire insulation s removed with the help of a wire stripper. In the same way remove the insulation for the other wires also and after that connect them accordingly.
After finishing the above step one has to connect the wiring harness of the dash board and the wiring harness of the vehicle s specific. Now let the cable suspend from one end of the cage. A GM antenna is plugged into the factory antenna lead.
Now connect the wiring from the double din and the antenna into the stereo unit s back side. Now slowly insert the stereo into the dash board until a double click is heard. This ensures that the stereo is back in its place. Now the bezel is placed back in the reverse order of how it was removed.
Thus it is very essential for a person to know how to install a double din monitor dvd.
