BETTER THAN LINCOLN DEALER INSTALLED -BUY THESE!!! Rating:5 out of 5 stars I recently turned in my 2007 Lincoln MKX off lease. This truck came with free Lincoln Dealer installed headrest DVD players – not something I ever thought I would want. After having them for 2 years, I could not conceive having a new vehicle without DVD’s. However since these were free, I could not believe how expensive an option these Dealer Installed options actually were and the impact they had on my lease payment. It was bad enough Ford actually RAISED the price of their vehicles (in an economic climate where no one is buying) but the residual value was so little that I was actually paying almost $1400 for the DIO dvd’s just to give them back at the end.
SO I BEGAN looking for an alternative. Since I only have one child, I really didn’t need to get TWO dvd headrests. BUT I DO have two cars. I thought perhaps I could buy one set of matching players and split them between cars – makes sense to think that these would work independent of each other… AND THEY DO!!!!
I am VERY happy with this set. Installation was absolutely SIMPLE, especially in my 09 MKX – the DVD was up and running in about 15 minutes, wired neat and hidden and hooked up through both the wireless headphone AND FM Station on the radio.
My 5 year old was absolutely thrilled to find out that not only did my new truck now have DVD movies again, but that Mommies MKZ now also had a movie player in it. While the install in the Z took a bit longer (all related to Lincoln design) it was still very simple and only took about 30 minutes.
So now BOTH cars have excellent quality DVD Headrests with wireless headphones (in a nice semi-hard case), remote controls (which can fit nicely into the headphone case) and touchscreen.
End result, two leased cars with Headrest DVD’s for less than 1/3 of the dealer cost, two happy parents, and one VERY happy 5 year old. Quiet rides down the open road continue for our family. YAY!!
Excellent quality, well made alternative to OEM. Save the money and buy these great DVD’s.
Piece of junk – do not buy! Rating:1 out of 5 stars I bought these in April after doing a lot of comparison shopping. Paid $150 to have them installed and both appeared to work just fine right after installation. One month later, we took our first road trip since installing the monitors and only the driver’s side monitor would work. Thinking a cord had come loose or a fuse had blown, I took the vehicle back in and had the installer look at the system. Everything was hooked up and it was getting power, meaning no fuse had blown. Checked the driver’s side monitor again and it was still working. Went on a road trip again last weekend and now the driver’s side doesn’t work either. The installation people think the switch is broken internally. Either way, I’m stuck with an expensive and broken product because of Amazon’s return policy. I’m going to have to pay someone money to un-install the system and then pay to ship it back to Amazon, only to receive a maximum of 50% of my money back.
go name brand Rating:1 out of 5 stars please pay more for a name brand item. the wireless head phone interfere with each other so i had to buy plug in. the audio jack is not the best and i had to play with the plug to get that going. they sent me two head sets for the drivers seat. i did not think it mattered but you can not load a DVD into the passengers DVD player unless the seat is reclined. the remotes looked used and do not work. they also don’t tell you the type of batterers it needed. You cant access the media card options or the USB options with out the remote so those features are useless. Finally i did try customer service they do not reply to any questions and if you try returning with any of the packing materiel missing they will not except. so thanks to my kids I’m stuck with this garbage.
Great bang for your buck Rating:5 out of 5 stars These DVD players are fantastic. They look a little bulky, but the performance is out of this world. I installed them at home in my driveway with regular hand tools with no problem. The directions are not detailed at all, but you can get the picture if you sit back and think about before you go cutting wires. Being able to let the kids watch seperate movies, touch screen controls and a remote for each player, and wireless headsets for this kind of money is insane. You can’t even get features like this in a factory system costing 3 times as much. So far, my whole family has been very satisfied.
Works great, matches interior perfectly Rating:5 out of 5 stars Bought this for an 2006 Lexus RX400 with tan interior. The color matched perfectly. Installation was simple and took me 1 hour total. I did not have to take the back of the seats off as I was planning. Just pulled the wires through the headrest and was able to push them in on the sides of the back-panel to tuck them out of site. I just bought a 3 in 1 12V receptacle and two male ends from radio shack and plugged both DVD players into the outlet in the front-center console area of the car where there is an outlet on the floor level. The alternative wold be to connect the power under the seat and 100% out of site but I did not feel like cutting into the Lexus wiring. The players work to show same video on both or each can watch separately. The passengers like the touch screen. The picture quality is very good. The FM transmitter works decent to play the sound through the car but the wireless headphones do a really nice job. I have had them in for a month and am very satisfied.
4 out of 5
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BETTER THAN LINCOLN DEALER INSTALLED -BUY THESE!!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I recently turned in my 2007 Lincoln MKX off lease. This truck came with free Lincoln Dealer installed headrest DVD players – not something I ever thought I would want. After having them for 2 years, I could not conceive having a new vehicle without DVD’s. However since these were free, I could not believe how expensive an option these Dealer Installed options actually were and the impact they had on my lease payment. It was bad enough Ford actually RAISED the price of their vehicles (in an economic climate where no one is buying) but the residual value was so little that I was actually paying almost $1400 for the DIO dvd’s just to give them back at the end.
SO I BEGAN looking for an alternative. Since I only have one child, I really didn’t need to get TWO dvd headrests. BUT I DO have two cars. I thought perhaps I could buy one set of matching players and split them between cars – makes sense to think that these would work independent of each other… AND THEY DO!!!!
I am VERY happy with this set. Installation was absolutely SIMPLE, especially in my 09 MKX – the DVD was up and running in about 15 minutes, wired neat and hidden and hooked up through both the wireless headphone AND FM Station on the radio.
My 5 year old was absolutely thrilled to find out that not only did my new truck now have DVD movies again, but that Mommies MKZ now also had a movie player in it. While the install in the Z took a bit longer (all related to Lincoln design) it was still very simple and only took about 30 minutes.
So now BOTH cars have excellent quality DVD Headrests with wireless headphones (in a nice semi-hard case), remote controls (which can fit nicely into the headphone case) and touchscreen.
End result, two leased cars with Headrest DVD’s for less than 1/3 of the dealer cost, two happy parents, and one VERY happy 5 year old. Quiet rides down the open road continue for our family. YAY!!
Excellent quality, well made alternative to OEM. Save the money and buy these great DVD’s.
Piece of junk – do not buy!
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I bought these in April after doing a lot of comparison shopping. Paid $150 to have them installed and both appeared to work just fine right after installation. One month later, we took our first road trip since installing the monitors and only the driver’s side monitor would work. Thinking a cord had come loose or a fuse had blown, I took the vehicle back in and had the installer look at the system. Everything was hooked up and it was getting power, meaning no fuse had blown. Checked the driver’s side monitor again and it was still working. Went on a road trip again last weekend and now the driver’s side doesn’t work either. The installation people think the switch is broken internally. Either way, I’m stuck with an expensive and broken product because of Amazon’s return policy. I’m going to have to pay someone money to un-install the system and then pay to ship it back to Amazon, only to receive a maximum of 50% of my money back.
go name brand
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
please pay more for a name brand item. the wireless head phone interfere with each other so i had to buy plug in. the audio jack is not the best and i had to play with the plug to get that going. they sent me two head sets for the drivers seat. i did not think it mattered but you can not load a DVD into the passengers DVD player unless the seat is reclined. the remotes looked used and do not work. they also don’t tell you the type of batterers it needed. You cant access the media card options or the USB options with out the remote so those features are useless. Finally i did try customer service they do not reply to any questions and if you try returning with any of the packing materiel missing they will not except. so thanks to my kids I’m stuck with this garbage.
Great bang for your buck
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
These DVD players are fantastic. They look a little bulky, but the performance is out of this world. I installed them at home in my driveway with regular hand tools with no problem. The directions are not detailed at all, but you can get the picture if you sit back and think about before you go cutting wires. Being able to let the kids watch seperate movies, touch screen controls and a remote for each player, and wireless headsets for this kind of money is insane. You can’t even get features like this in a factory system costing 3 times as much. So far, my whole family has been very satisfied.
Works great, matches interior perfectly
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Bought this for an 2006 Lexus RX400 with tan interior. The color matched perfectly. Installation was simple and took me 1 hour total. I did not have to take the back of the seats off as I was planning. Just pulled the wires through the headrest and was able to push them in on the sides of the back-panel to tuck them out of site. I just bought a 3 in 1 12V receptacle and two male ends from radio shack and plugged both DVD players into the outlet in the front-center console area of the car where there is an outlet on the floor level. The alternative wold be to connect the power under the seat and 100% out of site but I did not feel like cutting into the Lexus wiring. The players work to show same video on both or each can watch separately. The passengers like the touch screen. The picture quality is very good. The FM transmitter works decent to play the sound through the car but the wireless headphones do a really nice job. I have had them in for a month and am very satisfied.