Pyle Car Overhead Monitor Screen Display – 17.3 Inch LCD

Excelente producto

Installed in a 2010 Tundra to replace a broken DVD console. Luckily previous installers left material for this one to mount which made it easier. Picture quality is great so far and my daughter is really enjoying it. I have had it installed for 3 weeks so time will tell. Another plus is that this one regular HDMI input instead of mini.

Negatives I have encountered. Video output does not work via RCA. Audio output worked fine to my headunit but useless to me if I can’t output video to headunit. Another negative is the dome light does not work with my door signal. ON/OFF works, but not with the door signal. The third negative is the IR signal. Terrible signal. Static if not sitting directly in front of the tv. Sitting driver or passenger side of the same seat, static. I am now using a Bluetooth transmitter to headphones and that works much better.

I never tried the FM output so I don’t know how strong that is. Overall I am satisfied for the price, just wish all of the features worked well out of the box.

UPDATE: we got a new one and got it installed. The screen is working great. It’s hooked up to ROKU just fine… sound is HORRIBLE! We can barely hear the built in speakers, the FM transmitter only lets you pick between 5 stations so if your near or in a city you can’t use it because most of those stations are being used already. And when it does connect to radio it’s still very quiet. Audio on the monitor and vehicle radio are both at 100 just to be able tell what’s going on.

We cannot get the MICRO SD card or USB stick to connect to play movies from them.

Took my husband about 2 hrs to get it installed and put everything together and it was working. Drove about 200 yards from our shop to the house and the screen stopped working. There are red indicator lights flashing and the screen does glow blue from time to time but other than that it’s not working. Not sure what the problem is.

I may come back to update my rating once (and if) I can finish the installation. There needs to be another ‘Rate Feature’ — Installation. I’m wondering how many people who rated this high either did not do their own installation or are basing their ratings solely on the performance of the device. I hope it’s the latter, because this has been a real pain to install, and I’m not all the way there yet! Here we go:

1. The information (and the installation instructions) fail to mention 3 more wires – black, red, and yellow. I had to go to the Q&A to find out what these wires are for and how to use them. Turns out they are for the unit’s light (which, by the way, is also missing from the device description). So you don’t have to search beyond here – black is ground, red is constant power, and yellow can tie into the dome light for an open door.

2. The install guide shows pictures of the RCA connectors — all the same. When, actually, they aren’t. 3 are female, 3 are male. The yellow (video) input and output ones both say ‘V IN’ on them, so I hope I am connecting it up correctly.

3. The 6 bolts (diagrams show only 4) to mount to the metal plate are very short. There are no guides to line up the holes, so use your magic to try to line them up. As for me, I delayed my installation and bought longer ones to install for guides, then I’ll tighten down the other 4 holes, followed up by the last 2 guide holes once the 4 are in. That’s the plan at least.

4. Mounting — Ever installed a ceiling fan where you’re trying to connect the wires, tuck them away, and put the fan in place all at the same time? This is similar, except it is WORSE. There is a lot of wiring, and no cavity to hide them in. if you have a sunroof, this makes it even more fun because tucking your wiring up above may (will) get in the way of the sunroof’s operation.

5. Power — I do not know what the gauge is of this wire, but if there is a unit of measure by hair thickness, this would fall into that category. I had 0% success in determining the amount of current draw this device is rated at, but based on the size of the wire, I hope it’s in the low mA range or else it’s going to melt like chocolate on a hot dash.

I’m really hoping that everything works once it’s in, because I’d really hate to have to take it down after my impending circus performance.

As stated, I may update this review once I get the longer bolts and safely have the wires tucked away and have actually tried it out. I’m hoping to at least bump this up to a 3.

UPDATE: I got the longest bolts available from Home Depot, putting one in 2 opposite corners. I also bought bolts (again, Home Depot) that were about twice as long as the ones that came with the unit. Able to tuck, slide, push, press… then got the bolts started and it’s all installed and working! Video looks OK (not very good if at too much of an angle). The six small rubber covers for the bolt holes do not stay in at all — not a big deal, just something I noticed. Updated this to a ‘3’ given the successful finalization and that it works.