DIY - Headrest DVD Players Installation (Sony/eBay ones)

[TheKingSim0n]

First off, I would like to thank franc x5 for pointing out these dvd headrests to the community. I purchased them myself and with the same color as my interior I decided to create my first ever D.I.Y. for the community that has helped me so much in the past.

So lets get started: I have a 2001 X5 4.4i with Gray interior.

NOTE: Please, do not comment negative due to the seat covers I have installed while showing this DIY. I am sorry but i find it very annoying to remove them

Q & A
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Q: Where can I purchase this item?
A: eBay: Click here

Q: How much does it cost?
A: Around $218 USD.

Q: How many hours is it to install?
A: With all honestly, if you have the correct tools necessary for this job, no more then an hour.
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Step 1: Remove the 2 Clips on the bottom right and left side of the seat



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Step 2: Remove the back seat cover off the seat



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Step 3: Remove plastic off from the newly ordered headrest



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Step 4: Add the 2 extended [Wide] bars so they can properly fit in our Xs

NOTE: Yes, It does come included.



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Step 5: Remove center console 6 CD holder thingy? :P

NOTE: If you cant figure out how to remove this, please feel free to PM me and I will be more then happy to explain! It is very simply, you simply pull it up/out.

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Step 6: Open the side carpet wall using a screw driver. [You have no idea how happy I was to find out that the side walls of the center console was held up by clips

NOTE: Please dont comment about the dirty, I keep my X VERY clean inside and body wise, I honestly NEVER noticed how much dirt i had next to that seat

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Step 7: Now we start to run the wires from the seat through the center console.



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Step 8: Now we put the seat cover back in its place. MAKE SURE at this point to fit all the wires into the seat.


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Step 9: Now run the wires through the center console




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Step 10: Now comes the power part. What I simply did was used a knife to cut the insulation of the 2 wires that are already going to the cigarette lighter in the center console. There are 2 wires that you need to cut off the insulation off of. The RED and BLACK is the power & the BROWN is ground.

Picture 1: - Take the open insulation from the headrest (The ran wire) & attach it to the power source. (Red & Black wire)


Picture 2: - Connect the two open insulation cables to one another. Try and make them as tight as you can, as if your connecting speaker wire. Attach both the power wire (RED & BLACK) and the ground wire (BROWN).


Picture 3: - At this point it helps to check if you have someone in the back seats to tell you if both headrests are working. Once they are you may start using black tape to tape it all up.


Picture 4: - At this point you can put back the ventilation cardboard. It is a bit tricky to do but believe me when you click it in right, you know you did it right. (Can get annoying though)


Step 11: - Just about done! Now all you need to do is connect the CD Holder thing back into its place. (Simply push it into place). Just make sure you do not have any wires running underneath the CD holder thing because it will cause it not to fall in place properly.



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Final Result:





For those of you whom want to see the differents in size and the way it looks, i took a few pictures early on before I installed it to comapre the OEM headrest and the DVD Headrest. Here are the results.





(Right side in the picture [Drivers side] Has the dvd headrest)



Left side OEM, Right side DVD Headrest.



Good luck everyone!