[Hazemonster]

AND IT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY.

I now have video in motion and auxilary video in!!

I highly suggest you call Mid City Engineering at tel: 312.421.1114 and order from TJ or Dan or Rob!!

The VIM unit was $400 and the Aux in was $70.

Those guys have clear concise instructions, and while it was not EASY to do...I managed to get it installed and working fine. I had the factory Ipod, which made it VERY tight to get the radio back in...but with patience, I was able to get everything back the way it was and now I have VIDEO IN MOTION!

When you put a DVD in and start playing and put the car into drive, you get the "DO NOT WATCH VIDEO" message. All you have to do is just push the VOLUME + and VOLUME - for less than a second and you have video in motion. To disable VIM, just do the same button keypress again and the warning message reappears.

When you have VIDEO IN MOTION activated, the NAVIGATION does not display properly, because VIM overrides the signal. You can't have both at the same time, but when you re-enable the NAV, it finds your position again in less than 15 seconds and you have fully working NAV again. So if you go on a long trip and are using GUIDANCE, when you enable video in motion, it interrupts the NAV, BUT...when you disable video in motion..the NAV finds where you are within 15 seconds and the guidance picks up from exactly where you are.

To enable the AUX in...I had to push HANG UP, CONNECT, and MUTE buttons. Now AUX in is enabled, and I don't have to do another thing ever. When I use the COMAND knob to go to VIDEO, I now have a new choice, which is AUX video. I ran the wires to the glovebox, drilling a hole above where the factory AUX audio plug is. I can plug in my ipod video or my Archos 605 and the video and sound play through the factory system and displays on my COMAND screen. To watch Aux Video in motion, I just do the volume buttons trick and VIM is enabled!

Again, give TJ or Dan or Rob a call at MidCity Engineering a call. These guys are really professional and the quality of their product is TOP NOTCH. If you ordered the same thing from NavTV, it would be two separate pieces totalling $750!!!

The connections were all very easy to make, just like that video on YouTube that I posted earlier. Getting the radio back into the slot was the biggest pain, so if you don't want to install it, there may be people in your area that will do it for you.

VIDEO IN MOTION!!! Works like a charm.


* To all the haters...I DO NOT PLAN TO WATCH THIS WHILE I AM DRIVING. It is strictly for my kids to watch on trips. (My wife can watch it too.) I will not crash my car while watching movies.....TRUST!


Have fun.

Feel free to PM me with any questions you might have. I highly suggest you call those guys today. I am not a spammer....I ordered it...I put it in my own vehicle...and I am DAMN glad that everything went great!