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How to Install a DVD Headrest

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By Greyson Ferguson
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If you have young children or passengers in your car who need to be kept entertained during a long drive, you may want to install DVD monitors into the back of the front car seats. These can get your passengers watching movies, keeping them occupied throughout your drive. You can find monitors for a DVD player at most stores that carry electronics, however, they tend to charge you an arm and a leg for installation. Save money by installing the monitors into the headrests for free.

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • DVD headrest monitor
  • Utility knife
  • Car headrest
  • Velcro strips
  • Pencil/pen
  1. Step 1

    Remove the car headrest from the car and take it to a stable work area.

  2. Step 2

    Take off the covering of the headrest to expose the foam underside.

  3. Step 3

    Hold the DVD monitor against the backside of the headrest. Take a pen or pencil and trace around the monitor.

  4. Step 4

    Cut around the outline with a utility knife. There is most likely a piece of plastic in the middle of the headrest. Cut until you hit this piece of plastic, then remove all the from from inside the outline of the monitor.

  5. Step 5

    Place the cloth back onto the car headrest. Push the cloth in around the new hold of the headrest. Use your utility knife to cut around this hole, exposing the inside of the headrest.

  6. Step 6

    Place 2-inch wide velcro strips along the inside of the headrest. If the Velcro has a tape side on the back you can simply press it into place. If not, you have to glue it and wait for the glue to dry, which can take a few hours. Both kinds of Velcro strips can be found at your local home improvement store.

  7. Step 7

    Apply 2-inch Velcro strips to the back of the DVD monitor. Press this into the hole of the headrest, and the monitor sticks into it. Thread the cable for the monitor along side the metal poles that connect the headrest to the seat.

  8. Step 8

    Place the headrest back onto the car seat. The wire can then either be fed through the back side of the car seat or wherever the DVD player is positioned.

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