how to bypass Hand Brake wire for dvd head unit.

[D-mac]

Im trying to install Pioneer head unit, mvh 8250, and i want to bypass the hand brake to make the Multimedia section to work. The Unit requires a wire to be installed in to the power feed in to the Hand Brake to the DVD player to work. I dont want to use the Hand Brake, i want to dvd player to work on demand. The car its getting installed into is a 97 VT berlina V8. Any help would be great. Cheers

[Rusty]

You could move the black button (sensor) at the base of the handbrake off to the side. That should trick it into thinking that the handbrake is always up and should allow the DVD player to function.

[D-mac]

Thanks for ur reply rusty, while i was waiting for replies i decided to earth the Hand Brake wire from the stereo and it works a treat. cheers

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

That is exactly how you do it. The handbrake switch earths as soon as you pull the handbrake on, so you just connect the wire from the HU to earth.

[smith#29]

as the others said but keep it wired to the handbrake, and put a toggle switch in the wire somewhere as well just incase the cops get you, this way you can have the multimedia stuff playing on the screen when driving but when the cops check your car out you can just hit the switch so it works off the handbrake as well..