DVD Device

Fig 1: Identifying Screen, Head Restraint

Courtesy of VOLVO CARS CORPORATION

The system consists of two DVD devices with DVD player integrated in the screens. To access the DVD player, lift the button mounting at the lower edge of the screen. Discs are inserted via a feed slot in the DVD player.

Two DVD devices are included in the original installation kit: a and a. A DVD device is available as a replacement part. Select DVD device via the remote control. The screen is recoded via the service menu.

The DVD unit's mechanism is designed to withstand shaking to prevent the image or audio quality from being distorted during playback.

The DVD device is region coded, which can be changed using a security code. The screen is designed for PAL and NTSC image display.

The DVD device interprets and performs the commands that are specified by the user via the system's remote control or via the screen's front panel.

The DVD device has memory handling to remember where, for example, in a film different power cut-offs occurred.

The system is 15-supplied, which means that the ignition must be on to activate the system. When the ignition is switched off, the system shuts down automatically. There is also a voltage sensor that switches off the system when the battery has a low voltage level. Depending on which the system is set to, the screen will react differently when the DVD device is switched ON/OFF. Coding of can be done via a service menu.

The audio to the car's stereo can be switched off or on regardless of the setting of the headsets. However, if the customer connects an external source to the car's own A/V input, audio cannot be played-back from the system for rear seat entertainment in the car's stereo.

To select external audio and image sources there is a separate A/V input for each DVD unit. The A/V input is on the lower edge on the right-hand corner of the screen. The system for rear seat entertainment also contains a extension cable of the RCA type for the connection of external equipment: DVD or CD player, iPod®, MP3 player, video camera, VHS video or games console.

Connecting external equipment

Yellow socket: Video signal
White socket: Left channel for audio
Red socket: Right channel for audio

The following media formats can be played by the DVD player:

DVD-R/+R
DVD-RW/+RW
CD-R/+R
CD-RW/+RW

The following information formats can be played:

DVD - Video, Audio
CD Digital Audio
Super Audio CD
MP3 Audio CD/MP3 ID3 Tags ISO 96660
VCD
WMV
SVCD
DivX/MPEG-4
Windows Media Audio
OGG multimedia format

Formats such as THX and DolbyDigital are also supported. Only stereo signals of this audio format are reproduced.

To easily check if the DVD device is powered and grounded, switch the ignition on, the background lighting on the screen's button should then illuminate. The system for rear seat entertainment is activated by pressing the button, the Volvo emblem then appears on the screen. The DVD devices and are controlled independently via the screen's front panel or via the system's remote control.