- 1). Disconnect the battery on your vehicle by loosening the clamp on the black battery cable with a wench and removing the cable from its battery terminal.
- 2). Remove the trim panel surrounding the radio. Sometimes, you can just grasp and pull the panel off its clips. In many other cases, you must pry it off with a flat trim tool.
- 3). Remove the radio. The tools needed for the clips/fasteners can vary. Disconnect the wiring harness and antenna lead in the back.
- 4). Remove the steering column covers, usually by unscrewing the screws at the bottom with a screwdriver and separating the two halves, to access the wiring harness for the ignition switch/starter.
- 5). Feed the DVD's constant power wire (usually the yellow one) through to the engine compartment; there should be a hole in the firewall. Loosen the cable clamp for the positive battery cable, fit the wire lead on the terminal, and tighten the cable.
- 6). Insert the DVD's switched power wire -- usually the red -- into an available slot on the ignition switch's wiring harness.
- 7). Mount the DVD's black ground wire to a screw on the chassis -- loosen the screw with a screwdriver, and place the wire lead under it -- or a similar metal ground.
- 8). Install and fit the DVD player within the dashboard where the radio was, using its fasteners and your screwdriver/wrench. Reconnect the trim panels.
- 9). Reconnect the negative battery cable.
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