We bought one of our daughters a set for Christmas last year to keep her
two occupied on her frequent car trips between Rogers and Tulsa. The kit
came with a six foot power cord to the player and another six foot cord
between the player and each display. I'd expect that to be enough for
the cabin of most light aircraft.

I hate to say it, but we got the pre-packaged set from the local
Wal-Mart and it seems to be working just fine. I think it was less than
0.2 AMU.

The have elastic and Velcro straps on the displays to hold them to the
typical automotive headrest. They are meant to be portable so there
really isn't any installation to worry about. All you need is an
available 12V cigarette lighter outlet.

Wouldn't it be great if we could get these set up as remote displays for
a GNS4/530 and start teaching them about navigation early on? But then
we don't really need another "you're chasing the localizer" in the back
seat do we?


-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Honeck ]
Posted At: Sunday, July 02, 2006 21:30
Posted To: rec.aviation.owning
Conversation: Portable DVD players for kids?
Subject: Portable DVD players for kids?

All of the sudden the last three fly-in guests (with kids) we've had
at
the inn have had those slick little portable DVD players attached to
the backs of the head-rests, for viewing in the plane. Two of the
three had two of them -- on on each seatback, for separate viewing.

I've watched as the price of these little gizmos has dropped to around
0.1 AMUs, and have considered installing them in Atlas for my kids to
enjoy.

For those who have them, how do you get power back to them? Has
anyone
here installed a cigar lighter in the back seat area of their plane?
Would this require a 337, or just an A&P sign-off?

Can anyone recommend a specific brand? How 'bout mounting them -- any
special tricks?

Thanks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"