replaced the stock head unit

somekindofhate · May 8, 2008

With this one

It's a nice but the problem i'm having is the transmission lever is in the way when in park. My friend said to just bend it but I don't want to do that if I don't have to.. anyone know anyone with a flipout and resolution to this problem? Thanks a lot guys!

Yuke2K · May 8, 2008

No, I don't think there is a solution unfortunately. I could be wrong, it's been a while since I've perused the audio market...but my father in law has had flip-out DVD players in all of his GMT800 vehicles (a tahoe and two suburbans), and they all have experienced that problem. It's a bit of a PITA, but you just have to fanagle the shift lever out of the way when the screen opens and closes unless you find or fabricate a shorter lever somehow. I don't know if thats possible without messing something up though. Good luck, let me know if you find a solution, as I'm sure my FIL would like to hear about it.

LAP TOP GAMER · May 8, 2008

Looks cool, but won't that disable Onstar?

somekindofhate · May 8, 2008

No, you can retain onstar with a special harness but it will cost you.

somekindofhate · May 8, 2008

Im about to just bend the lever, it's not plastic right?

dye4metal · May 8, 2008

i just leave my screen out all the time?

back2black · May 9, 2008

dye4metal said:
i just leave my screen out all the time?

Yea I agree, I just leave mine out in the farthest tilted back position and there is no clearance problem.

clay2022 · May 9, 2008

yes its true there is no solution, just set ur player to manual and open it once your in drive.

2001Yuke · May 11, 2008

That is what I did. It is set from the factory to open automatically, same problem it would hit on the way up. So I put it in the manual mode and just open it when I start driving. Or like they said, just leave it open.

somekindofhate · May 11, 2008

Ok next question I can't get the VIDEO to play for the life of me. It's an NTSC ddvd. All I get is sound, I don't get any warning message or anythhing either!

clay2022 · May 11, 2008

if im thinking correctly some units are set to only play when the car is in park, there is a wire cant remember what its called but you will have to tap that wire into the ground wire to over ride the safety feature that will allow you to play dvd while the car is in motion.

dye4metal · May 11, 2008

somekindofhate said:
Ok next question I can't get the VIDEO to play for the life of me. It's an NTSC ddvd. All I get is sound, I don't get any warning message or anythhing either!

you can actually get to the programming setup and change the sensor for the parking brake to be on to play a movie.

Captain Sav-a-Hoe · May 11, 2008

I have the exact same head unit and it only hits the lever when the unit is coming out and the truck is in reverse in park or drive it's fine and you can set the unit to manual open and close that way you can open or close it when you choose to

2001Yuke · May 12, 2008

Mine would do the same thing, for the video. I bought it from CarToys in Portland, they actually made me sign a waiver saying that if I was caught playing a movie while driving that they told me it was illegal ($800 fine).

Anyways I tried to hook it up legally so that the parking brake HAD to be on but it wouldn't work that way. So I clipped the wire and found the override code on-line.

Just google your model code and you should find an override code somewhere.

01 suburban ls · May 14, 2008

I had this unit in my 01 Suburban, but upgraded to the dual din version. The single din is now in my Saturn. When it was in the Suburban, I remove the shift laver, put it in my vise and slightly bent it. You dont need to bend it much. And the screen cleared the handle. You cant even tell I did anything to it.

ga2500ev · Jun 11, 2008

clay2022 said:
yes its true there is no solution, just set ur player to manual and open it once your in drive.

This was my solution to the problem.

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