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There has been a rapid development in the structure of a car stereo. That in the recent times its getting way too fast for example new features like blue tooth and navigation, the car stereo system is being evolved from day to day. The latest feature includes double din monitor. The word double din is used to represent the dimensions of the car stereo. Din means the size is 180 mm x 50 mm. And the word double din means the size is 180 mm x 100 mm. Its just double the value of the before one. But How to install a double din monitor DVD?

After placing your foot on the brake pedal turn on the key to the ON position and shift the gear to position ’1′. Now if possible tilt the angle of your car`s steering wheel so that the bezel surrounding the dash board can easily be removed with the help of tour hands. After this turn off the ignition and park your vehicle.

Here is a long list of things we may need to complete the installation of double DIN DVD monitor. They are

Remove the stereo from the dash board with the help of the 0.25 inch ratchet and socket and remove the wiring harness from the dashboard and the antenna. Now place the vehicle specific dash kit in the dash board and slide the cage of the double din DVD monitor inside the dash kit.

Now you have to connect the double din stereo`s wiring harness with the vehicle`s wiring harness. Each and every wire is marked with a color coding scheme to help to make this connection. Before connecting remove about 0.25 inch of the shielding from the all the wire. Now crimp an end of a wire to a blue butt connector and find the same color in the other wiring harness and attach it to the other end of a blue butt connector.

Now we move to the second step. Its time for us to use ratchet and socket to remove stereo from dash board. Next we should remove the wiring harness . This unplugging is done as we pull out and remove the stereo. The dash kit is placed in the dash board with the help of ratchet that is quarter inch and by using the socket. Inside the dash kit the double DIN unit is fixed by sliding the cage that is attached with the head unit. The cage is pressure fitted tight into the kit for which we use screw driver which has flat head.

Next step is connection of wires of wiring harnesses of DIN stereo and that of vehicle. This step is easy because there is a specific color coding system. Connection is done by just matching same color wires. Wire strippers are used for removing insulation to about quarter inch on both wires to enable connection.

The last step is plugging of wiring harness. Also we need to plug the adapter of antenna to the lead of the antenna. Installation becomes complete once the antenna lead and harness are plugged back into the stereo. Finally ensure that stereo is locked into the cage. This can be confirmed if we hear clicking sounds as we fix the stereo in dash board. This article has given expert guidance on How to Install a Double DIN Monitor DVD in five easy steps without help of professionals.

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