Headrests

[Mutley]

I was going to install some rear monitors in my headrests but I can't get them out. I've got the 2 rear panels of each seat but the headrests won't raise or lower, I have no idea if there electric or not but I can see they are fixed to a mechanism.

If they are electric they've never worked while I've had the car so I have no idea how they are supposed to raise or lower, if it's the same switch as the seat belt mechanism then this works.

Any clues

[M-A8]

Hi, you know the big long vertical switch to change the angle of the seat, the back support one ? By pushing it up or down you can lower / raise the headrest.
The cabling for tv's you have to pull through the headrests metal tubes, left or right one, doesn't matte, without taking headrest off.
Hope it helps

[Mutley]

I'll give that a go tomo and see, can't believe I'd miss them thought I'd played with everything by now lol

Ok, so does that mean they have to be done in situe ? , I've done screens before but only after taking them out

[limoncello]

if they are not electric they are still held down by 2 clips near the bottom , just use a scew driver to carefully move them outwards.

im in the middle of putting some new screens in myself, if you have the same headrests as mine they are not that easy, the foam is quite thin in the place where you want to fit it, also the prongs are one continuos piece of metal which also has an extremely thin part (where the pins go) which means cutting a hole in the prongs for access and cutting up the cable (i havent got to this stage yet) im still experimenting with making the monitor look right,

[Mutley]

Originally Posted by limoncello

if they are not electric

and cutting up the cable

We'll i'll be -they are electric, keep finding new things and what a nice thing to find a month later

So does that mean though because they are electric they wont come out

I'd considered cutting the cable anyway, was going to dremel an access hole and use RJ45 cables and couplers to route to where needed, i've seen loads of installs where the cables run down the side of the bar - this for me is not even a consideration, if it wont go down the inside then i'll rethink everything.

[HPsauce]

Do the motors work but the headrests not move?
They can become disconnected and I'm sure there's a procedure somewhere to easily (normally) reconnect the drive.