How to mount dvd player on headrest
Submitted: Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 17:46
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Sparkiepete
G'day all.
We are in the middle of getting ready to go camping in a couple of days(yes after
Easter) and I wanted to put in our little portable dvd player for my daughter to watch movies while we travel.
The unit is on of those fold out affairs which comes with a bag to mount it on the
seat in front except the constuction of the bag leaves a lot to be desired. Once the bag is mounted it relies on a bit off webbing held on with velcro to stop it falling out. Worse part is when you wish to change movies this webbing sits in front of the dvd door and makes it a pain to change dvd while on the move.
So how to improve it............Dingdingding.......Brainstorm.
Let me say from the onset the guy who invented velcro is my hero!
Basically what I did was line the bag and the back of the dvd player with ............you guessed it ........velcro.
Now the reason for this post.
I tried to think of how to fix the velcro as the sticky backed velcro would never hold IMHO. Sewing it on wasn't possible.
So I thought of using some sort of glue.
Well being an electrician I have seen what it does to plastic and it ain't pretty. Contact may have done the same.
Well I used Silicon and boy did it work
well. If anyone ever decides to stick velcro to plastic or cloth and can't sew it on I can thoroughly recommend good old fashiond silicon.
And that was the reason for my post. May seem silly to post this but if it helps someone I have done a good deed for the day.
Regards
Sparkiepete.
Reply By: Mike Harding - Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 20:11
Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 20:11
Shaker said it for me - but, then again, my (now grown up) children never got to watch too much TV either - they now think that was a "good thing" and, I have no doubt, will adopt the same policy with their own children.
Bury the DVD player in a 6 foot pit and get them a few reading books, pads of paper, some coloured crayons, a few $2
shop toys (which you give out rarely) and some spoken tapes/CDs of children’s stories - read some bedtime stories to them and have a tape recorder at your side or borrow some from the library if you don't wish to speak to tape.
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: Trevor R (QLD) - Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 20:25
Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 20:25
Mike,
Would you rather listen to someone tell you about the bush on a cassette or look at it through your own eyes. I know what I would prefer and it's not listening to some bozo talk through my cassette player.
I agree that books are very important but at 3 yrs old their imagination is running wild if they can visually interpret what's going on. Totally agree with sparkiepete's methodology, a 3 yr old when they get bored can put a real spanner in the works if you have'nt allowed enough travel breaks (which is common in todays hustle-n-bustle lifestyle).
No sense telling me about what they used to get up to 30yrs ago or whatever, CAUSE WE DON'T LIVE IN THE PAST, WE LEARN FROM IT.
Happy
Easter Mike, although I am expecting you to return serve haha.
Cheers Trevor.
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 20:33
Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 20:33
Excuse me? Did you read what I wrote?
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Follow Up By: Trevor R (QLD) - Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 21:25
Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 21:25
I did read what you said, and it seems to me that you would rather not learn from your past rather lament in how your parents brought you up. That may have and may still be working for you but some of us would rather step out of our parents mould and make a stand as parents ourselves with our own ideals. If this means embracing technology whilst still encouraging our kids to smell the roses then others that don't, should not ridicule those that do.
As I said Happy
Easter and don't worry too much about how other people bring their kids up cause yours will give you enough
grey hairs to keep you stressed enough for one lifetime.
Regards Trevor.
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Reply By: Member - Steve (ACT) - Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 21:30
Saturday, Apr 15, 2006 at 21:30
Go for it, it's the best thing we ever did!!
Our 3 year old was shocking for car sickness, since we got the DVD player she's never sick!!!
We used to play eye spy with the kids, but with a 3 year old that everything starts with "b" and a older child who sometime uses creative spelling, and Ivan's car was running out of thing to spy!!! It's great
We don't use it on small trips or around town. And once we hit
camp, it's all off!!! The kids are two busy exploring to worry about DVD's.
We drive to my parents in
Townsville once a year, 2365km one way!! Personal choice, I say if it's what you want go for it!!!
Steve & Sandy
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Follow Up By: Markymark - Sunday, Apr 16, 2006 at 11:58
Sunday, Apr 16, 2006 at 11:58
Hi Steve,
Our daughter gets car sickness too and I was thinking about a DVD player to help with this but didn't know if watching a movie while on the move would make for more sickness, like trying to read when travelling - even that one gets me. Do you put a blanket or similar over the window while the DVD is playing?
We go through every trick in the book to take her mind off it - singing songs, I spy, creative stories, story time tapes, 'magic' healing stones...Living around mountains we can't go far without finding winding roads.
Cheers,
Mark.
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Follow Up By: Member - Steve (ACT) - Sunday, Apr 16, 2006 at 19:49
Sunday, Apr 16, 2006 at 19:49
The loss of the car sickness at what seemed like every hour was a bonus, I think she used to look out the window and watch everything whizzing by!! We just put the movie on and she's fine. We forgot DVD's on a drive one day and bingo, she was sick!
I have another friend whose child never suffered from car sickness, and when they got the DVD player, she gets carsick watching the movies.
Can't guarentee it but if it works it's great
Sandy and Steve
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