Thread: INNOVATEK DVD-990 All-In-One... Wiring Help???

I'm not doubting this, since I have never used one of thse units.

But I have to wonder... Why would anyone label a wire EBRAKE 12V if it is designed to be connected to a ground? Soemthing seems horribly wrong there.

The directions that it sounds like this guy has are about the same caliber as most of the 'non-brand name' alarm systems and remote start systems i've installed. You're better off burning the instructions and dancing in their ashes than anything else..

I don't know of any eBrakes that put out 12v when activated, unless they want you to find the 'BRAKE' bulb, but even that is probably GND switched.

Hi, thanks for all the comments.

I managed to find someone (via ebay) who had bought and fitted the same unit as mine.

They had wired the Brake 12v wire to the car illumination wire. They said that the dvd/video only works when the cars headlights arent on.....

I am am guessing that if the wire is not connected at all, I should receive video/dvd etc all the time.?

Strange hey...

Connect the wire labeled 'Brake 12v' to ground. You can even wire it to the black ground wire of the radio.

The reason they're only seeing video when the lights are off is because their headlight switch shows ground when the headlights are off.

If you leave the wire disconnected, you'll NEVER see video.

Cheers for that advice. I will connect it to ground and give it a try. It does make sense really.

haha what kind of an idiot hooks the BRAKE wire to the illumination circuit?

what the backsight wire could be is to dim the unit when the car's lights are on so it can be seen better at night without blinding you. loads of headunits have this and most cars haev a wire behind the radio for this (my m-reg fiesta has one).

It could be a dimmer. What color is the wire?

Chances are if you plug it into 12v, it'll automatically switch to AV2 or something. Of course there's probably a menu setting to turn that functionality on.

I have also recently bought an innovotek dvd-990 with some strange things going on.

1. It wont play my english or american DVD's, it just comes up with 'Wrong Region' when I put a dvd in. Any news for a multi-region code? Not impressed that I cant play my region dvds on my dvd player, kind of defeats the purpose

2. Have tried connecting the 12v brake wire to ground, but still when i turn the headlights on the mpeg4 picture turns off. Connected the wire (which is a nice pink color by the way) to the 12v supply, it then comes up with BCAR on the screen. Wered eh!

Any help would be appreciated