Ya but unfortunatley most can't do it as good as you.

 

When these people are on the phone it's way different than changing the radio. You might as well call it drunk driving. I know of MANY people who have been hit or almost hit by people not thinking at all and I'm tired of it. How can they be so selfish? It's the law here in Connecticut and people all ages drive like morons with phones. If they hit me with my kids I know where the phone is going. lol Shame that people drive like they have a loaded gun. I've been to a few funerals that why I get mad!!

 

I hear what youre saying and I do recognize the need for it.. and living in NY I totally see the idiots with their cell phones without a care..

As a matter of fact my wife got into a head on collision with a woman that wasnt paying attention because she was on her cell phone..My wife had 8 broken ribs, multiple lacerations on her face, knee injuries, a broken hip, and a collapsed lung, from the accident and is unable to work because of it to this day..So I really do understand the outcome from people not paying attention on the road..

The funny thing is she is the one that wants the DVD player to work while driving in the car too.. probably more so than me..

I just see it as its not likeI am asking "How do I mount twin 50 caliber machine guns on my car" I'm just looking to get a DVD to play while in drive and as long as I have self control when operating the DVD function while driving I really dont see the harm..

But if given the option of not having it at all or just having to use it in park obviously I would opt for the park only route.. There is a womanat my job that owns a car with navigation and all the same features as the Mygig. Itsupports DVD playback but it only handles MP3 DVDsand spits movie DVDs back out..That really sucks..

 

That's awful about your wife. I hope she's better now. Actually I can see where a person would like the DVD to played while the car is in motion. Matter a fact I had no idea you couldn't use it. I think it may be closer to being like looking at the speedometer once in awhile if I had it going in my car. Ya if I was a passenger it would be pretty nice on trip to be able to watch a movie.

 

This is not true. I live in Maryland, and have test driven 2 different Avenger's with Mygig and in both of them the DVD player works just fine when it's in park

 

Thanks for letting me know about that jvandover.. Well actually now im back to being confused again lol

I read from a web site that the front playback is totally disabled in those states when I was doingresearch on the addendumbut it isup to the dealer whether to enable the function or not and im sure thelocal enforcementhave better things to check on than if the dealers are disabling the video or not.. In my opinion, The addendum itself was not worded clearly which is what started me searching for more info. I originally assumed that it meant that video was onlylimited to park in those states, and all other states could have video while driving.

Its just a check boxthe dealerhas to check off in StarScan and poof you have video in park so either the info I read about playback being totally disabled was incorrect or the dealers are just enabling the option there. If I was a dealer in a restricted state, I would enable them cause that would bea powerfulextra selling point.

The original addendum info I provided was from Chrysler so the quote from it was correct but whether the states involved have changed is unknown..

Just out of curiosity, if anyone else has video playback in parkin the listed restricted states please let me know.

 

Exactly my point!
9-10 people can't do 3 or 4 things @ one time.
In fact no one should be even if u could multi task.
Your putting others lives @ risk not giving 100% attention to your driving!

Others will realize when they lose their love ones because of all distractions in cars today!

 

Thank-God your wife is fine!
But just think how u would feel & entire family as it could of easy went way u did not want it.
Then you would really understand the need not to multi task in a car. Car is a killing machine!
We all want to make it where we are going & not have our lives snuffed out from unreal idiots!

 

If you can't multi-task in a car, or in life, you should be banned from driving. I'm not saying I support people doing 5 billion things at once, but if you can't handle doing more than one thing at once without giving it your full attention, how do you even drive in the first place? I mean, you have to check your side mirrors, rear-view, monitor your speed, watch for traffic, plan your route, eat a sandwich... err.. wait... you get the idea.

Some people are better at multi-tasking responsibly than others, but that is besides the point of my earlier post; I want the myGIG system to work so that my front seat passenger (because let's face it, most trips are only with 1 person in the car, i.e. the wife) can watch a DVD movie while i'm paying attention to the road. The point has already been made that even if you wanted to catch a few peeks at the movie, it would be no different than changing the radio station or checking a gauge, it requires no input, just a glance! ...if you glance down and in that split second of time, road conditions have changed SO dramatically that you get into a huge crash, you were probably following someone too closely or maybe you should have saved the DVD movie for a time where there was less traffic (basically, use common sense... don't jack onyourcollection of Mama's Family DVD'sin the middle of rush hour on the interstate).

Normally I have my tv on in the background while i'm doing other things around the house, working on the computer, etc because I enjoy listening to it (and if it is something i've already seen, I can sort of follow along in my head). Sure you can still play the audio from a movie over the speakers in the car with the front screen off, but without the video that's kind of stupid.

I just got back from a trip from Ottawa Ontario to Windsor (across from Detroit); that is a 9 hour drive for those of you following along at home. I was travelling with my brother who had to sit there like an umpty for the entire trip because my stupid DVD player would not work out of park!!! What should I have my passengers do... sit in the backseat to watch something with the front seat empty? Last I checked I don't have beads on my seat, a hood ornament or a TAXI sign on my roof.

Futil's post sums up pretty well everything else I was GOING to say, and provided me with a nice laugh, so I thank you Futil.

My final point is of course, why would you have a DVD player in your car to begin with if you can only use it in park? Again, referencing futil's post, I don't hang out in my driveway with the wife for hours on end watching movies when I have plenty of TV's inside the damn house!

I'm sorry to hear about everybody's losses, but don't lump everyone into a bad category just because you got burned by a dumbass or two who shouldn't have been licenced to begin with.

PS - I ordered FreeGIG yesterday, so when I get it in i'll report back with how it works, how well it works etc.

 

By the way.. Anyone that didnt purchase the rear DVD and wants it now can get it here..
http://www.leeparts.com/dodge_avenge..._seat_dvd.html

I guess as an alternative to getting the FreeGIGmod you can mount it backwards and point your rear view mirror at it