passengers watching tv while moving in navion 24G
Will these work in motion? Which wire do I have to pull so it can? I know some will say you cant but I know you can. Dave
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As sdianel said, the majority of states have a law against a television or video screen being visible by the driver while driving. (Some states actually say it must be behind the back of the driver's seat, rather than simply not visible to the driver, but I would hope that police officers would use a little common sense where the screen is not behind the driver but is otherwise blocked from view...even if such hope is misplaced at times.)
Typically there's a relay for the outlet for the television that disables it when the engine is running. Disconnecting or bypassing this relay will defeat it, as would removing the wire that controls it. Often times, only one of the two AC outlets at the TV location is switched, so simply plugging the TV in the other half of the outlet might work. (This is kind of assuming that the TV is 120V AC powered. If it's DC powered, the idea is probably very similar, but you might not have two halves of an outlet to plug it into.)
Broadcast television reception is basically impossible in a moving vehicle; the current digital broadcast standards just don't work well when moving due to changing multipath interference and momentary drop-outs and so forth. Other video sources are not so affected, of course.
Typically there's a relay for the outlet for the television that disables it when the engine is running. Disconnecting or bypassing this relay will defeat it, as would removing the wire that controls it. Often times, only one of the two AC outlets at the TV location is switched, so simply plugging the TV in the other half of the outlet might work. (This is kind of assuming that the TV is 120V AC powered. If it's DC powered, the idea is probably very similar, but you might not have two halves of an outlet to plug it into.)
Broadcast television reception is basically impossible in a moving vehicle; the current digital broadcast standards just don't work well when moving due to changing multipath interference and momentary drop-outs and so forth. Other video sources are not so affected, of course.
