Add USB to my existing DVD player
I tried to look into this but I keep getting stuck in rabbit holes so I thought I would ask here. My trailer (circa 2005) has a DVD player that plays out to the 5.1 speakers. I want to somehow add...
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Short answer, you can't do it with your current device.
To make things more complicated, your current device seems to have speaker amps and perhaps 5.1 surround builtin so if you remove that device, you have no speaker amps and no 5.1 decoding.
You could replace with a car stereo that supports video playback via USB (not even sure if such a device exists outside of junk RV stuff like Jensen) but you will lose 5.1 surround playback (it will play in stereo mode). Most newer car stereos will have a subwoofer output jack, but that means you will need to add an external subwoofer amp.
Not aware of any direct replacement that won't be a pain and a bunch of wiring since now days the old style A/V 5.1 receivers with DVD are no longer in production and those didn't support USB playback.
The best possible way will require a A/V 5.1 receiver (120V) with a HDMI capable of bidirectional configuration (allows HDMI video input to the receiver) and then a standalone Media Player with HDMI output to plug into said receiver.
Something like this..
Found HERE
Just be aware, media players sometimes have limited video file types so you may need to convert some or all of your video files to a format that the player will play..
To make things more complicated, your current device seems to have speaker amps and perhaps 5.1 surround builtin so if you remove that device, you have no speaker amps and no 5.1 decoding.
You could replace with a car stereo that supports video playback via USB (not even sure if such a device exists outside of junk RV stuff like Jensen) but you will lose 5.1 surround playback (it will play in stereo mode). Most newer car stereos will have a subwoofer output jack, but that means you will need to add an external subwoofer amp.
Not aware of any direct replacement that won't be a pain and a bunch of wiring since now days the old style A/V 5.1 receivers with DVD are no longer in production and those didn't support USB playback.
The best possible way will require a A/V 5.1 receiver (120V) with a HDMI capable of bidirectional configuration (allows HDMI video input to the receiver) and then a standalone Media Player with HDMI output to plug into said receiver.
Something like this..
Found HERE
Just be aware, media players sometimes have limited video file types so you may need to convert some or all of your video files to a format that the player will play..
