O.K This past week for about 2 hours a day I've been running wire for the DVD system that I purchased. I finally had all the wire for the DVD, FM modulator, Video amplifier / splitter and TV antenna; the only thing that I have to run is the RCA wires that go to the fm modulator and flip down monitor. The DVD has a four wire power harness:

+12V DC Batt
Ground
Ignition switch ACC+
Remote out

I spliced into the O.E.M radio ignition wire for the ACC+ which also has a switch so I can stop the power supply to the DVD, I ran a wire straight from the battery to the Batt+ wire, I spliced into the ground wire from the acc/lighter outlet, I ran the remote to a distribution block where it supplied the power to the FM modulator, video amp/splitter and the T.V. antenna.

Here is the problem, when I plugged the dvd and applied the power all I got was a very brief (half a second) of illumination and then nothing you can barely see a very faint light. This also happens to the power lights for the t.v. antenna, and video amp/splitter.

Is this too many add ons to the remote wire from the dvd? This connection provides +12V at .5A when the player is on.

Please! Any info in this matter will be great.

 

Yes, that is too much draw from the remote lead, those items should be hooked up to ACC + supply. The remote lead off the DVD player is only intended to be hooked up to a remote input lead on an amplifier as a signal for the amp to turn on, not to power it or any other items.

 

Way too much just as Greg said. Look in fuse panel and run a fused wire direct from an open holder that will accommodate you draw

 

Thanks for the info, that is exactly what I did. I left the remote lead exclusively for the monitor and sent all the other items to the battery wire with a on/off switch so I can shut the power to them when the system is not in use. I also removed the on/off switch that I had on the ACC+ wire, so there are no switches between the IGN & BAT+ wires leading to the DVD player. I noticed that the player worked much better with no switch between it and it's power supply.
Now I will start to run the wires for the flip down monitor to the remote lead, and the RCA wires to the video amplifier and it will be done. I will post some pics once it is completly done.

Thanks again for all the help!