Customer Reviews

Roadview RHM-7.0T 7-Inch Headrest Monitor with DVD (Tan)

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Lets open with the bads:

Poor user manual
Low volume
Poor Infra-red headphone range

Yes - those really are the only minor issues with this product. Installation is a breeze, and the kit comes with a variety of headrest adapters. I didn't need any of them. I had the screen mounted in about 4 minutes, then spent an additional 20 minutes making a power harness to power the unit of a front power outlet. The headrest has two wiring looms coming out of the posts - one for power and AV in, and one for AV out, heading to a secondary screen. The manual doesn't mention a single thing about how to install these, nor does it explain what kind of video formats the SD and USB ports accept.

Video quality is outstanding - much better than I had expected, plus it returns where you left off when you power it on again, something most portable players can't do.

Audio from the unit is very low - so you'll need to consider wiring it to an AUX-in on your radio. The IR-headphone transmitter sucks - at 10 inches away, the signal is already dying. Roadview apparently sell an external IR transmitter.

The remote is nice and large, with real buttons (instead of those poor creditcard remotes). The button layout is a little confusing, but you get used to that quickly.

At an average price of just $160, this is a steal. The headrest also features a zippered cover, and the front feels better than the original headrests in our Ford.

I received the prodcut in anticipation of a trip I was taking with my 2 year old. I needed a DVD player to pass the time and miles. The install was ok... I Googled the instructions and came up with some pretty good direction. Luckily, I did not do the full blown installation and hard-wire the power into the car. The unit did not work properly when I had it in place. It was a huge let down for me, not to mention having to uninstall it afterwards.

Product gave me a 'NO DISK' error, even though the disk was in.
Roadview RHM-7.0G 7-Inch Headrest Monitor with DVD (Gray)

When I bought this, it was for my 1.5 year old to watch something in my car. She loves daddy's truck with the flip down dvd player. So, I didn't read the reviews, there are only 2. What should have been easy, wasn't. The manual that comes with it doesn't explain anything. We had to have a guy install it. The volume is stupidly low, and we have to get it hooked into the car stereo system. The remote is confusing, and you have to use the remote. The buttons to push on the dvd player don't work. So, now that the batteries are dead, I bought the batteries, the remote is lost, and makes this an expensive headrest that doesn't work. Now we have to figure something else out to occupy my child for long trips that I was hoping to use in my gas ecomony car and not the gas guzzling truck. Read up on things before you buy. Ask around before your stuck with expensive/cheap products that don't work.