Audiovox VE1040 10.4-Inch Drop-Down LCD TV with DVD Player

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Product Details

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• Item Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000065UUR
• Item model number: VE-1040
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,308 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 7, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Now you can watch TV, DVD movies, or listen to CDs, MP3 CDs, or simply the radio in the comfort of a kitchen, bedroom, shed, or any place unfriendly to the traditionally bulky frame of a television or stereo system. The compact VE1040 from Audiovox offers a 10.4-inch, drop-down LCD, a remote control, a digital alarm clock, and stereo sound. This unique set even offers a hands-free telephone, so you can chat or solicit a friend's advice via speakerphone while working in the garage or kitchen. The set can be flush-mounted, and it comes with all necessary mounting accessories.

The VE1040's profile is just over three inches thick when closed, and its screen resolution is XGA (1,024 x 768). In addition to normal broadcast reception of VHF and UHF channels, the unit's 125-channel tuner is capable of receiving many unscrambled cable-TV channels without the use of a converter box (cable service required).

What's in the Box
TV/DVD unit, remote control, two AAA batteries, AC power cord, mounting template, hardware bag, RJ-11 telephone cable, FM dipole antenna, AM antenna, right-angle coaxial adapter (for TV input), user's manual, warranty information.

Product Description

Audiovox became a pioneer in the wireless industry, selling its first vehicle-installed wireless telephones in 1984 as a natural expansion of its automotive aftermarket business. Its extensive distribution network and its long-standing industry relationships have allowed Audiovox to benefit from growing market opportunities in the wireless industry and to exploit niches in the consumer electronics business.The VE1040 features a built-in hands-free telephone.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great lcd tv, November 1, 2002

By	carver hills (clifton heights, pa USA) - See all my reviews

We bought this for our kitchen and we love it. with the screen folded away it is rather incinspicuous. pull down the screen and you get a sharp bright picture from most viewing angles. Features galore in this small unit- am/fm, alarm, clock, speakerphone. Full featured remote control that's easy to use. my only complaint was with the installation. The template was difficult to allign with the cabinet and space behind the unit for connecting cables was minimal so I had to attach the cables before mounting it under our wall mount cabinets. overall a happy purchase

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Pleased, February 1, 2003

By A Customer

I read the reviews from other people. The guy who didn't like the speakers, must like it very loud. The volumne and quality is very good. For a normal size kitchen, its loud enough. The picture is very clear. We connected it to our cable and its a beautiful picture. My only complaint is because its a flat screen, you must view from straight on. But this is true of all flat screens. The man who said you have very little room to connect is right on. So, we connected all wires first, then hung it up under the cabinet,This worked out well.I would recommend this product to anyone who will use it often, as the price is a bit high.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very nice product overall, January 5, 2003

By	"tazal" (Farmington, MN USA) - See all my reviews

The space behind the unit is too little to comfortably connect all of the wires, especially things like the AV cables and audio out. I recommend doing all of your wiring ahead of time and verifying space behind the unit before screwing anything in. The speakers on the unit are very poor, but I anticipated this and wired a 3 piece computer speaker set to the unit. It sounds good and I would recommend doing similar for others purchasing the unit, no sense not spending an extra $30-$100 for nice sound. The remote is not a credit card sixed magnetic remote, rather it is a "real" remote but works fine. I don't like that you must change to "DVD" to open the DVD/CD tray, if you attempt to do this in TV or radio mode it will change to preset #6(alternate use of the button).

With the exception of the above complaints I am very happy with the purchase and would recommend this product to others. I'm pressuring Audiovox support to release specs regarding what bitrates of MP3s are acceptible, what sort of burnable media will work, etc. but they are so far not much help. Most CD-R/RW media types seem to work fine, there is an 11 character limit for folder and file names and ID3 tags are not used, just filenames. You must have exactly 1 level of folders in your root directory of an MP3 cd with the songs in those folders.

Anyone know of a forum or support site for these things?