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Originally Posted by hayden
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Sorry hayden, I should have been more specific in my answer. However I believe the question was if a different movie could be watched on the left and right rear screens coming from the cars build in sources (e.g. DVD changer and DVD players).
See Spots answer above. Spot and I had discussed the same issue back in the spring time of 2009.
To clarify: In US spec cars, you can watch different sources on the rear screen but
ONLY if you use one of the auxiliary inputs at the bottom of the rear console. For example, the right screen displays a movie from the DVD changer or rear DVD player and the left screen displays content from an external source like a portable DVD player, game console or iPod/iPhone.
In contrast, Canadian models can display a movie from the DVD Changer or rear DVD player say on the right screen and a different movie on the left screen from the DVD changer or rear DVD player. There are however limitations in the system:
If a movie is played on the left screen from the DVD changer, the right screen can either display the same but can NOT display a different movie from the DVD changer, it can however display a different movie from a different source. This of course is a limitation of the DVD changer rather than the displays as the DVD changer can only play one disc at a time.
You can also NOT display a movie on the rear screens that is playing in the dash mounted DVD player as well you can not display a movie on the front screen that is playing in the center console mounted (rear) DVD player. I have never used the auxiliary inputs in the back, so I do not know if you can actually feed a video signal into either the left or right auxiliary inputs in the back and watch the video on the front screen.
US models: To get a different movie playing on all 3 screens, you need to play a movie in the dash mounted DVD player on the front screen, a movie from the DVD changer on say the left rear screen and a movie from an external source like an iPod on the right screen.
Canadian models: To get a different movie playing on all 3 screens, you need to play a movie in the dash mounted DVD player on the front screen, a movie from the DVD changer on say the left rear screen and a movie from the rear DVD player on the right screen.
To recap:
Source ---> Screen ---> Viewable
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DVD CHANGER ---> FRONT ---> YES
DVD CHANGER ---> REAR ---> YES
DASH DVD ---> FRONT ---> YES
DASH DVD ---> REAR ---> NO
REAR DVD ---> FRONT ---> NO
REAR DVD ---> REAR ---> YES
REAR AUX ---> FRONT ---> (Unsure - not tested - but most likely not)
REAR AUX ---> REAR ---> YES
Hope all of this info helps.