Customer Review on Pumpkin Ultra-thin Car Headrest Multimedia Player Raspberry Pi Monitor-06B

The headrest monitor we’re talking about is the Pumpkin 10.1 inch 1024*600 Ultra-thin Car Headrest Multimedia Player Raspberry Pi Monitor.

I wanted to post a quick review for this headrest monitor as when I bought it there were no reviews. I should start of by saying that I have always wanted to have something like this in the car for my kids. We have gone through multiple sets of the DVD players that you can get at your typical big box store for $100+. They are ok for what they do, but they tend to stop reading discs after a year or two and of course its getting harder and harder to justify buying a DVD these days.

I had originally thought about doing a DIY project based of a Raspberry Pi but I just couldn’t get the right balance of costs and time. Then I saw this car video monitor. This headrest video monitor pretty much had everything I wanted (except for a few things which I will talk about later). It can play files off from a USB drive, SD card, or from HDMI. It can play HD files. It can play audio through built in speakers, through your car’s radio, or through plugged in or IR wireless headphones. The screen is also very large. It has a cheapy but functional remote. Finally, it appeared (and is) easy and secure to mount to your car’s headrest — i.e. no velcro or buck straps.

When I received this headrest Raspberry Pi Monitor it was packed professionally and securely. Everything that was listed as included was included. The screen comes with one of those plastic peel away protectors which is nice. I was able to install the bracket and device in my 2011 Subaru Outback without a problem. I am currently using the cigarette lighter plug in but may hard wire in the future if I can figure out how to do it. I will note that the unit comes with basically zero instructions which is somewhat disappointing.

Now for the important part. I loaded up some files on a USB flash drive to test it out. I started with one DIVX, one MP4, and one MKV (h.264, AC3). According the product page I expected the DIVX and MP4 to work and I expected that the MKV would not work. As expected the DIVX and MP4 worked fine. To my great surprise the MKV worked except the audio. I then realized that it was probably just the audio file. So I used a program to keep the video and just convert the audio to AAC … at it worked great. So this unit does play MKV’s just make sure that your audio is either AAC or MP3 — this was a huge bonus for me as I have a ton of MKV videos I was thinking I was going to have to convert. The screen is really beautiful, so much better than the DVD players it is replacing. The sound out of the speakers is fine and the radio portion works great (when radio is on it mutes the units speakers as expected). I just ordered some wireless IR headphones so haven’t had a chance to test those out yet but when I turn on the IR function it also mutes the units speakers as expected.

There are three things I will this unit had that it doesn’t. First, it wish there was a way to mirror the screen of one unit to another. Apparently the units with built in DVD players can do this but only for DVD’s. If my kids want to watch the same thing we will have to make sure we have two drives with the show / movie and to start them at exactly the same time. It will be kind of a pain but certainly doable. Second, it should come with a wallwart to be able to use outside the car … it has the ability to to this but it doesn’t come with the plug. This would have cost a dollar or so to include and imho would have been nice to have. Now I have to figure out what one will fit this which is always perplexing to me. Finally, I wish it had the ability to load or sideload Kodi. This would allow the playing of all file formats and the use of a really slick UI. I’m sure someone could hack this but that’s beyond my knowledge.

For the price this thing cannot be beat and I would highly recommend it.

–by Spencer

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US site: www.autopumpkin.com
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How to install Aftermarket Pumpkin Android 5.1 BMW E39 X5 E53 Navigation System DVD Player

More and more BMW X5 E53 owners prefer to upgrading the factory car stereo with an aftermarket one which has DVD player and GPS navigation system built-in,such as Pumpkin Android BMW navigation dvd,wince 6.0 BMW navigation car dvd. And some of these people would like to install the new replacement by themselves, but there may be some problems during installation if you have never installed an aftermarket car gps dvd palyer before. We write this post to introduce you some tips on installation of Pumpkin android 5.1 BMW Car Navigation GPS DVD Player.

If your BMW X5 e53 just comes with factory car radio and CD player in dash, there’s a plastic cage inside of the dashboard as you can see after you take out the factory radio and CD, if you don’t remove this cage, you may think it does not fit into the opening of the original entry, the new BMW navigation dvd unit can not be pushed entirely into the dashboard, see pics below:

Don’t worry, there are two methods which can allow you to push the new BMW X5 navigation car dvd into the dashboard fully. Some installers just cut the plastic cage, and others remove it.

In order to remove the plastic cage, firstly take off the 4 screws that hold the cage in place, 2 on the right side, and 2 on the left side (same as right side). The following pictures are for your reference:

You need to pull down and slightly left the dash part which is close to the steering wheel. When you are doing this, use your other hand to push down in the middle of the opening where the cage is, and as you opened/pulled the dash/trim this far, you are able to hold it with one hand in this position and start wiggling the cage with your other hand. When are doing this, some force is necessary, but not too much. Once you start playing with it, you will get the jest on how to pull out the hooks, then as you have the left hook out, you now pull to a side and down on the right side (glove compartment side) to clear the other hook.

Once you removed the plastic cage, you are able to push into the new unit into the dash fully. And you will need to use the included iron frame support to fix the new unit to the dash, you may check the following photo as referrence.

If your BMW X5 E53 comes with factory navigation system, there’s a large screen in the dash, the 17pins(before year 2002) or 40pins(after year 2002) plug is not at the back of your factory radio, it’s located under the trunk, so you need to use a 5m long power cable with 17pins or 40pins plug to connect the correct plug under the trunk.

The following video may help you about that!

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Rückblick auf Pumpkin Kopfstützenmonitor Kopfstütze Auto DVD Player Mit Fernbedienung

Pumpkin hat einen Kopfstütze Monitor mit Fernbedienung für Monate veröffentlicht.Es scheint, sehr viel Leute wie diese Kopfstütze Monitor zu überwachen.Hier ist eine der Rückmeldungen unserer Kunden.

Nach der Installation:

Da wir jedes Jahr im Sommer mit dem Auto nach Kroatien fahren und wir jetzt einen Sohn haben war es Zeit in einen DVD Player für das Auto zu investieren. Damit kann man optimal paar Stunden Leerlauf im Auto überbrücken und das Kind und sich selbst ablenken 😉

Der schwarze 10 Zoll Kopfstütze Auto DVD Player wurde super schnell geliefert.
Diese Kopfstütze Monitor ist ist aber nicht nur ein DVD Player sondern man kann auch über einen USB Stick oder SD Karten Multimedia Dateien abspielen. Zusätzlich erhält man noch eine Spieledisc und die Spiele auf der Disc kann man mit der beigelegten Fernbedienung zocken.
Also eigentlich das volle Entertainmentprogramm für lange Reisen.

Die Verarbeitung ist gut, der Player sieht sehr hochwertig aus.

Die Montage ist denkbar einfach und funktioniert überraschend gut.
Ich war schon etwas skeptisch, aber wenn man die Kopfstütze noch zusätzlich nach unten einrastet dann hält der Monitor wirklich bombenfest.
Einfach selber ausprobieren, das ist wirklich Narrensicher.
Eine gigantische Steigerung zu der einzigen Montageart die ich in der Vergangenheit kannte: da musste man den Player mit Gurten festspannen was nie wirklich gut und stabil funktioniert hat.

Die Handhabung der Menüs funktioniert mit der beigelegten Fernbedienung gut und einfach.

Die Stromversorgung funktioniert über den Zigarettenzünder, eine andere Art kannte ich gar nicht, so ist der nicht vorhandene Akku für mich keine Enttäuschung. Als definitives Plus sehe ich die DVD Memory Funktion, das bedeutet wenn der Strom wieder da ist muss man nicht den ganzen Film von vorne sehen bzw. zu der passenden Stelle springen, es geht da weiter wo man aufgehört hat.

Mit einer Disney DVD: Peter Pan die Funktionalität getestet und was soll ich sagen, alles hat funktioniert. Bild war klar und hochwertig, Ton war super und dem Kleinen hat es gefallen.

Fazit: Funktioniert einwandfrei, Halterung ist klasse, Qualität der abgespielten DVDs top, zusätzlich noch Spiele was will man mehr?

–Kristijan

Sehen Sie mehr Kopfstütze Monitore und Kopfstütze Monitor Zubehör auf  Pumpkin deutschen Webseite: www.autopumpkin.de

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