I am installing an Alpine 9861 this weekend. I was wondering if anyone knew how to bypass the parking break so the video would play while the car is driving

 

ground it

 

Looking at the wiring diagram I am not sure which wire needs to be grounded

 

i would guess the parking brake wire.

 

I know with the newer Alpine's, just grounding the parking brake wire does not work. With my W-200, I had to install an inline toggle switch to show varience. You will tap the brake switch wire with the "yellow/black", and you will attach the "yellow/blue", parking brake wire to one wire of the toggle switch and ground the other. I hope this helps.

When you have that complete,,,you will press and hold the brake pedal, flip the toggle "on then off", let off the brake pedal and you will have full access to functions of the headunit and allow "passengers" to watch DVD's while in motion

 

I went by a local stereo shop a little while ago. They said with the 9861 there is no parking break wire since the head unit doesn't have a built in monitor. I should be fine using a headrest monitor.

 

I also have the 9861 hooked up to a Farenheit screen in the cubby. There's no ebrake wire to ground for this 9861 deck.

 

Thats the exact setup I am going with. Thanks. What do you think of the screen and the 9861?

 

Hey guys,,,,I am sorry I didnt research the Alpine headunit model before my previous post. I didnt know the units with no moniter had no parking brake wire. Good luck with the install and post pics when you complete your project.