Bypass break switch

If you want to watch videos on your unit it is necessary to bypass the parking brake wire from the Kenwood unit. The parking brake wire is light green and the best possible way to bypass the unit is by installing a toggle switch. The toggle switch should be a two wire device. Connect one wire to ground and the other wire to the parking brake wire from the unit. This will allow you to switch the supply on the wire to ground when needed.
Also, in some older Kenwood units you could just as easily connect the parking brake wire to ground and be done with it but, it does not always work.

use a toggle switch.connect the brake wire from your radio to one side of the toggle swith and the other side of the toggle switch will be connected to ground.then when your dvd comes on flix the switch for a few seconds and switch it back.your dvd will come on seconds later

However, some units use different methods. Some require seeing a pulse (i.e., power-ground-power-ground-etc.), resulting in the annoying need of pushing the e-brake a few times before your video will pop up. This can generally be recreated by using a 3-prong switch (you can get one at AutoZone). Connect it backwards -- the ground to power, power to ground, and the "Load" to the Parking Brake wire on the back of the radio. Flip the switch back and forth a few times and sometimes the video will pop up.
Some fancier units cannot be cheated. They use an internal gyro mechanism that detects movement.
Some even feature bypass codes. By pressing a certain combination of buttons on the remote then entering in a code it will permanently allow video.
Be good.
Dual DVD
Play Dvd for few seconds until you hear sound
Press Stop Twice
Then enter on remote 26604 the press enter

the 9101 was built so you can not bypass it

If you have the old firmware then all you need to do is ground the parking brake wire

if you have the new firmware(just bought the system) a toggle switch is involved:
1 - connect e-brake wire from dvd unit to the switch
2 - connect a ground wire from switch to the unit chassis(any good metal grounding surface will do)
3 - pop in a dvd, toggle the switch back and forth 2 or 3 times depending on what wire you placed where...and voilaa!! your dvd system should work in motion!!

ground wire to a normal 2 position toggle switch. put dvd in. turn switch on then off then on. there ya go.

did you try connecting the bypass wire to the ground wire?

STEP ONE. Ground the E-Brake wire.
No matter which method you use, you must ground the brake detection wire. I suggest you tap it into the ground wire on your wiring harness (ensures a good ground).

FACTORY RESET METHOD (not permanent)

1 Go to the Menu
2 Get to the Settings Menu
3 Select <yes> to Reset to Factory Settings.


Have recently heard complaints of this method not being permanent, as this is needed whenever they want to watch a DVD. Also, radio and screen angle presets are lost.

METHOD 2
AUDIO CD METHOD (Permanent)
1 Insert Audio CD
2 Press PLAY
3 Press STOP twice on remote
4 Enter 26604 on remote
5 Press ENTER
6 Take out Audio CD and Insert a DVD
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METHOD 3
DVD METHOD (Permanent)
** Insert a DVD
** Let it play until you hear sound
** Press STOP twice on remote
** Enter 26604
** Press ENTER



The blue warning screen should immediately go away after pressing the last digit of "26604." Still press ENTER as a precaution.


The 3rd method seems to work with most of the duals

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there should be a wire that connects to your e-brake swith, located near the e-brake all you have to do is connect this wire straight to earth and you should be able watch movies all the time,

hope this helps you

Boss Audio is the easiest in-dash DVD on the market to bypass; all you do is ground the ebrake wire. I recently installed 12 Boss Audio in-dash BV-7300's and did this to all of the decks problem solved. By the way I did this because they were in the back of limousines where the driver couldn't ever even see one of them while he was driving. I don't think there will be a problem, try it.