2005 IS250 Headrest DVD Player

[JamesP33]

Hi All!

First time on a forum but looking for advice - I did have a search through similar topics but could not find a solution.

I have just purchased a 2005 Lexus IS250 that has Lexus branded DVD screens in the rear headrests and the control unit in the glovebox. The screen both work and turn on and I can adjust the settings but even with a DVD player in the control unit, there is a message on the screen that read' No signal input'. Is this an issue with a loose connection or a software update? 

I contacted Lexus to advise but they wanted £150 just to run the diagnostics test! 

Can anyone advise if this is a common issue/easy fix?

The car has FSH and manuals etc but for some reason no information on the DVD players.

I appreciate any advice that can be provided as I made the mistake of telling my 2 year old daughter she could watch Tom and Jerry in the car and now I don't want to break that promise (or pay £200 to keep it! lol)

Cheers

 

 

[Linas.P]

It is not common issue, because IS250 not commonly come with DVD players in headrests 🙂 

Most likely it will be issue with signal, the best way would be to contact the place that does AV, like speaker, amplifiers place and they can check. Basically this is not standard Lexus thing, so I don't believe knowledge for this would exit on Lexus forum it is more like car AV area.

[JamesP33]

Hi Linas,

Thank you for this. I assumed this may be the case and contacted a couple of companies but the only one to reply this far suggested speaking to Lexus 🙄. I am hoping for more success from the other AV companies I contacted.

Appreciate the response though. 🙂

[chr15gb]

There is a link to a pdf install guide in this post, not an is250 but I can't imagine it would be too far out.

Worth a look anyway