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Kenwood kvt 911 dvd head unit

Hello i just brought a kenwood kvt 911 from auction. Sellers said it was working when taken out. I haven't install the unit in my car yet because its to dark outside. But i have try to see if the unit powers on and functions. I put red & yellow to positive and black to negative. the unit powers up but monitors doesn't slides out and unit turns off in about 3 seconds after i tap the positive and negative. When i press the open buttons it powers up then shuts down again. Do you know whats going on? and whenever i do tap it to power it up , it makes a sound like a cd is ejecting from the unit.

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  • loco209 Dec 21, 2007

    i have the same problem to what is the solution to it

  • skarone Oct 09, 2008

    have you figure it out i have the same problem

  • kelleybyrd43 Dec 09, 2008

    my kvt-911 will not open.i connected the brain and all the power wires.it will come on for a few seconds but will not open.i tried reseting it and that did not change anything.the only thing that was not connected is the rca cables and the speaker wires.if any info on this please let me know.

  • LaYz1eGsX Jan 28, 2009

    the screen doesnt open and there are no lights on the face exept the open button stays on
    when i connect the power to it



  • Shanebob Feb 23, 2009

    My name is shane, and i have just bought a kenwood ktv-911dvd from a friedn . but i need a wiring diagram to know how to hook everything up. you you can help email me at [email protected] thank you.

  • Anonymous Mar 01, 2009

    i'd like to get a copy of the wiring diagram

  • Anonymous Mar 31, 2009

    MY SCREEN DOES NOT WANT TO OPEN plEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO IM A 31 WHITE FEMALE PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!1

  • Anonymous Mar 31, 2009

    PLEASE HELP ME IM A FEMALE THAT IS 31 YEARS OLD. I CAN NOT OPEN MY SCREEN WILL YOU PLEASE HELP ME THANK YOU

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    @kellybyrd43: the KVT911-DVD screen slides out but will not flip up on its own. You will need to push the screen up yourself. This is how this model works.


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I have a question. Everything is working perfectly except for there is no picture on the TV nor DVD. It was working fine until the other day when I messed around with some wires seeing if any of them were loose. Any suggestions?

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The problem is the green wire on the back of the head unit. it is supposed to go to the emergency break as a safety feature however if you just ground it with the black wire you will be able to open it at any time.

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    Thanks works but does this mean one of the wires is not put in correctly if i put both wires together parking brake light comes on stays on ?? thanks.

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I had a KVT910DVD / BRAIN/ KNA-DV2100 in my car but the head unit was shutting on n off n i had to reset it every other week. so I got a KVT911DVD from a guy in streetcarforum.com. he claimed that he had seen the unit work with his eyes. now i replaced the head unit with almost new KVT911DVD. i hooked up all the wires exactly the same way as with my previous head unit. but now the monitor would not slide out. i found that the hideaway brain is compatible with both units.

i called Kenwood USA n they want the unit to be sent in. is there any other trick to it that i am missing.

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I have a kenwood kvt911. i have a problem with the sound which is when i turn the volume higher than 20 the whole system shuts down and reloads again. if you have the same problem please help.thank you

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Ground the green wire

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You need to hook up the brain hide-away unit to the DVD player

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There is a green wire on the head unit you need to ground that out so the stereo thinks the e break is on. so that the screen will open

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You have to have it hooked up to your car can't just hook it up to the battery. If you only have it hooked up to the battery the unit will turn on open allow you to put the code in then shut off. I have it had the problem fixed it and it works great

  • maverickp716 Oct 08, 2011

    What do you mean hooked up by car I am having this same pro lemon unit comes on pop screen up enter code then it shuts off

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You have to have the brain unit and 16pin data cable connecting the two!

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You must also ground out the parking brake (Green) wire or the unit will not open.

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This unit require that the brain and the head unit be connected and have a source

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Can someone please fax me the wiring diagram for the kenwood excelon rvt-911 dvd player, i need to hook one up and need to know what the wiring color goes to what. (419)754-1064 thank you.

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